6/13/2022

CRYSTAL MARIE WHETSTONE linkedin.com/in/crystalwhetstone/

Eportfolio (at crystalwhetstone.com/)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Bilkent University Fall 2022 – Present

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations

Sam Houston State University Fall 2020 – Spring 2022

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science 2020

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
 Dissertation: Nurturing Democracy in Armed Conflicts through Political Motherhood: A
Comparative Study of Women’s Political Participation in Argentina and Sri Lanka
 Committee: Rina Verma Williams, Anne Sisson Runyan, Laura Dudley Jenkins, Amy Lind
 Concentrations: International Relations and Comparative Politics
 Doctoral Concentration: Feminist Comparative and International Politics
 Graduate Certificate: Preparing Future Faculty Modern methods of teaching and learning

Master of Arts, International and Comparative Politics 2013

Wright State University, Dayton, OH
 Thesis: Is the Motherist Approach More Helpful in Obtaining Women’s Rights than a Feminist
Approach? A Comparative Study of Lebanon and Liberia
 Graduate Certificate: Women’s Studies

Bachelor of Arts, International Studies 2007

Wright State University, Dayton, OH Summa Cum Laude
 Minor: French
 Concentration: Comparative Cultures

RESEARCH EXPERTISE
 Political motherhood  Women, peace and security
 Migration  Transitional justice and memory
 Latin America  Intersectionality
 South Asia  Women’s political participation
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PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed articles

 “Rethinking Women, Peace, and Security through the Localization of United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1325 & National Action Plans: A Study of Nepal and Sri Lanka.” 2022.
Women’s Studies International Forum. 92. DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102575. Co-authored with
Luna K.C.

 “Combative Civil Society: Contesting Political Leaders’ Power Grabs in Crises.” 2022. Romanian
Review of Political Sciences and International Relations. XIX.1: 49-69. Open access. Co-
authored with Anwar Mhajne.

 “Mothers for and against the Nation: Complexities of a Maternal Politics of Care.” 2021. Journal
of the Motherhood Initiative. 12.2: 23-33. Open access.

 “Recreating the Third World Project: Possibilities through the Fourth World.” 2020. Third
World Quarterly. 41.4: 565-582. DOI:10.1080/01436597.2019.1702457. Co-authored with Murat
Yilmaz.

 “The Use of Political Motherhood in Egypt’s Arab Spring Uprising and Aftermath.” 2018.
International Journal of Feminist Politics. 20.1: 54-68. DOI:10.1080/14616742.2017.1371624.
Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne.

 “Partnering with Insiders: A Review of Peer Models across Community-Engaged Research,

Education and Social Care.” 2018. Health and Social Care in the Community. 26.6: 769-786.
DOI:10.1111/hsc.12562. Co-authored with Lisa Vaughn (lead author), Alicia Boards, Melida
Busch, Sylvia Määttä, and Maria Magnusson.

Chapters in edited collections

 “Feminist Theory in the Study of International Relations.” In Theories of International Relations

Vol. 2 (in Bulgarian), edited by Atanas Gotchev Gotchev. 2021.

 “Comparative Feminisms.” In Companion to Feminist Studies, edited by Nancy Naples, 175-191.

Newark, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/9781119314967.ch10. Co-authored with Anne
Sisson Runyan, Rina Verma Williams, and Anwar Mhajne.

 “Troubling Conceptions of Motherhood: State Feminism and Political Agency of Women in the
Global South.” In Troubling Motherhood: Maternality in Global Politics, co-edited by Lucy Hall,
Anna Weissman and Laura J. Shepherd, 156-178. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190939182.003.0010. Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne.

 “Positive Engagements with Globalization: Lessons from Maternal Activists in Transnational

Women’s Groups during the Liberian Civil War.” In Mothers, Mothering and Globalization,
edited by Dorsía Smith Silva, Laila Malik and Abigail Palko, 248-263. Bradford, Ontario: Demeter
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Press, 2017.

Book reviews

 “Linda Åhäll. Sexing War/Policing Gender: Motherhood, Myth and Women's Political Violence.
Routledge, 2015.” Women's Studies International Forum. 53 (November-December): 101, 2015.

