M.A. University of California, San Diego, 2004 Thesis: When Information Matters: Why Amnesty International Succeeds

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1 Date of Revision: August 2017 Wendy H. Wong 100 St. George Street 3 rd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3 Canada wendyh.wong@utoronto.ca (p) (f) EDUCATION: Ph.D University of California, San Diego, 2008 Field of Study: Political Science Dissertation: Centralizing Principles: How Amnesty International Shaped Human Rights Politics through its Transnational Network M.A. University of California, San Diego, 2004 Thesis: When Information Matters: Why Amnesty International Succeeds B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 2002 Political Science with Distinction ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Institute on Qualitative Research Methods (IQRM), sponsored by the Consortium on Qualitative Methods. Tempe, Arizona. January ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Visiting Scholar, Center for International Studies, School of International Relations, University of Southern California. Spring Associate Professor, Department of Political Science. University of Toronto present. Director, Trudeau Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs. University of Toronto Associate Director, Munk School Global Justice Lab present. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science. University of Toronto PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Academic Council on the United Nations System, 2012-present American Political Science Association, 2006-present Member, Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action ARNOVA, 2011-present Co-chair, Book Awards Committee, 2015 International Studies Association, 2006-present Wong 1

2 Member, Finance Committee, International Studies Review, editorial board member, Journal of Global Security Studies, editorial board member, RESEARCH INTERESTS: International norms and law International non-governmental actors and domestic policy Humanitarian aid Inter-governmental organizations Global governance Social movements Networks AWARDS AND GRANTS (research): Social Science and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant, (Co-Principal Investigator) ($262,365) Dean s Excellence Award, Connaught New Researcher Award, ($10,000) Social Science and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant, One-year grant ($31,045) Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Junior Fellowship, Successful Societies Program, ($50,000) Connaught Start-Up Fund, 2008 ($10,000) Dean s Social Science Research Travel Fund, UCSD, 2007 International Studies Association Conference Travel Grant, 2007 American Political Science Association Conference Travel Grant, 2006 Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations Travel Award, UCSD, 2005 Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) Travel Grant, UCSD, 2005 Wong 2

3 Institute for Labor and Employment En-Route Master s and Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Edmund G. Brown, Sr. Fellowship, UCSD, AWARDS AND GRANTS (teaching): University of Toronto Students Union/Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students (UTSU/APUS) Teaching Excellence Award, 2011 Summer Graduate Teaching Fellow, UCSD, 2006 Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Political Science, UCSD, PUBLICATIONS (peer-reviewed): Articles Linking Non-State Governance and Violence (with Lindsay L. Heger and Danielle Jung). Forthcoming at Journal of Global Security Studies. Agenda-Setting in Greenpeace and Amnesty: The Limits of Centralization in International NGOs (with Emily Matthews Luxon). Global Society 31 (4): Knowing Your Audience: How the Structure of International Relations and Organizational Choices Affect Amnesty International's Advocacy. (with Cullen S. Hendrix). Review of International Organizations 9 (1): E-bandits in Global Activism: Wikileaks, Anonymous, and the Politics of No One (with Peter A. Brown). Perspectives on Politics 11 (4): Come Together? Different Pathways to International NGO Centralization (with Sarah S. Stroup). International Studies Review 15 (2): When is the Pen Truly Mighty? Regime Type and the Efficacy of Naming and Shaming in Curbing Human Rights Abuses (with Cullen S. Hendrix). British Journal of Political Science 43 (3): Organizing for Success: How Group Structure Impacts the Character of Violence (with Lindsay Heger and Danielle Jung). Terrorism and Political Violence 24 (5): Is Trafficking Slavery? Anti-Slavery International in the Twenty-first Century. Human Rights Review 12 (3): Books and Chapters Wong 3

