DENISE M. WALSH
Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics
Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality
S185 Gibson Hall
1540 Jefferson Park Avenue
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
[email protected]
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics and Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality (WGS), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2011- present
- Visiting Scholar, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies, South Bend, IN, 2020-21
- Co-founding, co-director: Power, Violence and Inequality Collective, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia, 2016-2020
- Visiting Scholar, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy, 2015
- Visiting Scholar, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2008-2009
- Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics and WGS, University of Virginia, 2005-2011
EDUCATION
- New School for Social Research, New York, NY; Ph.D., Political Science, January 2006
- Columbia University, New York, NY; M.A., Political Science, 1986
- Bennington College, Bennington, VT; B.A., Politics and Economics, 1985
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Women’s Rights in Democratizing States: Just Debate and Gender Justice in the Public Sphere (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, Choice Review, and H-Net Review.
Articles in Refereed Journals
“Backlash and the Future of Feminism,” introduction to a multi-article symposium for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 45 (2) 2020: 256-278. Co-authored with Jennifer Piscopo.
“Diversity in Political Science: Why it Matters and How to Get It,” introduction to multi-article symposium for Politics, Groups and Identities 4 (3) 2016: 462-466. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
“Organizing Women: Diversifying Leadership and Addressing Discrimination in Political Science Departments,” PS: Political Science & Politics 48 (3) 2015: 459-463. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
“How Political Science Can Become More Diverse,” introduction to multi-article symposium for PS: Political Science & Politics48 (3) 2015: 441-444. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
“Political Science, Heal Thyself,” introduction to Critical Perspectives, Advocating for Change in the Discipline, Politics & Gender 10 (3) 2014: 432-437. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
“A Feminist Approach to Quotas and Comparative Politics,” Critical Perspectives, Gender and Politics: Gender Quotas and Comparative Politics, Politics & Gender 9 (3) 2013: 322-328.
“Does the Quality of Democracy Matter for Women’s Rights? The Public Sphere and Democratic Transition in Chile and South Africa,” Comparative Political Studies 45 (11) 2012: 1323-135.
“The Liberal Moment: Women and Just Debate in South Africa,” Journal of Southern African Studies, 32 (1) 2006: 85-106.
- Co-winner of the Journal of Southern African Studies 2006 Best Article Prize.
“Altering Politics, Contesting Gender,” Journal of Southern African Studies 32 (1) 2006: 1-12. With Pamela Scully.
Edited Journals/Symposia
“Backlash and the Future of Feminism,” multi-article symposium for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 45 (2) 2020: 265-345. Co-edited with Jennifer Piscopo, and with Brittany Leach and Eileen Ying.
“Why Diversity in Political Science Matters,” multi-article symposium for Politics, Groups and Identities 4 (3) 2016: 462-528. Co-edited with Carol Mershon.
“How Political Science Can Become More Diverse,” multi-article symposium for PS: Political Science & Politics 48 (3) 2015: 459-463. Co-edited with Carol Mershon.
“Advocating for Change in the Discipline,” multi-article symposium for Politics & Gender 10 (3) 2014: 432-473. Co-edited with Carol Mershon.
“Women and Gender in Southern Africa,” special issue for the Journal of Southern African Studies 32 (1) 2006. Lead editor; co-edited with Pamela Scully and Deborah Gaitskell.
Refereed Book Chapters
“Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights,” in The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory, edited by Chris Brown and Robyn Eckersley (Oxford University Press, 2018: 343-356).
“Party Centralization and Debate Conditions in South Africa,” in The Impact of Gender Quotas: Women’s Descriptive, Substantive, and Symbolic Representation, edited by Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook, and Jennifer Piscopo (Oxford University Press, 2012: 119-135).
“Citizenship, Gender and Civil Society in South Africa,” in Women’s Activism in South Africa: Working Across Divides, edited by Hannah Britton, Jennifer Fish, and Sheila Meintjes (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2009: 43-72).
Popular Articles and Other Publications
“Gendered Citizenship and Liminal Space: The Ambiguity of Women’s Organizing,” Journal of Comparative Political Theory2(1) 2022: forthcoming.
“We’re an all-women team chosen to edit political science’s flagship journal. Here’s why that matters,” Monkey Cage Analysis,The Washington Post, August 29, 2019. Co-authored with Sharon Wright Austin, Michelle Dion, Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Clarissa Rile Hayward, Kelly Kadera, Julie Novkov, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Dara Strolovitch, Aili Mari Tripp, S. Laurel Weldon, and Elisabeth Jean Wood.
“Making it Ethical to Study Africa: The Enduring Legacies of ‘Sitting on a Man,’” Journal of West African History 3 (2) 2017: 166-172.
“How are Women Political Scientists Doing? A Report from the APSA Committee for the Status of Women in the Profession and the Thelen Presidential Task Force,” Comparative Politics Newsletter 27 (1) 2017: 81-83. Co-authored with Nadia Brown, Mala Htun, Frances Rosenbluth, and Kathleen Thelen.
“Increasing Civic and Political Participation of Women: Understanding the Risk of Strong Resistance,” USAID Democracy Fellows and Grants Program (January 2017). Co-authored with Vanessa Ochs, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen, and Catalina Vallejo.
“Why the Quality of Democracy Matters for Women’s Rights,” Democracy in Africa Blog (March 29, 2014).
