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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last updated August 2009