- Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
- Washburn Hall, Rm 131
- Phone: 401.874.4055
- Email: skipmark@uri.edu
- Website
Biography
Brendan Skip Mark joined the URI political science department in 2018. His research explores the intersections between human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. He tries to unpack the determinants and consequences of: compliance with International Organization agreements, repression, labor rights, violent and non-violent protest, migration and remittances, development, economic crisis, and economic and social rights. He is particularly interested in how measurement and modeling choices affect what we know about these relationships and how an understanding of history and other disciplines can improve our knowledge of them.
Professor Mark is currently the Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies.
Research
International Relations, International Organizations, human rights, political economy, state repression, violent and non-violent protest
Education
- Ph.D., Binghamton University (SUNY), 2018
- M.A., Binghamton University (SUNY), 2015
- M.A., The New School, 2012
- B.A., Tufts University, 2008
Selected Publications
Forthcoming. “When Killers Become Victims: Political Use of Force, Human Rights, and Strategic Target Selection.” International Interactions. (with Efe Tokdemir)