Alan Dowty (born January 15, 1940) is an American author, historian and professor of international relations and political science emeritus, University of Notre Dame.

[1] He was formerly on the faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), 1964–1975, Kahanoff Chair Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary, 2003–2006, and President of the Association for Israel Studies, 2005–2007.

His recent work specialises in and focuses on Israeli–American relations, Israel and the history of Zionism, Israeli politics and the Arab–Israeli conflict.

In 1964–1975 he was on the faculty of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, during which time he served as Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations and Chair of the Department of International Relations.

He has been based at the University of Notre Dame since 1975.