CLAIR APODACA Associate Professor CURRICULUM VITAE Department of Political Science 525 Major Williams Hall (0130) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540-231-5310 FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science. August 2012 -. Florida International University. Associate Professor, Department of International Relations. June 2007 - May 2012. Florida International University. Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations. August, 2003-2007. University of Miami. Lecturer, Department of International Studies. August, 2000 - May, 2002. Florida International University. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations. August, 1998 - May, 2000. University of Memphis. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science. August, 1997 - July, 1998. EDUCATION Ph.D. Purdue University Political Science 1996 M.A. Purdue University Political Science 1992 B.A. San Diego State University Political Science 1990 PUBLICATIONS Books Clair Apodaca. 2010. Child Hunger and Human Rights: International Governance (London: Routledge Research in Human Rights).
Clair Apodaca. 2006. Understanding U.S. Human Rights Policy: A Paradoxical Legacy. (New York: Routledge). Articles and Book Chapters Clair Apodaca. 2015. Chapter 18: Why Study the Politics of Human Rights, in John Dunn (ed.). Political Science for the Curious: Why Study Political Science? The Curious Academic Publishing. Clair Apodaca. 2014. Chapter 10: Human Rights Measurement, in Anja Mihr and Mark Gibney (eds). The SAGE Handbook of Human Rights. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Clair Apodaca. 2011. The Right to Food, in Thomas Cushman (ed). The Routledge Handbook of Human Rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Clair Apodaca. 2010. Do Global Strategies for Poverty Eradication in Sub-Saharan Africa Work? An Assessment of Several International Macroeconomic Policies, Journal of Third World Studies 17(2): 109-134. Clair Apodaca. 2009. Overcoming Obstacles in Quantitative Feminist Research. Politics & Gender 5(3): 419-426. Clair Apodaca. 2008. Preventing Child Hunger: Health and Agriculture as Determinants of Food Security. Journal of Children and Poverty, 14 (1): 21-40. Robert Blanton and Clair Apodaca. 2007. Economic Globalization and Intrastate Conflict: Is Openness a Pathway to Peace? Social Science Journal 44 (4): 599-619. Clair Apodaca. 2007. The Whole World Could be Watching, Human Rights and the Media. Journal of Human Rights, 6 (2): 147-164. Clair Apodaca. 2007. Measuring the Progressive Realization of Economic and Social Rights pp. 165-181, in Alanson Minkler, Shareen Hertel, and Richard Wilson (eds) Economic Rights: Conceptual, Measurement and Policy Issues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Clair Apodaca. 2006. Measuring Women's Economic and Social Rights Achievement. Women s Rights: A Human Rights Quarterly Reader. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (updated reprint of 1998 article). Clair Apodaca. 2005. U.S. Human Rights Policy and Foreign Assistance: A Short History. Ritsumeikan International Affairs, 3:63-80. Clair Apodaca. 2004. The Rule of Law and Human Rights Judicature, 87 (6): 292-299. 2
Clair Apodaca. 2002. The Globalization of Capital: Measuring the Impact on Human Rights Standards in Southeast Asia Asian Survey, 42 (6): 883-905. Clair Apodaca. 2001. Global Economic Patterns and Human Rights after the Cold War International Studies Quarterly, 45 (4): 587-602. Clair Apodaca. 2000. The Effects of Foreign Aid on Women s Economic and Social Human Rights Journal of Third World Studies, 17 (2): 205-219. Clair Apodaca and Michael Stohl. 1999. United States Human Rights Policy and Foreign Assistance International Studies Quarterly, 43 (1): 185-198. Clair Apodaca. 1998. "Human Rights Abuse: Precursor to Refugee Flight?" Journal of Refugee Studies, 11 (1): 80-93. Clair Apodaca. 1998. "Measuring Women's Economic and Social Rights Achievement" Human Rights Quarterly, 20 (1): 139-172. Clair Apodaca, Michael Stohl and George Lopez. 1998. "Moving Norms to Political Reality: Institutionalizing Human Rights Standards Through the United Nations System" pp. 185-220, in Chad Alger (ed) The Future of the UN System. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. Mark Gibney, Clair Apodaca and James McCann. 1996. "Refugee Flows, the Internally Displaced and Political Violence: An Exploratory Analysis" pp. 45-66, in Alex Schmid (ed) Wither Refugee? The Refugee Crisis: Problems and Solution. Leiden: Center for the Study of Social Conflicts, Leiden University. Book Reviews and other publications Peace without Justice, or Justice without Peace? Human Rights and Human Welfare. Roundtable. December 8, 2008. http://www.hrhw.org/2008/12/peace-without-justice-orjustice.html Protecting Human Rights in Conflict. Human Rights and Human Welfare. Human Rights and Human Welfare. Roundtable. January 26, 2009. http://www.hrhw.org/2008/12/peacewithout-justice-or-justice.html Scientists Have Been Out for Some Time Now: A Response to Sonia Shah Human Rights and Human Welfare. Roundtable. March 3, 2009. http://www.hrhw.org/2008/12/peace-withoutjustice-or-justice.html Child Labor and Human Rights: Making Children Matter edited by Burns H. Weston. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers 2005. H-HUMAN-RIGHTS@H-NET.MSU.EDU INVITED LECTURES 3
Human Rights Violations in an Era of Scarcity. April 7-8, 2011. Invited lecture. Human Rights, Development and Economic Growth-Metrics, New Ways of Thinking, and New Strategies. The Institute for International Economic Policy Institute for Global and International Studies. Center for International Business Education & Research. George Washington University. The Elliott School, Washington, DC. Child Malnutrition as a Human Rights Violation. June, 2009. Invited lecture. The Impact of Poverty and Malnutrition on Cognitive Development. Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Measuring the Progressive Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. October, 2005. Invited Lecture. Human Rights Institute Conference, Economic Rights: Conceptual, Measurement, and Policy Issues, University of Connecticut. Research Methods and Design. February, 2005. Invited Lecture. MIAI Program. University of Miami, FL. U.S. Human Rights Policy from Nixon to George W. Bush. October, 2004. Invited Lecture. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. U.S. Human Rights Policy and Foreign Assistance: A Short History. March, 2004. Invited Lecture. Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Women and Postwar Reconstruction. March, 2004. Invited Lecture. Women s Studies Conference. Florida International University, Miami, FL. The Globalization of Capital: Measuring the Impact on Human Rights Standards in Southeast Asia. February, 2002. Florida International University, Miami, FL. SERVICE Discipline: 2010/2012. Vice Chair, Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association. 2010/2011. Program Chair, Human Rights Section for the 2011 International Studies Association Conference. 2009/2010. Program Chair, Human Rights Section for the 2010 International Studies Association Conference. 2009/2010. Coordinator Human Rights Section Working Group for the 2010 International Studies Association Conference. 4
2008/2009. Committee Chair. Best Student Paper Award, Human Rights Section of the ISA. 2007/2009. Executive Committee for the Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association 2007 to present. Editorial board Journal of Human Rights 2007/2008. Committee Member. Best Student Paper Award, Human Rights Section of the ISA. 2005/2006. Committee Member. Distinguished Scholar Award Committee, APSA Human Rights Section. 2005. Co-Program Chair. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Human Rights Section. Washington DC. 2003/2004. Section Secretary. Executive Committee for the APSA Human Rights Section. 2003/2004. Committee Member. Best Book Award Committee, APSA Human Rights Section. 2002/2003. Section Secretary. Executive Committee, American Political Science Association (APSA) Human Rights Section. 2002/2003. Committee Member. Best Book Award Committee, APSA Human Rights Section. Reviewer for Journal of Human Rights, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Interactions, Gender and Politics, Politics and Policy, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Peace Research and Political Research Quarterly. 5