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Janet E. Johnson

Assc Professor   Department: Political Science   Location: 3401 James Hall   Phone: 718-951-5000 x1753   Fax: 718-951-4833   Email:

Janet Elise Johnson received a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, and an A.B. from Duke University in Durham, NC. Prior to joining the Brooklyn College faculty, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio. She teaches courses on Russia and other postcommunist societies, European politics, and gender politics and policy, as well as Brooklyn College's Core 2.3: People, Power, & Politics. Education: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON - 2001 (POLITICAL SCIENCE) M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington - 1997 (Political Science) A.B., Duke University - 1995 (Public Policy) Areas of Expertise: Her current research examines gender violence and trafficking in women, especially in Russia and other postcommunist societies. She is currently finishing a book on the role of foreign intervention in the campaign against gendered violence in the new Russia. This project is based on five research trips to Russia since 1997. Other writing has focused on the transformation of gender since the collapse of communism. Books and Publications Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention (Indiana University Press), see http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1037_1100_1800&products_id=93156. (Books and Publications: Book) 2009 Review of Women and Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Jasmina Lukic, Joanna Regulska, and Darja Zavirsek (Ashgate), Slavic Review, pp. 749-51, vol. 67 (3), Fall. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 Janet Elise Johnson (2007) "Contesting violence, contesting gender: Crisis centers encountering local governments in Barnaul, Russia," in Living Gender After Communism, Indiana University Press, pp. 40-59. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007 Janet Elise Johnson and Jean C. Robinson (2007) "Living gender," in Living Gender After Communism, Indiana University Press, pp. 1-21. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007 Janet Elise Johnson and Jean C. Robinson (2007) Living Gender After Communism, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007 Janet Elise Johnson, "Domestic Violence Politics in Post-Soviet States," Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State, and Society, pp. 1-26, vol. 14, no. 3. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007 "Public-Private Permutations: Domestic violence crisis centers Barnaul." In Al Evans, Laura Henry, and Lisa McIntosh Sundstorm (eds.) Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment. M.E. Sharpe, pp. 266-283. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2006 Janet Elise Johnson and Laura Brunell (2006) "The Emergence of Contrasting Domestic Violence Regimes in Postcommunist Europe," Policy & Politics, pp. 578-98, vol. 34, no. 4. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006 Janet Elise Johnson, ( 2005) Violence Against Women in Russia. In William Pridemore (ed.) Rowan & Littlefield, pp. 147-66. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005 Awards, Honors and Fellowships Social Science Research Council's Eurasia Program Teaching Fellowship, 2007-2008 (Grants and Fellowships) 2006 Research Activities "The Crisis Centers for Women in Russia Today: A National Survey"; part of an umbrella project, Women, Gender Agency, Aleksanteri Institute, with Aino Saarinen (Helsinki University) as well as Irina Dracheva and Olga Lyapunova (Pomor State University, Arkhangelsk, Russia). 2008 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Foreign Intervention and Violence against Women," International Studies Association (ISA), Feb. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention," for the Gender in Transition: Women in Europe Workshop, New York University Center for European Studies (and Network East-West Women), Feb. 27. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009 "Gender under Putin," chair "Gender, Politics, and Politics in Post-Soviet States," American Political Science Association (APSA). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "Gender violence in Russia: The politics of feminist intervention" at the Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Helsinki University, Finland. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008 "Global Feminism, Foreign Funding, and Russian Writing about Domestic Violence," The Association for the Study of Nationalities. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "The Plight of Women's Crisis Centers in Putin's Russia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Nov. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "The Plight of Women's Crisis Centers in Putin's Russia;" also chair "Who Gets Included in the Public Sphere? Politics, Citizenship, and Sexual Identity in the Post Soviet Context," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 Keynote lecture, "Women's Crisis Centers in Russia: How Transnational Collaborations Can Work," for Aleksanteri Institute conference on Welfare, Gender and Agency in Russia and Eastern Europe, Helsinki University, Finland, Dec. 10-12 (see http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2008/) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008 "Can Intervention Help Women? The Campaign against Gender Violence in the New Russia," International Studies Association (ISA). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Can Intervention Help Women? Lessons From Russia and Insights for Iraq and Afghanistan," The Wolfe Institute, Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Gender and Foreign Intervention in Russian Civil Society," discussant, "The Grassroots Potential in Small-Town Russia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Helping or Hindering? Foreign Intervention and Gender Violence;" discussant, "From Local to Global and Back Again: Making Human Rights Matter for Women," American Political Science Association (APSA). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Living Gender after Communism" at the Gender in Transition: Women in Europe Workshop, New York University Center for European Studies (and Network East-West Women). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Sex trafficking in Russia" at the conference on "Globalization, Migration, & Human Trafficking Conference" at the Institute for Gender, Globalization, and Democracy, California State University Northridge. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Can Intervention Help Women? The Global Campaign Against Gender Violence in the New Russia" at the "Together for the Future European Union Forum on Russian Civil Society," Lahti, Finland. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006 "How Global Feminism Almost Succeeded: The Campaign against Gender Violence in the New Russia," APSA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 Professional Leadership Member of executive board of the MidAtlantic Slavic Conference, 2006-2008. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008