Perspectives, December 2013. Mona Lena Krook and Fiona Mackay, eds., Gender, Politics and Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2012. Karen E. Ferree, Framing the Race in South Africa: The Political Origins of Racial-Census Elections (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Politics & Gender, March 2008. Shireen Hassim, Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa: Contesting Authority(University of Wisconsin Press, 2006).
African Affairs, July 2007. Amanda Gouws, ed., (Un)thinking Citizenship: Feminist Debates in Contemporary South Africa(Ashgate Publishing Lmtd., 2005).
“Your Culture or Your Rights,” in Jessica R. Feldman and Robert Stilling, eds., What Should I Read Next? 70 University of Virginia Professors Recommend Readings in History, Politics, Literature, Math, Science, Technology, the Arts and More (University of Virginia Press, 2008).
“Second Fiddle to Fear,” Joel Westheimer, ed., Phi Delta Kappan, Special Issue: Patriotism and Education, 87(8) April 2006: 614. Reprinted in Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America’s Schools, (Teachers College Press, 2007). Selected for an audio version.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Book Manuscript
Culture and Women's Rights Don't Clash
Papers
A Complementary Approach to Critical Frame Analysis and "What is the Policy Represented to Be?, under review
Investigating Ideational Power in Comparative Politics
Research Note: A 360 Approach to Interviewing
Expanding the Violence Against Women in Politics Research Agenda
Why Political Science Needs the Concept of Obstruction. Co-authored with Catalina Vallejo, Paromita Sen; with Sarah Corning
HONORS AND AWARDS
University of Virginia All-University Teaching Award, 2014
- Additional Teaching Recognition: UVa Seven Society, 2014 and 2016; UVa I.M.P. 2012; Lantern Society Award for Leadership in Women’s Education, 2007
Co-winner of the Journal of Southern African Studies Best Article Prize, 2006
Hannah Arendt Award in Politics, New School for Social Research, 2006
APSA Travel Award, 2004
APSA Graduate Student Stipend Award for Elite Interviewing Short Course, 2001
EXTRAMURAL GRANTS
Principal Investigator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Institute of International Education (IIE), $48,026.45, “Women’s Civic and Political Participation,” 2016. With Vanessa Ochs, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo.
Co-PI, National Science Foundation (NSF), Law and Social Sciences and Political Science Program, $49,978.00, “Workshop: Building Collaboration across Diverse Groups to Improve Scholarship,” 2014-17. With Carol Mershon.
INTRAMURAL GRANTS
University of Virginia Arts and Sciences and the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Research Support, 2021, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011
University of Virginia Summer Grant, 2020, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006
University of Virginia, Women, Gender & Sexuality Research Grant, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
University of Virginia, Page-Barbour, “Democratic Struggles over National Identity and for Social Justice,” with colleagues from Politics and Sociology, 2018-2019
University of Virginia, Page-Barbour, “Slavery Since Emancipation,” with Talitha LeFlouria and Nick Winter, 2017-2018
University of Virginia, Page-Barbour, “Power, Violence and Inequality,” with Sophie Trawalter and Nick Winter, 2016-17
University of Virginia, Mellon Humanities Fellows Program, Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures, 2016
University of Virginia, Mellon Graduate Teaching Seminar Grant, 2015-16
University of Virginia Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation Grant, 2014
University of Virginia, Department of Politics, Seed Grant with Carol Mershon, 2014
University of Virginia Center for Global Health Travel Grant, 2014
University of Virginia Sesquicentennial Research Associate, 2020-21; 2014-15; 2008-09
University of Virginia Center for International Studies Global Curriculum Development Grant, with Deborah McDowell and Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton, 2013
University of Virginia, Department of Politics, Seed Grant with Carol Mershon, 2012
University of Virginia Center for International Studies Faculty Travel Grant, 2012
University of Virginia Pavilion Seminar Grant 2011-2012
University of Virginia Center for International Studies WGS Faculty Research Development Grant, 2011
University of Virginia Center for International Studies Faculty Travel Grant, 2011
University of Virginia, Excellence in Diversity Fellowship, 2005-2006
New School for Social Research Dissertation Research Award, 2003
New School for Social Research Travel and Conference Award, 2003
New School for Social Research Tuition Scholarship, 2001
Ira Katznelson Fellowship, New School for Social Research, 2000
CONFERENCES AND TALKS
Western Political Science Association, “Beyond Culture Versus Women’s Rights,” Vancouver, Canada, to be held March 26-30, 2024.
American Political Science Association, “Moving Beyond Culture and Women’s Rights,” Los Angeles, August 31-September 3, 2023. Canceled due to hotel labor strike.
Western Political Science Association, "How Stories Work," San Francisco, California, April 5-8, 2023.
Additional conference presentations:
- Southern Political Science Association, "How Stories Work During Culture and Women’s Rights Controversies," St. Pete's Beach, Florida, January 12-14, 2023.
2022. Webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwK2NPB3E8&ab_channel=NIICENEPAL
American Political Science Association, “A Post-Structural Approach to Critical Frame Analysis,” Montreal, Canada, September 15-18, 2022.
Additional conference presentations:
- European Conference on Politics and Gender, “A Post-Structuralist Feminist Approach to Critical Frame Analysis,” Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6-8, 2022.
Talk, University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies Conference, “How to Fight Cultural Imperialism,” April 19-20, 2022.
Western Political Science Association, “How to Fight Imperial Sexism,” Portland, Oregon, March 8-11, 2022.
