I am an educator
I am a researcher
I am a global scholar
I am a Political Scientist specializing in international politics and inclusivity related to immigrants, race and ethnicity, women, and other marginalized groups.
Research Interests
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Immigration Policy
European Union
Africa and the Middle East
North America
Human Rights
Security Studies
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Women and Politics
Research Methods
Integration and Inclusivity
I cover a full range of undergraduate and graduate-level courses. As a Professor, I teach various classes spanning the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels of political science. I am currently teaching two undergraduate courses, Introduction to International Politics and Women in Politics, and one graduate-level course about Mixed Methods.
Publications
Bernardi, Francesca, Crystal Brown, Lindsay Davis, et al. "Cultivating Inclusivity in Introductory Undergraduate STEM Course Syllabi." Nature:Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11 (2024): 784. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03276-y.
Brown, Crystal H. Review of Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa, by Franklin Obeng-Odoom. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, February 28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2024.1.
Brown, Crystal H. Review of Political Blackness in Multiracial Britain, by Mohan Ambikaipaker. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, March 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2019.59.
Grants and Scholarships
Awarded Grants as PI or Co-PI Extramural Funding
Neamtu, R. (PI), Brown, C. (co-PI), Boucher, Debra (co-PI). Path to Achieving Success and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science (PASS-CS). S-STEM NSF, $2.5 Million.
Brown, C. (Summer 2020, moved to Summer 2021). Russell Sage Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Proposal Development Summer Institute Fellow.
Brown. C. (2017-2018). Fulbright Schuman Fellow in Denmark and Sweden.
Awarded Grants as PI or Co-PI Internal WPI Funding
Agupusi, P., Sagna, M. (L.), Brown, C., Masiki, T., Ismael, A., & Parks Fontenot Sieczkiewicz, K. (2024). WPI-Lead with Purpose Strategic Planning Grant, $4,000.
Brown, C., Vedogbeton, H., Somasse, G., Smith, A., Krueger, R. (2022-2024). Understanding the Black Student Experience. WPI- Strategic Plan Investment Board Award, $376,000.
Brown, C., Vedogbeton, H. (2023). Black Student Experience Handbook Resource. WPI-Lead with Purpose Strategic Planning Grant, $10,000.
Stoddard, L., Brown, C., Farzin, S., Galante, J., Liang, J., Pfeifer, G., Sakulich, A., Powell, A., Timko, M. (2022–2023).Professional Learning Community (PLC) Grant: Renewable Energy, Just Energy Transitions, and Energy Democracy, WPI ($16,950)
Droessler, H., Brown, C., Telliel, Y., Bernardi, F. (2022). Bridging the Disciplinary Divide with DEIJ Research Interest Groups. WPI DEIJ Planning Seed Grant, $4,000.
Vedogbeton, H., Brown, C. (2022). Black Student Experience Undergraduate Research Training. WPI DEIJ Planning Seed Grant, $4,000.
Brown, C., Vedogbeton, H., Somasse, G., Smith, A., Krueger, R. (2022). Understanding the Black Student Experience. (2021-2022). WPI- Deans and Department Head Funding, $100,000.
Non-PI Awarded Grants
Davis, L., Moody, R., Ephraim, M., Brown, C., (2020). Gender Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program Development. WPI WIN Grant, ~$14,000.
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
International Relations
Migration and Politics
Science, Technology, Policy
Peace and Conflict Studies
Women in Politics
US Public Policy
US Government
Graduate Courses
Research Methods