Lauren M. Baker, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Political Science
Additional Information
Background
Lauren Baker is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her teaching and research interests focus on Middle East politics, environmental politics, environmental politics, and authoritarian regimes.Education:
Ph.D., Political Science, Northwestern University 2025
M.A., Political Science, Northwestern University, 2020
M.A., Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012
B.A., International Studies, Allegheny College, 2010
Courses taught:
PSCI 1000 Intro to Political Science
PSCI 3700 Government and Politics of the Middle East
PSCI 8250 Seminar on International Relations
Research:
Dr. Baker investigates environmental politics in the Middle East and North Africa. In her current book project, she examines the politics of garbage, illustrating how authoritarian states seek to “sanitize” and depoliticize contentious issues like waste at sites of global environmental governance in the MENA region.Additional Information
Background
Lauren Baker is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her teaching and research interests focus on Middle East politics, environmental politics, environmental politics, and authoritarian regimes.Education:
Ph.D., Political Science, Northwestern University 2025
M.A., Political Science, Northwestern University, 2020
M.A., Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012
B.A., International Studies, Allegheny College, 2010
Courses taught:
PSCI 1000 Intro to Political Science
PSCI 3700 Government and Politics of the Middle East
PSCI 8250 Seminar on International Relations