Talk, University of Wisconsin Political Theory Workshop, "When Culture Versus Women's Rights is Imperialism," October 22, 2021.
American Political Science Association, “The Politics of Culture and Women’s Rights,” Seattle, Washington, September 30-October 3, 2021.
International Studies Association, Author Meets Critics panelist, “Natasha Behl’s Gendered Citizenship: Understanding Gendered Violence in Democratic India,” Online, April 6-10, 2021.
Western Political Science Association, "A Theory of Debating the Right to Culture and Women's Rights," Online, April 1-3, 2021.
Talk, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies, “Weaponizing Rights: Co-optation and the ‘Burqa Ban’ at the European Court of Human Rights,” Online, March 16, 2021.
Southern Political Science Association, "Myth Busting: The French Face Veil Ban and the European Court of Human Rights," Online, January 6-9, 2021.
Talk, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies, “Weaponizing Rights: The Marrying Out Rule in Canada,” Online, September 29, 2020.
American Political Science Association, "Obstruction of Political Participation," Online, September 10-13, 2020. Co-authored with Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo; with Sarah Corning.
Additional Conference Presentations:
- European Conference on Gender Politics, “Obstruction to the Political Participation of Marginalized Groups: Types, Backlash, Repertoire and Sites,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 4-8, 2019. Co-authored with Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo; with Sarah Corning.
Additional conference presentations: - International Studies Association, “Opposition to Women’s Participation in Politics and Civil Society,” Toronto, Canada, March 27-30, 2019. Co-authored with Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo; with Sarah Corning.
- Midwest Political Science Association, “Backlash Against Women’s Participation in the Global South,” Chicago, Illinois, April 4-7, 2018. Co-authored with Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo; with Sarah Corning.
American Political Science Association, “Backlash and the Future of Feminism,” Online, September 10-13, 2020. Co-authored with Jennifer Piscopo.
Southern Political Science Association, “Weaponizing Culture and Women’s Rights: Indigenous Women’s Indian Status in Canada,” San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 9-11, 2020.
Additional Conference Presentations:
- American Political Science Association, “Debating Indigenous Women’s Citizenship Status in Canada,” Washington DC, August 29-September 1, 2019.
American Political Science Association, “The Face Veil Ban at the European Court of Human Rights,” Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018.
American Political Science Association, Theme Roundtable: Discontent with Gender Justice: Backlash, Resistance and Opposition Worldwide, “Backlash and the Future of Feminism,” Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018. Co-authored with Jennifer Piscopo.
American Political Science Association, “Backlash Against Women’s Political Participation: Practical Challenges and Future Research,” Short Course: Gender, Resurgent Nationalism & Masculinist Politics in the US & Europe, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018.
International Studies Association, “Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights,” San Francisco, CA, April 4-7, 2018.
Feminist Research Seminar, Institute for Research on Women & Gender, "Opposition to Women's Participation in Politics and Civil Society," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 19-21, 2017. Co-authored with Paromita Sen and Catalina Vallejo.
American Political Science Association, “Beyond Multiculturalism Versus Women’s Rights: Customary Marriage Reform in South Africa,” San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3, 2017.
Additional conference presentations:
- European Conference on Politics and Gender, “Manufacturing Conflicts Between Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights: Polygamy in South Africa,” Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8-10, 2017.
- International Studies Association, “Policy Conflicts over Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights: Polygamy in South Africa,” Baltimore, MD, February 22-25, 2017.
Resisting Women’s Political Leadership: Theories, Data, Solutions, “Opposition to Women’s Increased Civil and Political Participation in Developing Countries,” Rutgers University, NJ, May 22-26, 2017. Co-authored with Vanessa Och, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen, and Catalina Vallejo.
Additional conference presentations:
- European Consortium for Political Science Workshop, Exploring the Dark Side: Theorising Resistances and Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Comparative Perspective, Nottingham, England, April 25-30, 2017.
Talk, The Political Economy of Gender and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, “Women’s Political Participation in South Africa: Advances, Limits and Resistance,” John’s Hopkins University, Washington, DC, April 14, 2017.
American Political Science Association, Methods Studio Short Course, “Debating the French Burqa Ban at the European Court of Human Rights: Critical Frame Analysis and Post-structuralist Discourse Theory,” Philadelphia, PA, September 1-4, 2016.
Western Political Science Association, “International Political Theory, Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights,” San Diego, CA, March 24-26, 2016.
Talk, Diversity, Marginalization and Inclusion Mini-Conference, “Coalition Building to Advance Diverse Leadership and Redress Discrimination in Political Science and Law and the Social Sciences,” Irvine, CA, February 5-7, 2016. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
American Political Science Association, “Muslim Women’s Rights in the European Court of Human Rights,” San Francisco, CA, September 2-6, 2015.
Additional conference presentations:
- International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis, Lille, France, July 8-10, 2015
- European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-13, 2015
- International Studies Association, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 8-10, 2015.
NSF-sponsored Workshop on Coalition Building, “Organizing Women: Diversifying Leadership and Addressing Discrimination in Political Science Departments,” Arlington, VA, January 7-9. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
Collegio Carlo Alberto, “Strategies for Diversifying Academe: Redressing Bias against Women and Scholars of Color in the Social Science Professions,” Moncalieri, Italy, March 19, 2015. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
American Political Science Association, “Reimagining Rights: Group Rights and Women’s Rights in Canada,” Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2014.