 “Erin E. O'Connor. Mothers Making Latin America: Gender, Households, and Politics since 1825,
John Wiley & Sons, 2014.” International Feminist Journal of Politics. 17.2 (March): 358-360,
2015.

Public facing scholarship

 “Making the Women, Peace and Security Agenda ‘Local’?” McGill University’s Research Network
on Women Peace and Security blog. Co-authored with Luna K.C. 13 October 2021.
https://www.mcgill.ca/rnwps/article/our-blog/making-women-peace-and-security-agenda-local.

 “A Call for Feminist Analysis in Cybersecurity: Highlighting the Relevance of the Women, Peace
and Security Agenda.” London School of Economics’ Women, Peace and Security blog. Co-
authored with Anwar Mhajne and Luna K.C. 17 September 2021.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2021/09/17/a-call-for-feminist-analysis-in-cybersecurity-
highlighting-the-relevance-of-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda/.

 “The United States Can’t Welcome More Refugees Without Reforming Its Resettlement System.”
Foreign Policy. Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne. 12 April 2021.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/12/trump-gutted-refugee-resettlement-biden-reform/

 “The Rise of the COVID Dictatorships.” Foreign Policy. Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne. 16
October 2020. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/16/the-rise-of-the-covid-dictatorships/.

 “Lessons from Egypt on the Role of Women in Fighting for Democracy.” The Conversation. Co-
authored with Anwar Mhajne. 22 October 2017. https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-
egypt-on-the-role-of-women-in-fighting-for-democracy-85468.

GRANTS

2020 Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati. $500.
2019 American Political Science Association Travel Grant. $200.
Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati. $500.
2018 Graduate School Dean's Fellowship, University of Cincinnati. $20,000.
Graduate Enrichment Grant, Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati. $2,500.
2017 Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellowship, University of Cincinnati. $17,600.
2017 Dissertation Planning Grant from the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. $5,700.
2016 Graduate Enrichment Grant, Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati. $2,500.
Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati. $500.
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2014-2017 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Political Science, University of Cincinnati. Full tuition
coverage and $15,000 per year.
2012 Tuition scholarship, Department of Political Science, Wright State University, $3,500.
2009 Study abroad scholarship, Wright State University. $700.
2008 Graduate assistantship, Department of Political Science, Wright State University. One-year full
tuition and $5,600.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2020 Awardee, Presidential Medal of Graduate Student Excellence for the University of Cincinnati, a
prestigious honor awarded by the university president to exceptional graduate students who are
graduating from their master's or doctoral program.

2019 Nominee, Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Assistants for the University of Cincinnati
College of Arts and Sciences.

Awardee, Exemplary Initiative Award, University of Cincinnati’s Graduate Student Government

Association, an award bestowed upon the student that best exhibits the guiding principles of
leadership, citizenship, and partnership.

2018 Nominee, Betty Nesvold Prize, Best Paper in Women and Politics, Western Political Science
Association.

2013 Awardee, Outstanding Graduate Student in International and Comparative Politics, Wright
State University, College of Liberal Arts.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“A Call for a Bottom-up Approach to Women, Peace and Security: A Feminist Political Economy
Perspective on a Grassroots Women’s Postwar Peace and Security Agenda in Nepal and Sri Lanka.” Co-
authored with Luna K.C. To be presented at International Feminist Journal of Politics 2022. Virtual. 21-
23 July 2022.

“Making the Invisible Visible: The Importance of Feminist Security Studies to Studying Insecurities in
Cyberspace.” Co-authored with Luna K.C. and Anwar Mhajne. To be presented at 9th Annual Workshops
in International Studies. Thessaloniki, Greece. 7-8 July 2022.

“Understanding Intersectionality and Vulnerable Populations: A Missing Part in Building Disaster

Resilient Communities?” Co-authored with Fatih Demiroz. Social Equity Leadership Conference 2022.
Virtual conference. 9 June 2022; American Society for Public Administration. Jacksonville, FL. 21 March
2022; Northeastern Conference for Public Administration 2021 Annual Conference. Virtual conference. 5
November 2021; Southeastern Conference for Public Administration 2021 Annual Conference. Virtual
conference. 24 September 2021.
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“A Call for Human Security in Cyber: Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on
Women, Peace and Security in Cyber Space.” Co-authored with Luna K.C. and Anwar Mhajne.
International Studies Association 2022 Convention. Virtual portion. 29 March 2022.

