Email
cbrown2@wpi.edu
Office
SL 332
Phone
+1 (508) 8315163
Affiliated Department or Office
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

Crystal H. Brown earned her Ph.D. in Political Science with a focus in the subfields of Comparative Politics, International Relations, and U.S. Foreign Policy at the University of Oregon. She also has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 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.

Email
cbrown2@wpi.edu
Affiliated Department or Office
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

Crystal H. Brown earned her Ph.D. in Political Science with a focus in the subfields of Comparative Politics, International Relations, and U.S. Foreign Policy at the University of Oregon. She also has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 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.

Office
SL 332
Phone
+1 (508) 8315163
Professional Highlights & Honors
Fulbright Schuman Scholar, 2017
Fulbright Scholar Program

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Inside Higher ED
How professors can foster inclusivity with their syllabus

Inside Higher Ed highlighted recent research by WPI researchers who looked into how syllabi can signal inclusivity in the classroom. The study, originally published in Nature's Humanities and Social Sciences Connections, was authored by Francesca Bernardi, Crystal Brown, Lindsay Davis, Michelle Ephraim, Rebecca Moody and Raisa Trubko. 

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.