Second International Conference of the School of Health Sciences, “The Tyranny of the Majority: Culture and Women’s Rights in South Africa,” University of Venda (UNIVEN) Thohoyandou, South Africa, July 1-3, 2014.
Additional conference presentations:
- Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, CA, March 28-30, 2013
- Canadian Political Science Conference, Edmonton, Canada, June 12-15, 2012
- Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2011
- Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR, March 22-24, 2012.
National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), “Diversifying Our Departments: A Dialogue with a Focus on Women Faculty of Color,” Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27-31, 2014. Co-authored with Gertrude Fraser and Carol Mershon.
American Political Science Association, “Gendering Political Science: Strategies for Organizing and Advancing Diverse Women in the Profession,” Chicago, IL, August 29-September 1, 2013. Co-authored with Carol Mershon.
Additional conference presentations:
- Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 11-13, 2013
- Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, FL, January 3-5, 2013.
American Political Science Association, “Multiculturalism versus Women’s Rights: Intersectionality and Political Competition in South Africa,” New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, 2012. Conference cancelled. Paper available on SSRN.
Beyond Numbers: The Effects of Electoral Gender Quotas Conference, “Quotas, Substantive Representation, and Intersectionality Policy in South Africa,” Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 11-14, 2011.
Western Political Science Association, “Identity Formation, Inequality and the State: A Framework for Analyzing the Outcomes of Intersectionality Policies,” San Antonio, TX, April 21-23, 2011.
Midwest Political Science Association, “Political Competition and Constitutional Commitments: Culture and Women’s Rights in South Africa,” Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011.
American Political Science Association, “Women’s Rights and Cultural Rights in South Africa,” Washington D.C., September 2-5, 2010.
Midwest Political Science Association, “Multiculturalism and the Limits of Dialogue in South Africa,” Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010.
Additional conference presentation:
- Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, April 1-3, 2010.
Dartmouth Comparative Democracy Workshop, “Deliberation and Women’s Rights in Democratizing States,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, April 24, 2009.
Midwest Political Science Association, “Just Debate and Gender Justice in Democratizing States,” Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.
American Political Science Association, “Deliberation and Gender Politics in the South African Parliament,” Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
Additional conference presentations:
- Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008
- The European Conference on Politics and Gender, Queen's University of Belfast, January 21-23, 2009.
Western Political Science Association, “Rejecting the Culture Versus Women’s Rights Dilemma: Evidence from South Africa,” Vancouver, Canada, March 19-21, 2009.
Additional conference presentation:
- African Studies Association, “Rejecting the Culture-Women’s Rights Dilemma: Customary Law and Women in South Africa,” New York, NY, October 18-21, 2007.
American Political Science Association, “Deliberation, Gender and the State in South Africa,” Chicago, IL, August 30-September 1, 2007.
African Studies Association, “The Gendered Limits of Civil Society in South Africa,” San Francisco, CA, November 15-19, 2006.
Human Sciences Research Council, “Limits to Participation: Gender and Mass Media in the New South Africa,” Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 5-7, 2006.
American Political Science Association, “Public Debate and the Legitimacy of Gender Equality in South Africa,” Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2003.
Additional conference presentations:
- Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2003
- International Political Science Association, June 29-July 4, 2003.
American Political Science Association, “Confrontation and Transformation: Customary Marriage in South Africa,” Boston, MA, August 29-September 1, 2002.
Additional conference presentation:
- 9th Conference of Africanists, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African Studies, Moscow, May 21-23, 2002.
Midwest Political Science Association, “Assessing Public Deliberation and Women’s Rights in South Africa, 1994-1996,” Chicago, IL, April 24-28, 2002.
Additional conference presentation:
- The Fifth North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, Burlington, VT, April 19-21, 2002.
International Studies Association-Northeast Region/Northeast Political Science Association, “Moving Beyond Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Just Debate, Culture and Gender Reform in Poland, Morocco and South Africa,” Philadelphia, PA, November 8-10, 2001.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Editor: American Political Science Review, 2020-2024
Talk, New School for Social Research, "Why Everyone with a New School PhD Should Submit to the APSR," to be held online, October 27, 2021.
Panelist, American Political Science Association, “A Discussion among the Editors: What It Means to be a Political Science Journal Editor in 2021,” Seattle, Washington, September 30-October 1, 2021.
Panelist, American Political Science Association, “Meet the Editors of the APSR,” Online, September 10-13, 2020.
Chair, American Political Science Association, “Ethics Panel,” Online, September 10-13, 2020.
Editorial Board Member: Journal of Gender and Power, School of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University; Politics, Groups & Identities, 2013-2019
Member, Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 2015-2018
President, Women’s Caucus, American Political Science Association, 2016-17
Section Chair, Comparative Politics: Developing Countries, Midwest Political Science Association, 2018
Section Chair, Interpretive Methods and Methodologies Working Group, American Political Science Association, 2018
Section Co-Chair, Women and Politics Research Section, American Political Science Association, 2016
Co-convener and Chair, Theme Roundtable: Discontent with Gender Justice: Backlash, Resistance and Opposition Worldwide, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018
Co-convener, Feminist Research Seminar, “Opposition to Women's Participation in Politics and Civil Society," Institute for Research on Women & Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 19-21, 2017. With Jennifer Piscopo.