4 The Authority Trap (with Sarah S. Stroup). Cornell University Press Internal Affairs: How the Structure of NGOs Transforms Human Rights. Cornell University Press Winner, Best Book Award, ARNOVA, Reviewed in: Choice (March 2013); Human Rights Quarterly (August 2013); American Journal of Sociology (November 2013); Human Rights Review (December 2013); Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (February 2014); Voluntas (April 2014); Perspectives on Politics (April 2014); Mobilization (Fall 2014). Subject of an Author Meets Critics Panel at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting 2013, Chicago, IL. Leading Authority as Hierarchy among INGOs (with Sarah S. Stroup). Hierarchies in World Politics, ed. Ayse Zarakol. Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming. Domesticating the Field: The Ford Foundation and the Development of International Human Rights (with Ron Levi and Julia Deutsch). Professional Networks in Transnational Governance, eds. Leonard Seabrooke Lasse Folke Henriksen. Cambridge University Press Becoming a Household Name: How Human Rights NGOs Establish Credibility through Organizational Structure. Credibility and Non-Government Organizations in a Globalizing World: When Virtue is Not Enough, eds. Peter Gourevitch, David A. Lake, and Janice Gross Stein. Cambridge University Press The Politics of Networks: Interests, Power, and Human Rights Norms (with David A. Lake). Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance, ed. Miles Kahler. Cornell University Press PUBLICATIONS (non peer-reviewed): The Power and Authority of International NGOs (with Sarah S. Stroup) Perspectives on Politics 14 (1): Heger, Lindsay L., Danielle Jung, Sarah Stroup, and Wendy Wong A Common Framework for Understanding Non-State Organizations? One Earth Future Foundation Research Report. Neier, Aryeh. The International Human Rights Movement: A History in Human Rights Quarterly 35 (3): Amnesty International. Encyclopedia of Global Studies, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Mark Juergensmeyer Chong, Daniel P.L. Freedom from Poverty: NGOs and Human Rights Praxis in International Studies Review 13 (4) Book review. Wong 4

5 Hurd, Ian. After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the UN Security Council in Ethics and International Affairs Book review. WORKING PAPERS/PROJECTS: Authority, Strategy, and Influence: Environmental INGOs in Comparative Perspective (with Sarah S. Stroup). Currently under review. The Good NGO: The Making of Legitimacy (with Sarah S. Stroup). Currently under review. When Everyone Agrees: Human Rights Norms on Women and Children and Their Effects on Health (with Heather Smith-Cannoy, Arjumand Siddiqi, and Christopher Tait). Understanding the Dynamics of Global Advocacy Campaigns, (with Sarah Bush and Anna Schrimpf). CONFERENCE PAPERS: Understanding the Dynamics of Global Advocacy Campaigns, (with Anna Schrimpf). Prepared for the 57 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, March 16-19, When Everyone Agrees: Human Rights Norms and on Women and Children and their Effects on Health (with Arjumand Siddiqi, Heather Smith-Cannoy, and Christopher Tait). Prepared for the 57 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, March 16-19, How Can We Measure the Authority of INGOs? (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for Theorizing Hierarchies in IR, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, May 15-16, 2015 and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. June 21-22, INGOs and MNCs Best Frenemies? (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for INGO Workshop, University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs, Seattle, Washington. April 7-8, A Tale of Tails? International Norm Diffusion Goes to the Dogs (with Lilach Gilady and Beth Jean Evans). Prepared for Sociological and Constructivist Approaches to Norms, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 16-17, 2014 and the 55 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, ON March 26-29, Trust No One: Anonymizing Technology, E-bandits, and the Future of Activism (with Peter A. Brown). Prepared for the Theorizing the Web 2014 conference, Brooklyn, NY, April Simultaneously Centralized and Decentralized? How International Advocacy Organizations Structure Themselves for Global Governance Success (with Emily Matthews Luxon). Prepared for 72 nd annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6. Wong 5

6 Domesticating the Field: Ford Foundation and the Development of International Human Rights (with Ron Levi and Julia Deutsch). Prepared for the 55 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, ON March 26-29, Types of Authority and Organizational Practices of INGOs (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for the 55 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, ON March 26-29, Response to Abbott, Green, and Keohane. Prepared for the Organizational Ecology workshop, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, March 6-8, Contesting Politics through Suicide: Theorizing Protest and Attack (with Lindsay Heger). Prepared for Suicide as Protest Normative Intrusions, Amherst, MA, October 4-5, The Politics and Power of INGOs: A Review Essay (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for the 109 th annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL August 29- September 1, Too Legit to Quit? INGOs as an Authority in International Relations (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for the 109 th annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL August 29-September 1, What's the Point of Trying? Rebel Structure and the Choice of Post-Conflict Trials (with Lindsay Heger). Prepared for the annual joint meeting of the Peace Science Society International and International Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary, June 27-29, Domesticating the Field: Ford Foundation and the Development of International Human Rights (with Ron Levi). Prepared for Professionals and Organizations in Transitional Governance, Milan, Italy, June 25-26, Ford Foundation and the Funding of Human Rights (with Ron Levi and Julia Deustch). Prepared for the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Boston, MA, May 30-June 2, Who s Afraid of INGOs? Authority in International Relations (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared for the 54 th annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, Centralizing Violence: Organizational Structure and Terrorist Groups (with Lindsay Heger and Danielle Jung). Prepared for The New Power Politics: Networks, Governance, and Security, Denver, CO, February 28-March 2, Wong 6

