Susanne Zwingel, Ph.D.

Address:	        Department of Politics and International Relations
Green School of International and Public Affairs
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 420
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Phone:		+1-305-348-2248
Email:		szwingel@fiu.edu  
Website: 	https://pir.fiu.edu/people/faculty-a-z/susanne-zwingel1/susanne-zwingel.html
Orchid ID: 	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-4569 
Education
Doctor of Social Science, December 2005
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany 
Dissertation: "How do International Women’s Rights become Effective Domestic Norms? An Analysis of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women”, online available at: https://hss-opus.ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/701
Diplom in Political Science (M.A. equivalent), Minor: Sociology, November 1996 
Hamburg University, Germany (1992-1996), Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain (1991-1992), University of Bamberg, Germany (1989-1991)
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, since August 2024
Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, January 2014-July 2024
Associate Professor, Department of Politics, SUNY Potsdam, 2012-2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, SUNY Potsdam, 2006-2011
Lecturer and Coordinator of the Marie Jahoda Visiting Chair for International Women’s Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2001-2002
Professional expertise (selected)
Interdisciplinary expertise on norm translation relevant for international organizations, civil society organizations and universities (invited by UN Women; International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia-Pacific, Malaysia; Foundation for Women’s Rights Promotion and Development, Taiwan; Danish Institute for International Studies; universities in Germany, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and Trinidad and Tobago).   
Human Rights scholarship and pedagogy (member of editorial team/ board of the journal of human rights/ Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte; director of FIU undergraduate certificate on Human Rights and Political Transitions; creator of online bibliography on impact of the UN Convention on Women’s Rights at https://library.fiu.edu/cedaw_impact)
Long-term engagement to make International Relations more gender-sensitive and inclusive (chair of the ISA Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives within the FIU Green School of International and Public Affairs; mentoring of female Graduate students; organizer of Florida Feminist Fridays lecture series)    
Research Interests
Feminist, Intersectional, Transnational, and Post- and Decolonial Theories
Norm translation, focus on gender equality and human rights norms; in-depth empirical work on CEDAW as an instrument of norm translation
Gender dimensions and feminist strategies in international governance
Transnational feminist networks and women’s movements around the world (focus on Latin America and the Caribbean)
Public gender policies (regional focus on Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean)
Gendered dynamics within conflict, conflict transformation, and foreign policy
Interpretive and qualitative research methods
Genocide and memory work in Germany
Grants
Mellon Foundation/ FIU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies 2024: Affirming Multivocal Humanities Work-in-Progress Workshop ($1,500)
FIU Provost Humanities Research Grant 2019-2020: Individual Research project: “The International Women’s Rights Convention (CEDAW) and local empowerment of women in Miami Dade County: A transnational feminist research intervention” ($6,000)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellowship, 2018-21 (PI), stipend, tuition and other expenses for Vierelina Fernandez ($34,500 annually) 
Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Faculty Research Award 2017, for research proposal “How do European and international gender equality institutions and discourses interact?” and travel to Vilnius, Lithuania (€ 1,000)
ISA Catalytical Workshop Grant 2012: “Counting what counts and telling telling stories – how can a conversation between quantitative and qualitative research improve our understanding of global gender norms?” ($4,300)
U.S. Department of Education: Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant, Department Curriculum Development Program Grant 2011-2012, May 2011(co-applicant; coordinator: Dr. Robert Hinkley, $3,000 individual and $5,000 departmental stipend)
Thyssen Foundation, funding for international conference “Gender politics in international governance”, October 2010 (co-application with Prof. Elisabeth Prugl and Dr. Guelay Caglar, € 20,000)
Swiss Science Foundation, funding for international conference “Gender politics in international governance”, October 2010 (co-application with Prof. Elisabeth Prugl and Dr. Guelay Caglar, 10,000 Swiss Francs)
Faculty-Undergraduate Summer Research Program, SUNY Potsdam, summer 2009 (with Ashley O. Balbian, Undergraduate Politics major, $4,000)
Shortlisted: International Federation of University Women, Conchita Ponchini Jimenez International Human Rights Fellowship, 2012: Proposal “CEDAW in action – a clearinghouse for realizing women’s rights”, (co-application with Debra Liebowitz, 20,000 Swiss Francs, https://graduatewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2012-September-18-Update.pdf)
Academic Awards and Scholarships
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to Trinidad and Tobago 2020-21 (due to Covid 19, postponed to Spring 2022) ($16,500); recognized as High Value Faculty Award through FIU’s Faculty Research Incentive Plan ($2,000) 
Research Award of the Association of American University Women - St. Lawrence County Branch, 2011
Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action/ Diversity Leave Program, State of New York, January-June 2010
Klaus-Marquardt-Award, Society of Friends of Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany for outstanding dissertation (1,600 Euros), 2007
American Political Science Association, Centennial Center Visiting Scholarship, supported by the APSA Special Fund for the Study of Women and Politics, Washington DC ($1,000), January – March 2004
Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Research Fellowship, September – December 2003
Ruhr-University Dissertation Scholarship, Bochum, Wilhelm and Günther Esser Foundation, October 2002– July 2003 
Fulbright Summer School “Popular Culture, the Media, and the Information Highway”, New York University, July – August 1998
Field Research
Trinidad and Tobago, Fulbright Research Fellowship, January-April 2022
Lithuania, Research on the European Index on Gender Equality (EIGE), May 2017
Chile and Finland, fieldwork for Ph.D. thesis, March-July 2001
United States, fieldwork for Ph.D. thesis, January – April 2000
Chile, fieldwork for master’s thesis, August – October 1995
Publications
Work in progress
Caribbean engagement with global women’s rights norms, focus: Trinidad and Tobago
Norms on child marriage, global and Caribbean developments
International women’s rights and gender equality mechanisms (development, impact)
