About the author

Jennifer Epley Sanders

<p>Dr. Jennifer Epley Sanders&#8217;s teaching, research, and service&#160;facilitate critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, and productive learning experiences in the classroom, university, profession, and diverse communities in the United States and Southeast Asia.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Dr. Epley Sanders currently works at Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi as a professor in the Political Science Program. She graduated from the University of Michigan with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science as well as a Certificate in Southeast Asian Studies and a Certificate in Survey Methodology. Her B.A. in Political Science is from Vassar College.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>As a political scientist, Dr. Epley Sanders uses qualitative and quantitative methods to study the politics of &#8220;identity&#8221; with the aim of deepening and advancing our existing knowledge about what constitutes &#8220;identity,&#8221; its influences in our lives, and why identity matters for us personally, professionally, and politically.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Dr. Epley Sanders loves her family, friends, sweets, lumpia,&#160;traveling, asking questions,&#160;adventures, and South Texas.</p>