CV: /cv/smarshall.pdf

Hometown: Scottsburg, Indiana

BA: Hanover College

MA: University of Maryland (2007, Government and Politics)

Expected Graduation: 2010

First field: Comparative Politics

Second field: International Relations

Dissertation: “From Oil to Offsets: Rentier State Innovation and Authoritarian Endurance in the Middle East.”

Dissertation Chair: Shibley Telhami (Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development)

Research interests: Political Economy; Strategic Studies; Middle East Regional Politics; U.S. Foreign Policy; Security Sector Reform in the Developing World

Other interests: Blogging, traveling

Words of wisdom: The best dissertation is a finished dissertation.

Email: smarshall at gvpt•umd•edu