Summer Marion

Summer Marion is a Lecturer in the Department of Global Studies at Bentley University. Her research focuses on global governance, global health politics, transnational actors, and philanthropy. Her scholarship and commentary have appeared in outlets including International Studies Review, BMJ Global Health, Global Health Governance, the Washington Post, and CNN International. She contributes to the Pandemics & Borders Project examining causes and implications of cross-borders measures implemented during COVID-19. Previously, she was an editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, held research positions in public policy and public health, and managed curriculum development for online courses at Harvard University.

Education

• PhD Northeastern University
• MALD Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
• BA The College of William & Mary

Teaching Interests

International Relations, Public Policy, Research Methods, Global Governance, Global Health, Philanthropy and Civil Society

Research Interests

Global Governance, International Cooperation and Organization, Global Health Politics, Philanthropy and Civil Society

Awards and Honors

• 2021, Research Fellow, Pandemics and Borders Project
• 2021, Research Fellow, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
• 2020, COVID-19 Quick Response Research Grant, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2020, COVID-19 Research and Engagement Development Initiative Grant, Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities
• 2020, COVID-19 Working Group Research Grant, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2020, Experiential Fellowship, Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities
• 2020, New Era Foreign Policy Workshop, Bridging the Gap Project
• 2020, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Northeastern University Academic Honors Convocation
• 2020, Research Associate, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
• 2020, Research Fellow, Pandemics and Borders Project
• 2020, Research Fellow, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
• 2020, Selected Author, "The Social and Political Impact of COVID-19 in the United States” Development Grant and Conference, Russell Sage Foundation
• 2020, Visiting Researcher, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population
• 2019, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Northeastern University Humanities Center, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
• 2019, Graduate Dissertation Research Grant, Office of the Provost, Northeastern University
• 2019, Graduate Student Research Award, Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, Northeastern University
• 2018, High Distinction, Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations, Northeastern University

Publications

Journal Articles

• Page-Tan, C., Marion, S., Aldrich, D. P. (2022). Information Trust Falls: The Role of Social Networks and Information During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Suburbanites. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences , (8) 8 32-51. (Link)
• Badruzzaman, A., Kushi, S., Marion, S. (2022). Issue Framing Within the Climate Debate: An Analysis of US Environmental Policy Outcomes. International Social Science Journal. (Link)
• Worsnop, C. Z., Grépin, K., Lee, K., Marion, S. (2022). The Unintended Consequences of Information Provision: The World Health Organization and border restrictions during COVID-19. International Studies Perspectives, (24) 1 39-66. (Link)
• Marion, S. (2021). Beyond Great Power Politics: Conceptualizing Philanthropy’s Return to International Relations Through COVID-19 in: Forum: Covid-19 and IR Scholarship: One Profession, Many Voices”. International Studies Review. no. viab004 (Link)
• Grépin, K., Ho, T., Liu, Z., Marion, S., Piper, J., Worsnop, C. Z., Lee, K. (2021). Evidence of the effectiveness of travel-related measures during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid systematic review. BMJ Global Health, (6) 3 (Link)
• Worsnop, C. Z., Kamradt-Scott, A., Lee, K., Grépin, K., Marion, S., Piper, J., Rothery, F. (2021). Legal compliance is not enough: cross- border travel and trade measures and COVID-19. in: Forum: Covid-19 and IR Scholarship: One Profession, Many Voices. International Studies Review. no. viab004 (Link)
• Lee, K., Grépin, K., Worsnop, C. Z., Marion, S., Piper, J., Song, M. (2021). Managing borders during public health emergencies of international concern: A proposed typology of cross-border measures. Globalization and Health, (17) 1 (Link)
• Marion, S. (2020). Compartmentalized Crises? Understanding Relationships between Climate Change Discourse and Health Governance. Global Health Governance, (10) 1 52-68. (Link)

Book Chapters

• Worsnop, C. Z., Marion, S. (). Foreign Policy Analysis and Global Health In Cameron Thies and Juliet Kaarbo, (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. 11. Oxford: Oxford University Press Forthcoming.