Monographs: 
2016: Translating International Women’s Rights: The CEDAW Convention in Context, London: Palgrave Macmillan
Additional resource: CEDAW impact collection https://library.fiu.edu/cedaw_impact 
Reviewed in International Feminist Journal of Politics (2018), 20(2): 290-292 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616742.2018.1457891 
1997: ’Demokratie im Land und im Haus’ - Die Rolle von Frauenorganisationen im Demokratisierungsprozeß Chiles [’Democracy in the Country and at Home’. The Impact of Women's Organizations in the Chilean Democratization Process], Münster, Hamburg: LIT
Editorship (books): 
2025, with Brianna Hernandez and Luisa Turbino Torres: Feminist Responses to Crises and Dehumanization: Transnational Scholar-Activist Perspectives, London, New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003498803 
2013, with Elisabeth Prügl and Gülay Caglar: Feminist Strategies in International Governance, Global Institutions Series, London, New York: Routledge 
Reviewed in e-ir, http://www.e-ir.info/2014/07/15/review-feminist-strategies-in-international-governance/ and International Feminist Journal of Politics (2014), 16(2): 377-79 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2014.918774 
2008, with Bettina Ross and Heike Brabandt: Mehrheit am Rand? Geschlechterverhältnisse, globale Ungleichheit und transnationale Handlungsansätze, [Marginalizing the Majority? Gender, Global Inequality, and Transnational Agency], Wiesbaden: VS Verlag 
	Reviewed in querelles-net, https://www.querelles-net.de/index.php/qn/article/view/716/724 
Editorship (journals): 
2024, with Nicole Doerr: “Bridging contexts, reinforcing exclusions? Activism, agency, and acts of translating gendered belongings and concepts“, themed section for European Journal of Politics and Gender, 7(1)
2010-2016: Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights (with Tessa Debus, Elisabeth Holzleitner, Regina Kreide, Michael Krennerich, Arnd Pollman und Karsten Malowitz), two issues per year (on human rights related issues including Latin America, Europe, human dignity, religion, international politics, violence, migration, revolution, climate change, health, digitization, and sports)
2003, with Amy G. Mazur: “Comparing Feminist Policy in Politics and at Work in France and Germany”, special issue for Review of Policy Research, 20(3)
2000, with Cilja Harders, Karen Jaehrling, Simone Knorr, Delia Schindler und Birgit Slomski: “Feministische Ansätze in den Internationalen Beziehungen“ ["Feminist Approaches in International Relations"], special issue for femina politica, Journal of Feminist Political Science 9(1)
Journal Articles (peer reviewed):
2024: “Women’s Rights Close to Home? The Miami Dade County CEDAW Ordinance as Local Practice“, Politics and Gender, 20(1): 54-76, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X2300034X
2023: „Normübersetzungsforschung als Beitrag zur Dezentrierung vermeintlich universeller Standards“ [The contribution of norm translation research to decentering supposedly universal standards], Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen/ Journal for International Relations, 30(2): 172-86
2022, with Brianna Hernandez: “Feminism and Human Rights.” Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199743292-0314  
2020: “Do we have a connection? Caribbean engagement with global women’s rights norms“, Social and Economic Studies, 69(1&2): 43-72
2017: “Women’s rights norms as content-in-motion and incomplete practice”, Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 2(5): 675-690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2017.1365625 
2014, with Debra Liebowitz: “Gender Equality Oversimplified: Using CEDAW to Counter the Measurement Obsession”, International Studies Review, 16(3): 362-389, https://doi.org/10.1111/misr.12139 
2012: “How Do Norms Travel? Theorizing International Women’s Rights in Transnational Perspective”, International Studies Quarterly, 56(1): 115-129, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00701.x 
2009, with Sarah Clasen: „Geschlechterverhältnisse und Gewalteskalation“ ["Gender orders and the escalation of violence"], special issue no. 43 of Politische Vierteljahresschrift on Identity, Institutions and the Economy: Causes of intrastate violence, 128-149
2007: “Welchen Staat brauchen internationale Frauenrechte? Umsetzungspraktiken am Beispiel der Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)”, ["What kind of state expedites the successful implementation of international women’s rights? The example of CEDAW”], Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, 1(2): 96-111 
2005: "From intergovernmental negotiations to (sub)national change: a transnational perspective on the impact of the CEDAW Convention", International Feminist Journal of Politics, 7(3): 400-424, https://doi.org/10.1080/1461674050016118 
Republished in shorter version: "The birth of a gender vision" https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cedaw_2983jsp/, and "CEDAW: the women formula”, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cedaw2_2986jsp/ 
2003, with Amy G. Mazur: “Comparing Feminist Policy in Politics and at Work in France and Germany: Shared European Setting, Divergent National Contexts”, Review of Policy Research, 20(3): 365-384
2003, with Andrea Vogt: “Asking Fathers and Employers to Volunteer: A (De)Tour of Reconciliation Policy in Germany”, Review of Policy Research, 20(3): 459-478
Other Journal Articles:
2024: “Commentary on ‘The Care Economy al América Latina: A Multi-scalar Feminist Project’”, Social Politics, 31(4): 734–736, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxae020 
2024, with Nicole Doerr: “Bridging contexts, reinforcing exclusions? Activism, agency, and acts of translating gendered belongings and concepts“, introduction to themed section for European Journal of Politics and Gender, 7(1): 3-8, https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2023D000000019 
2013: “International feminist strategies: Strengths and challenges of the rights-based approach”, Politics and Gender, 9(3): 344-351, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x13000226 
2012: “Internationale Frauenrechte – ein gutes Instrument zur Durchsetzung von Geschlechtergerechtigkeit?“ [International women’s rights – a useful instrument to achieve gender equality?], Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, 6(1): 140-148
2011: “Menschenrechte made in USA“ [Human Rights made in USA], Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, 5(1): 156-163 
2010: „Darf Sicherheitspolitik geschlechtssensibel sein? Hillary Rodham Clintons bisherige Amtszeit als US-Außenministerin” [Do foreign policy and gender sensitivity go together? Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first year as Secretary of State], femina politica, 19(1): 122-126
2002: “Internationale Frauenrechtsnormen in homöopathischer Dosis – Einflussmöglichkeiten der CEDAW-Konvention auf nationalstaatliche Geschlechterarrangements am Beispiel Chile“ ["International Women’s Rights in Homeopathic Dose - the CEDAW-Convention and its Impact on National Gender-Regimes. The Case of Chile"], Welttrends, Journal for International Politics and Comparative Studies, 36(autumn): 43-57
2001: “Nur Gruppenbild mit Dame? Fraueninterventionen in den Internationalen Beziehungen“ ["Beyond the Single Lady in Heads of States’ Meetings: Women’s Interventions in International Relations"], Zeitschrift für Frauenforschung und Geschlechterstudien/ Journal for women’s and gender studies, 19(1+2): 108-127
2000, with Cilja Harders, Karen Jaehrling, Simone Knorr, Delia Schindler, and Birgit Slomski: “’Das Private ist international’. Feministische Ansätze in den Internationalen Beziehungen“ ["The Private is International. Feminist Approaches in International Relations, Introduction"], femina politica, 9(1): 17-25
1998: “Welche Rolle spielen Frauenorganisationen in Transitionsprozessen? Überlegungen zur ökonomischen Selbst- und politischen Mitbestimmung von Frauen am Beispiel Chile“ ["Which Part do Women's Organizations play in Transition Politics? Rethinking Economic Selfdetermination and Political Participation of Women - a Case Study of Chile"], Asien Afrika Lateinamerika, 26: 687-708
1995: "’SERNAM weiß, was Frauen wünschen’. Chiles neue staatliche Frauenorganisation verliert den Kontakt zur Basis“ ["’SERNAM knows Women’s Desires’. The New Chilean Women’s Bureau is losing Contact to the Grassroots"] blätter des iz3w, 205: 25-27
Book Chapters:
Forthcoming, “Gender and Human Rights”, in: Carrie Currier and Amy Sentementes (eds.), Handbook on Gender and Politics, Berlin: de Gruyter Brill
Forthcoming, “The international human rights system (as a target)”, in: Mauro Cabral Grinspan, Sonia Corrêa, Roman Kuhar, and David Paternotte (eds.): The Global Anti-Gender Studies Dictionary, Brussels: VUB Press
2026, with Elisabeth Prügl and Gülay Caglar: “Gender in International Governance”, in: Steans, Jill/ Tepe-Belfrage, Daniela (eds.): Handbook on Gender in World Politics, Cheltenham et al: Edward Elgar Publishers; substantively revised for second edition
2025: “Introduction”, in: Susanne Zwingel, Brianna Hernandez, and Luisa Turbino Torres (eds.): Feminist Responses to Crises and Dehumanization: Transnational Scholar-Activist Perspectives, London, New York: Routledge
2025: “Norm translation research: Content-in-motion and contextualized practice”, in: Sassan Gholiagha, Phil Orchard, and Antje Wiener (eds.): The Oxford Handbook on Norms Research in International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 237-248 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198915874.013.0021
2023, with Elisabeth Prügl and Gülay Caglar: “Feminism”, in: Weiss, Thomas G./ Wilkinson, Rorden (eds.): International Organization and Global Governance, London, New York: Routledge, 192-204; substantively revised for third edition 
2021, with Malliga Och: “International Law and Human Rights“, in: Atchison, Amy L. (ed.): Political Science is for Everybody: an Introduction to Political Science, Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, 353-376
2019: “Gender equality norms in international governance – actors, contexts, meanings“, in Engberg-Pedersen, Lars, Fejerskov, Adam M., and Cold-Ravnkilde, Signe Marie (eds.): Rethinking gender equality in global governance. The delusion of norm diffusion, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 41-70
2016, with Elisabeth Prügl and Gülay Caglar: “Gender in International Governance”, in: Steans, Jill/ Tepe-Belfrage, Daniela (eds.): Handbook on Gender in World Politics, Cheltenham et al: Edward Elgar Publishers, 405-413
2014, with Elisabeth Prügl and Gülay Caglar: “Feminism”, in: Weiss, Thomas G./ Wilkinson, Rorden (eds.): International Organization and Global Governance, London, New York: Routledge, 180-191; revised for second edition (2017) 
2013: “Translating Women’s Rights Norms: CEDAW in Context“, in: Caglar, Gülay/ Prügl, Elisabeth/ Zwingel, Susanne (eds.): Feminist Strategies in International Governance, London, New York: Routledge, 111-126
2003: "Männer und Kinder zuerst!" Über die Notwendigkeit von Geschlechterkonstruktionen zur Legitimierung und Durchführung von Kriegen, in: Albrecht, Stephan/ Goldschmidt, Werner/ Stuby, Gerhard (Hg.): Die Welt zwischen Recht und Gewalt. Internationale Sozialordnung, Völkerrecht und Demokratie [“Men and children first!" Why gender stereotypes are necessary to justify warfare, in Stephan Albrecht, Werner Goldschmidt and Gerhard Stuby (Eds.), The world between law and violence. International social order, international law and democracy] Hamburg: VSA, 139-157
2002: “Was trennt Krieg von Frieden? Gewalt gegen Frauen aus feministischer und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive“, in: Harders, Cilja/ Roß, Bettina (Hg.), Geschlechterverhältnisse in Krieg und Frieden. Perspektiven der feministischen Analyse internationaler Beziehungen [“What separates war and peace? Feminist thoughts on the protection of women’s physical integrity under International Law“, in Cilja Harders and Bettina Roß (Eds.), Gender relations in war and peace. Feminist Perspectives in International Relations], Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 151-167
1999: “Demokratie weder im Land noch im Haus. Handlungsmöglichkeiten des chilenischen Frauendienstes SERNAM zwischen Klassengrenzen und Demokratiedefiziten“, Abels, Gabriele/ Sifft, Stefanie (Hg.), Demokratie als Projekt. Feministische Kritik an der Universalisierung einer Herrschaftsform [“Democracy neither in the Country nor at Home. The Chilean Women's Bureau SERNAM between Class Limits and Deficits of the Newly Established Democratic Institutions”, in Gabriele Abels and Stefanie Sifft (Eds.), The Project of Democracy. Feminist Perspectives on a Universal Form of Political Power ], Frankfurt, New York: Campus, 132-154
1996, with Stefanie Sifft: „Die greifbaren Sterne der Macht. Kollektives Handeln, Gemeinsinn und individuelles Selbstbewußtsein im politischen Denken Hannah Arendts“, in: Penrose, Virginia/ Rudolph, Clarissa (Hg.): Zwischen Machtkritik und Machtgewinn. Feministische Konzepte und politische Realität, [“The Stars of Power within Reach. Collective Action, Public Spirit, and Individual Self-confidence in the Political Thought of Hannah Arendt“, in Virginia Penrose and Clarissa Rudolph (Eds.), Between Criticizing and Gaining Power. Feminist Concepts and Political Reality] Frankfurt, New York: Campus, 71-88
Book Reviews:
2021, Rauna Kuokkanen, Restructuring Relations. Indigenous Self- Determination, Governance, and Gender, Spectra, 8(1): 56–60. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v8i1.168
2019, Alison Brysk, The Struggle for Freedom from Fear. Contesting Violence against Women at the Frontiers of Globalization, Perspectives on Politics, 17(2): 634-635, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592719000926 
2017, Louise Chappell, The Politics of Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court. Legacies and Legitimacy, Politics and Gender, 13(1): 171-174, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X16000659 
2015, Kathy Davis and Mary Evans (eds). Transatlantic Conversations. Feminism as Travelling Theory, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 17(1): 178-180, https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2014.987501 
2013, Marsha A. Freeman, Christine Chinkin, and Beate Rudolf (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. A Commentary, Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, 7(2): 177-181
2012, Kathryn Sikkink, The Justice Cascade. How Human Rights Prosecutions are changing World Politics, Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, 6(2): 202-206
2012, Hiromi Tanaka-Naji, Japanische Frauennetzwerke und Geschlechterpolitik im Zeitalter der Globalisierung, GENDER, 1: 158-160
2008, Vrushali Patil, Negotiating Decolonization in the United Nations: Politics of Space, Identity, and International Community, Gender & Society, December, 834-836
2007, Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp (Eds.), Global Feminism. Transnational Women’s Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights, Contemporary Sociology Journal, 36(5): 492-494 
2001, Uta Klein, Militär und Geschlecht in Israel [Military and Gender in Israel], Frankfurter Rundschau
2001, Karin Gabbert, Wolfgang Gabbert and Bert Hoffmann (Eds.), Lateinamerika Jahrbuch, Analysen und Berichte, Bd. 24, Geschlecht und Macht [Yearbook Latin America. Analyses and Reports. Vol. 24: Gender and Power], epd-Entwicklungspolitik
2001, Julia Schmidt-Häuer, Menschenrechte – Männerrechte – Frauenrechte. Gewalt gegen Frauen als Menschenrechtsproblem [Human Rights – Men’s Rights – Women’s Rights. Violence against Women as a Human Rights Issue], femina politica
2000, Wienand Gellner and Fritz von Korff (Eds.), Demokratie und Internet [Democracy and the Internet], Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen
1999, Uta Ruppert (Ed.), Lokal bewegen - Global verhandeln. Internationale Politik und Geschlecht, [Change locally - Negotiate globally. Gender and International Politics], blätter des iz3w
1998, Susan Bickford: The Dissonance of Democracy. Listening, Conflict and Citizenship, femina politica

Other (newspaper articles, reports, interviews, blog entries, non-academic editorship):
Ongoing: The commonsense feminist blog (https://commonsensefeminist.blog/the-common-sense-feminist-blog/), started in 2022
2023, editor of: Promoting the Equality of Women: IWRAW Asia Pacific’s Journey, written by Shanthi Dairiam. IWRAW Asia Pacific: Kuala Lumpur, https://www.iwraw-ap.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/History-of-IWRAW-AP_WEB.pdf 
2021: “Afghan women need support as agents, not victims”, Blog School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, https://www.blogalstudies.com/post/afghan-women-need-support-as-agents-not-victims, and “What Afghan Women Need From Us Right Now”, The Gender Policy Report, University of Minnesota, https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/what-afghan-women-need-from-us-right-now/ 
2020: “H-Diplo Teaching Roundtable XXI-39 on Teaching Gender in IR“, blog contribution with Markus Thiel, https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/discussions/6131086/h-diplo-teaching-roundtable-xxi-39-teaching-gender-ir#_Toc38578710 
2020: “Respecting all or those like us? Reflections on human rights and populism”, Blog School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, https://www.blogalstudies.com/post/respecting-all-or-those-like-us-reflections-on-human-rights-and-populism 
2018: “Ending violence against women and girls requires radical commitment – not another treaty”, The Gender Policy Report, University of Minnesota, https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/ending-violence-against-women-and-girls-requires-radical-commitment-not-another-treaty/  
2017: “Unlearning Sexual Harrassment”, Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 5, No. 3, Article 5, http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol5/iss3/5 
2014: "Beauty Pageants, FIU, and ‘Worlds Ahead‘: An Open Letter to FIU President Mark Rosenberg," Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 2, No. 3, Article 5, http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol2/iss3/5 , referenced in the Miami Herald (January 20, 2015): “FIU’s bet on Miss Universe comes with a price”, by Michael Vazquez 
2013: “Eliminating Violence Against Women: Sexism and Scholarly Responsibility”, e-International Relations, March 7, http://www.e-ir.info/2013/03/07/eliminating-violence-against-women-sexism-and-scholarly-responsibility/ 
2010: “The system is in place – now a visionary approach is needed”, Interview with Jane Connors, Chief of Special Procedures Branch at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in: Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Journal for Human Rights, Vol. 4, No. 2, 152-162
2006: “Rückenwind von der UNO“, in: In Gottes Namen? Frauen und Fundamentalismus, Magazin der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, No. 1, 18-19 [Supported by the United Nations, in: In the name of God? Women and Fundamentalism, magazine of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation]
2001: “Schön, wenn’s so einfach wäre. Eine Weltpolizei hat Sibylle Tönnies gefordert, um ‘Schurkenstaaten‘ beizukommen. Das überzeugt nicht“ [If it was that easy. Demanding world police forces to deal with ’rogue states’ is not a convincing proposal. A rejoinder to Sibylle Tönnies], die tageszeitung, July 7, 11, https://taz.de/!1163431/ 
2000: "CEDAW – ein ungenutztes Antidiskriminierungsinstrument im Völkerrecht? Der Bericht der Bundesregierung vor dem Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women“ [CEDAW – unused instrument of international law? The report of Germany before the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women], femina politica, Vol. 9, No. 1, 105-110

Invited Expert Presentations
June 2026, “Transnational Feminism as Scholar Activism: Responses to Crises and Devaluation”, lunch talk at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Frankfurt 
April 2026, “Feminist Resistance: Working in the Academy under Attack”, online workshop presenter, CCindle Project and Central European University Democracy Institute, virtual  
April 2022, "Do international human rights norms have impact, and how do we know? Reflections on the CEDAW Convention", guest lecture, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
March 2022, “Integrated or evaporated? A long-term perspective of gender equality norms in global governance”, guest lecture with comments from Roberta Clarke, Institute for International Relations, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, https://youtu.be/lPuK6Mr3NPE?si=K48ujb_s1j0xMZOp 
March 2022, “Interpretivist research from design to coding: insights from a study on the use of CEDAW in Miami Dade”, Regional Workshop/ Seminar for Graduate Students, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona, Jamaica
November 2019: Participant in workshop “(De)Globalization and Development in the New Age of Populism”, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 
September 2019: Commentator at Keynote session, The Nordic Law and Gender Conference, “Nordic Gender Equality in Transition: Anti-discrimination Laws, Practices and Scholarship revisited”, and research presentation: “International gender equality norms – can we identify the impact?” University of Oslo, Norway 
September 2019: “Rethinking gender equality norms in global governance – talk and book launch”, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2018: Presenter and discussant at “Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda: Tracing the dynamics of national implementation“, workshop, UN Women, New York, United States
November 2016: “How far does CEDAW reach? Some long term observations and some discussion points for the CEDAW Committee“, presentation to the CEDAW Committee, United Nations Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
November 2016: “Translating International Women’s Rights: Content-in-motion and incomplete practice", Political Science Colloquium Series, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
May 2016: “Frauenrechte glokal: Auswirkungen der CEDAW Konvention”, Institute for gender, labor and social law (bigas), University of Bremen, Germany
March 2016: “Localizing International Women’s Rights: Implementing CEDAW around the World” and roundtable contributor “CEDAW in Cincinnati”, University of Cincinnati, United States
January 2015: “Looking to CEDAW and its standard of substantive equality related to sustainable development and the realization of women’s human rights”, Expert Group Meeting on Women’s Human Rights, Equality and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, convened by IWRAW Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
November 2011: “CEDAW implementation in contexts similar to Taiwan: Japan, Chile, USA”, International Training Workshop on the Implementation of CEDAW, Foundation for Women’s Rights Promotion and Development, Taipei, Taiwan
November 2011: “International Women’s Rights and Gender in Global Governance – two fields of research”, College of Law, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
June 2010: “What difference does CEDAW make in … Giessen? The translation of international women’s rights in national and local contexts”, University of Giessen, Germany
February 2008: “Human Rights violations in states that are in civil war: the case of Sudan/ Darfur”, Speaker at the Latin American Model UN, University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico
Academic Conferences and Workshops 
Organization/ Chair:
June 2026: “Transnational Caribbean Feminisms and Afro-Atlantic Epistemologies”, panel at the European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle, UK
March 2026: “Transnational feminisms in times of global crises: transformative knowledge-practice across boundaries”, panel at the 67th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Columbus, United States
March 2025: “Intersections of Transnational Feminism, Crisis, and Scholar-Activism: Pathways to Transformation Across Boundaries”, roundtable at the 66th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, United States
March 2024: “Feminist Foreign Policies - an inclusive way to move beyond Eurocentrism?”, panel discussion, Miami-Florida Jean Monet Center of Excellence, Miami, United States 

March 2023: “Defending humanity: Transnational feminist responses to violence and devaluation”, 2-day conference, Miami, United States (https://pir.fiu.edu/events/defending-humanity-conference-2023/index.html)

April 2021, “Gender Equality Norms and Activism in Context. Revisiting the feminist debate on norm translation”, virtual panel, 62nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association
November 2019: “Global epidemic, regional responses: Violence against women in the European Union and the Caribbean“, panel discussion, Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Miami, United States
July 2019: Section chair “International Relations” of the European Conference on Gender and Politics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
June 2018: “Gender equality in the Caribbean – global frameworks, regional realities“, panel at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, La Habana, Cuba 
March 2015: “Approaching final destination: Envisioning gender equality as outcome”, workshop, Miami, United States (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pir_fiu/sets/72157649219373603/) 
March 2014: “Still gendering global governance - mapping the reach of institutions, norms, and actors“, panel, 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada
April 2013: “Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section Eminent Scholar: Marysia Zalewski” and “’Counting what counts and telling telling stories’ – A bridge building conversation between quantitative and qualitative feminist research”, panels, 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, United States
April 2012: “Counting what counts and telling telling stories – how can a conversation between quantitative and qualitative research improve our understanding of global gender norms?”, workshop, 53rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, United States
April 2012: “Feminist interventions in global governance – exploring spaces, pushing boundaries I + II”, two panels, 53rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, United States
October 2010: “Gender Politics in International Governance”, international conference co-organized with Elisabeth Prugl and Guelay Caglar, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
September 2009: “Lost in Translation? Interrogating the International Norm of Gender Equality from a Transnational Feminist Perspective“, panel, 5th ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, Germany
September 2006: Four panels organized by the Gender and Politics Section: “Feminist perspectives on processes of global exclusion and transnationalization”, German Political Science Association Conference, Münster, Germany
June 2005: "Soziale Gerechtigkeit im Zeichen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Strukturwandels – feministische Perspektiven" ["Social justice in times of social and political change – feminist perspectives"], conference of the Gender and Politics Section of the German Political Science Association, Freiburg, Germany 
September 2004: "What's new about 'new wars'? Feminist perspectives on war and post-war situations", panel, 100th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, United States
January 2002: “Gender Equality at Work and in Politics in Europe: A Fresh Look from the Field in France and Germany”, workshop with Amy G. Mazur, Marie-Jahoda Visiting Chair for International Women’s Studies, Bochum University, Germany
Conference presentations:
June 2026: “Caribbean feminisms and public gender policies: working with CEDAW in Trinidad and Tobago”, European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle, UK
March 2026, “Eradicating child marriage: A genealogy of global frameworks”, 67th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Columbus, United States
March 2026: “Teaching and Research in Difficult or Hostile Environments” and “A Return to Fundamental(ism)s? Transnational and U.S. State Perspectives on Higher Education Under Authoritarianism”, roundtable participant,  67th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Columbus, United States
February 2026: “Intersections of Transnational Feminism, Crisis, and Scholar-Activism: Pathways to Transformation Across Boundaries”, and “Feminist Praxis in Florida’s Higher Education Institutions: Holding the Line in Challenging Times”, roundtable participant, “Present Tense/ Future Possibilities” conference, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa. 
July 2024: “Meaningful white feminism? Developing a European-Caribbean researcher positionality”, European Conference on Politics and Gender, Ghent, Belgium
June 2024: “Eliminating child marriage: Global and Caribbean norm development in translation”, 48th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, St. Lucia
September 2023: “Pragmatic revolutionaries: Caribbean feminists in global conversation about gender equality”, IFJP/ FLACSO Conference Constructing Transnational Feminist Resistances in Times of Crises, Quito, Ecuador
March 2023: “Liminalities between Voice and Silence: feminist interrogations from the Americas and Caribbean“, roundtable participant, 64th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada
July 2022: “Gender Equality Policy Implementation Studies in Action: Ten Years Down the Road“, roundtable participant, European Conference on Politics and Gender, Ljubljana, Slovenia
December 2021: “Miami Dade County’s CEDAW Ordinance: A Tool of Local Transformation toward Gender Justice?”, the Social Practice of Human Rights Conference, University of Dayton, United States (virtual) 
December 2021: “Never only Gender. Caribbean Contributions to the Global Discourse on Women’s Rights”, workshop Listen to the Global South! Uncovering the Roles of Southern Actors in Writing Global Gender Norms, ICAS:MP International Centre of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, and University of Würzburg, Germany (virtual) 
July 2021: “After Diffusion: Normen(forschung) in der Umsetzungsfalle”, roundtable participant, workshop DVPW-Themengruppe IB-Normenforschung “After Diffusion: Neue Perspektiven auf Dynamiken der Normumsetzung” (virtual)
April 2021: “Miami Dade County’s CEDAW ordinance - how much CEDAW, how much local change? “, 62nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (virtual)
March 2019: “Global gender equality norms in the Caribbean”, 60th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada
March 2019: “Global governance – Reconstruction or falling through the cracks?”, roundtable participant, University of Dayton School of Law Gilvary Symposium “Things fall apart or creative destruction? The future of the Rule of Law in International Governance”, Dayton, United States
June 2018: “Caribbean States’ Engagement with Global Gender Equality Norms“, 43rd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, La Habana, Cuba 
July 2017: “Multiple Meanings, Evaporating Practice: Gender Equality in International Governance”, conference Gender Politics in Turbulent Times: Rethinking Power, Agency and Resistance, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
May 2016: ”Translating CEDAW: Women's rights norms as content-in-motion and incomplete practice”, conference Gender equality norms and the politics of development cooperation, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2015: “Women's rights norms as content-in-motion and incomplete practice”, workshop organized by SFB 700 “Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit”, Berlin, Germany
June 2015: “CEDAW and global feminism – good reasons for a sober friendship “, and “Studying women's rights norms as content-in-motion and incomplete practice”, European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala, Sweden
March 2015: “Gender (in)equality indices – simplistic or simply useful?”, with Debra Liebowitz, workshop “Approaching final destination: Envisioning gender equality as outcome”, FIU, Miami, United States
March 2014: “Assessing Global Gender (In)Equality: A CEDAW-based Approach“, with Debra Liebowitz, 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada
April 2013: “Women’s Rights, Gender Equality: Countering the Measurement Obsession”, with Debra Liebowitz, 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, United States
April 2013: “Theorizing Norm Translation – Women’s Rights Norms as Transnational Travelers”, 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, United States
April 2012: “Qualitative data collection on CEDAW implementation”, with Debra Liebowitz, 53rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, United States
July 2011: “Women’s Rights Norms and Transnational Activism – the CEDAW Convention in Context”, Women’s Worlds 2011, Ottawa, Canada
March 2011: “How Do Norms Travel? International Women’s Rights In Transnational Perspective”, 52nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada
October 2010: “Translating International Women’s Rights – CEDAW in Context”, Conference on “Gender Politics in International Governance”, the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
July 2010: “Gender and conflict. The need of a gender perspective in international relations”, conference “Gender, Peace and Security”, Frauenakademie München e.V. and University of the Armed Forces, Munich, Germany
October 2009: “’American exceptionalism’ and International Women’s Rights – an unhappy marriage? The United States and the CEDAW Convention”, with Ashley O. Balbian, Conference “Human Rights in the USA”, University of Connecticut, Hartford, United States
September 2009: “Theorizing Global Women’s Rights Norms: CEDAW in a Transnational Perspective”, 5th ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, Germany 
June 2008: “Theorizing the repercussions of International Women’s Rights norms in domestic contexts”, Conference “Human Rights in World Society”, University of Bielefeld, Germany
September 2007: „Latin American responses to International Women's Rights Norms: the CEDAW Convention and its Optional Protocol”, 27th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada
May 2007: “Tracing the Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Policy Processes”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Women’s Studies Association/ L’association canadienne des etudes sur les femmes, Saskatoon, Canada
September 2006: “Welchen Staat brauchen internationale Frauenrechte? Umsetzungspraxen der Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)” [Which kind of state is required for successful implementation of international women’s rights? The example of CEDAW], German Political Science Association’s 2006 Conference, Münster, Germany
October 2005: "Frauenrechtsnormen in transnationaler Perspektive: Eine Analyse der Frauenrechtskonvention CEDAW" [“Women's rights norms in transnational perspective – an analysis of the Women's Rights Convention CEDAW“], conference of the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association, Mannheim, Germany
September 2004: "Gendered responsibilities for war and peace. Strategies of political, socio-economic and psychological reconstruction in post-war Germany", 100th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, United States
February 2004: "Making Women Matter: Global Norms and Local Struggles on Gender Equality", Symposium on Gender Research at Washington State University, Keynote panel: Gender Equality and State Feminism: A Global Perspective, Pullman, United States
April 2003: “’Männer und Kinder zuerst.’ Über die Notwenigkeit von Geschlechterkonstruktionen zur Legitimierung und Durchführung von Kriegen“ [”’Men and children first.’ Why gender constructions are necessary to legitimize warfare”], Colloquium “Democracy, Human Rights and International Law in Times of Crisis and War” honoring Norman Paech, Hamburg, Germany 
April 2002: “Internationale Frauenrechtsnormen in homöopathischer Dosis – die Wirkung von CEDAW im nationalen Kontext Chiles“ [“International Human Rights Norms for Women in a Homeopathic Dose – the Impact of CEDAW in the National Context of Chile”], Conference “10 years of Feminist Political Science – Results and Perspectives”, Hamburg, Germany
October 2000: “War and Peace, Violence against Women, and International Law“, Congress of the German Political Science Association, Halle, Germany

Courses Taught 
Undergraduate level: 
Florida International University: Gender Equality and Human Rights in Global Perspective (INR 4077, in person); Gender Hierarchies in International Relations (formerly Women and Men in International Relations) (INR 4085, in person and hybrid); Postcolonialism in International Relations (INR 4093, online and hybrid); Theories of International Relations (INR 4603, in person); Political Repression and Human Rights (CPO 4053, in person)
SUNY Potsdam: Introduction to International Relations (POLS 140); Women’s and Gender Studies I (WMST 100/ POLS 125); International Human Rights (POLS 338); Feminist Political Thought (POLS 353); Peace and Conflict Resolution (POLS 335); Women and Politics (POLS 332); Postcolonial Theories and Societies (POLS 347); Senior Seminar (POLS 400) 
Graduate level:
Florida International University: Global Issues and Human Rights (INR 5012); Feminism and International Relations (INR 5088); Qualitative and Interpretive Methods in International Relations (INR 5616); Contemporary International Relations Theory (INR 6608)
Universities of Bochum, Hamburg and Tübingen: International Relations and Gender Studies; Human Rights under Critique; Gender and Conflict
Graduate Student Mentoring 
Committee Chair (PhD)
Brianna Hernandez, “Towards a Feminist Environmentalism: Entangled Ecologies of Environment and Equality in Conservation“, FIU, International Relations, Fall 2025
Vierelina Fernandez, “Insurgent Feminism: A Comparative Analysis of Colombian and Kurdish Guerillas‘ Contributions to Democracy and Gender Equality“, FIU, International Relations, Summer 2024
Galina Bogatova, “Regional Hegemons or Household Despots: Discursive Patterns of Governance in Post-Soviet Space”, FIU, International Relations, Spring 2023
Zeynep Kilicoglu, “Agents vs. Bodies: Contextualizing Refugee Women’s Empowerment in British and French Aid Structures”, FIU, International Relations, Summer 2022
Jessy Abouarab, “Gender Based Violence: The Case of Syrian Women Refugees in Lebanon“, FIU, International Relations, Spring 2019
Committee member (PhD)
Kristin Hynes, “Collective memory and postcolonial perspectives on honoring the war dead: A comparative analysis of Ireland and South Korea”, FIU, International Relations
Linda Carmy, “Women’s Labor Force Participation, The Business Cycle and Intrahousehold Dynamics”, FIU, Economics, Summer 2026
Lydia Landim, “Treaty Implementation across a Geographic Divide: Normalization of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Cape Verde“, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Global Inclusion and Social Development, Spring 2025
Ernesto Fiocchetto, “Faith actors and the reception and integration of Latin American LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers in the EU and the United States“, FIU, International Relations, Summer 2024
Gloria Novovic, “Contextualizing Gender Equality: Gender Mainstreaming between Global Governance Frameworks and National and Institutional Policy Agendas in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda”, University of Guelph, Political Science and International Development, Fall 2021
Christine Bianco, “The Creation of International Crimes: How narratives shape our understanding of the ‘Most Serious Crimes of International Concern‘“, FIU, International Relations, Spring 2021
Tamanna Ashraf, “Bangladesh and India: The domestic and international repercussions of asymmetric and securitized hydropolitics“, FIU, International Relations, Spring 2020
Nicolas Beckmann, “Drug Policy in an Era of Normative Change: The Cases of Uruguay, Ecuador, and Peru“, FIU, International Relations, Spring 2019
Jeffrey Maslanik, “Immigrant Entrepreneurship and its role in Swedish and European Immigration Policy Development“, FIU, International Relations, Fall 2017
Ana Podcameni, “An inquiry of the status of individual criminal responsibility of children under International Law using a children's rights approach”, FIU, International Relations, Summer 2017
Barry Mowell, “Degree and Patterns of formal NGO participation within the United Nations Economic and Social Council: An appraisal of NGO consultative status relative to political pluralism“, FIU, Political Science, Spring 2017
Mirsad Krijestorac, “Nationalism as a Process for Making the Desired Identity Salient: Bosnian Muslims Became Bosniaks“, FIU, Political Science, Fall 2016
Jagoda Rosul-Gajic, “Internationale gleichstellungsspezifische Normen und ihre Umsetzung in Transformationsgesellschaften: Kroatien und Bosnien und Herzegovina”, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Politikwissenschaft, Spring 2016
Serena Cruz, “In search of safety, negotiating everyday forms of risk: Sex work, criminalization, and HIV/AIDS in the slums of Kampala”, FIU, International Relations, Fall 2015
Committee Chair (M.A.)
Simone-Ariane Schelb, “The Syrian refugee crisis and the European Union: A case study of Germany and Hungary” (Thesis), FIU, International Studies, Fall 2017
Committee member (M.A.)
Vierelina Fernandez, “Liberation Theology and Second Wave Feminism as Ideological Catalysts: Rethinking the Role of Religion and Gender in Armed Insurrection“ (Thesis), FIU, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Spring 2019
Melissa Boissiere, “Gender-based violence in the Eastern Caribbean. Culture and Contradictions“ (Thesis), FIU, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Spring 2018
Christine Bianco, “Understanding Truth: How Commissioners influence the final report of a Truth Commission“ (Thesis), FIU, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Spring 2017
Ana Galiano, “Japan’s constitution: an exercise in the power of law to protect women’s rights“ (Essay), FIU, Asian Studies, Spring 2016

Membership in Professional Associations
Caribbean Studies Association, since 2018
European Consortium for Political Research, Gender and Politics Section, since 2009
International Studies Association, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies, Human Rights, International Organizations, Women’s Caucus, LGBTQA caucus, Global South Caucus, since 2006
American Political Science Association, 2001-2010 
German Political Science Association, 1996-2012
Professional Service
Fulbright peer reviewer for Politics and International Relations (2023-2025)
Section chair “International Relations”, European Conference on Gender and Politics, Amsterdam 2019
Section Chair of the International Studies Association’s Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (elect 2011-12, in office 2012-13, past chair 2013-14)
Section chair of the German Political Science Association’s Politics and Gender Section, (2004-6)
Editorial Board member of Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ journal of human rights, since 2017
Since 2006, regular discussant for academic conferences and meetings, including for Junior Scholar Symposium at ISA annual meetings in 2016, 2018, and 2019; ISA Northeast “Scholar’s circle” 2020; and Columbia University’s Human Rights Seminar in 2022
Reviewer - submissions to academic journals: 
American Sociological Review, Australian Journal of Human Rights
Digest of Middle East Studies
European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of Politics and Gender
Femina Politica
GENDER, Global Constitutionalism, Global Governance, Global Society, Global Studies Quarterly
Human Rights Review
International Feminist Journal of Politics, International Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Perspectives, Italian Political Science Review
Journal of Human Rights, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Politics and Society, Journal of Social Policy, Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
Millennium
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, New Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Human Rights
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft
Politics and Gender, Political Research Quarterly
Qualitative Sociology
Social Sciences, Südosteuropa
Third World Quarterly
UN Women Discussion Paper Series
Women’s History Review, Women’s Studies International Forum
Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen
Reviewer - book proposals and manuscripts: 
Berghahn Books; Lynne Rienner; Oxford University Press; Palgrave Macmillan; Polity Press; Routledge; University of California Press; University of Nebraska Press;  W. W. Norton & Company; UN Women
Reviewer - grant proposals, awards, and external reviews: 
Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung, Swiss Science Foundation; Thyssen Foundation
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, University of Louisville (2018)
American Political Science Association’s Women and Politics Research Section Best Dissertation Award, committee member (2020)
Danish Institute for International Studies external senior researcher assessment of Dr. Adam Moe Fejerskov, assessment committee member (2020)
Aston University, promotion Dr. Anne Jenichen to Senior Lecturer, external reviewer (2021); Reader, external assessor (2026)
University of Cincinnati, promotion Dr. Rebecca Sanders to Full Professor, external reviewer (2024)
Berlin University Alliance, Audre Lorde-Visiting Professorship for Intersectional Diversity Studies, external reviewer (2024)
University Service
FIU and Green School of International and Public Affairs:
College Democrats Advisor (2024-ongoing)
UFF-FIU Senator (2024-26)
Green School of International and Public Affairs Equity Adviser (2019-20)
Undergraduate Human Rights and Political Transitions Certificate, Director (2014-21)  
University Committee on Sabbatical Leave Applications (2016-18)
Women’s and Gender Studies Tenure and Promotion Committee (2015-16; 2021-22)
FIU Department of Politics and International Relations: 
INR Graduate Program Director (2015-18) – overseeing approx. 60 PhD and 15 MA students in all aspects of their development (recruitment, admission, mentoring, evaluation, general support) 
INR Graduate Program Committee (2014-19, 22-23, 24-ongoing)
Tenure, Promotion and Personnel Committee (2018-21) 
Committee on Graduate Student Development and Seminars (2015-18)
Workplace/ Academic Community Committee (chair 2019-21, member 2022-23, chair 2023-26)
SUNY Potsdam:
Organization of college-wide Human Rights Day celebration (2008-12)  
School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (2007-13)
Search Committees (Public Law, Discovery Metadata Librarian, Comparative Politics, Director for Women’s and Gender Studies Program, American Politics)
Public Events
Speaking engagements: 
June 2025: “Global frameworks and local strategies Against Domestic Violence: Lessons from Kosovo”, presentation and discussion moderator, organized by Global Ties Miami 
January 2024: “Violence and devaluation: Reflections on Pagliacci”, spoken word event, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, Florida Grand Opera, and Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcT5IzYICwY 
January 2022: “Women’s Empowerment in the Caribbean: Regional and Multi-sectoral Perspectives“, panel participant, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIU 
November 2020: “The Fall of the Berlin Wall: A conversation with witnesses“, panel participant, European and Eurasian Studies Program, FIU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMzd7tRXqQo 
October 2020: “Reframing Syrian Refugee Insecurities through a Feminist Lens: the Case of Lebanon“, panel participant, Green School of International and Public Affairs, FIU and Books & Books, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XXvOXwVvbk 
June 2020: “Spotlight on Global Inequalities“, panel participant, Green School of International and Public Affairs, FIU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG42EQ9lkYA 
October 2019: “Marking anniversaries: The start of WWII, the Invasion of Poland, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall“, panel participant, conference Democracy: Past and Present in Central Europe, European and Eurasian Studies Program, FIU 
November 2018: “Changing gender and sexuality norms in Germany and the US“, panel participant, networking series Germany, the United States and the Challenges of the 21st century, FIU 
December 2014: “Women’s Rights as Process: Assessing the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) after 30+ years”, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies’ Faculty Research Series, FIU
November 2009: “’American exceptionalism’ and International Women’s Rights – an unhappy marriage? The United States and the CEDAW Convention”, with Ashley O. Balbian, Pratt Colloquium Series, SUNY Potsdam, NY
January 2009: “Why Civil Rights and not Human Rights: the Civil Rights Movement and the United Nations”, Martin Luther King Day celebration, SUNY Potsdam, NY
April 2007: “Human Rights and Fundamentalism in Postcolonial States”, presentation with Dr. Amina Jamal for Campus Festival “Connections and Intersections – our changing landscapes”, SUNY Potsdam, NY
April 2006: “War and Postwar Reconstruction: Does Gender Matter?”, Pratt Colloquium Series, SUNY Potsdam, NY
February 2004: "Making Women Matter: Global Norms and Local Struggles on Gender Equality", Washington State University, Pullman, WA
November 2003: "International Women's Rights and Domestic Change – A closer look at the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)", Five College Women's Studies Research Center, South Hadley, MA
October 2003: "International Women's Rights and Domestic Change – the Case of Reproductive Rights", Smith College, Northampton, MA
June 1997: "'Demokratie im Land und im Haus' - Die Rolle von Frauenorganisationen im Demokratisierungsprozeß Chiles" [’Democracy in the Home Country and at Home’. The Impact of Women's Organizations in the Chilean Democratization Process"], University of Hannover, Germany
Organizer/ moderator: 
March 2026: “On data collection and policy making: How are women doing in South Florida?”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Maria Ilcheva, Viviana Alvarado Pacheco, and Rose Martin   
December 2025: “Building Safety from Gender-Based Violence in Miami-Dade County”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Rosario Concha, University of Miami (virtual)
November 2025: “Constructive Dialogue: Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Classroom”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Miriam Lipskiy, University of Miami (virtual)
March 2025: “Doing feminism in higher ed: what keeps you going? A check-in session”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Alex Cornelius, Brianna N Hernandez, Juliana Restrepo Sanin, Lauren Fralinger, Brenna Munro, Nicole Morse, and Amy Reid, various Florida Universities (virtual)   
December 2024: “Beyond Amendment 4: Abortion care in Florida”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Anna Hochkammer, Sarah Parker, and Gisela Foz (virtual)
October 2024: “Behind the Scenes of Amendment 4”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Natasha Sutherland and Anna Hochkammer (virtual)
April 2024: “Current abortion laws in Florida and the response of reproductive health care providers”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Rebecca Martinez, FIU (virtual)   
March 2024: “How FIU got more diverse, excellent and inclusive: a tribute to AWED”, Florida Feminist Fridays with a collective of faculty members, FIU (virtual)
March 2024: “Abortion and the Supreme Court: Roe, Dobbs, and Beyond”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Alicia Steinmetz, FIU (virtual)
November 2023: “The landscape of knowledge production in illiberal contexts: gender studies and the Central European University”, Florida Feminist Fridays with Andrea Krizsan, Central European University (virtual)
March 2017: “Women’s Rights in Miami“, panel discussion, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, FIU, with Maria Ilcheva, Carla Peña, Lutze Segu, and Adele Valencia
Community service
LEAP for Ladies – empowerment program for women in prison and navigating reentry; SUN – Solar United Neighbors; Biscayne Bay clean up; election-related volunteer work 
Languages Skills
Mother language German, native speaker level knowledge in English, excellent knowledge in Spanish (oral and written), basic knowledge of French and Portuguese