Sara J. Angevine Rutgers University Phone: (732) 619-0483 Fax: (732) 932-7170 89 George Street sarajane@rci.rutgers.edu New Brunswick, NJ 08901 EDUCATION 2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Ph.D., Political Science, Rutgers University (expected) Fields: Women and Politics, American Politics, and Comparative Politics 2006 University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa M.A., Women s and Gender Studies 2005 Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Women s and Gender Studies Certificate 2002 Hamline University, St. Paul, MN B.A., Political Science, Communications, Women s and Gender Studies Additional Methods Training Summer 2012 Summer 2011 Summer 2010 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse University, New York Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor DISSERTATION Global Women s Rights and Domestic US Politics: How and Why Women s Rights Matter to US Foreign Policy In my dissertation, I examine the legislative process surrounding women s rights in US foreign policy applying qualitative and quantitative methods. I investigate what motivates US members of Congress to act on behalf of women s rights in foreign countries, analyze how the objectives of these policies differ, and show how domestic and global NGOs compete in the legislative process. First, I conduct a content analysis of all women s rights foreign policy bills introduced over the last 37 years. I show how feminist and strategic interests both conflict and overlap in the construction of foreign women s rights. Second, through regression analysis, I test which factors best explain a members motivation to sponsor a women s rights foreign policy bill in Congress. I find that individual and institutional factors trump electoral incentives. Finally, through qualitative analysis, I conduct case studies on the three most widely supported women s rights foreign policy bills introduced during the 111th Congress (2010-11). I illustrate how US domestic, foreign, and transnational advocacy groups vie over how to represent the rights of foreign women- who have no electoral voice in the process. My study contributes to our understandings of women s rights, congressional decision-making, and the dynamics of local and global issue advocacy in the US. Committee: Susan J. Carroll (chair), Kira Sanbonmatsu, Ross K. Baker, J. Ann Tickner (University of Southern California)
RESEARCH INTERESTS Gender and Political Institutions, Women s Rights, US Congress, American Foreign Policy MANUSCRIPTS Global Sisterhood? Examining Women s Rights Foreign Policy in Congress (under review) Embodied Borders: The Union of Marital and Immigration Policy (under review) NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Is Democracy Good for Women? Gender in Global Governance Net-Work, Creating Dialogues Crossing Divides. Blog. September 3, 2012 http://genderinglobalgovernancenet-work.net/comment/is-democracy-good-for-women/ GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Summer 2014 Hybrid Course Conversion Grant, Rutgers University 2012-13 Alternate, Clayman Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Stanford University Summer 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Summer 2011 Summer 2010 Graduate School Special Funding Award, IQMR, Rutgers University Midwest Political Science Association Women s Caucus Graduate Student Travel Award Roberta S. Sigel Award, Best Paper in Women and Politics, Rutgers University American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant Graduate School Special Funding Award, ICPSR, Rutgers University Jan Box-Steffensmeier Award, ICPSR, University of Michigan 2009-10 Fellowship, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University 2007-08 Governor s Fellowship, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University 2007-11 Graduate School Conference Funding Awards, Rutgers University 2
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY People, Power, and Politics, Spring 2014; Congressional Politics, Spring 2014; Interest Groups, Fall 2013; Analytic Approaches to Political Problems, Fall 2013 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY Athena Center for Leadership Studies Women and Leadership, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Women and American Politics, Summer 2014, Fall 2009; American National Government, Winter 2014; Model Congress, Fall 2013, Fall 2012; Interest Groups, Spring 2013; Congressional Politics, Summer 2010; Public Policy Formation, Summer 2008; International Human Rights Law (co-taught), Summer 2008; American Foreign Policy, Summer 2007 Teaching Assistant Nature of Politics, Dr. Gordon Schochet, Dr. Stephen Bronner, 2007-2008 Department of Women s and Gender Studies Contemporary Feminist Theory, Summer 2014, Spring 2011; The Gendered Body, Winter 2008, Summer 2008; Feminist Theory, Historical Provocations, Summer 2007; Women, Culture, and Society, Spring 2007 Douglass Residential College Mentoring and Leadership Practicum, 2012-2013, 2011-2012; Issues in Women s Leadership: Knowledge and Power, Fall 2012, 2010-2011, 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008; Shaping a Life (writing intensive) Spring 2007 Civic Engagement and Service Education Program Recitation Instructor Civic Engagement and Service Education Recitation Instructor, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-2012, 2010-2011, 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Global PACT Program Understanding Poverty in Tourist Heaven (co-taught), Summer 2009 3
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS Analyzing Over 30 Years of US Congressional Resistance to CEDAW, the UN Global Women s Rights Treaty. Paper to be delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2014 Grounding Transnational Issue Activism, An Analysis of Global Women s Rights Advocacy in the US. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, June 27-29, 2013 Women s Human Rights: What Makes Them Different and Why Does it Matter? Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, June 27-29, 2013 Substantive Effects: Women of Color as Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs. Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 10-14, 2013 Young Women and Political Ambition. Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 10-14, 2013 Women s Neoliberation: An Analysis of How Women s Rights are Framed in US Foreign Policy. Paper delivered at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hollywood, CA, March 28-30, 2013 Protecting or Empowering Women? An Analysis of How Women Are Framed in US Foreign Policy Bill Language. Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012 Global Women s Rights and Domestic US Politics: Why the US Will Not Ratify CEDAW. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012 Protecting Marriage Instead of Girls: The Failure of the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act. Paper delivered at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 22-24, 2012 Women s Rights as US Foreign Policy: Why Do Members of Congress Care? Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011 Women s Human Rights: A Study of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011 International Gender Relations: Why Do US Members of Congress Sponsor Women s Issue Bills in US Foreign Policy? Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 31- April 3, 2011 International Gender Relations: Placing Women on the US Foreign Policy Agenda. Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 31- April 3, 2011 Instruments or Outcomes? Comparing How Realist and Feminist Objectives Explain the Targeting of Women in US Foreign Policy. Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Gender Equality Policy Short Course, Washington DC, September 2-5, 2010 4
