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The Newsletter of the Women’s Caucus of the American Political Science Association

August, 2008

Mission Statement

The Women's Caucus for Political Science is a non-profit organization which seeks to improve the status of women in the profession of political science by promoting equal opportunity for women political scientists in employment, promotion & tenure decisions, as well as graduate school admissions & financial aid decisions. WCPS maintains several standing committees that address these concerns

Caucus Officers, 2007-2008

Barbara Burrell, Northern Illinois University – President (ti0bcb1@wpo.cso.niu.edu)
Allison Calhoun-Brown, Georgia State University – President-Elect and Program Chair
(polacb@panther.gsu.edu)
Julia Jordan-Zachary, Howard University – Secretary (jjordan-zachery@Howard.edu)
Susan Mezey, Loyola University, Chicago – Treasurer (smezey@luc.edu)
Karen M. Kedrowski, Winthrop University – Newsletter Editor
(kedrowskik@winthrop.edu)

President’s Message

President’s Message

The annual meeting of the American Political Science Association is only a few weeks away. I hope many of you will be attending and will participate in the Women’s Caucus events. The Caucus is co-sponsoring the Intersectionality Workshop on Wednesday that promises to be a day full of challenging and exciting sessions.

We will no longer be having our Saturday morning breakfast meeting but for those of you who will miss this event, I ask you to join me for breakfast on Saturday. I will announce a time and place to meet at our two business meetings. Note that our first business meeting will be Thursday at noon. Our usual Friday night business meeting will be held as usual. One exciting part of that meeting will be presentation awards to a number of wonderful mentors who have been nominated by our members.

I encourage everyone to attend Caucus member, Diane PInderhughes’s presidential address on Thursday evening at 8 PM. Diane has been an energetic member of the Caucus and her rise to the presidency of APSA marks not only her individual credentials and leadership abilities but the work of the Caucus and other groups to expand leadership in the organization.

While somewhat dated data now, the APSA’s report On Women’s Advancement in Political Science in 2004 showed that women were only 24 percent of all full-time faculty in 2001. The Caucus will be 40 years old in 2009. It strikes me that this is a appropriate time to assess where the Caucus has been and where it is going and how we can improve the percentage of women in the Political Science academy and work with women undergraduates and graduate students to make political science an inviting and creative area of study. Let’s spend time as a group considering the current and future state of the Caucus.

--Barbara Burrell
President

APSA EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Women’s Caucus Events at the APSA

Mark your calendars for the following Women’s Caucus Events at the APSA:

Intersectionality Short Course, Wednesday, August 27, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (See detailed description on page 3)
Business Meeting, Thursday, August 28, 12:15 p.m.
Women of Color Reception, August 28, 7:00 p.m.
WCPS Panel: Gender Equality in Academia, Friday, August 29, 4:15 p.m. (See description on page 8 and additional information on page ).
Business Meeting, Friday, August 29, 7:30 p.m.
Women in Political Science Reception, Friday, August 29, 7:30 p.m.

Short Courses:
Intersectionality

Substantive Topic and Themes:
This short course aims to reflect extant research on intersectionality and to stimulate new
thinking about intersectionality in political science across subfields and research areas. The
course will showcase both established and emergent experts in the field, and offer emerging
scholars an opportunity for focused interaction with established ones. We will focus on the
theoretical, practical and methodological issues that arise in pursuing empirical research on
intersectionality.
The plenary sessions will feature substantive achievements and methodological advances of
intersectional research. Break out sessions will provide opportunities for scholars to pursue
specific topics and themes in intersectionality research with experts in the field. The short course
will feature one special breakout session, the Intersectionality Pragmatics café, which models the
successful “Methods Café” approach at the Western and APSA conferences. Representatives
from various subfields and methodological approaches will sit at tables to informally talk oneon-
one with scholars about the issues they face in working on their own intersectional projects.
Plenary Speakers: Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Ange-Marie Hancock, Mary Hawkesworth, Anna
Sampaio, Andrea Simpson, Toni-Michelle Travis, Dorian Warren, Laurel Weldon.

Schedule:
8:30-8:45 Registration
9:00-10:15 Opening Plenary Session
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break (co-sponsored by Lynne Rienner)
10:30-12:00 Breakout Sessions
Representation and Leadership
Social Movements
Electoral Politics
Welfare State / Public Policy
Intersectionality Pragmatics Café
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch (co-sponsored by the APSA 2008 Program Chairs)
1:30-2:45 Breakout Sessions
American Politics
Political Theory
Comparative/IR
New Frontiers in Intersectionality Research
Intersectionality Pragmatics Café
3:00 – 4:45 Closing Plenary
For more information:
Please contact the conveners: Georgia Duerst-Lahti (duerstgj@beloit.edu), Ange-Marie Hancock
(Ange-Marie.Hancock@yale.edu), or S. Laurel Weldon (weldons@purdue.edu) with any
questions.

Bringing the Military Into The Political Science Curriculum

Few of us were taught much about the military and it mostly gets a pass in texts and policy debates. But students are interested in the subject and bring lively and varied views to the classroom. ROTC students, returning veterans, peace activists and feminists all want to know more. So do many other Americans.

This course has two purposes: 1) to prepare those new to the subject to offer an undergraduate course, or to assist them in incorporating new material in courses they already offer and 2) to enable those already expert on the military to consult with each other.

A one hour session will be devoted to each of six topics. Typically the first half hour will involve a presentation with handouts; the second half hour will be for discussion by all participants. The morning is “foundational” intended for those not yet expert; the afternoon is for everyone. Come to both or either session.

9:30 The A B Cs: Led by Judith Hicks Stiehm and
                        Our men and women in uniform
                        The services and their cultures
                        Chain of command, organization, budget

10:30   The Military Professional: Led by Kathleen Mahoney-Norris and Joseph Williams
                        Military customs, traditions, ethics
Education
                        Career progression, promotion systems
                        “Jointness” and life in the “inter-agency”

11:30 Structure and Missions: Led by Derek Reveron and
                        Department of Defense
                        Joint Chiefs
                        The Commands
Missions: Defense, deterrence, diplomacy, stabilization, relief, peace operations, and, oh yes, war

Lunch will be on your own, but in accord with our subject matter we will begin again precisely at 2:00

2:00 Civil Military Relations Led by Sarah Sewall and
                        The executive and the military
                        The Congress and the military
                        The courts and the military
                        Public opinion and the military
                        Citizens and ROTC, Reserves, National Guard, Contractors

3:00     Strategy: Led by Stephen Biddle and
                      Planning
                        Forward Positioning
                        Weapons

4:00 Current Issues and Sources: Led by Daniel Lieberfeld and
            Issues
                        “Don’t Ask”
                        Special Forces
                        Missile defense
                        Combat assignments for women
                        International law, torture
            Sources
                        Documents: National Security Strategy, Quadrennial Review
                        Films
                        Bibliography: fiction and non-fiction
                        Websites

We will organize dinner for participants at 7:30. When you register please indicate whether or not you will join us.

