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Employment

Assistant Professor, Politics Department, Willamette University (2009 - )
Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (2008 - 2009)

Education

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (June 2009)
MacArthur Scholar,
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
• Major fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics
• Dissertation: Worldly Encounters:
The Politics of Global Governance and Women’s Human Rights in East Africa
• Committee: Bud Duvall (advisor), Dan Kelliher, Richa Nagar, August Nimtz, Kathryn Sikkink

B.A. Politics with International Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (2000)
• Awarded First Class Honors


Research

Publications
• “Cultural Rights and Rights of Defiance in Northern Tanzania,” article co-authored with Anna Winterbottom and Gemma Burford, African Studies Review 52(1) 2009, pp.47-71

Professional presentations
• “Worldy Encounters: International Women's Human Rights in East Africa,” paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Panel on Exploring Gender Politics in Africa, New York City (February 2009)
• “Local Politics and Global Development: Campaigns Against 'Traditional Cultural Practices' in East Africa,” paper apresented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Panel on Cosmopolitain, National or Indigenous Identities, New York City (February 2009)
• “The Global Governance of Culture: Campaigns Against Female Circumcision in East Africa,” paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Panel on Gender, Organizing and Women's Human Rights, Boston Massachusetts (August 2008)
“The Local Politics of Global Governance: Campaigns against FGM,” paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (April 2008)
“Human Rights and Human Suffering: Gender, Violence and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,” paper prepared for International Studies Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois (March 2007)
“The Politics of Human Rights Practice:Women's Rights are Human Rights in International Criminal Tribunals,” paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (April 2005)
“Agency, Ideas and Change in International Politics: The Case of Women's Rights and the Rome Statute for the ICC," paper presented at International Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii (March 2005)

Presentations on fieldwork and methods
• “Field Work: It's Not All About Data Collection,” presentation at the Minnesota International Relations Colloquium, University of Minnesota (Spring 2007)
• “The Complicated Local Lives of Global Initiatives in Northern Tanzania,” presentation at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota (November 2006)
• "Global Governance and Human Suffering: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda" presentation at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota (March 2006)


Teaching

Instructor (lecturer), University of Minnesota & Willamette University
• International Politics (Fall 2009)
• Global Citizenship and International Ethics, an upper division writing-intensive course. Enrollment: 60 (Spring 2009)
Global Politics, an International Relations survey course. Enrollment: 90 (Fall 2008)
Global Politics, an International Relations survey course. Enrollment: 26 (Summer 2008)

Teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
• African Politics (Spring 2005)
• The Politics of Race, Class and Ethnicity (Fall 2004, Fall 2002)
• Global Politics (Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2001)
• Power & Choice (Spring 2002)

Teacher training
• Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Minnesota
• Future Faculty Practicum, Preparing Future Faculty training program, University of Minnesota (Fall 2008)
• Mentorship in Teaching in Higher Education with Professor Jeremy Youde, University of Minnesota, Duluth (Fall 2008)
• Teaching with Writing, five-day faculty seminar, Center for Writing, University of Minnesota (18-22 August 2008)
• Teaching in Higher Education, Preparing Future Faculty training program, University of Minnesota (Fall 2007)
• Teaching Genocide, a five-day seminar, University of Minnesota (June 2004)

Lectures and workshops (abbreviated)
• “The Politics of Culture and Tradition in East Africa” guest lecture at the Macalaster College, St Paul (February 2009)
• “Human Rights” and "The Politics of Water" guest lectures for an undergraduate comparative politics classes at the University of Minnesota, Duluth (November 2008)
• “Challenging Power Structures,” guest lecture for an undergraduate peace studies class at Hamline University, St. Paul (Spring 2005)
• “Human Rights,” guest lectures for large undergraduate Political Science classes, University of Minnesota (April 2004 and March 2005)
• “Student Movements” and “Access to Higher Education” workshops at Central High School in St. Paul and South High School in Minneapolis (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006)
• “Student Movements,” “The Civil Rights Movement,” and “Immigrant Rights Movements,” lectures, workshops and field trips at the Minnesota Internship Center, Minneapolis (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006)
• “Women’s Human Rights,” a large workshop co-facilitated with Lily Shank, International Women’s Day Celebrations, University of Minnesota (March 2005)

Instructional technology
• Instructional Technology Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (2005–2007)


Awards (abbreviated)

• Award for best paper on women and politics, American Political Science Association (2009)
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota (2007-8)
Travel Fellowship, Office of International Programs, University of Minnesota (2007)
• Travel Grant, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota (2006)
• Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (2005)
Doctoral Research Fellowship (Macarthur Scholarship), Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (2004)
Jim Bulpitt Prize for the final year student for the best overall performance in the degrees of Politics or Politics with International Studies, University of Warwick (2000)


Skills

• Dutch (fluent), German (reading fluency), Swahili (beginner)
• Web design (HTML, Dreamweaver, Photoshop CS), video and sound editing
• Extensive training and experience in pedagogical uses of instructional technologies, including Blackboard, WebCT, WebVista, Moodel, web logs, and wikis

Professional memberships

• International Studies Association
• American Political Science Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• African Studies Association


References

On request.

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