“Political Motherhood and Feminism: A Call for Mutual Engagement.” Virtual poster presentation.
International Studies Association 2022 Convention. Virtual portion. Asynchronous. 27 March-2 April
2022.

“International Relations Feminist Security Studies and Feminist Peace Studies Trouble Historical Views
of War.” Co-authored with Luna K.C. Rethinking War: A Virtual Conference. 19 March 2022.

“Disrupting the Politics of Protection in the Global North and Global South.” Co-authored with Luna K.C.
Listen to the Global South! Uncovering the Roles of Southern Actors in Writing Global Gender Norms.
Virtual Workshop in the framework of ICAS:MP International Centre of Advanced Studies:
Metamorphoses of the Political Thematic Module 5, The Challenge of Gender. Virtual workshop. 2
December 2021.

“Maternal Framing and Social Movement Longevity.” 2021 American Political Science Association
Meeting. Seattle, WA and virtual. 3 October 2021.

“Transitional Justice Needs the Participation of ‘Evil’ Women: Mothers of the Disappeared in Argentina
and Sri Lanka.” Evil Women Conference. Virtual conference. 12 September 2021.

“Political Motherhood and Feminism: The WPS Agenda.” 78th Annual Midwestern Political Science
Association Conference. Virtual Conference. 15 April 20201.

“From Syria to the US: The US Refugee Resettlement Program and Shifting Gender Dynamics.” Co-
authored with Anwar Mhajne. International Studies Association 2021 Convention. Virtual conference. 6
April 2021.

“Promoting Transitional Justice through the Politics of the Everyday: Inclusive Avenues to Social
Movement Activism.” 2021 Western Political Science Association. Virtual conference. 2 April 2021.

“Localizing UNSCR 1325 and Women, Peace, and Security Narratives: A Comparative Study of Nepal and
Sri Lanka.” Co-authored with Luna KC. 2021 International Feminist Journal of Politics Virtual
Conference. 19 February 2021.

“Localizing CEDAW in the US: Making Global-Local Connections in Cincinnati.” Roundtable. With Anne
Sisson Runyan, Laura Jenkins, Rebecca Sanders, Anwar Mhajne, Julie Marzec and Murat Yilmaz. 2021
International Feminist Journal of Politics Virtual Conference. 18 February 2021.

“How Limiting Is Political Motherhood to Women’s Political Empowerment?” 2020 ISA-Midwest. Virtual
conference. 21 November 2020.

“The Political is Personal: Women’s Political Participation in the Global South.” Co-authored with Rina
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Verma Williams. 2020 American Political Science Association Meeting. Virtual conference. 13 September
2020.

“Expanding Access to Activism: A Comparison of Argentine and Sri Lankan Mothers of the Disappeared.”
To have been presented at the International Studies Association 2020 Convention. Honolulu, Hawaii. 25
March 2020. [Covid-19 outbreak cancelled the conference]

“Political Motherhood and Feminism: Collaborating across Differences in Approach to Women's Political
Participation.” International Feminist Journal of Politics Conference 2020. Vanderbilt University.
Nashville, TN. 6 March 2020.

“How the Type of Maternal Frame Affects the Longevity of Social Movement Work: Authority and
Emotionality in the Madres of the Plaza de Mayo and the Mothers’ Front.” UC Graduate Conference
Reckonings. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 29 February 2020; ISA Midwest Annual
Conference 2018. The Hilton at the Ballpark. St. Louis, MO. 17 November 2018.

“Who Counts as a ‘Worthy’ Activist in Global Civil Society?” iPoster session. The 2019 American Political
Science Association Meeting. Washington, DC. 30 August 2019.

“Globalizing Women's Political Participation: Beyond the State, Beyond the Global North.” Co-authored
with Rina Verma Williams. The Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 18
April 2019.

“Investigating the Politics of Memory of Women’s Maternal Peace Activism.” Queen City Colloquium.
University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 5 April 2019.