Attendance will be limited to 40. Please pre-register with Judith Stiehm at stiehmj@fiu.edu At the class we will invite a $15 donation to cover materials, equipment rental, and creation of a website to make syllabi generally available.

Official Sponsors:
   Committee for the Analysis of Military Strategy
               Women in International Security
               Women’s Caucus
               Women and Politics Section

Writing (Up) Interpretive Research: Preparing ‘Trustworthy’ Manuscripts

Sponsor: Theory, Policy, & Society Conference Related Group

Contact Person: Dvora Yanow, Strategic Chair in Meaning and Method,
Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E: d.yanow@fsw.vu.nl P: 31-020-598-2653

Registration: No fee; preregistration for planning purposes requested by
August 1; on-site registration is possible

Time:                           9:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Instructors:                  Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah
                                    Dvora Yanow, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Researchers...produce claims in which the author figures more as a claimant than judge. That is, each scientific article functions as a judgment passed on claims made by colleagues....
Bruno Latour (2004, 78)*

This workshop explores issues raised in “writing up” interpretive research (ethnography, participant-observation, conversational interviewing, and the like). For example, what elements in a manuscript foreshadow that it is based in an interpretive (or qualitative) approach to data generation and analysis? How might one work with field notes from observations, interviews, and/or documents in a written text? What methods elements should be detailed in a methods section, and what needs to be embedded in other parts of the text? How might one respond to reviewers’ comments, in general, and specifically when reviewers ask questions about dependent and independent variables and other criteria that are less appropriate to this kind of research? What strategies can be used to inform editors and reviewers about appropriate evaluative standards? We will focus on preparing manuscripts for submission to journals, but the content of the discussions should also be applicable to book-length manuscripts, as well as to research proposals of various sorts.

Required reading: Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine and Yanow, Dvora. “Reading and Writing as Method: In Search of Trustworthy Texts.” In Organizational Ethnography: Studying the Complexity of Everyday Life, eds. Sierk Ybema, Dvora Yanow, Harry Wels, Frans Kamsteeg (London: Sage, forthcoming 2009).

Suggested readings: Dvora Yanow and Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, eds., Interpretation and method: Empirical research methods and the interpretive turn. Armonk, NY: M E Sharpe, 2006, especially chapters 4, “Neither Rigorous Nor Objective? Interrogating Criteria for Knowledge Claims in Interpretive Science,” and 5, “Judging Quality: Evaluative Criteria and Epistemic Communities.”

9:30-9:45 Welcome and General Introduction

9:45-10:05 A Very Brief Introduction to Interpretive Research

Variables-based research v. word/space/visual-based research
Qualitative v. interpretive research

10:05-10:45 Issues in Writing Interpretive Research
From a reader’s perspective
‘Failed manuscripts’!
Fieldwork, deskwork, textwork: What ‘tool’ is used when, how much is too much

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-1:00 “But where are your variables?” Responding effectively to reviewers

*Latour, Bruno. 2004. Scientific objects and legal objectivity. In Alain Pottage and Marta Mundy, eds., Law, anthropology, and the constitution of the social: Making persons and things, 73-115. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Working Group: Interpretivism and Interpretive Methods

Coordinators: Dvora Yanow, Vrije Universiteit – contact (d.yanow@fsw.vu.nl for inquiries; registration only via APSA webpage, link below); Robert Adcock, George Washington University, Mark Bevir, UC Berkeley, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University, Julie Novkov, SUNY Albany, Ido Oren, University of Florida, Timothy Pachirat, New School, Kamal Sadiq, University of California-Irvine, Ed Schatz, University of Toronto, Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah

Description: Drawing on a wide range of research methods, interpretivists share a common interest in understanding the meaning the social world has for individuals and the intersubjective "webs of meaning" in which individual understandings are immersed. Interpretive methods can include ethnography, in-depth (a.k.a. conversational) interviewing, personal narratives, language and textual analyses of various sorts (such as metaphor, category, and discourse analytic methods), and more. This working group will consider the presence of these methods in political science as a whole and in its subfields. We will also engage various issues raised by these approaches and methods, e.g. better engagement of interpretive methods and interpretivists can facilitate this engagement.

Application form: Available at http://www.apsanet.org/content_28863.cfm Deadline to register: 15 August 2008.

The Methods Café: Thursday 12.15 – 1.45 p.m.

Organizers: Dvora Yanow, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah

Topics/’Specialists’:

Contesting the political theory/empirical research divide: Farah Godrej, University of California, Riverside; godrej@ucr.edu; Vicky Hattam, The New School; HattamV@newschool.edu

Conversational and ordinary language interviewing: Joe Soss, University of Minnesota; jbsoss@umn.edu; Frederic Charles Schaffer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; schaffer@mit.edu

“Counting”: “Measuring” phenomena that bypass the state; Kamal Sadiq, University of California, Irvine; kamal@uci.edu

Critical concept analysis; Douglas C. Dow, University of Texas, Dallas; dougdow@utdallas.edu

Critical constructivist analysis; Raymond Duvall, University of Minnesota; rduvall@umn.edu

Discourse analysis; Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago; l-wedeen@uchicago.edu

Feminist methods; Mary Hawkesworth, Rutgers University; mhawkes@rci.rutgers.edu

Field research I (participant observation, political ethnography, etc.): US; Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin, Madison; kjcramer@facstaff.wisc.edu; Dorian Warren, Columbia University; dw2288@columbia.edu

Field research II (political ethnography, participant observation, etc.): ‘Overseas’; Jan Kubik, Rutgers University; kubik@rci.rutgers.edu

First person narratives and subjective knowledge: The place of diaries, autobiographies and memoirs in constituting political knowledge: Lloyd Rudolph, University of Chicago; lrudolph@uchicago.edu

Generalizing? Validity? Reliability?: Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah; psshea@poli-sci.utah.edu

Intersectionality research: Ange-Marie Hancock, Yale University (soon USC); Ange-Marie.Hancock@yale.edu

Legal archeology; Julie Novkov, SUNY Albany; jnovkov@albany.edu

Post-colonial analysis: Kevin Bruyneel, Babson College; kbruyneel@babson.edu

Recasting methods in light of experience: Theorizing before, during, and after fieldwork: Ernie Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut; cyrus.zirakzadeh@uconn.edu

Reflexive historical analysis: Ido Oren, University of Florida; oren@polisci.ufl.edu; Robert Adcock, George Washington University; adcockr@gwu.edu

Studying political spaces; Dvora Yanow, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam); d.yanow@fsw.vu.nl

Teaching qualitative-interpretive methods; Emily Hauptmann, Western Michigan University; emily.hauptmann@wmich.edu

Value-critical policy analysis; Ron Schmidt, California State University, Long Beach; rschmidt@csulb.edu

Roundtable: Gender and Equality in Academia
Cosponsored by the Women’s Caucus and the APSA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Friday, August 29, 4:15 p.m.