Co-convener, “Coalition Building to Advance Diverse Leadership and Address Discrimination in Political Science," Short Course and Working Group, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1-6, 2015
Co-convener, “Diversifying Leadership and Addressing Discrimination in the Political Science Profession,” Short Course, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29-September 1, 2013
Co-convener, Roundtable, “Applying the Lessons of Gender, Race, and Intersectionality to the Political Science Discipline,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 11-14, 2013
Co-convener, Conference within a Conference, “Applying the Lessons of Gender, Race, and Intersectionality to the Political Science Discipline,” Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, FL, January 3-5, 2013
Panel co-convener, Multiculturalism and Minority Rights: Assessing the Role of the State, American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 2-5, 2010
Panel Convener, Gender and the Limits of Democracy, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 1, 2007
Panel Convener, Advancing Women’s Rights in Developing Countries and International Organizations, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 29-September 1, 2002
Panel Convener, Lessons from Deliberation, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2003
Advisory Board Member for APSA Column: Wondering Woman, 2016-present
Research Specialist, Gender, Race & Sexuality, Methods Café, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018
Mentor-at-Large, APSA Diversity and Inclusion Hackathon, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018
Consultant, Researching Women’s Movements Workshop, Boston, MA, August 29, 2018
Panelist, "A Discussion Among the Editors: What It Means to Be a Political Science Journal Editor in 2021," American Political Science Association, September 30-October 3, 2021.
Panelist, “Author Meets Critics: Behl, Gendered Citizenship, Understanding Gendered Violence in Democratic India,” International Studies Association, online, April 6-9, 2021.
Panelist, "The Shifting Faces of Feminism in the Age of #MeToo and Donald Trump," American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 9-12, 2020
Panelist, #MeTooPoliSci Short Course, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-Septebmer 2, 2018
Participant, “Transnational Dialogue on Women’s Rights and Gender Violence in Post-Conflict Societies” in Monrovia, Liberia, March 22-27, 2009. Sponsored by the International Development Foundation at Emory University and the Carter Foundation
Discussant, Western Political Science Association, “Imperial Sexism, Feminist Collectivities, and Interpretive Methods,” to be held in San Francisco, April 5-8, 2023
Discussant and Chair, Southern Political Science Association, “Hot Topics Part 1: Abortion, LGBT+, and Gun Control,” St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, January 12-14, 2023
Discussant, European Conference on Politics and Gender, “Contestations of Truth and Knowledge in Theory and Practice,” Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6-9, 2022.
Discussant, European Conference on Gender Politics, “Power and Representation Beyond the Legislature,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 4-8, 2019.
Discussant, European Conference on Gender Politics, ““Intersectional Perspectives on Political Representation,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 4-8, 2019.
Discussant, American Political Science Association, Methods Studio Short Course, San Francisco, August 31-September 3, 2017
Discussant, “Constructing Intersections,” European Conference on Politics and Gender Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8-10, 2017
Discussant, Empirical Study of Gender Research Network (EGEN) Graduate Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 31-June 1, 2017
Discussant, Postcolonial Encounters with Gender, Politics, and Peace, International Studies Association, Baltimore, MD, February 22-25, 2017
Discussant, Gender and the Processes of Democratization, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, Aug 28-31, 2014
Discussant, Gender and Descriptive Representation, Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, CA, March 28-30, 2013
Discussant, Beyond Numbers: The Effects of Electoral Gender Quotas Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 11-14, 2011
Discussant, Rethinking Citizenship and Immigration through Intersectionality, Western Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX, April 21-23, 2011
Discussant, Pluralism and Equality, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2010
Discussant, Gender and Policy: Making, Enforcement, Impact, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010
Discussant, Subordination and Resistance Within and Across Borders, Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, April 1-3, 2010
Reviewer: National Science Foundation, American Academy in Berlin, American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Comparative Politics; Political Theory; PS: Political Science & Politics; Political Studies; Political Behavior; Constellations; European Journal of Politics & Gender; Politics, Groups & Identities; Politics & Gender; Gender & Society; Sex Roles; Journal of Development Studies; Ethnicities; International Journal of Public Affairs, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations; African Studies Review; Online Journal of African Affairs; Conflict Management & Peace Science; Feminist Criminology Journal; Laws; Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; letter writer for promotion and tenure.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Leadership in Academic Matters Quarterly, “Organizational Culture,” February 7, 2014
UVa ADVANCE Workshop, “Charging our Vision for Change: Strategies for Leading and Playing in Successful Teams,” November 20, 2013
Practices and Traditions in Limpopo Workshop, UNIVEN, South Africa, June 11-13, 2013
UVa ADVANCE Workshop, “Engaging Difference,” February 28, 2013
