Rachel Vanderhill

Rachel Vanderhill (Grad ’09), chair of Wofford College’s Department of Government & International Affairs, has published the book Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age. The book examines how social media is both aiding and undermining autocratic regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Soviet republics. Her previous books include Promoting Authoritarianism Abroad and The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Persistence: Lessons from Post-Soviet States (co-edited with Michael Aleprete Jr.).