Overview
Mary Jane Dempsey completed her BA in History and International Relations at The College of New Jersey, while also conducting research at the Università per Stranieri di Siena and Spring Hill College (SHC) Italy Center in Bologna. She earned her MSc in History of International Relations at the London School of Economics, where she focused on migration politics, conflict studies and conceptions of national identity. She received the Humanities Centre of Research Fellowship from the University of Warwick in 2017. While at Cornell, Mary Jane intends to further develop her knowledge of postcolonial, feminist and memory studies.