Harris Mylonas

Harris Mylonas, born in Thessaloniki, is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and editor-in-chief of Nationalities Papers. His research focuses on nationalism, nation-building, and diaspora politics. He is the author of the award-winning The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (Cambridge, 2012), co-author of Varieties of Nationalism (Cambridge, 2023), and co-editor of Enemies Within (Oxford, 2022) and The Microfoundations of Diaspora Policy (Routledge, 2021). His work appears in academic journals, including the Annual Review of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Security Studies.

Mylonas graduated from Anatolia College High School '96 and holds a BA and an MA from the University of Athens. As a Fulbright Scholar, he continued his graduate studies in the United States, earning an MA from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Yale. He later served as an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (2008–09, 2011–12) and has held visiting positions in Seoul, Jerusalem, Addis Ababa, and Madrid. He has also served as Associate Dean for Research at GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs from 2017 to 2018.

Beyond academia, he wrote and directed the award-winning documentary Searching for Andreas: Political Leadership in Times of Crisis and co-produces the podcast American Constitutive Stories.