7 Why Organizational Structure Matters: The Internal Lives and International Prominence of Human Rights NGOs. Prepared for the 41 st annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Indianapolis, IN, November 15-17, Nobody from Everywhere: IR and the Politics of Wikileaks and Anonymous (with Peter A. Brown). Prepared for Transnational Linkages, Institutional Building and the Reconfiguration of Rights and Justice Regimes workshop, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 10, Transitioning after Conflict: Why States Choose Trials or TRCs (with Lindsay Heger). Prepared for the 53 rd annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, April 1-4, The Role of Formal and Informal Rules in the Internal Lives of International NGOs. Prepared for the 53 rd annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, April 1-4, Strategic Naming and Shaming: How International Linkages and Regime Type Affect Amnesty International s Advocacy Campaigns. (with Cullen S. Hendrix). Prepared for the 5 th annual meeting of the Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO), Villanova, Pennsylvania, January 26-29, The Institutional Design of International NGOs: Intended and Unintended Consequences (with Sarah S. Stroup). Prepared at the 107 th annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, September 1-4, Prepared for the 40 th annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Toronto, Ontario, November 17-19, Making Rules To Be Broken: Russian NGOs, Case Work, and Legality in an Authoritarian Regime (with Matthew Light). Prepared for the annual meeting of the Law and Society Organization, San Francisco, California, June 1-5, 2011 and the annual meeting of International Studies Association West, Los Angeles, California, September 23-24, Why Legalization? NGOs and International Human Rights Norms. Prepared for New Frontiers in Global Justice: A Conference with Amartya Sen, San Diego, CA, April 1-2, When is the Pen Truly Mighty? Regime Type and the Efficacy of Press and INGO Naming and Shaming in Curbing Human Rights Abuses. (with Cullen S. Hendrix). Prepared for the 52 nd annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, March 16-19, 2011 and the 51 st International Studies Association annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-20, Wong 7

8 How Politically Neutral are Human Rights NGOs? The Economic and Military Linkages that Affect Amnesty International s State Targets (with Cullen S. Hendrix). Prepared for the annual meeting of the International Political Economy Society, November 12-13, For Love of Country: How States Consolidate Sovereignty through Violent Civic Action (with Theofanis Verinakis). Prepared for the 106 th annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2-5, Beyond the Boomerang: How Issue Characteristics Affect the Success of Human Rights NGO Campaigns. Prepared for the 51 st International Studies Association annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-20, Becoming a Household Name: Establishing the Credibility of Human Rights NGOs. Prepared for the 105 th American Political Science Association annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, September 3-6, A Household Name: Why Amnesty International is a Credible Monitor of Human Rights. Prepared for Workshop Beyond Virtue : Evaluating NGO Monitoring of Social Norms, Empress Hotel, La Jolla, California, March 20-21, To Shine a Light : The Efficacy of Amnesty International's Urgent Action Campaigns, Prepared for the 50 th International Studies Association annual meeting, New York, New York, February 15-19, Pushing Norms: How Amnesty s Rights Became Human Rights. Prepared for the 49 th International Studies Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-29, Organizing for Resistance: How Group Structure Impacts the Character of Violence (with Lindsay Heger and Danielle Jung). Prepared for the 49 th International Studies Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-29, INVITED TALKS: The Good NGO: The Making of Legitimacy. Prepared for University of Wisconsin, IR Colloquium, Madison, Wisconsin. December 6, Panelist, Book Publication. Prepared for ARNOVA annual meeting, Emerging Scholars Professional Development Workshop, Washington, D.C., November 19, Panelist, Discussion on Hillary Rodham Clinton s candidacy for US President, sponsored by the Mosaic Institute, Toronto, Ontario, November 10, INGOs and Corporations. Prepared for University of Toronto, Environmental Governance Lab, Brown Bag Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, April 7, Wong 8

