Laura A. Dean is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Millikin University. From 2014-2016 she was an Assistant Professor at Clayton State University in Georgia. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2014 with a Ph.D. in Political Science. She also has a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2013) and a Master of Arts in Political Science (2011) from the University of Kansas, a Master of Arts in International Studies focusing on Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (2006) from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor of Arts in World Politics (2003) from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Dr. Dean researches gender and politics issues focusing on public policy, migration, and gender based violence in the former Soviet Union. Her research has been supported by the , , Fulbright Program, , and appeared in , , , Journal Teorija in Praksa, and . In the summer of 2016, She was a , part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Dr. Dean is the author of forthcoming in 2020 from Policy Press at the University of Bristol and distrubuted by the in the US.
She is the adviser of the Model United Nations Club, chair of the Fulbright Committee, and a member of the Gender Studies Committee and the International Programs and Policies Committee.
She also serves as head of the Research Committee on the Central Illinois Human Trafficking Task Force and is a .
For more information please see her personal website .