Chair: Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine

Participants:    Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine
                        Amy Gutman, University of Pennsylvania
                        Nannerl O. Keohane, Princeton University
                        Dale Rogers Marshall, President, Wheaton College (retired)
                        Carol T. Christ, Smith College

A major topic of this Roundtable will be article Monroe et al., 2008. “Gender Equality in Academia: Bad News from the Trenches, and Some Possible Solutions.” Perspectives on Politics. 6(2): 215-233.

Announcements

More work on the Status of Women in Academia: Kristen Monroe (University of Calfornia, Irvine) is working on a follow up to her 2008 article that appeared in Perspectives on Politics. She has found that the leaky pipeline is getting leakier. Kristen is interested in any comments and suggestions on this project, and she is particularly interested in any solutions implemented by institutions that have successfully addressed this issue. Please attend the roundtable at APSA if possible (described immediately above). In addition, you may contact Kristen directly at KRMonroe@UCI.Edu. Here is a link to a .PDF version of the original article: https://webfiles.uci.edu/svbryant/monroe/MonroeArticle.pdf

Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Launches Women’s Speech Archives
To preserve and promote women's political rhetoric, the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University has developed and launched a Web-based Archives of Women's Political Communication.
“Women are gaining public office in increasing numbers, but their voices remain largely underrepresented in collections and archives of political communication,” said Dianne Bystrom, center director. “For this reason, we have constructed this virtual archives devoted entirely to women in politics and their speeches.”
The Archives of Women's Political Communication consists of a Web site developed to guide scholars to present and past women political leaders from throughout the world and their speeches. Currently, the archives houses more than 300 speeches of 129 women who represent governors and lieutenant governors, U.S. Senators and Representatives, historical figures, first ladies and international leaders. The speeches are organized into 62 categories. The archives can be searched by the woman’s name, category of speech or category of speaker.

The center is working to get copies of speeches from all current women governors, lieutenant governors and women in Congress. Speeches of women political leaders, both past and present, are continually being gathered from other archives and by contacting individuals and requesting examples of their political speech.

In addition, the center has established an editorial board to review speeches submitted by individuals. Those who submit speeches that are accepted for the archives will be given credit for their submission on the Web site.
In the future, the center plans to expand the archives to contain both audio and video campaign spots by contemporary women of diverse backgrounds who have run for political office in the Unites States as well as in other countries.
The archives is designed to serve as a resource for faculty teaching courses and/or conducting research in political science, speech communication, women's studies, sociology, history and other fields. It also will serve as a resource for students and scholars as well as members of the public interested in women's political communication. The goal of this project is to promote lifelong learning of women in political leadership throughout the world to all who access these collections.
The Archives of Women's Political Communication is made possible through a generous gift from Mary Jo and Richard Stanley to develop a significant research collection focusing on women's political leadership in the United States and throughout the world.
The archives is available at: http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/. If you have any questions about the archives, please contact Julie Snyder-Yuly, assistant director of the Catt Center and project manager, at cattcntr@iastate.edu or 515-294-3181.
If you are interested in adding a current or historical speech to the collection, please send the following information to the street address or email address below: name of the speech, name and short biography of the speaker, the category/categories of the speaker and the speech, date the speech was given, where and for what group the speech was given and any copyright information.
Archives Editorial Board; Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics ; 309 Catt Hall
Iowa State University; Ames, IA 50011-1305; cattcntr@iastate.edu

Betty Glad Legal Defense Fund: Members of the Women’s Caucus for Political Science who believe they have been victims of discriminatory conduct or conditions may apply for a small award from the Caucus’s Betty Glad Legal Defense Fund.

The Glad Fund makes awards of $500 for legal consultation. In deciding whether to fund the applicant, the committee will not judge the merits of the case.

If you believe you have been subject to discriminatory practices and wish to apply for assistance from this fund, please contact: Dr. Susan Mezey, Professor; Department of Political Science; Loyola University Chicago; 908 Damen Hall; 6525 N. Sheridan; Chicago, IL 60626; Email: Smezey@luc.edu.

Wanted: Women Academic Political Scientists Who have Run for Public Office:
New Affiliation: Mary Ellen Guy, formerly of Florida State University, has joined the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver. Congratulations, Mary Ellen. Do you have a new affiliation? Please let us know. The Caucus will be happy to include this information in the newsletter, so that your Caucus colleagues can easily keep in touch.

Calls for Proposals and Upcoming Conferences
Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics: Call for Proposals

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University is pleased to announce the competition for the 2008 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics.

This annual competition is designed to encourage and reward scholars embarking on significant research in the area of women and politics. The prize includes a $1,000 cash award for each project selected. Honorable mention prizes of $500 per project are sometimes given.

Proposals for the 2008 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics must be postmarked by October 1, 2008. Research projects submitted for prize consideration can address any topic related to women and politics. Scholars at any level, including graduate students and junior faculty members, can apply.

To be considered for the 2008 prize, applicants should submit, postmarked by October 1, 2008:

Four (4) copies of a detailed description (5 to 10 pages) of the research project including a (1) 150-200 word abstract summarizing its purpose and content; (2) discussion of relevant theory, contributions to literature in the field, and methodology; (3) statement about how the Catt Prize will contribute to the research project; and (4) timetable for completion of the project. As the proposals will be blind-reviewed by a committee, the author(s) name(s) should not appear in this description.
A detachable cover sheet that lists the name, institutional affiliation, and address (mailing address, telephone, and e-mail for fall 2008) for each author.
A one-page (or less) biographical statement for each author, highlighting her/his research interests, significant publications and/or presentations, and professional interests and experiences related to the project.

Awards will be announced in December 2008. Winners of the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics are to acknowledge their honor when their research results are published and to transmit one copy of each publication for the Center’s archives.

Materials should be mailed (not faxed or e-mailed) to the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, 309 Carrie Chapman Catt Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-1305. For more information, contact the Center at cattcntr@iastate.edu or at 515-294-3181.

Information on past recipients is available at: http://www.las.iastate.edu/CattCenter/cattprize.shtml.

Call For Papers: 2009 Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association Conference
March 27-28, 2009
Theme: Taking Stock: Transformative Scholarship, Transforming Practices
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

2009 will mark the 40th anniversary of the first glimmerings of Women’s Studies within colleges and universities across the United States. Over the past four decades, feminist scholars have transformed knowledge in the humanities, social sciences and life sciences, challenging long-established beliefs, contesting dominant paradigms, identifying new areas of research, and introducing new strategies of analysis using a complex matrix of gender, class, race, age, ethnicity, nationality and sexuality as fundamental categories of social, cultural, historical and scientific inquiry.

Simultaneously, feminist activists have mobilized in grass-root struggles in communities around the globe and within national institutions and international organizations to envision a future worthy of feminist allegiance, and to combine activism, political interventions, and policy transformations to bring that future into being. Seeking changes in consciousness, attitudes, expectations, interpersonal relations, cultural practices, social institutions, agencies of governance, and knowledge production, feminists have wrought profound changes in the world.

