Alynna J. Lyon is a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire. She is author of US Politics and the United Nations (Lynne Rienner, 2016), co-author of The United Nations in the 21 Century 6th ed. (Routledge, 2022) with Karen Mingst and Margaret Karns, co-author of The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace, Human Rights and Development with Kent Kille (2020), and co-editor of two books, Pope Francis as a Global Actor: Where Politics and Theology Meet (Palgrave, 2018) and Religion and Politics in a Global Society (Lexington, 2013). She is former chair of the International Organization section of the International Studies Association (2016-2018), Editor-in-Chief of Global Governance and a Faculty Fellow for the Global, Racial and Social Inequality Lab. She also serves as Faculty Advisor for UNH Model United Nations. She also serves as Faculty Advisor for UNH Model United Nations.