Maria Stephan

Maria Stephan
Maria Stephan in 2019
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Boston College (BA) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MALD, PhD)
Awards	Grawemeyer Award Henry J. Leir Human Security Award
Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Institutions	United States Department of Defense NATO headquarters United States Institute of Peace

Maria J. Stephan is an American political scientist. She is Co-Lead and Chief Organizer with the Horizons Project.^[1] Previously, she was the Director of the program on nonviolent action at the United States Institute of Peace. She studies authoritarianism, protest, and the effectiveness of violent and nonviolent types of civil resistance.