Janet Elise Johnson
Professor
Political Science
Location: 3401 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1753
Fax: 718.951.4833
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On the faculty since 2003, Janet Elise Johnson teaches courses on Russian and other postcommunist politics, gender politics and policy, introduction to comparative politics, research methods, and professional development. From 2016 until 2021, she was the principal investigator for BC's Human Rights in Iran Unit/Impact Iran. She is a co-coordinator of the monthly workshop on Gender and Transformation: Europe (for more information, see http://gendertransformationeurope.wordpress.com/). For Spring 2020, she was FRIAS Senior Fellow (2019-2020) and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, Germany.
Education:
Ph.D., Indiana University - Bloomington - 2001 (Political Science)
M.A., Indiana University - Bloomington - 1997 (Political Science)
A.B., Duke University - 1995 (Public Policy)
Areas of Expertise:
Professor Johnson's four books and more than a dozen articles or book chapters focus on gender, violence, and civil society, especially in Russia and other postcommunist societies. Her 2022 Handbook advances the social scientific study of gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. In addition to academic scholarship, she has written for The Nation, The Washington Post's Monkey Cage, Boston Review, and The New Yorker and consults on issues related to domestic violence in Russia.
Books and Publications
"Mixed Signals: What Putin Says about Gender Equality" (with Alexandra Novitskaya, Valerie Sperling, and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom), Post-Soviet Affairs, in press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (edited with Katalin Fábián and Mara Lazda) (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2022
"Ann Snitow (1943-2019)" (with Mara Lazda), Aspasia 14(1), pp. x-xiv, 2020 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020
"Prom Pictures of Ukrainian Teens on the Verge of an Uncertain Adulthood," The New Yorker blog, Jan. 5, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/prom-pictures-of-ukrainian-teens-on-the-verge-of-an-uncertain-adulthood (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020
"Gender and Politics" (with Alexandra Novitskaya) in Putin's Russia, edited by Stephen Wegren, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 215-230, 2019 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"How Human Rights Advocates Influence Policy at the United Nations" (with Xenia Hestermann), Human Rights Review 2(16), pp. 145-160 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
"Oksana Shachko (1987-2018), Co-Founder of FEMEN." Slavic Review 78 (1), pp. 318-23 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
Review of Conor O'Dwyer's Coming Out of Communism: The Emergence of LGBT Activism in Eastern Europe. In Perspectives on Politics 17(2):609-610 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
"Rethinking Qualitative Methodology around Masculinity" (with Darren Rosenblum), Politics & Gender 14(2: June), pp. 288-293 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
"The Ukrainian-Russian Virtual Flashmob against Sexual Assault" (with Feruza Aripova), Journal of Social Policy Studies 16 (3: Sept), pp. 487-500 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
The Gender of Informal Politics: Russia, Iceland and Twenty-First Century Male Dominance. Palgrave's Gender and Politics series. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2018
"Gender Equality Policy: Criminalizing and Decriminalizing Domestic Violence," RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST No. 200, 28 March, pp. 2-5, http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/RAD200.pdf. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
"Out with the Old, in with the Old: Lessons from Iceland's brush with the Panama Papers," Boston Review, April 21, 2016, https://bostonreview.net/world/janet-elise-johnson-iceland-panama-papers (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016
Jäppinen, Maija & Johnson. "The State to the Rescue? The Contested Terrain of Domestic Violence in Post-communist Russia," in K. Stefatos & C. Salvi, eds., Gender Violence in Peace and War. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, pp. 146-157. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2016
Johnson (lead author), Meri Kulmala, and Maija Jäppinen. "Street-level Practice of Russia's Social Policymaking in Saint Petersburg: Federalism, Informal Politics, and Domestic Violence," Journal of Social Policy 45 (2), 287-304. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Johnson. "Fast-Tracked or Boxed In? Informal Politics, Gender, and Women?s Representation in Putin?s Russia," Perspectives on Politics, 14(3: September), pp. 643-659. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Johnson. "Putin?s Russia promotes both women and misogyny in politics. Wait, what?" The Washington Post?s Monkey Cage, Nov. 6, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/06/putins-russia-promotes-women-and-misogyny-in-politics-wait-what/?utm_term=.942efa113890. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016
Johnson. Review of Valerie Sperling's Sex, Politics, and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 41 (2, Winter), pp. 475-477. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016
Johnson (lead author) and Alexandra Novitskaya. "Gender and Politics" in Stephen Wegren, ed. Putin's Russia. Rowman & Littlefield. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015
Johnson. "Giving Birth in Different Worlds," The New Yorker blog, Sept 22, http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/giving-birth-in-different-worlds (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
Johnson. "The Independent Mothers of Iceland," The New Yorker blog, July 12, http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-independent-mothers-of-iceland (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
"Sex Trafficking, Women's Activism in Russia, and U.S. Intervention." Women and Transformation in Russia. Eds. Aino Saarinen, Kirsti Ekonen and Valentina Uspenskaya. Routledge. 213-31. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
