| Michele E. Commercio is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of
Vermont. She teaches classes on Russian politics, Central Asian politics, and ethnic
conflict in post-Soviet states. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University
of Pennsylvania, an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics,
an M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies from the University of
Connecticut, and a
BA from Boston College. Commercio’s research interests include issues
related to regime transition, ethnic politics, gender, and Islam in
post-Soviet states.
Professor Commercio is the author of Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010). She has published articles in Political Science Quarterly, Studies in Comparative International Development, Nationalities Papers, Problems of Post-Communism, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. Commercio’s current projects analyze women’s activism in Kyrgyzstan and the causes and consequences of polygynous marriages in Kyrgyzstan. Commercio’s research has been funded by IREX, NCEEER, APSA, USIP, IIE, the NSF, and the University of Vermont.
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