Maria Repnikova

Maria Repnikova is a scholar at Georgia State University's College of Arts & Sciences, specializing in global communication with a comparative focus on China and Russia. She examines political resistance and persuasion in illiberal contexts through ethnographic research and fieldwork.

• University of Oxford (DPhil in Politics, Rhodes Scholar)
• University of Oxford (MPhil in Politics)
• Georgetown University (Bachelor in Foreign Service)

Her research spans media activism, political communication, and authoritarian media dynamics. Recent publications analyze digital propaganda, journalism education, and crisis communication in China, featured in outlets like China Quarterly and Journal of Contemporary China.

Selected for review: China Learns from the Soviet Union, State-Endorsed Accountability Mechanisms in Authoritarian Regimes, and Persuasion 2.0: New Modes of Digital Propaganda in China.