9 With Friends Like These. Prepared for University of Denver, Sie Center Seminar, Denver, Colorado. March 31, INGOs and MNCs Best Frenemies? Prepared for University of Southern California, Center for International Studies Seminar Los Angeles, California. April 23, Who You Gonna Call? Leading Authorities among INGOs Prepared for Claremont Graduate University, Tuesday Talks, Claremont, California. April 21, From Dissertation to Book. Prepared for the School of Social Sciences and the Center for Democracy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, February 20, Internal Affairs: The Structure of Transnational Human Rights Campaigns. Prepared for the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, February 19, Nobody from Everywhere: IR and the Politics of Wikileaks and Anonymous. Prepared for the Balsillie School of International Affairs, CIGI, University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier Universities, Waterloo, ON, Canada, April 17, Not Just a Formality: The Role of Organizational Structure in Human Rights NGOs. Prepared for REGIS Workshop on International Security, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 20, NGO Structure, Network Power, and Human Rights Norms. Prepared for From Social Network to Social Movement, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 1, TEACHING EXPERIENCE: University of Toronto Political Science 208: Introduction to International Relations, Fall/Spring , , Fall 2015, Fall Political Science 380: Topics in Politics (Human Rights and International Relations) in Oxford, UK: Summer 2014, Summer 2016 Political Science 412/2212: Human Rights Politics and International Relations, Fall 2008, Fall/Spring , Summer 2011, Summer 2013, Spring 2014, Fall Political Science 487/2206: Human Rights and International Relations, Summer Political Science 493: Topics in Politics (The Politics of Organization), Spring 2013, Spring Wong 9

10 Peace, Conflict, and Justice 361: Topics in Peace, Conflict, and Justice: Global Justice in the Age of Human Rights: Spring 2013, Peace, Conflict, and Justice 361: Topics in Peace, Conflict, and Justice: From Global to Local (Service-Learning): Spring THESIS SUPERVISION: PhD: Takumi Shibaike. PRIMARY. David Zarnett, Why Outsiders Join: Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Treatment of Human Rights Abusing States. Fall 2011 March PRIMARY. Erin Aylward. Fall 2016-ongoing. SECONDARY. Maika Sondarjee. Fall 2016-ongoing. SECONDARY. Emily Scott, To Adapt or Not to Adapt? Humanitarian Adaptation, Creativity, and Innovation. Summer 2014 ongoing. SECONDARY Jaclyn San Antonio. Fall 2014 ongoing. SECONDARY. Masters: Eliane Boivin Lafleur, The Chechen Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect: How Non-military Intervention was Disregarded. Fall/Spring PRIMARY. Undergraduate: Peter Brown, Wikileaks as a Political Actor. Summer 2011 (independent study), Fall/Spring PRIMARY. Amy Barlow, Human Rights Abuses in the Dirty War In Argentina. Fall/Spring PRIMARY. GUEST LECTURES: Guest Lecturer, GLA1002 (Munk School of Global Affairs): Global Civil Society, University of Toronto, October 3, Guest Lecturer, Political Science 208: Introduction to International Relations, University of Toronto. March 23, Guest Lecturer, Political Science 219: Cosmopolitanism, UCSD. June 6, Wong 10

11 Terrorism as a Human Right? The Ever-Changing Conceptions of Our Mutual Obligations. Human Rights Week, sponsored by Amnesty International, UCSD chapter. May 8, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Member, Transnational Sexual Diversity Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Co-coordinator, Friday International Relations Seminar and Tea (FIRST!), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2013-present. Member, International Relations Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Missasauga, Member, Awards committee, Department of Political Science, Member, Third year review committee, Munk School of Global Affairs Member, Committee for Director Search, Center for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs, 2013, Member, Munk School Council, 2012-present. Member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program Adjudication Panel (for ), Faculty Coordinator, Munk School Postdoctoral Scholars Colloquium, University of Toronto, 2011-present. Member, International Relations Security Search Committee, Division of Social Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of Toronto, Member, International Relations/Master s of Global Affairs Search Committee, Department of Political Science and Munk Centre, University of Toronto, Member, Curriculum Review Committee, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of Toronto, Wong 11