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Elizabeth Mendenhall

Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs and Political Science, University of Rhode Island

Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Marine Affairs and Political Science at the University of Rhode Island. She received her PhD in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Her research portfolio focuses mainly on the progressive development of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, including work on fisheries, maritime delimitation, the Arctic, nuclear submarines, and deep sea resources.

Experience

  • –present
    Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs and Political Science, University of Rhode Island

Education

  • 2017 
    Johns Hopkins University, PhD in International Relations
  • 2011 
    Kansas State University, B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy