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Marianna Bezhanyan

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I am a law student at Duke University School of Law, pursuing JD/LLM in International and Comparative Law, and a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. My academic and research interests focus on international law, with particular emphasis on economic sanctions, export controls, immigration, and surveillance. I am interested in how legal frameworks shape global governance, national security, and the movement of people and information across borders.

 

My experience includes working with the research services team at a corporate law firm, where I supported legal research and analysis, as well as contributing to work with the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration. Through these roles, I have developed a strong foundation in interdisciplinary research and a sustained interest in the intersection of regulatory regimes and individual rights in an increasingly interconnected world.

Research & Working Papers

Centralization by Exception (U.S.) vs.

Centralization by Design (Russia):

Tax Privacy, § 6103, and the IRS–ICE MOU

Research under supervision of professor Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA Law

Racial Profiling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from the U.S. and Russia

Available on Medium, written for Amnesty International USA Midwest Regional Activism Conference, October 17, 2025

Three Stories of Torture: What I Witnessed at OVD-info

 

No More Torture (May 25, 2025)

Protest, Mutual Aid and Diasporic Belonging:   Russian Immigrant Integration Through Navalny LA (Part I)

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Research under supervision of professor Cecilia Menjivar, UCLA CSIM

Refugees as the Praxis of Man-3: On Statelessness and the Architecture of Exclusion 

 

The Generation: UCLA Journal of Global Affairs (March 2025)
 

Contact Information

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