Johnson. "Pussy Riot as a feminist project: Russia's gendered informal politics," Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity 42(4), pp. 583-590. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Johnson. 2014. Review Andrea Chandler's Democracy, Gender and Social Policy in Russia, Russian Review 73 (3), pp. 504-5. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014
Johnson and Aino Saarinen. "Twenty-first Century Feminisms Under Repression: Gender Regime Change and the Women's Crisis Center Movement in Russia." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 38.3, Spring: 543-67. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Johnson, Janet, Þorgerður Einarsdóttir and Gyða Margrét Pétursdóttir. "A Feminist Theory of Corruption: Lessons From Iceland." Politics & Gender 9, June: 174-206. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
"The Most Feminist Place in the World." The Nation, Feb. 21. Available online at http://www.thenation.com/article/158279/most-feminist-place-world. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
"Women's Crisis Centers in Russia: How Transnational Collaborations Can Work." Gazing at Welfare, Gender, and Agency in Post-Socialist Countries. Eds. Maija Jäppinen, Meri Kulmula and Aino Saarinen. Cambridge Scholars. 250-69. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Johnson (lead author) with Aino Saarinen. "Assessing Civil Society in Putin's Russia: The Plight of Women's Crisis Centers." Communist and Post-Communist Studies, March: 41-52. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"Foreign Intervention and Violence against Women." International Studies Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert A. Denemark. Blackwell Publishing. http://www.isacompendium.com/public/. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010
Johnson, Janet Elise and Gulnara Zaynullina. "Global Feminism, Foreign Funding, and Russian Writing About Domestic Violence." Ed. Katalin Fábián. Domestic Violence in Post-Communist States: Local Activism, National Policies, and Global Forces. Indiana University Press.78-110. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010
Johnson, Janet Elise and Laura Brunell. "The New WAVE: How Transnational Feminist Networks Are Promoting Domestic Violence Policy Reform in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia." Ed. Katalin Fábián. Domestic Violence in Post-Communist States: Local Activism, National Policies, and Global Forces Indiana University Press. 261-92. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010
"Unwilling Participant Observation Among Russian Siloviki and the Good-Enough Field Researcher." PS 42.2, April: 321-24. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2009
Review of Women and Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Jasmina Lukic, Joanna Regulska and Darja Zavirsek. Slavic Review 67.3: 749-51. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008
"Contesting Violence, Contesting Gender: Crisis Centers Encountering Local Governments in Barnaul, Russia." Living Gender After Communism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. 40-59. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
"Domestic Violence Politics in Post-Soviet States." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State, and Society 14.3: 1-26. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Johnson, Janet E. and Jean C. Robinson. Living Gender After Communism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2007
Johnson, Janet Elise and Jean C. Robinson. "Living Gender." Living Gender After Communism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. 1-21. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
"Public-Private Permutations: Domestic violence crisis centers Barnaul." Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment. Eds. Al Evans, Laura Henry and Lisa McIntosh Sundstorm. M.E. Sharpe. 266-83. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2006
Johnson, Janet Elise and Laura Brunell. "The Emergence of Contrasting Domestic Violence Regimes in Postcommunist Europe." Policy & Politics 34.4: 578-98. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
"Violence against Women in Russia." In William Pridemore (ed.) Rowan & Littlefield. 147-66. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
FRIAS Senior Fellow (2019-2020) and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany, Jan.-May 2020 (Grants and Fellowships) 2019
Distinguished CUNY Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative, the Graduate Center, City University of New York (Spring) (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
Principal Investigator, Human Rights in Iran Unit, http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/centers/gcwe/partners/hriu.php. The project is a research and advocacy project which also provides internships for our undergraduate and graduate students in International Affairs and Global Justice, with grants totaling over a million dollars. October 2016-present. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
Visiting Scholar, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University, 2008-2016 (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
American-Scandinavian Foundation grant, 2012-13. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Visiting Fellowship at the Aleksanteri Institute for the Study of Russian and Eastern Europe, University of Helsinki, August. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Visiting Scholar, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University, 2012-13. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, 2012-13. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Eurasia Program Teaching Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Research Activities
"Focus Groups for Government Women's Crisis Centers." St. Petersburg, Russia. 2011
"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
"Russia's domestic violence policymaking," Project group on gender in public administration, Higher School of Economics, Moscw, Russia (online), Mar. 23 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
"The gendered ambiguity of the postcommunist transition" (with Katalin Fábián and Mara Lazda), Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison (online), March 4
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
"The gendered ambiguity of the postcommunist transition," Gender Studies Program, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia (online) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