“What Counts as Activism? Exploring the Legacy of the Madres of the Plaza de Mayo and the Mothers’
Front.” humantiesNOW. TAFT Research Center. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. 14 March
2019.

“Imagining Justice for Working Women through a Maternal Gift Economy: A Comparative Case Study of
Migrant Nepali Domestic Workers and Migrant Chinese Factory Workers.” Co-authored with Sayam
Moktan. 2018 National Women’s Studies Association’s Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. 10 November
2018.

“How Political Context Shapes Women's Engagement with Mothering as Resistance in Armed Conflicts
and their Aftermath: A Comparative Analysis of the Madres of the Plaza de Mayo and the Mothers' Front.”
2018 South Atlantic Modern Language Association: Fighters from the Margins: Socio-Political Activists
and Their Allies. Birmingham, AL. 2 November 2018.

“Recreating the Third World Project: Possibilities through the Fourth World.” Co-authored with Murat
Yilmaz. The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences-International Studies Association (FLACSO-ISA)
Quito 2018 Meeting. Quito, Ecuador. 25 July 2018; Association of Global South Studies (formerly
Association of Third World Studies) 34th Annual Meeting. New Albany, IN. Indiana University Southeast.
21 November 2016.
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“The Methods Used in ‘Nurturing Democracy through Political Motherhood in Environments of Armed
Conflicts: A Comparative Study of Women’s Political Participation in Argentina and Sri Lanka.’”
Methodological Pluralism & Political Science: Exploring and Extending Bayesian and Critical Methods.
TAFT Research Center. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. 3 May 2018.

“Advancing Women’s Political Participation in Wartime Environments through Political Motherhood: A

Comparative Study of Women’s Maternal Peace Activism in Argentina and Sri Lanka.” Research &
Innovation Week 2018. The Kingsgate Marriott. Cincinnati, OH. 11 April 2018; humantiesNOW. TAFT
Research Center. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 February 2018.

“Troubling Motherhood: Maternity and the State.” Roundtable with Rebecca Wilson, Anna L. Weissman,
Anwar Mhajne and Sara Motta. International Studies Association 2018 Annual Convention. San
Francisco, CA. 5 April 2018.

“Beyond Empowerment: Improving Rural Migrant Women Factory Workers' Lives in China.”
International Studies Association 2018 Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. 4 April 2018; The
Seventeenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Gender and Sexualities. Hofstra University.
Hempstead, NY. 1 June 2017.

“Troubling Conceptions of Motherhood: State Feminism and Political Agency of Women in the Global
South.” Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne. 7th Annual International Feminist Journal of Politics
Conference. The University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 2 April 2018.

“Using Political Motherhood to Reveal the ‘Truth’: How Mothers Took on the State’s Lies in Argentina’s
Dirty War and Sri Lanka’s Civil War.” 2018 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting. San
Francisco, California. 29 March 2018.

“A Comparative Study of Political Motherhood.” Graduate Student Expo’s Three Minute Thesis
Competition. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 15 February 2018.

“Globalizing Women’s Political Participation: Democracy Beyond the Global North.” Co-authored with
Rina Verma Williams. 2017 National Women’s Studies Association’s Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.
17 November 2017.

“Youth Participatory Action Research: Empowering Immigrant and Urban Minority Female Adolescents
Using Arts Based Informed Research.” Co-authored with Alicia Boards. The Thirteenth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign-Urbana, IL. 17-20 May 2017; College of Education,
Criminal Justice and Human Services Spring Research Conference 2017. University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH. 1 April 2017.

“Approaching 100 Years of Women as Political Citizens: Identity Politics and Feminist Policy Making in
the United States.” Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Straka. The 75th Annual Midwest
Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, IL. 9 April 2017; humanitiesNOW Graduate Conference.
TAFT Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 10 February 2017.

“Motherhood, Intersectionality and Global Politics.” Roundtable with Lucy Hall, Anwar Mhajne and Anna

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L. Weissman. International Studies Association 2017 Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD. 23 February
2017.

“Using International Law Counter-Hegemonically to Help Women in War and War’s Aftermath.”
International Studies Association 2017 Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD. 22 February 2017. (Accepted
to ISA’s Junior Scholars Symposium).

