About Professor Hakawati
Political scientist.
Public intellectual.
M. Ahad Hayaud-Din is a political scientist and professor whose work joins comparative politics, international relations, American government, higher-education governance, and public storytelling.
Teacher. Scholar. Storyteller.
Across more than twenty-five years in classrooms and the institutions that sustain them, he has taught through multiple political and educational cycles, built civic-learning programs, led faculty and governance initiatives, and translated complex systems for public audiences.
Hakawati means storyteller. Here, storytelling is not an ornament added to scholarship. It is a disciplined way of synthesizing memory, evidence, culture, and institutional life so that serious audiences can see how power works—and what responsible stewardship requires.
Professional Record
Professor of Political Science & Government · CFR Education Ambassador · APSA Educate liaison · Founder, Institute for Political Studies · Author of The Empires Strike Back.
Knowledge in the company of people.
The Hakawati Institute brings this experience into individual conversations, shared learning, public speaking, and writing. Helping a student find a workable next step, helping a colleague improve a teaching workflow, and helping an audience understand a political question all draw on the same commitment to listening, inquiry, and perspective.
Work with Professor Hakawati →Let’s start with your question.
Explore individual support, group learning, and audience engagements through one practice.