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I am an educator 

I am a researcher 



I am a global scholar

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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

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

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