“Advancing Women’s Political Participation in Wartime Environments through Political Motherhood.”

Graduate Student Expo’s Three Minute Thesis Competition. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 10
February 2017.

“Women’s Leadership in Politics, Business and Civil Society.” 31st Annual Student Leadership
Conference. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 29 October 2016.

“Motherhood as Power.” The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement’s
Mothers, Mothering, Motherhood in Today’s World Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 14 October 2016.

“Women's Political Participation in Egypt's Arab Spring Uprising: ‘Bargaining with Patriarchy’ and the
Deployment of Traditional Motherhood.” Co-authored with Anwar Mhajne. 2016 National Women’s
Studies Association Conference: Decoloniality. Montreal, Quebec. 10-13 November 2016; International
Feminist Journal of Politics 5th Annual Conference. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 20 May
2016.

“Women’s Maternal Organizing for Peace in Wartime Sri Lanka: A Path Towards Empowerment?”
International Studies Association 2016 Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA. 18 March 2016; Brown bag at
University of Cincinnati Department of Political Science. 25 February 2016; humanitiesNOW Graduate
Conference at the TAFT Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 18 February
2016.

“Is the Motherist Approach More Helpful in Obtaining Women’s Rights than a Feminist Approach?”
Selected to present on the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Colloquium. The Celebration of Research,
Scholarship, and Creative Activities. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. 12 April 2013.

“Women’s Activism during Liberia’s Civil War.” 12th Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Symposium.
Miami University. Oxford, OH. 1 February 2013.

“Women’s Activism during Lebanon’s Civil War.” 2012 International Studies Association-Midwest
Conference. The Hilton at the Ballpark. St. Louis, MO. 3 November 2012; McGill Institute Islamic Studies
Graduate Student Symposium. McGill University. Montreal, QC. 4 May 2013.

Pedagogical Professional Development Presentations

“Interaction with Students and Faculty.” Get Up and Go! Preparing for Your First Teaching
Assistantship at UC. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching
Enhancement workshop. 22 August 2019; 10 August 2017; 11 August 2016.
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“The Inclusive Classroom.” Get Up and Go! Preparing for Your First Teaching Assistantship at UC.
University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 22
August 2018; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 28 February 2018.

“Setting the Tone in Your Class and the TA-Student Partnership.” Teach Me To Teach: A Pedagogical
Preparation Seminar for Graduate Students. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate
Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 26 April 2017; 5 December 2017.

“Language and Body Language.” Capturing Your Students’ Attention. University of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 20 March 2018.

Self-Care and Time Management Workshop. Co-facilitated with Alexis Straka. University of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement. 2 February 2018. Invited workshop for
Biomedic Informatics graduate students.

“Aligning Assessments with Objectives.” Assessing Student Learning. University of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 13 November 2017.

“Going Beyond ‘Lecture + Textbook = Class.’” Get Up and Go! Preparing for Your First Teaching
Assistantship at UC. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching
Enhancement workshop. 10 August 2017.

“Introduction to Course Design: A Strategic and Systematic Approach.” Co-facilitated with Alexis Straka.
Teach Me To Teach: A Pedagogical Preparation Seminar for Graduate Students. University of
Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 26 April 2017.

“Counteracting Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat in the Classroom.” Workshop on Inclusive Teaching
Practices Embracing and Integrating Diversity in your Pedagogy. University of Cincinnati. Graduate
Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 2 February 2017.

“Assessment: Introduction to Course Design.” Teach Me To Teach: A Pedagogical Preparation Seminar

for Graduate Students. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching
Enhancement workshop. 6 December 2016.

“Student Engagement.” Student Engagement and Classroom Management. University of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 28 September 2016.

“Work/Life Balance.” Get Up and Go! Preparing for Your First Teaching Assistantship at UC. University
of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 22 August
2019; 11 August 2016.

“Student Learning Outcomes: Intro to Course Design.” Teach Me To Teach: A Pedagogical Preparation
Seminar for Graduate Students. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of
Teaching Enhancement workshop. 26 April 2016; 8 December 2015.
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“How to Avoid ‘Death by Powerpoint.’” Capturing Your Students’ Attention. University of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. 4 April 2016.

“Classroom Management.” Beyond the First Day of Class: Student Engagement and Classroom
Management. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement
workshop. 22 September 2015.

TEACHING

Bilkent University
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations 2022-present
 Taught one section, in person, IR 492, Gender in International Relations

Sam Houston State University

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science 2020-2022
 Taught one section, online, POLS 3335, Politics of Ethnic Minorities & Gender
 Taught three sections, online, POLS 2305, American Government
 Taught four sections, hybrid, POLS 2305, American Government
 Taught one section, online, POLS 3387, Latin American Politics
 Taught one section, hybrid, POLS 3387, Latin American Politics
 Taught two sections, online, POLS 5319, Women in Politics (graduate level)

University of Cincinnati Blue Ash

Instructor, Department of History, Philosophy and Political Science 2019-2020
 Taught one section, online, POL 1010 Introduction to American Politics
 Taught three sections of online and one in person, of POL 2089, International Human Rights

University of Cincinnati
Instructor, Department of Political Science 2017-2020
 Taught one section, online, POL 1080, Introduction to International Relations
 Taught three sections, online, POL 1060, Introduction to Comparative Politics

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science 2014-2017

 Introduction to American Politics (three consecutive years)
 Introduction to International Relations
 International Human Rights
 Introduction to Comparative Politics

Wright State University

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science 2008-2009
 Introduction to Political Life
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 International Studies Association. 2011-Present

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DIVERSITY
 “ISA Career Course: Asylum Representation and Advocacy for the Persecuted.” Presented by Henry
Frank Carey. 17 & 24 September 2021. International Studies Association. Virtual workshop.
 “Haven 101.” 29 March 2021. Training on the LGBTQ+ Community. Sam Houston State University.
Virtual workshop.
 “Racial Equity Matters Groundwater.” 12 August 2020. Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Cincinnati,
OH. Virtual workshop conducted by REI organizers.

METHODLOGY DEVELOPMENT
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 25 June 2021.
 American Political Science Association’s Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER). Virtual
summer institute. 15-16, 18, 21-22 June 2021. Co-led by Amy Cabrera-Rasmussen, Valeria Sinclair-
Chapman and Peter Levine.
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 21 May 2021.
 “Partnering with NGOs.” Civic Engagement APSA Section. Virtual workshop. 23 April 2021.
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 16 April 2021.
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 19 March 2021.
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 19 February 2021.
 Methods Clinic hosted by Peri-Schwarz-Shea and Dvora Yanow. Virtual clinic. 22 January 2021.
 “Interpretive Methods Analysis: The Methods Studio—Workshop and ‘Crit’.” The 2019 American
Political Science Association Meeting. 28 August 2019.
 “When and How to Use Focus Groups.” The 2019 American Political Science Association Meeting.
Washington, DC. 28 August 2019.
 “Interpretive Methods and Methodologies Preconference Workshop.” The 2019 Western Political
Science Association Meeting. Manchester Hyatt Hotel. San Diego, CA. 17 March 2019.
 “Methodological Pluralism & Political Science: Exploring and Extending Bayesian and Critical
Methods.” Facilitated by Mary Hawkesworth and Ryan Bakker. Taft Research Center. University of
Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 3-4 May 2018.
 “The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.” Syracuse University’s Center for
Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry. 19-30 June 2017. An intensive summer training program
that enables participates to create and critique methodologically sophisticated qualitative research
designs, including case studies, tests of necessity or sufficiency, and narrative and interpretive work.
 “Concept Mapping Methodology Symposium.” 8-11 May 2017. University of Cincinnati and
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Interpretive and Relational Methodologies Workshop.” 5 November 2016. International Studies
Association Northeast Annual Conference 2016. Baltimore, MD. Established scholars provided
guidance in conducting empirical work through diverse methodological approaches including science
and technology studies; narrative and visual culture, non-anthropocentric and ecological
approaches; and postcolonial and diaspora studies.
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PEDAGOGIAL DEVELOPMENT
 Faculty Workshop in Writing in the Disciplines. Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX.
January 22-February 19, 2021, every other Friday.
 Faculty Learning Community that meets bi-weekly during fall and spring semesters at Sam Houston
State University in Huntsville, TX. Began participating in Spring 2021 through present.
 Teaching and Learning Conference at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Virtual
conference. 13 August 2020.
 Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) at The 2019 American Political Science Association
Meeting. Washington, DC. 30 August 2019.
 “Engaging Students through Active Learning.” 13 March 2019. Center for Teaching and Learning.
University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Teaching Students for Lifelong Learning: Honing the Transferable Skills of a Well Ordered Mind.”
13 February 2019. Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Maximizing the Use of Groups for In-Class Activities.” 12 February 2019. Center for Teaching and
Learning. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Simple Strategies for Making Your Classroom More Inclusive and Equitable.” 29 January 2019.
Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Quality Matters Applying the Rubric.” 9 January 2019. University of Cincinnati Blue Ash. Blue Ash,
OH. A nationally recognized program that offers professional training in student-centered and best
practices in Online learning.
 “Developing Productive Student Teacher Relationships.” 28 November 2018. Center for Teaching
and Learning. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 ISA Innovative Pedagogy Conference 2018. 15 November 2018. The Hilton at the Ballpark. St.
Louis, MO. Day-long conference devoted to pedagogy for International Relations courses.
 “How to Get Students to Focus on Learning, Not Grades.” 5 September 2018. Presented by Saundra
Yancy McGuire. Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Cincinnati.
 6th Annual 3T: Teaching, Techniques, & Technology Conference. 3 March 2018. University of
Cincinnati Clermont College. Batavia, Ohio. Offers educators of all levels of education and from all
disciplines the opportunity to share a broad range of innovative teaching practices, cutting edge
pedagogical developments and practical applications of technology.
 “Models of Teaching Excellence.” 24 January 2018. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and
Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement at the University of Cincinnati
workshop.
 “Creative Teaching and Course Design Workshop.” International Studies Association 58th Annual
Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 21 February 2017.
 “Workshop on Inclusive Teaching Practices: Embracing and Integrating Diversity in Your
Pedagogy.” 2 February 2017. Graduate Association of Teaching Enhancement workshop. University
of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “Building Better Discussion Questions.” 26 September 2016. Center for Teaching and Learning.
University of Cincinnati.
 “Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning: Pedagogical Strategies and Instructional Design.” 4-
17 April 2016. Center for Educational Technology and Instructional Support at the University of
Cincinnati.
 “Using Participatory Methods in International Relations.” 16 March 2016. International Studies
Association’s Annual Convention 2016 by Kate Mangino. Atlanta, GA.
 “Productive Ways to Incorporate Technology in Your Classroom.” 22 February 2016. Center for the
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Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement at
the University of Cincinnati.
 “Models of Teaching Excellence.” 18 November 2015. Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and
Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement at the University of Cincinnati.
 “Dissertation Workshop” taught by Laura Micciche, PhD. 11 May – 22 May 2015. University of
Cincinnati. Intensive two-week dissertation writing workshop that focused on best writing practices
and provided a structured writing space.
 “3T Teaching, Techniques, & Technology Conference.”11 April 2015. University of Cincinnati
Clermont Campus. Batavia, OH.
 “GATE Brown Bag: How to Get Students to Read.” 26 January 2015. Center for the Enhancement of
Teaching and Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement at the University of
Cincinnati.
 “Teach Me to Teach: A Pedagogical Preparation Seminar for Graduate Students.” 11 December 2014.
Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching
Enhancement at the University of Cincinnati.
 “Applying What We Know About How People Learn.” 30 October 2014. Center for the Enhancement
of Teaching and Learning and Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement at the University
of Cincinnati.

