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Michele E. Commercio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vermont, specializing in Russian and Central Asian comparative politics. She serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and Transfer Affairs and teaches courses on international relations, Russian politics, Central Asian politics, and post-Soviet ethnic conflict.
- Education: BA from Boston College, MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics, MA in Soviet and East European Studies from the University of Connecticut, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
Her research focuses on regime transitions, ethnic politics, gender dynamics, and Islamic practices in post-Soviet states. She has authored two books: Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan (2010) and Polygynous Marriages Among the Kyrgyz (2022). Current projects examine women's political participation in Kyrgyzstan.
Her publications span journals like Politics and Gender, Studies in Comparative International Development, and Post-Soviet Affairs, with thematic trends including structural violence, ethnic interconnectivity, and retraditionalization processes. Research has been funded by IREX, NCEEER, NSF, and the University of Vermont.
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