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Martha Merritt is Dean of International Education at the University of Richmond and a political scientist who travels with intent.

She received her BA from Pomona College, her MA from Indiana University, and her doctorate in Russian politics from Oxford University, launching a career that has included living, teaching, and building programs in nine countries. Merritt seeks to facilitate sustained cross-cultural community, through her teaching and administrative work emphasizing the kind of long-term engagement that reduces prejudice and opens hearts and minds. Student and faculty engagement with Cuba and South Africa has served to build the base for engagement with places that share important historical legacies with Richmond and the American South.