Dr. Stacy J. Kosko is Associate Research Professor, and Associate Director of the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management (MIDCM), in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on development ethics, human rights, and marginalized populations. She spent the 2017-2018 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in Moldova. Her book, Agency and Democracy in Development Ethics, was published in 2019 by Cambridge University Press (with Lori Keleher, eds). She has been a Global Classroom Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UMD. Outside of UMD, Dr. Kosko is an Officer and a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association and serves on the Executive Board of the International Development Ethics Association.  She is also Vice Chair of the Board and Director of Research and Strategy at the Center for Values in International Development. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and development from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Foreign Service and international conflict management from Georgetown University, with a Certificate in Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies.