Rachel Brown's teaching interests include feminist political thought, contemporary political thought, queer theory and citizenship, race and transnational labor, and feminist research methods.
Since earning her doctorate from The Graduate Center, City University of New York in 2016, Brown has held positions at Northeastern University and Mount Holyoke College. Her doctoral work in political science focused in part on issues related to domestic workers and migrant care networks. She joined the faculty in fall 2017.