Professor of Political Science
Department of History and Social Sciences

(401) 232-6419
marsha2p@leonardo.bryant.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
B.A. in Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1974

Academic Interests
Political economy of developing countries with area expertise in the Middle East

Courses Taught
POLS 256 – Government and Society in America
POLS 361 – Comparative Politics
POLS 365 – The Middle East in War and Peace
POLS 481 – Politics of Third World Development
POLS 483 – Politics of International Economic Relations
GLOB 490 – Senior Seminar in Global Studies

Recent Research
Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Regimes and Resistance, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005, co-editor with Michele Angrist.
“Enduring Authoritarianism: Middle East Lessons for Comparative Theory,” Comparative Politics 36, No. 2 (January 2004): 127-38.
“Globalization and Labor Protection in Oil-Poor Arab Countries: Racing to the Bottom?” Global Social Policy 3 No. 3 (December 2003): 267-297.
Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy, and Society, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003, co-editor with Eleanor Doumato.