Mary Kate Schneider

Mary Kate Schneider is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include ethnic conflict, institutional design, and national identity, focusing in particular on the Western Balkans. She has conducted field research in Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and she was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to return to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her dissertation draws from an original survey, focus groups, and interviews to assess the effects of divided education on Bosnian students’ attitudes and perceptions. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a B.S. in Psychology from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.A. in Political Science from Lehigh University.