Taking Stock: Transformative Scholarship, Transforming Practices will examine the intellectual, political, social, and interpersonal worlds that feminists have created despite three decades of backlash. The Organizing Committee welcomes papers that address feminist efforts to reduce inequities and inequalities associated with race- and gender-based oppression; efforts to create adequate health care, education, welfare, employment, personal security and equity policies that redress gender- and race-based injustices; efforts to “engender” states by seeking gender parity and gender quotas in elective and appointive offices, constitutional guarantees of equal citizenship and equal protection of the law and policy changes to require gender mainstreaming, gender-impact analyses, gender equitable budgets, and monitoring to insure compliance with equality objectives across all policy domains; efforts to make visible women’s reproductive and domestic labor and to reduce the burden of women’s triple shift by redistributing subsistence, childcare, and community-building labor more equitably across genders; efforts to secure women’s rights as human rights, to end all forms of violence against women, and to secure reproductive freedom and sexual self-determination; efforts to transform educational and pedagogical practices; efforts to transform the arts and cultural production; and efforts to devise innovative methodologies to transform knowledge production.

Plenary sessions will feature distinguished feminist scholars and activists including Sara Ahmed, Charlotte Bunch, Florence Butegwa, Cheryl Clarke, Nikol Alexander Floyd, Paula Giddings, Carol Gilligan, Elizabeth Grosz, Alison Jaggar, Diana Tientjens Meyers, Jacqueline Pitanguy, Jasbir Puar, Cheryl Wall, and Deborah Gray White.

Please send electronic versions of paper or panel proposals to Mary Hawkesworth, mhawkes@rci.rutgers.edu , noting MAWSA 2009 Conference Proposal in the subject head.

DEADLINE for Submissions: October 15, 2008

MAWSA 2009 Organizing Committee; Department of Women’s and Gender Studies; Rutgers University; 162 Ryders Lane; New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901.

Books By Caucus Members

Congratulations to the following Caucus members who recently published books. The Women’s Caucus is please to publish information about books recently published by Caucus members. Please support the scholarly work of Caucus members by asking your library to purchase books by Caucus members.

Alexander-Floyd, Nickol G. 2007. Gender Race, and Nationalism in Contemporary Black Politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan

From the Publisher’s Web site: This compelling book examines the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically and within American politics as a whole. Nikol Alexander-Floyd's new work highlights the critical role of race and gender, showing how they operate to define political discourse and to determine public policy.

Burack, Cynthia. 2008. Sin, Sex, and Democracy: Antigay Rhetoric and the Christian Right. Albany: SUNY Press.

From the Publisher’s Web site: While the Christian Right has spearheaded a variety of antigay projects over the past fifteen years, including interventions in public schools, antigay-rights initiatives, and support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, observers of the institutionalized Christian Right have also noted a softening of antigay public rhetoric. Sin, Sex, and Democracy analyzes these two ostensibly conflicting phenomena. Examining Christian witnessing tracts, the ex-gay movement, and recent linkages between gays and terrorists, Cynthia Burack argues that as the Christian Right has become a more sophisticated interest group, leaders have become adept at tailoring different messages for mainstream audiences and for the internal pedagogical processes of Christian conservatives. Understanding the rhetoric and the theological convictions that lie behind them, Burack claims, is essential to better understand how American politics work and how to effectively respond to exclusionary forms of political thought and practice.

Reingold, Beth, Ed. 2008. Legislative Women: Getting Elected, Getting Ahead. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

From the Publisher: Offering cutting-edge, original research, Legislative Women expands our knowledge on an array of critical topics. The contributors address everything from campaign finance to the significance of race and ethnicity, from media relations to how women advance within the ranks of the elite, and more. As they examine exactly how and in what circumstances gender matters, they bring new depth to the study of women and politics.

Schreiber, Ronnee. 2008. Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.

From the Publisher’s Web site: When we think of women's activism in America, figures such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan invariably come to mind--those liberal doyennes who have fought for years to chip away at patriarchy and achieve gender equality. But women's interests are not synonymous with organizations like NOW anymore. As Ronnee Schreiber shows, the conservative ascendancy that began in the Reagan era has been accompanied by the emergence of a broad-based conservative women's movement. And while firebrands like Ann Coulter and Phyllis Schlafly may be the public face of rightwing women's activism, a handful of large and established women's organizations have proven to be the most effective promoters of the conservative agenda.

Righting Feminism shows that one of the key--albeit overlooked--developments in political activism since the 1980s has been the emergence of conservative women's organizations. It focuses on the most prominent of these groups, Concerned Women for America and the Independent Women's Forum, to reveal how they are using feminist rhetoric for conservative ends: outlawing abortion, restricting pornography, and bolstering the traditional family. But ironically, these organizations face a paradox: to combat the legacy of feminism--particularly its appeal to the majority of American women--they must use the rhetoric of women's empowerment. Indeed, Schreiber amply illustrates how conservative activists are often the beneficiaries of the very feminist politics they oppose. Yet just as importantly, she demolishes two widely believed truisms: that conservatism holds no appeal to women and that modern conservatism is hostile to the very notion of women's activism.

Based on numerous interviews with colorful conservative activists and extensive analyses of organizational documents, Righting Feminism offers a new way of understanding the unlikely intersection of women's activism and conservative politics in America today.

Positions Available

Auburn University
Political Science: Health Administration/Public Policy

The Department of Political Science, Auburn University invites application for a tenure track assistant professor beginning August 16, 2009. Primary teaching responsibility is in the undergraduate degree program (B.S.) in health administration, with the opportunity to participate in the Department’s other undergraduate and graduate programs as well. The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to work in the U.S. at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed duration of appointment; excellent communications skills are required.

A Ph.D. in health administration, political science, public administration or a related discipline is required. Preference will be given to candidates with the Ph.D. in hand or near completion, but A.B.D.s will be considered. A candidate who receives and accepts an offer of employment while still A.B.D., but who subsequently fails to complete all doctoral requirements by August 16, 2009 can be hired and paid only at the rank of instructor. Auburn University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. Auburn is Alabama’s largest land grant university, enrolling over 24,000 students. The Political Science Department maintains a diverse faculty of 23 tenured or tenure-track members and offers undergraduate degree programs in political science, health administration, and public administration, as well as a Master’s degree program in public administration (M.P.A.) and a Ph.D. program in public administration and public policy.

Closing date for applications is September 30, 2008. To apply, send a cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position, a current curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations (if available), and an official transcript of all graduate work to: Dr. Mark Burns, Search Committee Chair, Department of Political Science, 7080 Haley Center, Auburn University, AL 36849-5208. Fax 334-844-5348; e-mail burnsmaj@auburn.edu.

