She has a Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of Chicago and an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University. She graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Marina’s teaching interests include political anthropology, linguistic anthropology, globalization, and youth. She is working on a book manuscript on youth projects and transnational governance in Lithuania, while her new research examines globalization by focusing on World Cup in Russia.