Rate My Professor Mark Hibben

Dr. Mark Hibben serves as Associate Professor in the Political Science/History Department at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. He holds a PhD and an MA from Syracuse University, an MA from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and a BS from the University of Maine. His academic interests center on globalization and development, international political economy, human rights, and the politics of poverty and inequality. Hibben's current research explores three primary areas: the politics of development during the post-Washington Consensus period, with a focus on discourses of inequality and Keynesian-inspired themes in IMF and World Bank policy choices; the collaboration between the IMF and World Bank and its implications for development outcomes; and the assessment of China's expanding influence on global development results.

Hibben has made significant contributions to the field through his publications. Notable books includeThe Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund, co-edited with Bessma Momani (Oxford University Press, 2024); What’s Wrong with the IMF and How to Fix It, co-authored with Bessma Momani (Polity, 2018); and Poor States, Power, and the Politics of IMF Reform: Drivers of Change in the Post-Washington Consensus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). His peer-reviewed articles and book chapters encompass works such as “Uniformity of Treatment: In Name Only?” inThe Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund (2024), “The Bretton Woods Institutions and their Changing Role in Shaping Development Outcomes in the post-2008 Period” in The Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security, and Development (2020), a review of Martin S. Edwards' book in The Review of International Organizations (2019), “Cooperation or Clashes on 19th Street? Theorizing and Assessing IMF and World Bank Organizational Collaboration” in Journal of International Organizational Studies (2015, co-authored with Bessma Momani), and “Coalitions of Change: Explaining IMF Low-Income Country Reform in the Post-Washington Consensus” in Journal of International Relations and Development (2013). Hibben has received several honors from Saint Joseph’s College, including the Faculty Professorship Award for Associate/Full Professors (2020), Excellence in Teaching Award (2019), and Faculty Professorship Awards for Assistant Professors and Instructors (2015 and 2013), as well as the IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting Academic Fellowship (2011). He is a member of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association.