College of Saint Rose
Public Law

The College of Saint Rose invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in U.S. Public Law to begin in September 2009. We are looking for a broadly trained public law scholar with teaching interests in the area of national judicial politics who explores the relationship between law and society. The successful candidate should be able to teach the constitutional politics of civil liberties, civil rights, economic policy, and government institutions. This position also requires teaching one or two undergraduate courses in either national executive politics or national legislative politics. Research interests are open but we welcome applications from scholars engaged in research that seeks to explain the relationship between law/courts and social movements, corporations, transnational organizations and/or human rights. Qualifications include enthusiasm for undergraduate and graduate (M.A.) teaching and a demonstrated commitment to scholarship. The Ph.D. is preferred although advanced ABD's will be given serious consideration. The position is pending final budgetary approval. We will be interviewing at the APSA meeting in Boston. The deadline for completed applications is October 22, 2008.

Send letter of application, c.v., three letters of recommendation, and graduate transcripts to Dr. Angela Ledford, Chair, Public Law Search Committee, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, New York 12203. The College of Saint Rose actively and energetically seeks to recruit a more diverse faculty, staff, and administration by encouraging applications from African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American and women candidates, as well as the entire spectrum of diverse communities.

College of Wooster
Comparative Politics, Open Subfield/Region

The Department of Political Science at The College of Wooster seeks to fill a tenure-track position in Comparative Politics, beginning in the fall of 2009. We are looking for a broadly trained specialist in Comparative Politics. The position is open with respect to subfield and region of specialization. The successful candidate must have demonstrated ability and willingness to teach Introduction to Comparative Politics, Politics in Developing Countries, and other advanced courses in Comparative Politics; to supervise independent research projects completed by majors in the Political Science Department and the interdisciplinary International Relations program; and to teach periodically in the College’s interdisciplinary programs, including the writing-intensive First-Year Seminar Program.

We prefer candidates who will have completed the Ph.D. in Political Science by the time of appointment. Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of effective teaching (including syllabi and student evaluations), graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to: Matthew Krain, Chair, Department of Political Science, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691. Applications received by October 15th will receive full consideration.

The College of Wooster is an independent college of the liberal arts and sciences with a commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. The College values diversity, strives to attract qualified women and minority candidates, and encourages individuals belonging to these groups to apply. Wooster seeks to ensure diversity by its policy of employing persons without regard to age, sex, color, race, creed, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. The College of Wooster is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Employment is subject to federal laws requiring verification of identity and legal right to work in the United States as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Drug-free workplace.

Eastern Michigan University
Department Head

Eastern Michigan University is accepting applications and nominations for the position of Department Head, Political Science, available on or about July 1, 2009. The Department Head leads 15 faculty in undergraduate programs in Political Science, Public Law and Government, Public Administration, Public Safety Administration, Non-Profit Administration, International Affairs, and a NASPAA-accredited MPA program.

Must have earned Ph.D. in Political Science or the equivalent; qualifications for tenure and appointment at full professor level (current associate or full professors may apply); demonstrated instructional effectiveness and commitment to students; established record of scholarly publications, and demonstrated service to department, college, university and/or community; demonstrated college/university teaching experience. Previous administrative experience required; field fit may be considered.

Review of applications will begin immediately, with a final deadline of December 14, 2008. A complete application should include: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and at least three current letters of reference.

All application materials should be forwarded to: Posting # APAA0904; Academic Human Resources, 202 Boone Hall, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.

EMU is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Its close proximity to the Michigan communities of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Toledo, OH provides rich cultural, social and recreational opportunities. EMU was founded in 1849 and is a comprehensive university with an enrollment of 24,000 students. EMU is an equal opportunity employer, and is regularly recognized by U.S. News and World Report for its diverse campus environment.

For additional information contact:Dr. Elaine Martin, Search Co-Chair (elaine.martin@emich.edu) or Dr. Richard Stahler-Sholk, Search Co-Chair (rstahler@emich.edu), Political Science Department, Eastern Michigan University, (734) 487-3113.

Goucher College
American Government and Politics

The Department of Political Science and International Relations at Goucher College invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor level position in American Government and Politics, starting fall 2009. Although the sub-field in American Politics is open we especially welcome applications from candidates with specialization in political institutions, particularly the Presidency, Congress, Political Parties, Elections and the Court. Applicants should be able to teach an introductory and intermediary level courses in American Government and Politics as well as advanced courses in their area of expertise. Successful candidates will possess strong theoretical and analytical skills. A commitment to excellent teaching and research is essential. Ability to and willingness to develop new courses in their area of expertise and to contribute to the college’s interdisciplinary programs will be an advantage.

Applicants should have an earned doctorate in hand and should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vita, three letters of reference, a writing sample, evidence of excellence in teaching, and if possible course syllabi. Materials should be sent to American Government and Politics Search, Human Resources, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD, 21204. Goucher College is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the Department particularly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. Applicants interested in being interviewed at the APSA annual meeting should also contact Professor Nicholas Brown at nbrown@goucher.edu. Deadline is 10/1/08. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Goucher College
Comparative Politics (Latin America or East Asia preferred)

The Department of Political Science and International Relations at Goucher College invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor position in comparative politics with a focus on Latin America or East Asia. Other sub-fields of comparative politics will also be considered. Applicants should be able to teach an introductory and an intermediary level comparative politics course as well as courses in their area of expertise. Successful candidates will possess strong theoretical and analytical skills. A commitment to excellent teaching and research is essential. Ability to and willingness to develop new courses in their area of expertise and to contribute to the college’s required study abroad program will be an advantage.

Materials should be sent to Comparative Politics Search, Human Resources, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD, 21204. Goucher College is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the Department particularly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. Applicants interested in being interviewed at the APSA annual meeting should also contact Professor Nicholas Brown at nbrown@goucher.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately. Start Date: Fall 2009; Salary Negotiable. Application Deadline: 10/1/2008.

Missouri State University
Middle Eastern Endowed Chair

The Department of Political Science invites applications and nominations for the inaugural appointment of the Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle Eastern Politics for fall 2009. The Strong Chair is a nine-month, tenure-track appointment at the Associate or Full Professor rank. The successful candidate must have a completed Ph.D. in political science with a clearly demonstrated specialty in Middle Eastern Politics and a sustained record of scholarship in the field. The successful candidate will possess strong communication and technology skills and will be able to enhance the Public Affairs mission of the University by developing the cultural competence of students and by engagement with the community. Experience in obtaining external funding is a plus. The salary is competitive and will be commensurable with qualifications, experience, and rank. The Strong Chair will possess a reduced teaching load, be provided with a graduate assistant, and be entitled to additional funds for research and travel.

The Department of Political Science has 18 full-time faculty members and over 200 undergraduate majors and over 50 graduate students enrolled in two graduate programs, the Master of Public Administration and the Master of International Affairs and Administration. Missouri State University is a comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs and includes a multi-campus university devoted to helping the region, Missouri, and the nation imagine and make a better future. The University's enrollment is more than 20,000 students with 150 undergraduate majors and 47 graduate programs; many of which are the state's strongest and largest of their kind. The university also supports diversity and international elements, as well as collaborative community leadership.

