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CLAIRE SNYDER
Department of Public & International Affairs (PIA)
George Mason University
MSN 3F4, Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 9932962 – rcsnyder@gmu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997.
v Dissertation: “Citizens’ Militias and Armed Masculinity: The CitizenSoldier Ideal and Gender
in the Civic Republican Tradition,” directed by Benjamin R. Barber
B.A. cum laude, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1986
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Government and Politics in Political Theory (August 2004 – present)
Graduate Director, M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science (January 2007 – present)
Director, PIA Honors Program (Summer 2006 – present)
Faculty Fellow, Women & Politics Institute at American University (August 2003 – present)
Kettering Foundation Associate (1993 – present)
Associate Editor, New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture (2005 – present).
Women’s Studies Program Faculty (Spring 2001 – present)
GRANTS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Mathy Junior Faculty Award, College of Arts and Sciences, George Mason University,
2003/04.
Renewing the Commonwealth Grant, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities ($15,000)
v Project Director, “Summit on Citizenship in Virginia,” September 1617, 2002.
Dean’s Graduate Research Assistant Award for Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences,
George Mason University, 2002/03.
Outstanding Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 2000.
Whitman PostDoctoral Fellow, Walt Whitman Center for the Culture & Politics of Democracy,
1997/98.
Excellence Fellow (for 5 years), The Graduate School, Rutgers University, 19881992, 1996/97.
Kettering Fellow (for 2 years), The Kettering Foundation, 199395.
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Graduate Fellow, 1994/95.
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RESEARCH
Books
Gay Marriage and Democracy: Equality for All (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 2006).
CitizenSoldiers and Manly Warriors: Military Service and Gender in the Civic Republican
Tradition (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999).
Edited Volumes
Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy, special issue on “Feminist Theory and
Democratic Thought,” 22, no. 4 (September 2007) coedited with Noelle McAfee,
forthcoming.
Journal Articles (blindpeerreviewed)
“Radical Virtue: Women in NineteenthCentury Civil Society,” New Political Science: A
Journal of Politics and Culture 26, no. 1 (March 2004): 5169.
“A Strange Drift to the Right: The Civic Historiography of Michael Sandel,” New Political
Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 25, no. 3 (September 2003): 307326.
“The CitizenSoldier and the Tragedy of the Eighteenth Brumaire,” Strategies: Journal of
Theory, Culture and Politics (special issue on the Eighteenth Brumaire) 16, no. 2 (2003): 23
37.
“The CitizenSoldier Tradition and Gender Integration of the U.S. Military,” Armed Forces
& Society 29, no. 2 (Winter 2003): 185204.
“Gendered Radicalism and Civil Society: What Can Democratic Theorists Learn From
Southern White Ladies?” Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science
Association XXXIV, no. 3 (Spring 2002): 393407.
“Should Political Science Have a Civic Mission? An Overview of the Historical Evidence,”
PS: Political Science and Politics XXXIV, no. 2 (2001): 301305.
Book Chapters (peerreviewed)
“The Allure of Authoritarianism: Christian Right Marriage and the Reconsolidation of
Patriarchy,” in W Stands for Women: Feminism, Gender, and Security in the Presidency of
George W. Bush, eds. Michaele Ferguson and Lori Marso (Durham, NC: Duke University
Press, 2007), forthcoming.
“Machiavelli and the Citizenship of Civic Practices,” Feminist Interpretations of Niccolo
Machiavelli (State College, PA: Penn State University Press, 2004).
v Originally published in Snyder, CitizenSoldiers and Manly Warriors.
Book Chapters, Essays, and Articles
“Paradox or Contradiction: The Marriage Mythos in Neoconservative Ideology,” in
Confronting Neoconservatism: The New Right in America, ed. Michael Thompson (New York:
NYU Press, 2006), forthcoming.
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“The Federal Marriage Amendment and the Attack on American Democracy,” in The Logos
Reader: Rational Radicalism and the Future of Politics, eds. Stephen Eric Bronner and
Michael J. Thompson (Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005).
v Originally published in Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture 3, no. 4 (Fall
2004). <http://www.logosjournal.com/snyder_election.htm>
“Patriarchal Militarism,” in Masters of War: Militarism and Blowback in the Era of American
Empire, edited by Carl Boggs (New York: Routledge, 2003).
“NeoPatriarchy and the AntiHomosexual Agenda,” in Fundamental Differences: Feminists
Talk Back To Social Conservatives, edited by Cynthia Burack & Jyl J. Josephson (Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
v Updated version reprinted in William F. Grover and Joseph G. Peschek, Voices of
Dissent: Critical Readings in American Politics, Sixth Edition (New York: Longman,
2005).