Leadership in Academic Matters (LAM), University of Virginia, Spring 2013
Faculty Mentoring Initiative for Associate Professors, University of Virginia, 2011-2012
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods, University of Syracuse, NY, June 12-25, 2011
Short Course, “Gender and Institutions,” American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 1, 2010
Short Course, “Field Research: Interpretive Approaches,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29, 2007
Workshop, Robert Porter, “Finding Funding: Locating Potential Sponsors for Your Research,” University of Virginia, January 11, 2007
Workshop, William Germano, “The Professional Scholarly Writer: A Workshop for Academic Researchers” May 28, 2007
Workshop, “Professional Grant Development: Proposal Writing I,” Grant Training Center, Arlington, VA, December 12-14, 2005
Workshop, “Teaching – Faculty Program,” University of Virginia, August 18-19, 2005
Excellence in Diversity Fellow, University of Virginia, 2005-6
Short Course, “Pushing the Frontiers of Women and Politics Research,” American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 27, 2003
Short Course, “Elite Interviewing,” American Political Science Association, August 29, 2001
Short Course, “Designing and Conducting Field Research,” American Political Science Association, August 29, 2001
FIELD RESEARCH
France; Belgium: Summer 2015
Canada: Summer 2012, 2016
South Africa: January 2001, Summer 2003, 2006, 2011, 2014
TEACHING COMPETENCIES
Comparative politics of gender (with a concentration in sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa); human rights, women’s rights, multiculturalism, identity politics, feminist theory, gender-based violence, deliberative theory and the public sphere
TEACHING
Graduate
PLCP 524 Gender Politics in Africa, Fall 2006, 2007
PLCP 7500 Democratic Theory, Democratic Practice, Spring 2014
PLCP 7500/5993 Identity and the State, Spring 2010, 2011, Spring 2016, Spring 2023
PLCP 8500 Feminist Theory, Feminist Practice, Spring 2017
WGS 7559 Approaches to Gender and Sexuality Studies, Fall 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Undergraduate
PLCP 3500 Human Rights and Gender, Summer 2014
PLCP 4500 Power, Violence and Inequality in the Global South, Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
PLCP 4500 Identity Politics, Fall 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
PLCP 4500 Culture and Human Rights, Fall 2014, 2015
PLCP/WGS 432/4320 Gender Politics in Africa, Fall 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2023
syllabus posted with the Consortium on Gender, Security & Human Rights
PLCP/WGS 435 Gender and the Public Sphere, Spring 2006, 2007
PLCP/WGS 412 Rights, Identity and Gender Justice, Fall 2005, 2006, 2007
PLCP/WGS 335(0) Gender Politics in Comparative Perspective, Spring 2006, 2007, 2008, Fall 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Semester at Sea 2013, Fall 2013
WGS 3810 Feminist Theory, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
WGS 405b Gendered Imaginaries: Public and Private Spheres, Spring 2008
WGS 4500 Identity Politics, Spring 2024
WGS 4050 Human Rights and Gender, Spring 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Semester at Sea 2013
WGS 4559 Gender-based Violence, Spring 2014, Fall 2014
PAVS 4500 Gender Violence, Spring 2012
THESIS ADVISING
Graduate, Ph.D.
Carolyn Anh Dang, Ph.D. Chair
Hayley Elsaz, Ph.D., doctoral committee, 2023
Mylène Freeman, Ph.D., doctoral committee
Natasha Rowland, Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, History
Olyvia Christley, Ph.D. Chair, 2022
Jennifer Simons, Ph.D., Co-chair
Brittany Leach, Ph.D., doctoral committee, 2021
Andrew Gates, Ph.D., doctoral committee, 2021
Charlotte Tidrick, Ph.D., doctoral committee
Catalina Vallejo, Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, Sociology, 2019
Paromita Sen, Ph.D., Co-chair, 2018
Dannah Dennis, Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, Anthropology, 2017
Melissa Maceyko, Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, Anthropology, 2016
Anand Rao, Ph.D. doctoral committee, 2015
Shu-Shan Lee, Ph.D. doctoral committee, 2015
Cody Perkins, History Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, 2015
Claire Timperley, Ph.D. doctoral committee, 2014
Robert Hamilton, Ph.D. doctoral committee, 2014
Andrew Joel Douglass, Ph.D., doctoral committee, 2008
Julia Wartenberg, Ph.D., doctoral committee, outside reader, Sociology, 2012
Graduate, M.A.
Marcelo Morales Ramirez, M.A., second reader, 2022
Carolyn Ahn Dang, M.A., first reader, 2022
Mylène Freeman, M.A., second reader, 2021
Hana Nasser, M. A., first reader, 2018
Olyvia Christley, M.A., first reader, 2017
Paromita Sen, M.A., first reader, 2014
Erin Houlihan, M.A., first reader, 2012
Tara Twibell, M.A., first reader, 2012
Lisa Frenchik, M.A., second reader, 2012
Gwen Calisch, M.A., second reader, 2006
Dnayanesh Kamat, M.A., second reader, 2006
Undergraduate
Sydney Sutherland, Political and Social Thought, 2023
Giselle Pfaelle, Political and Social Thought, 2023
Esther Eriksson von Allman,Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, 2022
Caroline Campos, Political and Social Thought, 2021
Brooke Hebert, WGS Distinguished Majors Program, Second Reader, 2020
Marlina Mejia, Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, 2019
Colette Marcellin, Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, 2019
Madeline Holler, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, 2018
Jackie Akunda, Political and Social Thought, 2017
Catherine Breimann, Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, 2014
Whitney Chronister, Political and Social Thought, 2013
Kerim Kaya Aksoy, Political and Social Thought, 2013
Stephanie Fontana, Political Science Honors Program, 2012
Jasmine Khan, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, 2012
Olyvia Christley, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, 2011
Nora Phillips, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, 2010
