Maureen C. Feeley

Maureen C. Feeley is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She holds multiple leadership roles, including Director of Undergraduate Studies in Political Science and Chair of UCSD’s Committee on International Education. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Political Science Education section of the American Political Science Association and steering committees for UCSD’s Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education (CAMSEE), International Institute, and Human Rights minor. Additionally, she is part of UCSD’s Teaching + Learning Commons Senior Council.

Her research focuses on human rights, politics of development, gender and globalization, electoral systems, and institutional inequality. Fieldwork in Kenya examines transnational legal mobilization and electoral institutions in democratic transitions. She is also dedicated to advancing undergraduate teaching and learning.

Feeley has been recognized with multiple teaching awards, including Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Outstanding Faculty Award and UCSD’s Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives and global education policy at UCSD.