WRITING PRODUCTIVITY
 “Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals.” Presented by AtKisson Training Group.
Professional and Academic Center for Excellence at Sam Houston State University. 7, 14, 21, & 28
October 2021. Virtual, multiday workshop.
 “Establishing and Re-establishing Effective Writing Habits as a New(er) Faculty Member.”
Professional and Academic Center for Excellence at Sam Houston State University. 28 July 2021.
Virtual.
 “Overcoming Writing Blocks.” 17 April 2018. Academic Writing Center. University of Cincinnati.
 “The Style of Graduate Writing II.” 7 March 2018. Academic Writing Center. University of
Cincinnati.
 “Writing for Grants.” 29 November 2017. Academic Writing Center. University of Cincinnati.
 “Graduate Reading Strategies.” 8 November 2017. Academic Writing Center. University of
Cincinnati.
 “The Dissertation Success Program.” National Faculty Center for Development and Diversity. Self-
guided 12-week Online module program that provides writing tips on daily 30-minute practice,
realistic goal setting, and dealing with technical, psychological and outside barriers that slow the
writing process. (Completed over August-October 2017).
 University of Cincinnati workshop by Wendy Belcher based on Belcher’s best-selling Writing Your
Journal Article in Twelve Weeks. 12 May 2017. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH.
 “The Style of Graduate Writing.” 8 November 2016. Academic Writing Center. University of
Cincinnati.
 “Writing Your Dissertation Proposal.” 11 October 2016. Academic Writing Center. University of
Cincinnati.
 “Pay It Forward: Women Helping Women 2016.” 15 March 2016. International Studies Association’s
Annual Convention 2016 by the Committee on the Status of Women. Atlanta, GA.
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SERVICE

To the profession

Peer reviewer for:

 Springer book proposal (Fall 2021)
 Global Politics for the 21st Century (Fall 2020)
 Journal of Gender, Ethnic, and Cross-Cultural Studies (Summer 2020)
 Cognella: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Summer 2020)
 International Journal of Feminist Politics (Spring 2018)

Conferences:
 Discussant for the paper “Queer Southeast Asian Perspectives: Reworking Gender Within and
Beyond Indonesia” at the Listen to the Global South! Uncovering the Roles of Southern Actors in
Writing Global Gender Norms. Virtual Workshop in the framework of ICAS:MP International
Centre of Advanced Studies: Metamorphoses of the Political Thematic Module 5, The Challenge of
Gender. 1 December 2021.
 Discussant and chair for “Gender, Conflict, and Peace Processes” panel. 78th Annual Midwestern
Political Science Association Conference. Virtual conference. 18 April 2021.
 Discussant and chair for “Redefining Transnationalism: The Changing Face of Activism,
Resistance, and Social Movements” panel. International Studies Association 2021 Convention.
Virtual conference. 9 April 2021.
 Chair for “Reactions to Women Politicians' Presence and Appearance” panel. 2021 Western
Political Science Association. Virtual conference. 3 April 2021.
 Co-chair for “Austerity, Race and Rage.” 2021 International Feminist Journal of Politics Virtual
Conference. 18 February 2021.
 Respondent for Interpretive Methods and Methodologies (IMM) Short Crit. American Political
Science Association 2020. Virtual conference. 9 August 2020.

Sam Houston State University 2020-2022

 Member – Committee for College of Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarships (2021-2022)
 Member – Committee for MA Admissions
 Member – Committee for MA Marketing
 Member – Committee for MA Comps

University of Cincinnati 2014-2020

 Member – Political Science Graduate Student Assembly 2014-2020

 Member – Political Science Women 2014-2020
 Member – Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement 2015-2020
 Co-facilitator – Girls Action Team 2017-2019
 Mentor – Grad-Undergrad Research Connections 2019-2020
 Member – Universities Studying Slavery 2019-2020
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NONACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-Producer, 9to5: The Story of a Movement 2020

 Directed by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar

Chief Researcher, Office Manager at Community Media Productions, Inc. 2013-2018

 Conducted archival research at Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library, Wayne State University’s
Walter Reuther Library, Wright State University, University of Cincinnati and Cleveland State
University
 Drafted sections of grant proposals that contributed $435,000 total from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Humanities Council, and Mass
Humanities

International Visitor Leadership Program intern at the

University Center for International Education at Wright State University 2011-2012

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations intern at the

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University 2011

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Languages: English (native), French (novice), Turkish (novice)

Research skills: Field methods (in-depth interviews, participant observation, ethnography), qualitative
methods (process-tracing, text analysis, counterfactuals, focus groups), interpretive
methodology
Cultural Competency: Research/study in Sri Lanka and Argentina and study abroad in Thailand,
Cambodia, Vietnam