Springfield offers a big-city experience with hometown flair. Located in the southwest corner of the state, Springfield is surrounded by the beauty of the Ozark hills, with streams and lakes, four temperate seasons for a wealth of outdoor attractions, plus scenic parks and greenways, and superior public and private schools. Springfield has a population of 200,000 in the metropolitan area with a vibrant downtown filled with restaurants, pubs, clubs, galleries, theaters, studios, and lofts.

Screening of candidates will begin in September, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching, research, and service philosophy, copies of all transcripts, and the names of at least three references to Dr. George E. Connor, Department Head, Department of Political Science, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897 (email: georgeconnor@missouristate.edu). Missouri State University also requires an Authorization Form to be completed as part of your application. The form can be found at: http://www.missouristate.edu/academicopenings/AuthorizationForm.pdf. After completing, please print, sign, and include with the materials that you submit to the search chair. See http://www.missouristate.edu/academicopenings for more information. Employment will require a criminal background check at University Expense. EO/AA.

Northern Arizona University
International Relations

The Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor. The position begins in August 2009.

Minimum requirements include a Ph.D. in Political Science or International Affairs completed by August 1, 2009 with a primary field specialization in international relations and a focus on international security, broadly defined. Candidates must be able to offer courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in these areas.

Preference will be given to candidates who specialize in Middle Eastern politics. Preference will also be given to candidates with a demonstrated excellence in teaching and a commitment to working effectively within a diverse university community. The Department's particular strengths and foci are in global development, diversity politics, and environmental politics; consideration will be given to candidates who can contribute to one or more of these areas. In addition, we encourage applications from candidates who are willing to incorporate web-based delivery strategies in their teaching.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, transcripts, three recent and original letter of reference, evidence and a sample of scholarship and publications, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., teaching evaluations and syllabi). The review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send applications to Chair, International Relations Search Committee, Northern Arizona University, Department of Politics and International Affairs, P.O. Box 15036, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5036.

The department offers the BA, BS, MA, MPA, and PhD degrees. Northern Arizona University is a 20,000-student institution with its main campus in Flagstaff, a four-season community of about 60,000 at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks. The university is committed to a diverse and civil working and learning environment. Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following: a criminal background investigation, an employment history verification and a degree verification prior to employment. You may also be required to complete a fingerprint background check.

Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Northern Arizona University
Native American Politics

The Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor. The position begins in August 2009.
Minimum requirements include being ABD in Political Science or a related discipline with an expected dissertation completion date before August 15, 2010, and academic preparation, teaching, and research interests in Native American government and politics. Candidates must be able to offer courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in tribal government and policy.

Candidates with a PhD completed by August 18, 2009 will be given preference. The Department's particular strengths and foci are in global development, diversity politics, and environmental politics; preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to one or more of these areas. Preference will also be given to candidates who demonstrate evidence of teaching effectiveness or ability, scholarship and potential for publication, and a commitment to working effectively within a diverse university community. In addition, we encourage applications from candidates who are willing to incorporate web-based delivery strategies in their teaching.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, transcripts, three recent and original letters of reference, evidence and a sample of scholarship and publications, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., teaching evaluations and syllabi). The review of applications will begin on September 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send applications to Chair, Native American Politics Search Committee, Northern Arizona University, Department of Politics and International Affairs, P.O. Box 15036, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5036.

The Department offers the BA, BS, MA, MPA, and PhD degrees. Northern Arizona University is a 20,000-student institution with its main campus in Flagstaff, a four-season community of about 60,000 at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks. The University ranks fifth in the nation for graduating Native Americans with bachelor's degrees; Native American students comprise about 6% of the student body. The university is committed to a diverse and civil working and learning environment. Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following: a criminal background investigation, an employment history verification and a degree verification (in some cases) prior to employment. You may also be required to complete a fingerprint background check.

Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Northern Illinois University
American Politics

The Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University invites applications for a tenure-track opening in American Politics at the assistant professor level beginning August 16, 2009. The successful candidate will be able to offer undergraduate and graduate courses in Congress and/or the Presidency. Preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to the undergraduate or graduate methods sequence. We seek a candidate with demonstrated or potential excellence in both teaching and scholarship. A Ph.D. in Political Science by the time of appointment is required.

The Department of Political Science has 26 faculty members and offers B.A., B.S., M.A., M.P.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The Department also hosts a nationally ranked Division of Public Administration, and has ties to NIU’s Center for Governmental Studies and Public Opinion Laboratory (a full service survey research facility). NIU is located approximately 60 miles west of Chicago. It has an enrollment of more than 25,000, including a graduate student body of over 6,400. Applicants must send curriculum vitae, letter of application, three letters of recommendation, appropriate transcripts, writing samples, and evidence of teaching effectiveness to: Professor Christopher M. Jones, Department Chair, Attn: American Politics Search, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2854. Review of completed applications will begin on September 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Northern Illinois University is an AA/EEO institution and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

Occidental College
Public Law

The Department of Politics invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2009. Applicants should be prepared to teach a combination of courses in various fields of Public Law such as Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Minorities & the Law, Women & the Law, Law & Social Change, Law & Society, Law & the Environment, Land Use & Housing Law, Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Immigration, and the Prison-Industrial Complex. We prefer candidates who will have completed the Ph.D. and/or a law degree by Fall 2009, although we will consider candidates who are very close to completing the Ph.D. Experience in teaching undergraduates is preferred. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. A background in the practice of law, particularly public interest law, would be beneficial.

Occidental is a small (1800 student), very selective national undergraduate liberal arts college with a strong emphasis on academic excellence and diversity among its students and faculty. The Department of Politics is affiliated with interdisciplinary programs in Urban and Environmental Policy and in Diplomacy and World Affairs. Research and applied community based learning opportunities exist through the College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute and the Center for Community-Based Learning. The College's beautiful campus is located in
the residential neighborhood of Eagle Rock, 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. Candidates should send cover letter, current curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and three letters of recommendation to:Nancy Grubb; Politics Department; Occidental College; 1600 Campus Road; Los Angeles, CA; 90041

We will begin review of completed files on September 30, 2008. Files completed prior to October 30 will be considered until on-campus finalists are selected.

Oklahoma State University
Director, Gender and Women's Studies Program

The College of Arts and Sciences invites interested scholars from among the OSU Gender and Women’s Studies Faculty to apply for the position of Director of Gender and Women’s Studies. The successful candidate will be responsible for continuing to build and expand the program.

OBJECTIVES: To build on the excellent efforts of predecessors who created the Women’s Studies Program by increasing opportunities for scholarship and research in the interdisciplinary area of Gender and Women's Studies; to improve and expand undergraduate and postgraduate research and course work in Gender and Women’s Studies; to facilitate and encourage excellence in teaching, research, and publication among Gender and Women’s Studies faculty; to provide vision and leadership; and, to foster ongoing links with the relevant organizations, causes, and projects locally, nationally, and globally.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.   To contribute to developing Gender and Women's Studies as an intellectual tradition and established field of scholarly endeavor by promoting research and publication in Women's Studies by OSU faculty and students.
2.   To ensure an effective curriculum and oversee the staffing of Gender and Women’s Studies courses such as Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theories courses as required.
3.   To ensure a healthy and amicable relationship between Gender and Women's Studies and the National Women’s Studies Association, and to foster relationships with other appropriate organizations and scholars in other institutions.
4.         To oversee the budget and other related administrative tasks.
5.         To assist and/or facilitate public programs that enrich and enliven current Gender and Women’s Studies curriculum.
6. To foster and organize cooperative exchanges with OSU colleges.

