Hazel M. McFerson

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Titles and Organizations

Professor Emerita, Schar School of Policy and Government
hmcferso@gmu.edu

Contact Information

hmcferso@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-2961
Fairfax Campus, Robinson Hall A 225
Fairfax, Virginia 22033
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Hazel M. McFerson holds a PhD in politics from Brandeis University, a MA from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, and a BA in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Manila, Philippines, and is currently a Fulbright specialist. She has traveled extensively and lived and worked in the South Pacific, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

Areas of Research

  • Gender
  • Conflict
  • Development in Nonwestern Societies
  • Governance
  • Conflict and Development in Nonwestern Societies
  • Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
  • Political Development and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Affiliations

  • Affiliation: African and African American Studies