Lena received her PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007. While completing her dissertation, she was a visiting lecturer at Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests include IR theory, constructivism, identity, decolonization, and the construction and constitution of the developing world in International Relations.
Publications include a book chapter on Indonesia's disengagement from East Timor and a co-edited reader on Asian politics. She is currently working on a book-length project on the role of metropolitan identities in twentieth century decolonization.

BA (Smith College),
MSc (LSE),
PhD (Massachusetts)
Room 4N9
Office Hours:
Semester 1:
On Leave
Semester 2:
Tues & Weds 4-5 pm
Research Day:
Monday