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Elizabeth Mendenhall serves as the Undergraduate Program Director for the Marine Affairs Department. She advises students in three different graduate programs. She also serves on comprehensive exam committees for the International Relations M.A. program in the Department of Political Science, and on various PhD committees throughout the university.
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Current Graduate Students
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Gordon Willard (PhD)
Research: Arctic security and geopolitics Oliver Tiliouine (PhD) Research: Sea-level rise and maritime boundary conflict |
Zachary Trainor (M.M.A.)
Research: Black Sea maritime boundaries and the Russia-Ukraine war Nelly Turley (M.A.M.A.) Research: threat construction and submarine telecommunications cables |
Former Students
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Alyssa Parise (M.A.M.A. 2024)
Research: Rhode Island town policies on marine plastic pollution Do Hyun Oh (M.A.M.A. 2024) Thesis: Equitable Development of LNG Bunkering and Its Infrastructure Christopher Perrett (M.M.A. 2022) -- Knauss Fellow Major Paper: Fisheries Governance and IUU Fishing Prevention in the Central Arctic Ocean Clayton Starr (M.A.M.A 2022) Thesis: Big government Big wind: a qualitative comparison of federalism and offshore wind development in US and Europe Eliya Baron Lopez (M.A.M.A. 2021) -- Fulbright Thesis: Marine Plastic Debris Removal: A Case Study on South Korean Marine Litter Management Asta Habtemichael (M.A.M.A 2019) -- Switzer Fellow Major Paper: Marine Protected Areas in East Africa: Trends and Challenges towards Transboundary MPA Networks Danielle Bilecki (M.A.M.A. 2019) Thesis: The Burden of Invisibility: A Case Study of the Fisheries Crisis in Ghana, and USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project's Gender Mainstreaming Strategy |
Ben Hinchman V. (M.M.A. 2019)
Major Paper: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Laundered Fish: Preventing Illegally Caught Fish from Entering the Market Lennie Day (M.M.A. 2021) Major Paper: The Influence of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge on International Governance Matt Guanci (M.M.A. 2021) Major Paper: Ahi Moana: A Look at Pacific Tuna Fisheries Past, Present, and Current Challenges Joyke Rumajar (M.M.A. 2021) Major Paper: Marine Renewable Energy: Potential to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Collaboration under the UNCLOS Framework Hariono Hariono (M.M.A. 2021) Major Paper: The North Natuna Sea Dispute Annabelle Leahy (M.M.A. 2023) -- Fulbright Research: Impact investing for ocean sustainability |