Crystal Brown| Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Crystal

Brown

Social Science & Policy Studies

Assistant Professor-Social Science

Affiliated Department or Office

International & Global Studies

Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS)

Education

PhD, Political Science- Comparative Politics, International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy University of Oregon 2019

MPA, Public Administration- Pennsylvania State University 2006

Expert Bio

Professor Brown’s research focuses on international relations, comparative immigration and integration policies, human rights, refugees, race/ethnicity and politics, and international security studies. She is most interested in the effect of political culture, technology, institutions, and individual decision-making on different political systems around the world and the historical development of those political processes and structures.

Research areas/Expertise

Ukraine crisis

Media Coverage

Ukraine invasion spotlights the delicate state of democracy

Associated Press

Ukraine invasion spotlights the delicate state of democracy

The Associated Press spoke with Assistant Professor of Social Science & Policy Studies Crystal Brown about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens democracy, and how Vladimir Putin has used the appearance and infrastructure of democracy to gain, and keep, power.

WPI welcomes 19 full-time educators and researchers to its faculty for the 2020-21 academic year

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

WPI welcomes 19 full-time educators and researchers to its faculty for the 2020-21 academic year

More than 70 media outlets, including the Latin Trade , Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and the Oklahoman carried the news of WPI welcoming 19 full-time educators and researchers to its faculty for the 2020-21 academic year.

For media inquiries please contact:

Colleen B Wamback Associate Director, Public Relations

Colleen B Wamback
Director of Public Relations

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