Maureen Feeley

Maureen Feeley is a Teaching Professor Emeritus and Recall Teaching Professor in the Political Science Department at UC San Diego. She has research and teaching interests in the areas of human rights, democratization, development, comparative public policy, and undergraduate teaching and learning. She’s conducted extensive fieldwork in Kenya, where her research has focused on the impact of transnational legal mobilization strategies and electoral institutions in Kenya’s protracted democratic transition. Her recent research focuses on institutional sources of inequality at global and national levels, and undergraduate teaching and learning. She served as Director of Undergraduate Studies in Political Science at UC San Diego from 2016-2025, and currently serves as President of the Political Science Education Section for the American Political Science Association (2024-2026). She also serves on APSA’s Teaching Innovation Committee (2025-26) and the Advisory Board of UC San Diego’s International Studies Program (2016-present). Feeley has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, including the Eleanor Roosevelt College Outstanding Faculty Award and the UC San Diego Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award.

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