“Social Capital: The Politics of Race and Gender,” in Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on
Community and Bowling Alone, edited by Scott McLean, David A. Schultz, and Manfred B.
Steger (New York: New York University Press, 2002).
“Democratic Theory and the Case for Public Deliberation,” in Democracy’s Moment:
Reforming the American Political System for the 21st Century, edited by Ron Hayduk &
Kevin Mattson (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002).
“The Christian Right’s ‘Defense of Marriage’: Democratic Rhetoric, AntiDemocratic
Politics,” The Public Eye XVI, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 111.
“Political Theory and Public Deliberation: An Introductory Essay for Students,” in
Introducing Political Science Students to Public Deliberation (Washington, DC: American
Political Science Association, 2001).
Faye J. Crosby, Ann Pufall, R. Claire Snyder, Marion O'Connell, and Peg Whalen, “The Denial
of Personal Disadvantage Among You, Me, and All the Other Ostriches” in Gender and
Thought, edited by Mary Crawford and Margaret Gentry (New York: SpringerVerlag, 1989).
Publication of Research for Kettering Foundation
“Should Higher Education Have a Civic Mission? Historical Reflections,” in Higher
Education Exchange: Ten Years Later (The Kettering Foundation, 2007), forthcoming.
“Public Deliberation and Foreign Policy,” in Public Thought and Foreign Policy: Essays on
Public Deliberations About Americans’ Role in the World, ed. Robert Kingston (Dayton, OH:
The Kettering Foundation, 2005).
“Women, Social Science, and Public Work during the Progressive Era,” Higher Education
Exchange (Spring 2005): 5666.
“The Civic Roots of Academic Social Science Scholarship in America,” Higher Education
Exchange (Spring 2000): 516.
Shutting the Public Out of Politics: Civic Republicanism, Professional Politics, and the
Eclipse of Civil Society, An Occasional Paper of the Kettering Foundation (Dayton, OH:
The Charles F. Kettering Foundation, 1999).
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“The Public and Its Colleges: Reflections on the History of American Higher Education,”
Higher Education Exchange (Spring 1998): 615.
Book Reviews
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 28, no. 3 (August 2006).
v Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005).
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 28, no. 1 (March 2006).
v Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence,
3 rd edition (Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 2003).
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 27, no. 1 (March 2005).
v Rogers Smith, Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Memberships
(Cambridge University Press, 2003).
v Seyla Benhabib, The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002).
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 26, no. 2 (June 2004).
v John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox, eds., The Christian Right In American
Politics: Marching to the Millennium (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press,
2003).
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 25, no. 3 (September 2003).
v Lisa McGirr, Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2001).
v Paul Apostolidis, Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio (Durham, NC:
Duke University Press, 2000).
Theory and Society 29, no. 6 (2000): 844854.
v Stephen Eric Bronner, Ideas in Action: Political Tradition in the Twentieth Century
(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999).
The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms 4, no. 6 (1999): 9294.
v Judith N. Shklar. Political Thought & Political Thinkers, ed. Stanley Hoffman (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1998).
v Thoreau: Political Writings, ed. Nancy L. Rosenblum (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1996).
New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 20, no. 2 (June 1998): 241243.
v Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, eds. God at the Grass Roots, 1996: The Christian
Right in the 1996 Elections (Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1997).
WorksinProgress
Review essay on Third Wave Feminism for Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
CONFERENCES
Paper Presentations
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“Radical Dreaming: Feminism, Anarchism, and the Quest for Sexual Freedom.” Paper to
be presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas,
NV, March 810, 2007.
“Feminism and Anarchism: A Happy Cohabitation?” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.
“The Allure of Authoritarianism.” Paper presented at the APSA Women’s Caucus Pre
Conference, Howard University, Washington, DC, August 31, 2005.
“Radical Republicanism and Gender in NineteenthCentury America.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August
2731, 2003.
“Radical Virtue: Women in NineteenthCentury Civil Society.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 69, 2002.
“SameSex Marriage and the Redefinition of Democracy.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28September 1,
2002.
“Democratic Politics and the Civic Historiography of Michael Sandel.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Long Beach, CA, March
2224, 2002.
“Sandel’s American History: Were We Ever a Christian Nation?” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 710,
2001.
“Are Women Really Citizens? Rethinking Contemporary Debates about Women in the
Military.” Paper presented at the Fifth Biennial Conference on Women in Uniform,
sponsored by the Women’s Research & Education Institute, Arlington, VA, December 1,
2000.