"After the Wall Came Down: Gendered Transitions in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia," Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany, Feb. 20 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
"Gender equality policymaking in non-democracies: The politics of domestic violence in Russia," University of Helsinki, Finland, March 12 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
"Reforming Domestic Violence Law Again in Russia?" Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference (online), Nov. 7 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
"The authoritarian politics of domestic violence reform and backlash in Russia," Kennan Institute's "Understanding the Problem of Domestic Violence in Russia," Wilson Center (online), Oct. 14 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
"The authoritarian politics of domestic violence reform and backlash," Kennan Institute's The Status of Women in Russian Society "Roundtable 6: Gender-Based Violence and Governmental Response, Wilson Center (online), July, 23 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
"The politics of domestic violence before and during the pandemic," FRIAS Reflections, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany, May 27 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
"#IamNotAfraidtoSay but Not #MeToo: Russian Women's Ambivalence about Claiming Sexual Autonomy," Middlebury College, Jan. 13 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Feminisms in Russia and Ukraine--and Project Kesher," Brandeis Univeristy, Oct. 23 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
"More and Less than De-criminalization: The Complex Politics of Domestic Violence in Today's Russia," Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference, San Francisco (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Populist Policymaking: Decriminalizing Domestic Violence in Russia," American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington, DC. Aug. 2019 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Putin's Russia and the Gender Equality Paradox, Harvard Global Studies Outreach, August 6 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Social Forces, Gender, and Informality in Electoral Authoritarian Policymaking: The Politics of Domestic Violence in Russia," CUNY Graduate Center, Sept. 18 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"The Politics of Domestic Violence in Russia," Center for International and Diplomatic Studies, University of South Florida, Oct. 10 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Chair, "What Makes the Study of Gender in the Post-Communist Region Distinctive and Threatening?" Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference, San Francisco (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Critic, "Authors Meet Critics: Why Don't Women Rule the World?" APSA (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"The Gender of Informal Politics in Putin's Russia," Davis Center, Harvard, Oct. 21 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"The Gender of Informal Politics in Putin's Russia," University of Pennsylvania, Mar. 15 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Book Discussant, "Rebellious Parents: Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia" by Katalin Fábián and Elzbieta Korolczuk, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference, Boston (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Roundtable participant, "Assessing Behavior: State Responses to Sex and Violence in Russia and Eastern Europe," Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference, Boston (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"Fast-Tracked or Boxed In? Informal Politics, Gender, and Women's Representation in Russia and Iceland," Conference "Resisting Women's Political Leadership: Theories, Data, Solutions," Rutgers University, May 23 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"The Gender of Informal Politics," Rutgers University, Political Science department (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Book launch: "Gender of Informal Politics," Center for European and Meditterean Studies and Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, New York University, Oct. 13 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Roundtable participant, "Future of Democracy Promotion," Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Roundtable chair and participant, "Anti-Genderism, Women's Organizing, and LGBTQI Rights," Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), Washington, DC, Nov. 17 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"Boxing in Fast-Tracked Women: Lessons from Putin's Russia about How Informal Politics Undermine Women's Representation," CUNY Graduate Center political science colloquium, Oct. 22 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"Liberalization, male dominance, and informal politics in Russia and Iceland," European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions on male dominance, Warsaw, Poland, March 29-April 2 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Resistance and Conformity in Russian Academia: Studying Non-Heterosexualities" (with Alexandra Novitskaya), Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference, Philadelphia, Nov. 21 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"The informal politics of violence against women in Russia," European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-13 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Women's organizing in Russia and Ukraine," Project Kesher, Oct. 25 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"'I had to be a real man,' and other reasons Putin took Crimea," New York University, April 18 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Keynote, "Revolutionizing gender studies," for the Assiociation of Women in Slavic Studies conference, Atlanta, April 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"From NGOs to Riot: Post-Soviet Russian Feminisms." Havighurst Center, Miami University. Feb. 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Hybrid Activism in Russia: A Case Study of Women's Crisis Centers in St. Petersburg." Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Nov. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Implications of the Pussy Riot Affair" roundtable. Association for the Study of Nationalities. New York, April 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Persuading and Coercing the Public: Domestic and International Legitimation Strategies." American Political Science Association. Chicago, Aug. 29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"The Fate of Protest in Russia: Obscenity, Pussy Riot, & Freedom of Expression" panel discussion. Harriman Institute. Feb. 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"The Gender of Corruption." Gender Studies Program, European University. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"The Gender of Institutionalized Corruption in Russia." Harriman Institute, Columbia University. New York, Feb. 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Toward a Feminist Theory of Corruption." American Political Science Association. Aug. 30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Women's Crisis Centers in Russia" (Кризисные центры для женщин в России). Center for Independent Sociological Research. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Chair, "Control and Contention: Society and the State in Contemporary Russia." Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Nov. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Johnson, Janet and Aino Saarinen. "Hybrid Mobilization: Lessons From Two Decades of Women's Crisis Centers in Russia." European Conference on Politics and Gender. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Johnson, Janet and Valerie Sperling. "Sex and Gender Politics in Putin's Russia." Harriman Institute at Columbia University. New York, Oct. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Johnson, Janet, Thorgerdur Einarsdottir and Gyda Margret Petursdottir. "(In)Equality Paradox, Corruption and Crises: Lessons From Iceland's Collapse." European Conference on Politics and Gender. Barcelona, Spain. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Johnson, Janet, Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir, Gyda Petursdóttir and Jyl Josephson. "The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Post-crisis Iceland." New York University. New York, Oct. 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Elections and Protests in Russia's Hybrid Regimes." Talk for high school teachers of Advancement Placement course in comparative government and politics. Reston, Va., February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Gender, Violence, and Corruption in the Waning of Putin's Russia." Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"The Gender of Corruption." Aleksanteri Institute. Finland, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Roundtable participant, "Women's Crisis Centers: History, Theory and Practice," Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Can Women Clean Up Iceland's Man-made Mess? Why Feminist Political Scientists Must Theorize Corruption." European Consortium of Political Research. Reykjavik, Iceland, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Gender Under Crises in Russia and Iceland." International Studies Association. Montreal, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Global Financial Crisis, Gender, and the Dual State in Russia" and roundtable participant in "Researching Welfare, Gender and Agency in Post-socialist Countries." Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Assessing Civil Society in Putin's Russia: The Plight of Women's Crisis Center." Gannon Center for Women and Leadership's Conference on Women in Russia: Politics and Policy. Loyola University. Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Women Against Domestic Violence in Putin's Russia." Russian Futures: Contexts, Challenges, Trends Conference. Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Duke University. Durham, N.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Assessing Gender Justice Under Putin." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Foreign Intervention and Violence Against Women." International Studies Association. Feb. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention." 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" and chairwoman, "Gender, Politics, and Politics in Post-Soviet States." American Political Science Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention." Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies. Helsinki University. (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" and chairwoman, "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. (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. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Women's Crisis Centers in Russia: How Transnational Collaborations Can Work." Aleksanteri Institute Conference on Welfare, Gender and Agency in Russia and Eastern Europe. Helsinki University. Helsinki, Dec. 10-12 (http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2008/). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"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
"Can Intervention Help Women? The Campaign Against Gender Violence in the New Russia." International Studies Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Gender and Foreign Intervention in Russian Civil Society" and discussant, "The Grassroots Potential in Small-Town Russia." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Helping or Hindering? Foreign Intervention and Gender Violence" and discussant, "From Local to Global and Back Again: Making Human Rights Matter for Women." American Political Science Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Living Gender after Communism." 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." Globalization, Migration & Human Trafficking Conference. 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." 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-at-Large, ASEEES Executive Committee, 2019-2020 (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Member-at-Large, ASEEES Board of Director, 2018-2020 (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Chair, Course Development Committee for the Advanced Placement Program in Comparative Government & Politics. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Member, executive board, Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, 2006-08. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
