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Margaret Hassey

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
Academic Division: History & Society
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Interdisciplinary educator and scholar of environmental governance and environmental politics focused on how inequality, narrative power, and institutional design shape outcomes in environmental security, health, and education. Brings experience in policy-engaged, empirically grounded research and teaching across global environmental governance, international relations, and human security, with strengths in mixed methods, qualitative analysis, and data-informed policy inquiry. Committed to inclusive, innovative pedagogy that connects theory to real-world environmental challenges and prepares diverse undergraduate and graduate students for research, policy, and practice.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • MA, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • EdM, University of New Hampshire
  • BS, University of New Hampshire

Academic Interest / Expertise

Global Environmental Governance; Plastic Governance; International Environmental Negotiations; Waste Issues; Environmental Human Security; Global Environmental Activism; Environmental Politics; Narrative Policy Framework; Design Justice; Gender; EcoFeminism; Pop Culture and the Environment

Awards & Honors

  • 2025 — Academic Council on the United Nations System Representative, ACUNS
  • 2025 — Career Champion, Undergraduate Center for Career Development

Courses

  • Degree Courses 2026

    • ENV 4602 GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
    • CSP 2036 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  • Degree Courses 2025

    • ENV 4602 GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
    • ENV 4605 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
    • HUM 1001 SELF AS GLOBAL CITIZEN
    • CSP 2036 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Presentations

  • Different Timelines, same goal Hassey, M. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH (2026)
  • Human Rights and the Environment Hassey, M. Human Rights and the Environment, Boston (2025)
  • The International Negotiating Committee for Plastic Pollution Hassey, M. Global Environemntal Politics, Beverly, MA (2025)
  • The Future of Global Institutions Hassey, M. Academic Council on the United Nations (ACUNS) Annual Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya (2025)
  • Plastic Treaty Dialogues Hassey, M. Narrative Policy Framework Forum, Remote (2024)
  • Marine Plastic: A Global Governance Story Hassey, M. Emerging Voices in Environmental Justice Series, Wellesley, MA (2023)
  • Gender and the Evironment: An Ecofeminist Analysis Hassey, M. International studients Association Northeast, Providence, RI (2021)
  • Fit Women in Unfit Spaces: Global Governance and Sports Hassey, M. Internation Studies Association, Honolulu, HI (2020)
  • Title IX: A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis Hassey, M. Midwest Politicial Science Association, Chicago, IL (2018)
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