About Mary Michaels
Researcher • Educator • Policy & Governance Practitioner
Mary Michaels is a researcher, educator, and policy practitioner whose work centers on international law, cyber and electromagnetic operations, international security, cyber governance, and emerging technology. Her teaching progression spans research assistance, co-instruction, and instruction through UNITAR partnerships with the University for Peace and the Asian Institute of Technology.
Professional Profile
Mary earned an M.S. in Global Security, Conflict, and Cybercrime, New York University in 2026.
Her published writing includes “It’s Time to Treat New York’s AI Building Systems the Same as Fire Systems,” published by Commercial Observer on August 26, 2025. She presented “Cyber Ethics in Practice: A Systems-Based Framework for Global Cyber Policy and Diplomacy” at Geneva Cyber Week 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8 May 2026.
Doria Shafik Global Gender Justice Award
NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs | 2026
Inaugural recipient
Alongside her academic work, Mary serves as an International Student Immigration Compliance Officer at CUNY. Her experience spans higher education, immigration compliance, public service, communications, and international affairs.
Service & Advocacy
Mary also serves as a disability advocate and as the Family/Consumer Representative on Arista Home Care’s Continuous Quality Improvement Committee, contributing a family and consumer perspective to discussions of quality, safety, compliance, and service improvement.
Continuous Quality Improvement Committee — Family/Consumer Representative
Arista Home Care | July 2025–Present
Applied Research
LoomHer Empowerment
NYU Graduate Capstone / Applied Policy Research | 2026
LoomHer is an applied policy research project examining women’s financial inclusion, productive-asset financing, textile production, market access, quality assurance, digital verification, and development finance, with Uganda as the Phase I focus. Interviews informed the proposed model; they do not constitute endorsements. LoomHer is not an operating enterprise.