DEADLINE: Materials must be received by noon, June 27, 2008.
SUBMIT: (1) a letter of application; (2) a current C.V.; (3) a vision statement for the future of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Oklahoma State University.

SEND MATERIALS TO: Dr. Brenda Phillips, Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies Search Committee, Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 201 LSE, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK 74075.

Purdue University
Quantitative Methodology and/or Formal Modeling

The Department of Political Science at Purdue University announces an opening for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with a specialization in quantitative methodology and/or formal modeling beginning August 2009. We will consider applicants from all research subfields. The successful candidate must have a promising, theoretically-driven research agenda, and the ability and commitment to provide effective graduate and undergraduate teaching. Review of applications will begin September 15 and continue until the position is filled. Application should include cover letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, addressing teaching strengths in addition to scholarly activity, samples of written work, and instructional materials such as syllabi and course evaluations.

Send materials to: Professor James A. McCann, Search Committee Chair, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 100 N. University Street, West LaFayette, UN 47907-2098. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/ Affirmative Action Employer fully committed to achieving a diversity workforce.

Rutgers University
Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Executive Director for the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL or Global Center). A catalyst for change, CWGL helps forge networks of feminist advocates around the globe to advance women’s leadership, women’s human rights and social justice worldwide. This tenured, calendar-year appointment will be at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor, depending on individual qualifications. Candidates must have an advanced degree, a distinguished record of research and/or significant professional success, and a minimum of five years of experience in transnational feminist advocacy. The ideal candidate should possess substantive gender expertise in areas such as human rights and international law, globalization, international political economy, sustainable development, international relations, the United Nations and/or international organizations.

Fluency in more than one language is preferred. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

The Executive Director is responsible for overall operations, grant writing, fundraising, spearheading advocacy and strategic program initiatives for CWGL. As a member of the Institute for Women’s Leadership Consortium at Rutgers, the Executive Director will also provide leadership for research projects, publish articles and reports; monitor and assess international trends to advance gender equity; and teach one course each year.

Rutgers is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity. Applications from members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008 and continue until the position has been filled. Please send a statement of interest, curriculum vitae, names of three references, and a writing sample to: Professors Temma Kaplan and Ethel Brooks, Co-Chairs; CWGL Executive Director Search Committee; Department of Women’s and Gender Studies; Rutgers the State University of New Jersey; 162 Ryders Lane; New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901. Email: lvv@rci.rutgers.edu; See also www.cwgl.rutgers.edu

Santa Clara University
Applied Quantitative Methods, Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science at Santa Clara University invites applications from well-qualified individuals for a tenure-track position as an assistant professor commencing September 1, 2009 in the field of Applied Quantitative Methods. Ph.D. in political science at the time of appointment and college teaching experience are required. Successful performance in an on-campus interview, teaching demonstration, and research presentation are required. Candidates should be prepared to teach courses in Applied Quantitative Methods; to engage in quality scholarship; and to serve the department, College and University appropriate to rank. Salary is competitive and the benefits package includes a housing assistance program.

Santa Clara University, located in Silicon Valley, is a Catholic Jesuit institution that is committed to increasing diversity and furthering multicultural engagement among faculty, staff, and students. Candidates are encouraged to address in the letter of application their professional interest in and/or experiences relevant to achieving this goal.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of application (specifying qualifications, teaching philosophy, research plan, and experience working with people of diverse cultures and identities), curriculum vitae, an unofficial graduate transcript, teaching evaluations, sample syllabi, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation (under separate cover) to Dr. Janet A. Flammang, Chair, Department of Political Science, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053. Email jflammang@scu.edu. Deadline for submission of materials is September 29, 2008.

Santa Clara University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and, in this spirit, particularly welcomes applications from women, persons of color, and members of historically underrepresented groups. The University will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with a disability. Also, in accordance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the University annually collects and makes publicly available information about campus crimes and other reportable incidents (www.scu.edu/cs/).

Texas Christian University
American Politics

The Department of Political Science at Texas Christian University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant or associate professor level in American politics or public policy. Field of study within the American subfield is open. The normal teaching load in the department is 3-2. The successful applicant will generally teach introductory and advanced undergraduate courses in American politics and perhaps one course per year in research methods. Candidates should have interest in joining a strong undergraduate department. An active research agenda and a demonstrable record of successful teaching will be preferred. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply, and the salary is competitive. Applicants should send a letter of application, vitae, graduate transcripts, samples of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation to Search Committee Chair, Department of Political Science, TCU Box 297021, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008. TCU is an independent, ecumenical coeducational institution of 8900 students located within the greater Fort Worth/Dallas area of more than six million people. TCU is an EO/AA employer.

Trinity University
Comparative Politics: Latin America
The department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor in Comparative/International Politics with an area specialty in Latin America. Ph D preferred but ABD candidates will be considered. Competency in Spanish is expected. Candidates must be able to teach lower division courses in Comparative Politics or International Relations fields as well as upper division courses in Latin American Politics. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach a course on International Political Economy/International Law. Salary is competitive. Applicants must submit a letter of interest, CV, three letters of recommendation, and if available, evidence of teaching effectiveness to Sussan Siavoshi, Chair, Department of Political Science; Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212. Phone: (210) 999-8341; E-mail address: ssiavosh@trinity.edu; The deadline for application is August 25th, 2008.

Trinity University
Comparative Politics: East Asia
The department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor in Comparative/International Politics with an area specialty in East Asia. Ph.D. preferred but ABD candidates will be considered. Competency in Chinese or Japanese is expected. Candidates must be able to teach lower division courses in International Relations or Comparative fields as well as upper division courses in East Asian politics. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach a course on International Political Economy/International Law. Salary is competitive. Applicants must submit a letter of interest, CV, three letters of recommendation, and if available, evidence of teaching effectiveness to Sussan Siavoshi, Chair, Department of Political Science; Trinity University; One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212. Phone: (210) 999-8341; E-mail address: ssiavosh@trinity.edu; The deadline for application is August 18th, 2008.

University of Colorado, Boulder
American Politics

The Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in American Politics. Successful candidates are expected to meet multiple departmental needs, including teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels and conducting research in an area of specialization within American Politics. We are particularly interested in candidates who strengthen linkages across our existing subfields and can contribute to the department’s thematic emphasis on globalization and democratization. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or have a Ph.D. by August 15, 2009) in Political Science. We will begin considering applications on October 1, 2008, and will continue screening applications until the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. See www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/Jobs/ for full job description. Applications are accepted electronically at https://www.jobsatcu.com, posting # 805051. Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 333 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0333.

