Welsh, Bridget is an Associate Professor in Political Science at Singapore Management University where she teaches courses on comparative politics, parties, political participation gender and international relations. She received her doctorate from the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, her MA from Columbia University, language training (FALCON) from Cornell University and BA from Colgate University. She has edited Reflections: The Mahathir Years; Legacy of Engagement in Southeast Asia: Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong Years in Singapore (2009); and Transition or Transformation: Abdullah Badawi's Tenure (2011 forthcoming). Democracy Takeoff: Reflections on the BJ Habibie Period is also forthcoming. In June 2011 she published on Singapore’s 2011 General Election in Voting in Change (edited by Kevin YL Tan and Terence Lee) and helped coordinate the Merdeka Center poll during the campaign. She has also written numerous articles on a range of issues from human rights in Southeast Asia, Islamic Parties and Democracy to US-Southeast Asia relations and gender. She is a contributor to Malaysiakini, the leading news website in Malaysia.
