Dr. Oana I. Armeanu

Dr. Oana Armeanu teaches comparative politics, international relations and European, post-communist, and Middle East politics. She came to USI from Dallas, Texas, where she taught at the Southern Methodist University. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.A. in Political Science from the Central European University.

Her research focuses on Central and Eastern Europe: welfare state reform, political parties, elections, and democratization. She is the author of the book The Politics of Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Political Parties, Coalitions, and Policies and has published studies on pension reform, presidential elections, electoral reform, and voting behavior. She lives in Newburgh with her husband and two children.