Dr. Melissa Sands

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Melissa Sands joined the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2021. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of California, Merced. Sands received her PhD from Harvard University in 2017 and earned a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the consequences of context in political civic behavior, utilizing methodologies including field experiments, causal inference, and geographic spatial analysis. She has published her work in prominent journals such as the American Political Science Review, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among others.

Research Interests

Courses

GV101: Introduction to Political Science GV330: Data Science Applications in Politics GV481: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science

Requirements for London School of Economics and Political Science

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in a relevant social science discipline
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Specialization Notes

Standard English requirement applies to most programs in Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, and Media.