Shelley Hurt

Visiting Instructor
Rockefeller Hall 403
845/437-7838
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B.A. University of California at Berkeley, M.A. New School for Social Research, Ph.D. New School for Social Research (expected 2007)

Shelley Hurt arrived at Vassar College in 2006.  She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley, her M.A. in Political Science from the New School for Social Research, and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the New School for Social Research (expected 2007).

Hurt’s research interests include U.S. foreign policy, science and technology policy, security studies, international law and organizations, globalization, and American political development.

Hurt won the 2007 Carl Beck Award from the International Studies Association for her paper, “Patent Law, Biodefense, and the National Security State, 1945-1972.” Hurt’s research has been supported by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.  She is an active member of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association.

Hurt teaches courses on Biological and Chemical Arms Control and Development, Security Studies in Global Perspective, Science, Technology, Power and Politics, War, Trade, and American Political Development, International Politics, and American Politics.  In addition to teaching and advising students in Political Science, she also participates in Environmental Studies and the Science, Technology and Society Programs.