“Social Capital and the Politics of Difference.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 811, 2000.
“Virtually Democratic: The Constitution, Civil Society, and Queer Civil Rights.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA,
September 15, 1999.
“Troubling Armed Masculinity: Military Academies, Hazing Rituals, and the
Reconstitution of the CitizenSoldier.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 1999.
“Higher Education, Democratic Ideals, and Public Life in the New Millennium.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
April 1517, 1999.
“Public Administrators, Public Scholars, Public Citizens: Rethinking American Higher
Education.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science
Association, Seattle, WA, March 2527, 1999.
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“Reviewing the Scopes Trial: Redefinitions of Higher Education and Public Values in the
Early Twentieth Century.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political
Science Association, Los Angeles, CA, March 1921, 1998.
“CitizenSoldiers, Blood Brothers, and the New Militias: Interrogating the Republican
Discourse of the American Right.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Northeast Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November 1416, 1996.
“’JeanJacques ... You are a Genevan’: The Role of Civic Festivals in the Constitution of
Masculine Republican Citizenship." Paper presented at the Second Annual Political
Science Graduate Student Conference, Rutgers University, March 24, 1996.
“Remembering the CitizenSailor: Civic Education, Gender, and the PostCold War Navy.”
Paper presented at the Twelfth Naval History Symposium, sponsored by the History
Department of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, October 2527, 1995.
“Liberté, Egalité, Sororité: the CitizenSoldier and Gender in the Age of the French
Revolution.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeast Political Science
Association, Providence, RI, November 1012, 1994.
Roundtable Participation
“Teaching Feminist Theory,” Sponsored by Women & Politics at the annual meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 69, 2005.
“Teaching GLBT Issues,” Sponsored by the GLBT Politics section at the annual meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 69, 2005.
“Revisiting the Sex Wars: Sexuality in the Third Wave.” Sponsored by the Politics and
Sexuality section at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Portland, OR, March 1113, 2004.
“The Bush Administration, Lawrence v. Texas, and the Future of the Culture Wars.”
Sponsored by Women & Politics at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, New Orleans, January 811, 2004.
“Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte: Retheorizing after 150 Years.”
Sponsored by Political Thought and Philosophy: Historical Approaches at the annual meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28September 1, 2002.
“Fundamental Flaws: Feminists Reply to Social Conservatives.” Sponsored by the Women
& Politics section at the Southern Political Science Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA,
November 710, 2001.
“Social Capital: Putnam’s Retreat from Politics?” Cosponsored by Political Theory and
History & Politics sections at the Western Political Science Association annual meeting, Las
Vegas, NV, March 1517, 2001.
“Teaching Feminist Theory,” sponsored by Gender & Politics section at the Western Political
Science Association annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 1517, 2001.
“The Civic Purposes of Progressive Political Science,” sponsored by New Political Science
at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC,
August 31September 3, 2000.
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“Wollstonecraft and the Politics of Feminist Theory,” sponsored by Women & Politics
section at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA,
November 7, 1997.
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Other Conference Participation
Discussant, “Vulnerability and Agency on the Fringes of the State.” Panel sponsored by
Political Thought and Philosophy at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science
Association, Las Vegas, NV, scheduled for March 810, 2007.
Chair and organizer, “Power and Desire in Feminist Theory.” Panel sponsored by Women
and Politics at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.
Discussant and Chair, “’It’s Moral Values, Stupid!’ Political Mobilization and the 2004
Election.” Panel sponsored by New Political Science at the annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 14, 2005.
Discussant and Chair, “Democracy's Background Assumptions.” Panel sponsored by the
Political Theory section at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Oakland, CA, March 1719, 2005.
Discussant, “Gender, War, and Its Aftermath.” Panel sponsored by Women & Politics at the
annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 811,
2004.
Chair, “Identity, Self, Agency.” Panel at Feminist Ethics Revisited: An International
Conference on Feminist Ethics, Clearwater Beach, FL, October 13, 1999.
Poster session, “Teaching Citizens and Governance: Lessons from the Frontlines.”
Presented with Bob Bradley at the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 1999.
Discussant and Chair, “Human Rights.” Panel at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, April 1517, 1999.
Discussant, “Women As Citizens.” Panel sponsored by Foundations of Political Theory at the
annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 36,
1998.
Discussant, “Transforming Traditional Teaching.” Panel sponsored by the organized section
on Teaching and the Profession at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science
Association, Los Angeles, CA, March 1921, 1998.
