Rose McDermott is an American political scientist who is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University.[1][2] She has also taught at Cornell, UCSB, and Harvard.[3] She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships.[3][4] Her work is situated at the intersection of several disciplines including political science, psychology, biology, methods, development, and gender studies.[5]