Mary Jane Parmentier's research activities are in developing countries and the role of technology in economic, social and political development. Recently, she has focused on Latin America, and has examined the role of science and engineering in development in Latin America, and information technology in international integration and development in the region. Her research has been published in book chapters and journals, including Review of Policy Research and Information Technologies and International Development. As well, she continues her research on Islam and politics in North Africa , and is interested in Islamism as a social movement, as well as the factor of information technology in Islamism in Morocco.

Parmentier teaches courses in Latin American and Middle Eastern politics and development, international politics, and international development. She is a faculty member in \ Global Technology and Development, a concentration within the Master of Science in Technology degree program, and in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology Ph.D. program. At CSPO, she is involved with the globalization of the Consortium’s research and policy interests. Parmentier received her doctorate in 1999 in international studies from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. In the 1980s, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco.

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