Hope McCoy
COLLEGE Lecturer
Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
Bio
Dr. McCoy is a Lecturer and Fellow in the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education program at Stanford University. McCoy’s research agenda focuses on the sociocultural dimensions of development studies, with an emphasis on education, public health, and the role of cultural diplomacy in geopolitics.
Dr. McCoy's first book (2023) entitled: "From Congo to GONGO: Higher Education, Critical Geopolitics, and the New Red Scare" is one of the winners of an Emerging Scholars Competition in Black Studies. With a focus on Africa and Russia, this book traces the history of contact between the two regions. During each time period—education, political science, history, and Black studies are woven together, each era with shifting values and purposes that influence foreign relations between Africa and Eurasia.
A Fulbright scholar (2015-2016, Russia) with multidisciplinary expertise, McCoy has also worked as a research strategist at Harvard University on projects related to racial justice, equity, and inclusion. Dr. McCoy earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from UCLA in Education.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
2023-24 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - Where Does it Hurt?: Medicine and Suffering in Global Context
COLLEGE 108 (Spr) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut) -
Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - The Politics of Development
COLLEGE 105 (Spr) - Why College? Your Education and the Good Life
COLLEGE 101 (Aut)
- Citizenship in the 21st Century