Rebecca Elliot, Political and Social Thought, 2008
Margaret E. Byrne, Political and Social Thought, 2008
Maha Kausar, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, Second Reader 2007
Gauri Raval, Human Biology Distinguished Majors Program, Second Reader 2007
Melissa Silverman, Political Science Distinguished Majors Program, 2005-2006
GRANT SUPERVISION/ INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Graduate
Olyvia Christley, Independent Study, 2016
Paromita Sen, Independent Study, 2013
Marina Omar, Independent Study, 2008
Undergraduate
Sarah Corning, Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant, 2018-19
Mariama Jalloh, Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (LAMI) Advisor, Summer 2018
Gabriele Trinidad Perez, Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (LAMI) Advisor, Summer 2017
Maria Bennici and Sam Carrigan, Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant, 2012
Gina Barber, Women and Politics, WGS Independent Study, 2012
Erin Conroy, Center for Global Health Undergraduate Research Grant, 2009
Shi-Shi Wang, Independent Study, 2007
Gauri Raval, Center for Global Health Undergraduate Research Grant, 2006
Shi-Shi Wang, Center for Global Health Undergraduate Research Grant, 2006
Undergraduate Student Opportunities in Academic Research Mentor, 2015-present
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS
Center for Global Health Faculty Fellow, 2013-present
Carter G. Woodson Institute Faculty Fellow, 2013-present
Global Studies Justice and Security Advisory Board, 2014-present
European Studies Program, 2018-present
FOUNDER AND CO-FOUNDER OF PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Founder and member, Department of Politics Race, Ethnicity and Gender (REG) Working Group, 2016-present
Co-founder and co-director, Power, Violence and Inequality Collective, 2016-2019
Co-founder and member, UVa Gender-based Violence Working Group, 2012-2015
Co-founder and member, Department of Politics Non-Binary and Women’s Caucus, 2012-present
Co-founder and member, Gender and Diversity Committee, Politics Department 2011-2014
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Rising Scholars Committee, 2024
Department of Politics Undergraduate Policy Committee, 2021-2024
WGS Associate Chair, Fall 2022
Chair, WGS Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2022
Chair, WGS Promotion Committee, 2022
Department of Politics, Gender and Diversity Committee, 2021-2022
Department of Politics Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, 2021-2022
WGS Director of Graduate Studies, 2021-2022
Chair, WGS Peer Review Committee, 2022
Chair, WGS Third Year Review Committee 2021-2022
WGS Chair Search Committee, 2019-2020
Department of Politics Gender and Diversity Committee, 2019-2020
UVa Personnel Policy Committee, 2016-2019
Department of Politics Third Year Review Committee, 2019
Department of Politics Graduate Student Recruitment Panel, 2019, 2020
WGS and Media Studies Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2018
Chair, WGS Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2017
Department of Politics Graduate Policy Committee, 2017-2018
Religion and Democracy Faculty Seminar, 2017-2018
Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (LAMI) 2017, 2018
Department of Politics Graduate Admissions Committee, 2015-2017
WGS Non-Tenure Track Hiring Committee, 2016
Discussant, University of Virginia Graduate Student Conference, 2016, 2014, 2007
WGS Third Year Review Committee, 2016
Chair, WGS Women’s Health Search Committee, 2015
UVa CHARGE (NSF ADVANCE at UVa, Implementation Team), 2013-2015
WGS Third Year Review Committee, 2014
Moderator, Disability Studies Symposium, 2014
Discussant, University of Virginia Miller Center, 2014
Mentor, UVa Global Health Case Competition, 2014
Chair, WGS Director Search Committee, 2013
Chair, WGS Women’s Health Search Committee, 2013
Panelist, Faculty Mentoring: How to Navigate Service Obligations, 2013
Convener, Cultural Pre-Port: Marseille and Barcelona, Semester at Sea, Summer 2013
Chair, Politics Ad Hoc Hiring Committee, 2013
Politics Promotion Committee to Associate Professor, 2012-2013
Discussant, Carter Woodson Institute Fellowship Presentation Series, 2009, 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Discussant, Politics Theory Colloquium, Fall 2012
Politics Taylor Chair Hiring Committee, 2012-Spring 2014
WGS and Media Studies Hiring Committee, 2012
WGS ACLS Hiring Committee, 2012
Politics Tenure and Promotion International Relations Hiring Committee, 2012
Chair, Faculty Mentoring Award Nomination, 2012
Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum (CEPC), 2011-2014
Politics Gender and Diversity Climate Committee, 2011-2014
Politics Third Year Review Committee, 2011-2012
WGS Ad-Hoc Committee on the Uncompensated Labor Resolution, 2011
Politics Comparative Politics Co-Study Group Leader, 2010-2011
WGS Speaker Series Committee, 2010
Faculty Advisor, White Ribbon Campaign at the University of Virginia, 2010-2013
WGS Executive Committee, 2009-2010
WGS African American Studies Search Committee, 2008
Panelist, Department of Politics Graduate Student Job Market Conference, 2008
WGS Lecturer Hiring Committee, 2007
Department of Politics Chair Search Committee, 2007
WGS Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007
Politics Chair’s Advisory Committee, 2006-2008
First and second-year advisor, College of Arts and Sciences, 2006-2008
Chair, WGS Bylaws Committee, 2005
Politics Ad-Hoc Interdisciplinary Hiring Committee, 2006
Politics Comparative Politics Self-Study Group Member, 2005-present
Undergraduate advisor: Politics (2005-present); WGS (2005-2008; 2016-present)
Grant Reader: Department of Politics Stevenson Honors Thesis Prize, Double-Hoo Research Grant, Belk Scholarship Grant, Harrison Undergraduate Research Award 2012 and 2013, WGS Undergraduate and Graduate Essay Prize, PVI Fellows 2016, 207, 2018
UVA, COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL OUTREACH
Podcast guest, UVA Lifetime Learning, “Identity Politics,” February 12, 2024.
