Linda Bishai teaches international law and the use of force as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University. Previously, she was the director of Research, Evaluation and Learning at the Rule of Law Initiative of the American Bar Association. In addition to research on rule of law issues, she has focused on peacebuilding education and training, electoral violence prevention, countering violent extremism and security sector/community dialogue.

Mrs. Bishai spent nearly 12 years at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she was responsible for programs on electoral violence prevention in Sudan prior to the general elections and the South Sudan referendum and co-taught the Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa course at USIP.

Before USIP, Bishai was an assistant professor of political science at Towson University, teaching courses in international relations, international law, the use of force and human rights. Her research interests include identity politics, sovereignty, security, and states of emergency.

During 2003-2004, Bishai served as a Supreme Court Fellow at the Federal Judicial Center, where she worked on an introduction to international human rights law for the federal judiciary.

Linda holds a B.A. in history and literature from Harvard University, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics.