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Janet E. Johnson
Associate Professor
Political Science
Location: 3401 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1753
Fax: 718.951.4833
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Prior to joining the Brooklyn College faculty, Janet Elise Johnson 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 introduction to global politics. She is a co-coordinator of the monthly workshop on Gender and Transformation: Europe at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies of New York University (for more information, see http://gendertransformationeurope.wordpress.com/).
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:
Johnson's research examines gender, violence, trafficking in women and civil society, especially in Russia and other postcommunist societies. She also recently conducted research on gender and the economic crisis in Iceland.
Books and Publications
Johnson, Janet E. 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: Peer Reviewed Article) 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: Other Article) 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: Chapter) 2011
Johnson, Janet Elise and 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: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"Foreign Intervention and Violence against Women." International Studies Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert A. Denemark. Blackwell Publishing. http://www.isacompendium.com/public/. (Books and Publications: 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: 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: Chapter) 2010
"Unwilling Participant Observation Among Russian Siloviki and the Good-Enough Field Researcher." PS 42.2, April: 321-24. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Gender Violence in Russia: The Politics of Feminist Intervention. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 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: Other Article) 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: 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: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Johnson, Janet E. and Jean C. Robinson. Living Gender After Communism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007
Johnson, Janet Elise and Jean C. Robinson. "Living Gender." Living Gender After Communism. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. 1-21. (Books and Publications: 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: 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: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Violence against Women in Russia." In William Pridemore (ed.) Rowan & Littlefield. 147-66. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
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
"From NGOs to Riot: Post-Soviet Russian Feminisms." Havighurst Center, Miami University. Feb. 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 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 Institutionalized Corruption in Russia." Harriman Institute, Columbia University. New York, Feb. 12. (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
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
