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Dr. Hope Katherine McCoy

Faculty - School of Engg. & Science

hope.mccoy@iitmz.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications

Ph.D 2021

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

MA 2013

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

BS 2012

Psychology

Northwestern University

Awards

  • Recipient, Fellowship to Diversify Teaching & Learning,

    Stanford University

  • Winner of the Peter Lang Emerging Scholars in Black Studies Competition

  • Honorable Mention Best Paper, $200 Prize

    UCLA International Institute Conference

  • UCLA Alumni Board of Directors Outstanding Service Plaque

Research Interests

My research explores the intersections of higher education, global politics, and cultural exchange. I study how education functions as a form of soft power and how transnational collaborations, particularly between the Global South, Africa, and post-Soviet regions, shape knowledge production and identity. Drawing on critical geopolitics, decolonial theory, and comparative education, my work examines institutions, cultural diplomacy, and the pursuit of equity and liberation through education, music, and global citizenship.

Relevant Courses Taught

Undergraduate & Graduate Coursework

  • Soft Power & Geopolitics (International Relations)
  • Where Does It Hurt? (Global Public Health)
  • Why College? (Philosophy of Education)
  • Citizenshipin the 21st Century (Political Science)
  • The Politics of Development (Global Studies)
  • Public Affairs
  • Civic Education
  • History of Higher Education
  • Communication Studies
  • Business English

Selected Papers

2024

From Congo to GONGO: Higher Education, Critical Geopolitics, and the New Red Scare

H. McCoy

Peter Lang Publishing Inc.

2022

Building Virtual Communities of Practice for Equity in Education

H. McCoy

C. Bocala

Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

2017

25 Years after the USSR: Comparative Sociological Accounts: Introduction to a Special Issue of Comparative Sociology (English-language Copy Editor)

A. V. Rezaev

Comparative Sociology

2015

Higher Education Studies of Post-Soviet Space: Between Global and National Systems

V. Starikov

H. McCoy

Saint Petersburg State University Press