University of Colorado, Boulder
Comparative Politics: East Asia/Southeast Asia

The Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in Comparative Politics, with a focus on any subregion within East Asia or Southeast Asia. Successful candidates are expected to meet multiple departmental needs, including teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels and conducting methodologically rigorous research in comparative politics. We are particularly interested in candidates who strengthen linkages across our existing subfields and can contribute to the department’s thematic emphasis on globalization and democratization. The person filling this position will be expected to contribute actively to the CU Center for Asian Studies. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or have a Ph.D. by August 15, 2009) in Political Science. We will begin considering applications on September 15 and will continue screening applications until the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. See www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/Jobs/ for full job description. Applications are accepted electronically at https://www.jobsatcu.com, posting # 804875. Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 333 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0333.

University of Colorado, Boulder
Public Policy

The Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in Public Policy. Successful candidates are expected to meet multiple departmental needs, including teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels and conducting research in public policy. We are particularly interested in candidates who strengthen linkages across our existing subfields and can contribute to the department’s thematic emphasis on globalization and democratization. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or have a Ph.D. by August 15, 2009) in Political Science. We will begin considering applications on September 15 and will continue screening applications until the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. See www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/Jobs/ for full job description. Applications are accepted electronically at https://www.jobsatcu.com, posting # 804874. Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 333 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0333.

University of South Carolina
Comparative Politics: Western Democracies
Rank Open

The Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a position in Comparative Politics, with specialization in the political behavior and/or institutions of European and other Western democracies, to begin in August 2009. The Department seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor with tenure, or Full Professor with tenure. Senior candidates must have appropriately outstanding records of publications and pedagogy. We expect junior applicants to have a Ph.D. in hand (by the time of appointment), a well‑conceived and established research agenda, and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

For full consideration, applications must be received by October 15, 2008. Senior candidates should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae. Junior candidates should send curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, and samples of published or unpublished research to: Comparative Politics Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Gambrell Hall/817 Henderson Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status.

University of South Carolina
International Relations, Two Positions/Rank Open

The Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina invites applications for two positions in International Relations, to begin August 2009. For one of these positions, the Department seeks to hire a scholar with specialization in international cooperation and organization. The other position is open with respect to specializations. The Department welcomes applications from junior and senior candidates for both positions and seeks to make one appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor with tenure. Senior applicants must have appropriately outstanding records of publications and pedagogy. We expect junior applicants to have a Ph.D. in hand (by the time of appointment), a well‑conceived and established research agenda, and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

For full consideration, applications must be received by October 15, 2008. Senior candidates should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae. Junior candidates should send curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, and samples of published or unpublished research to: International Relations Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Gambrell Hall/817 Henderson Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

University of South Carolina
Public Administration
Assistant or Associate Professor

The Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a position in Public Administration, to begin in August, 2009. Substantive specializations are open, and both Policy and Management orientations are welcomed. The Department seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. Senior candidates must have appropriately outstanding records of publications and pedagogy and an interest in providing leadership in the Department’s MPA Program. We expect junior applicants to have a Ph.D. in hand (by the time of appointment), a well‑conceived and established research agenda, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Competitive applicants at either level must be able to contribute through teaching, research and service to the Department’s NASPAA‑accredited MPA curriculum and to undergraduate course offerings in Public Administration.

For full consideration, applications must be received by October 1, 2008. Senior candidates should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae. Junior candidates should send curriculum vitae, letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, and samples of published or unpublished research to: Public Administration Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Gambrell Hall/817 Henderson Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

University of South Carolina
Public Administration/Public Policy: Disasters, Risk, Emergency Management

The Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning in August, 2009. Competitive candidates must be able to contribute to the Department’s NASPAA-accredited MPA Program, and to an emerging, interdisciplinary research and teaching effort centered on extreme events. Preference will accordingly be given to candidates with interests in one or more of the following: managerial and political issues and/or policies relating to extreme events, crises, hazards, risk management, emergency management, etc. at any level of government (international, national, state, local); environmental and/or health risks and consequences of hazards or extreme events.

This search is being conducted jointly by the Departments of Political Science and of Geography, although individual candidates will be considered for a tenure-track appointment in only one of these units, not both. We expect the successful candidate to have a Ph.D. in hand (by the time of appointment), evidence of teaching effectiveness, and demonstrated ability to contribute to the research and teaching programs in the Master’s Program in Public Administration in the Department of Political Science, the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute in the Department of Geography, as well as research initiatives and graduate education across the entire campus.

For full consideration, applications must be received by October 1, 2008. Send vitae, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, and samples of published or unpublished research to: Emergency Management Search, Department of Political Science, Gambrell Hall, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Villanova University
Comparative Politics (Africa), International Relations

The Department of Political Science invites applicants for an entry level, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall Semester 2009. Ph.D. in Political Science should be completed by June 30, 2009. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate (MA level) courses on African Politics, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. The successful candidate will be a member of the Africana Studies Program faculty; courses on African politics are simultaneously accepted for credit in the PSC major and the Africana Studies Concentration and Minor. We offer a 3-2 teaching load for the first three years. After a successful Third Year Review, a one-semester sabbatical is available in the fourth year and the 3-2 teaching load may be continued for another three years contingent on the publication record. Preference will be given to applicants who provide evidence of teaching effectiveness and show promise of a strong record of publication. Broad training in political science is expected. Ability and interest in offering the courses through the Villanova Center for Liberal Education is welcomed.

Please send a detailed letter of application indicating your interest and suitability, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, curriculum vitae, official graduate and undergraduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, two writing samples, two syllabi (if available), and evidence of teaching effectiveness to Dr. Lowell Gustafson, Chair, Political Science Department, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova PA 19085-1699. All material must be received by September 15, 2008.

Villanova University is a Roman Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order, located in the ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse Philadelphia metro region. Philadelphia is located midway between New York and Washington with easy train access to both locations. An AA/EEO employer, the Department values dynamic and diverse faculty members who are committed to teaching, scholarship, and service—and who can contribute to the university’s conversation regarding truth, community, values, and social justice. For more detailed description of the position and the Department, please consulthttp://www.psc.villanova.edu

Villanova University
Comparative Politics (Russia), International Relations

The Department of Political Science invites applicants for an entry level, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in the fall semester 2009. Ph.D. in Political Science should be completed by June 30, 2009. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate (MA) courses on Russian politics and Russian foreign policy. The successful candidate will have knowledge of the Russian language and be a member of the Russian Area Studies Concentration (RASCON) program. Courses on Russian politics are simultaneously accepted for credit in the PSC major and for the concentration requirements.

We offer a 3-2 teaching load for the first three years. After a successful Third Year Review, a one-semester sabbatical is available in the fourth year and the 3-2 teaching load may be continued for another three years contingent on the publication record. Preference will be given to applicants who provide evidence of teaching effectiveness and show promise of a strong record of publication. Broad training in political science is expected. Ability and interest in offering the courses through the Villanova Center for Liberal Education is welcomed.

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