I'm Marissa

I am currently a Political Science PhD student and Instructor at the University of Mississippi. My fields of study are International Relations and Comparative Politics. I currently teach Introduction to International Relations and have taught Introduction to Comparative Politics. 

​My research lies at the intersection of these two subfields of Political Science. I study the post-Soviet transition from communism, focusing on the role of international governmental organizations on political and economic development.  

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