Religion and the Cultures of Democracy: Community and Critique Conference, "An Alternative to Culture Versus Women's Rights," panelist, University of Virginia, October 1-5, 2023.
Invited Talk, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, October 10, 2022
Women’s Global Leadership Forum, “Women’s Global Leadership: Measuring Progress,” panelist, University of Virginia, November 13, 2017’
Darden Women and Leadership Seminar, Darden Business School, panelist, April 4, 2017
Power, Violence & Inequality Collective, “Risk and Resistance in Response to Women’s Increased Civic and Political Participation in the Global South,” January 25, 2017. Co-authored with Vanessa Ochs, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen, and Catalina Vallejo.
Darden Business School, “Women Moving Forward,” panelist, January 19, 2017
USAID/IIE Final Report, "Women's Civic and Political Participation," Washington DC, November 14, 2016. Co-authored with Vanessa Ochs, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen, and Catalina Vallejo.
USAID/IIE Workshop, "Women's Civic and Political Participation," Washington DC, September 30, 2016. Co-authored with Vanessa Ochs, Swati Chawla, Dannah Dennis, Paromita Sen, and Catalina Vallejo.
Young African Leaders Initiative, University of Virginia, “Democratization and Women’s Rights,” Charlottesville, VA June, 2016, 2017, 2018
Global Leadership Forum, University of Virginia, “Speaking Truth to Power: Pregs Govender and the African National Congress,” Charlottesville, VA, March 29, 2016
Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures, University of Virginia, “The Limits of Rights: Muslim Women and the European Court of Human Rights,” Charlottesville, VA, March 4, 2016
Speaker, “Are Rights Wrong? Multicultural Rights and Women’s Rights in South Africa,” African Studies Colloquium, University of Virginia, March 25, 2014
Guest Lecturer, “Sex Trafficking,” Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, March 24, 2014
Guest Lecturer, “The Global Economy and Gender-based Violence,” Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, March 20, 2014
Speaker, “Lean In? Gender Politics for the Workplace,” University of Virginia Democrats, February 19, 2014
Panelist, “Why Women Won’t Get their Rights,” Union Seminar: Egypt, Semester at Sea, July 10, 2013
Speaker, “Women’s Rights in Morocco,” Cultural Pre-Port: Morocco, Semester at Sea, June 21, 2013
Speaker, “Women and Leadership in Global Perspective,” Women, Leadership, & Policy, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia, April 19, 2013
Speaker, “The Tyranny of the Majority: Intersectionality, Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights in Liberal Democracies,” Women, Gender & Sexuality Speaker Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, February 20, 2013
UVa Women’s Center, “Interview with Denise Walsh: Women in Combat,” Charlottesville, VA, 2013 (video).
American Sociological Association, Development Section, “The Tyranny of the Majority: A Constructivist and Intersectional Approach to Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights Conflicts in South Africa,” Charlottesville, VA, November 1-3, 2012
Speaker, “Quotas and Women in Politics,” University of Virginia Democrats, University of Virginia, October 24, 2012
Speaker, “Gender-based Violence and Feminist Research at UVa,” Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA), Adolescent Education, April 18, 2012
Speaker, “Feminism and UVa,” Alpha Chi Omega Scholarship Dinner, University of Virginia, April 2, 2012
Discussant, “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same,” Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA, November 4, 2011
Speaker, “Democracy and Gender Justice: From the Global to the Local,” University of Virginia Democrats, University of Virginia, April 13, 2011
Guest Lecturer, “Gender-based Violence: Global to Local,” Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, April 6, 2011
Speaker, “Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Human Rights,” Virginia Festival of the Book in conjunction with the University of Virginia’s Engaging the Mind Series, March 17, 2011
Commentator, “HIV/AIDS in Africa,” Radio Tropicale, WTJU, Charlottesville Virginia, aired December 1, 2010
Speaker, “Is Democracy Bad for Women?” Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, University of Virginia, October 22, 2010
Speaker, “Just Debate and Gender Justice in South Africa,” African Studies Colloquium, University of Virginia, September 22, 2010
Guest Lecturer, “Gender Politics in Developing Countries,” Introduction to American Higher Education Seminar, University of Virginia, August 6, 2010
Speaker, “Women’s Rights and Genital Alterations in Africa,” Student Chapter of Amnesty International, University of Virginia, April 27, 2010
Speaker, “Your Culture or Your Rights? Dilemmas of Gender Justice, Agency and Power,” International Relations Organization, University of Virginia, March 14, 2007
Speaker, “Honoring a Gifted Mentor,” Investiture of Mansour Farhang to the Catherine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, April 25, 2006
MEDIA
WalletHub, Buzzfeed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Establishment, Inside Higher Ed, Legal Theory Blog, Democracy in Africa Blog, Washington Post, Bustle, The Establishment, Intercontinental Cry, Truthout, NBC 29, WUVA Online.com, Radio Tropicale, The Advocate, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Woman, Iris, WUVAonline.com
LANGUAGES
French: Research competency
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Southern Political Science Association, European Consortium for Political Research: Politics and Gender, APSA and ISA Women’s Caucuses; APSA Research Sections: Women and Politics, Democracy and Autocracy, Qualitative and Multi-Method Research