Dr. Melissa Lee

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Biography

Melissa M. Lee is the Klein Family Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the World House Student Fellows Program at Perry World House. Her research focuses on international and domestic politics, particularly state-building and state development. She is the author of 'Crippling Leviathan: Foreign Subversion Weakens State' published by Cornell University Press in 2020. Her work has been featured in prominent journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. Lee has received several accolades for her research, including the American Political Science Association’s Helen Dwight Reid award and the European Politics Society Section 2020 Article Prize. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University and her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. Before joining the faculty at Penn, she served as an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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