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Saladin Ambar is an American political scientist. He is a professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, and is a Senior Scholar at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor. [1]

Ambar taught for 18 years in New York and New Jersey public schools. In 2008, he received a PhD from Rutgers University. [2]

In 2024, Ambar became an Associate Producer of the forthcoming film, Sagittaria, written and directed by Zach Busch. [3]


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