Dr. Jennifer Wallace is a political scientist with over 15 years of experience in teaching and research. She maintains a strong commitment to experiential learning, and has traveled with students to Ecuador, Malawi and Italy to further their studies of food politics, development, and environmental policy. Dr. Wallace's research interests primarily focus on environmental linkages to conflict, with particular attention to natural resource management and environmental degradation. During 2013, she spent 10 months in the Mekong Delta completing field research for her dissertation with the support of grants from the U.S. State Department Fulbright Program and the University of Maryland’s Program for Society and the Environment. Prior to earning her doctorate at the University of Maryland, Dr. Wallace worked in Switzerland as a training course coordinator at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, part of Switzerland’s contribution to the Partnership for Peace, a program of practical bilateral cooperation between individual partner countries and NATO. She also holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY; a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva; and MAs in political science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and the University of Maryland. She regularly teaches courses in conflict studies, development and environmental politics. Dr. Wallace is the Director of GVPT's Master in International Relations Program.