Employment

Assistant Professor, Politics Department, Willamette University (2009 - )

Contributing faculty member in the Women and Gender Studies and International Studies programs.

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
Dissertation: Worldly Encounters: The Politics of Global Governance and Women’s Human Rights in East Africa

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

• “The Local Politics of Global Governance: International Campaigns against Female Circumcision in East Africa,” submission currently under review.

Current projects
• “Investigating and Reporting ‘Violence Against Women’ in the Great Lakes Region Conflicts: Towards an Intersectional Analysis,” proposal submitted for the Panel on Intersectionality and Global Governance, ISA International Conference, Montreal 2011.

• “Human Rights Investigations on Trial: Human Rights Reports and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,” co-authored with Carrie Booth Walling, proposal submitted for the ISA International Conference, Montreal 2011.

Professional presentations

• “‘Unspeakable Suffering’: The Politics of Witness Testimony at the International Criminal Tribunal Rwanda,” paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Panel on International Women’s Issues, Chicago, Illinois (April 2010)

• “‘I Don’t Think I Would Give My Story’: Global Justice for Women at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,” paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2010, New Orleans (February 2010)

• “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)

• “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)


Teaching

Classes taught
• The Struggle for Human Rights, freshman college colloquium (Fall 2010)

• Africa & The World, an upper-division course on the Politics of Africa. Department of Politics, Willamette University (Spring 2010)

• Senior Thesis, a research and writing seminar for seniors. Department of Politics, Willamette University (Spring 2010)

• International Politics, an introductory International Relations course for undergraduates. Department of Politics, Willamette University (Fall 2009 and Spring and Fall 2010)

• Government Internship, a course on research methods and professional development for government interns. Department of Politics, Willamette University (Fall 2009)

• Global Citizenship and International Ethics, an upper division writing-intensive undergraduate course. Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (Spring 2009)

• Global Politics, an undergraduate survey course. Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (Summer 2008; Fall 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)

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)

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last updated August 2009