Embodied Borders: The Union of Marital and Immigration Policy. Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009 Issue Framing, Public Impression, and US Immigration Policy: The Use of Threat and Strength on US Senate Government Websites. Paper delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009 The Nature and Naturalization of Marriage. Paper delivered at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 13-15, 2008 Representing Women and Women Representatives: Women Parliamentarians Perceptions of Gender in South Africa. Paper presented at the International Studies Association- West Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 26-27, 2008 RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Rutgers University August 2013 to Present Research Assistant to Dr. Mona Lena Krook Research the women s movement in South Africa. Create a database categorizing different descriptive, substantive, and symbolic forms of women s representation. Assist on UN projects assessing women s political empowerment in South East Asia. Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Barnard College June 2013 to September 2013 Research Consultant Conduct background research on the Athena CORE10 competencies for advancing women s leadership, a document designed to provide a platform for women s self-efficacy. Incorporate the ten competencies into the existing Athena programs and help create a framework for assessment. January 2013 to June 2013 Interim Program Director Oversee the curriculum and teach the Athena mission course, Women and Leadership. Responsible for directing the Athena Scholars program and Athena Mentor program. Oversee the Athena Student Advisory Board. Recruit students to participate in the Athena Scholars and Summer Fellows program. Work with other branches of Barnard College to coordinate and develop women s leadership programs. Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University Summer 2012 to 2013 Douglass Mission Course Program Director Design and oversee the curriculum of the Douglass mission course, Issues in Women s Leadership: Knowledge and Power. Responsible for the oversight, revisions, and development of instructional materials for the mission course sections. Provide on-going supervision of instructors, mentors, and students and recruit, hire, and train instructors. Direct general course management, instructor orientation, bi-weekly instructor mentor meetings, and course assessment. 5
Summer 2011 to 2013 Barbara Voorhees Mentor Program Director Direct the mentor program where advanced undergraduates serve as Douglass mission course mentors. Recruit candidates, select the mentors, plan orientation, teach supplementary mentor course, and oversee mentor leadership development. Fall 2008 to Summer 2012 Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) Coordinator Coordinate programs and events to promote women s public leadership. Manage the Douglass Trenton summer internship program, facilitate five trips to Washington DC throughout the year, and direct the PLEN Spring Forum Lecture series at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University 2008 Research Assistant, New Jersey Blue Ribbon Panel on Immigration Research initiatives by New Jersey state government agencies to integrate immigrant populations and promote cultural competence. Write a summary report and present at the symposia series. 2006-07 Research Assistant, Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) Research the local branches of the New Jersey State Democratic Party and Republican Party. Assist with database management and upkeep. Help organize the Ready to Run CAWP program that trains women to run for elected office. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & SERVICE 2014 Chair, Perspectives on Gender and Global Politics, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 28-31 2013 Discussant, Women and Politics, Second Year Graduate Student Conference, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, May 8 2013 Panelist, The Future of Feminism, Barnard College, Columbia University, March 11 2012 Discussant, Crossing Boundaries, Transforming Knowledge: 25 Years of Women and Politics at Rutgers University, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 22-24 2011 Discussant, Twenty Years of Feminist IR: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future, J.Ann Tickner, Rutgers University, November 18 2006-Present Member, American Political Science Association 2006-Present Member, Women and Politics Section, American Political Science Association 2006-Present Member, National Women s Studies Association 2006-13 Member, International Studies Association 2006-13 Member, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association 2007-08 Elected Member, Rutgers Political Science Graduate Student Association 2007-08 Member, Douglass Residential College Mission Course Transition Committee 2007-08 Founder, Transnational Feminism & Coffee Study Group, Rutgers University 6
OTHER EXPERIENCE Volunteer Coordinator, Burnside and Associates Campaign Consultants Fall 2004 Darlene Hooley Campaign for U.S. House, Oregon City, OR Summer 2004 Capri Cafaro Campaign for U.S. House, Mentor, OH Fall 2002 Jill Long Thompson Campaign for U.S. House, South Bend, IN Various 2013 Stoop Leader, Between the Door and the Street Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Volunteer Director and Co-founder, Hurricane Sandy Relief Kitchen, Brooklyn, NY 2005-06 English Language Instructor, Palatin Language School, Ljubljana, Slovenia Spring 2004 Campaign Fundraiser, Environmental Action, Madison, WI 2003-04 Assistant, Gender Equity Unit, University of the Western Cape, South Africa SKILLS Software STATA, SPSS, R 7
REFERENCES Professor Susan J. Carroll Rutgers University 89 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 scarroll@rci.rutgers.edu Professor Kira Sanbonmatsu Rutgers University 89 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 sanbon@rci.rutgers.edu Professor Ross Baker Rutgers University 89 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 rosbaker@rci.rutgers.edu Dr. Abigail Sara Lewis Associate Director Athena Center for Leadership Studies Barnard College, Columbia University 301 Barnard Hall 3009 Broadway New York, NY 10027-6598 alewis@barnard.edu 8