Elena V. McLean is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She specializes in the study of international institutions and international political economy, with a focus on foreign aid, economic sanctions and environmental cooperation. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, and other journals. 

• PhD, University of Rochester, 2007
• MA, University of Rochester, 2005
• BA, Lawrence University, 2001

Design of sanctions and aid policies, and their intended and unintended consequences; informal politics in international organizations, and their effects on environmental and economic cooperation

• PSC 102 – Introduction to International Politics
• PSC 328 – International Political Economy
• PSC 322 – International Organizations
• PSC 641 – International Economic Relations

• “Political Relations, Leader Stability, and Economic Coercion” (2018) with Mitchell Radtke. International Studies Quarterly 62(2):357–370.
• “Economic Sanctions and the Dynamics of Terrorist Campaigns” (2018) with Navin Bapat, Luis De la Calle and Kaisa Hinkkainen. Conflict Management and Peace Science 35(4):378-401.
• “The Politics of Contract Allocation in the World Bank.” (2017) Review of International Organizations 12(2):255–279.