Invited Conferences
Chair, “Citizenship and Transnational Democracy,” Conference on Dehegemonization: The
U.S. and Transnational Democracy, cosponsored by the Center for Global Studies and the
Center for Global Ethics, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, April 5, 2006.
Research Team Member, National Issues Convention: “We the People,” Philadelphia, PA,
January 1012, 2003.
Special Guest, 2002 Streams of Service Conference: “Empower Virginia Through Service
and Engagement,” sponsored by the Virginia Commission on National and Community
Service, Virginia Beach, VA, August 1416 , 2002.
Participant, “War, Loyalty and Liberty,” an extended colloquium sponsored by the Liberty
Fund, Deer Valley Resort, Park City, Utah, July 9 15, 2001.
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Participant, “The Uses of Public Religion: Possibilities and Pitfalls,” a seminar sponsored by
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, April 6, 2001.
Participant, “Seminar on Higher Education and Public Life,” sponsored by the Kettering
Foundation, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, June 2829, 2000.
Participant, “Refurnishing the Public Square: Religion and Public Policy in 20 th Century
America,” sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, DC, February 4, 2000.
Participant, “Seminar on Higher Education and Public Life,” sponsored by the Kettering
Foundation, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, June 2425, 1999.
Speaker, “Seminar on the Professions and Public Life,” sponsored by the Kettering
Foundation, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, June 2526, 1998.
APPLIED WORK RELATED TO DEMOCRATIC THEORY
Democracy Initiatives at George Mason University (2000 – present):
v Civics Initiative, Office of the Provost, Fall 2006 – present.
v Democracy Project, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Fall 2003 – Spring 2005.
v Chair, Subcommittee for “Democracy Dialogue: Religion, Values and Global Politics,”
April 12, 2005.
v Chair, Judges Committee, Democracy Project Student Essay Contest, Fall 2004.
v Center for Democratic Participation Committee, Public & International Affairs Dept., 2000 –
Spring 2003.
v “Democratic Theory & Practice” reader revision committee, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
v GMU Liaison to the Virginia Citizenship Institute, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
The Kettering Foundation (1993 – present):
v Current Projects:
v Associate, PublicScholars Working Group, 1999 – present.
v Associate, Cousins Working Group (health, education, & welfare project) 2005 – present.
v Associate, History of Public Life project, 1999 – present.
v Previous Appointments:
v Research Team Member, “America’s Role in the World” Project, 20032004.
v Project Director, Public History of Higher Education Project, 19971999.
v Project Director, Evolution of Public Life Project, 1997/98.
v “Dayton Days” Associate, 1996/97.
v Faculty, “Deliberative Democracy Seminar,” Public Policy Workshop, July 1994 & ’95.
v Graduate Fellow, 19931995 (also listed under awards)
Virginia Citizenship Institute (Spring & Summer 2001):
v Acting Board Member, VCI
v Faculty, “The Thoughtful Citizen,” VCI Summer Program
The Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy (1992 – 1997):
v Project Director and Service Learning Coordinator, “Art Matters Too!” Project (1996/97)
v “Whitman Seminar” Coordinator (1992/93 & 1993/94)
v Walt Whitman Center Coordinator (1992/93)
v Conference Assistant, “Measuring Citizenship” Project (Spring 1994 & ’95)
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John Doble Research Associates, Inc. (Summer 1996):
v Research Associate: Drafted project proposals, moderated focus groups,
prepared surveys, analyzed focusgroup and survey data, and wrote reports.
v Research topics included crime & corrections, race relations, education, and public
deliberation.
TEACHING
Classroom Experience
George Mason University (2000present):
v GOVT 101: Democratic Theory & Practice
v HON 131: Contemporary Society in Multiple Perspectives
v GOVT 320: Political Values: Theories of Justice
v GOVT 324: Modern Western Political Theory
v GOVT 420: American Political Thought
v GOVT 421: Contemporary Political Ideologies
v GOVT 490: Women, Gender, & American Politics
v GOVT 490: Feminist Theory
v GOVT 491: Honors Seminar: Religion and Politics
v GOVT 520: Graduate Seminar: Political Theory
v GOVT 725: Graduate Seminar: Democratic Theory and Democratization
Illinois State University, Assistant Professor (19982000):
v Individuals & Civic Life: Citizens and Governance
v Introduction to Political Thinking
v Women in Politics
v American Political Theory
v Graduate Seminar: Topics in Political Theory: Feminist Theory
Hunter College of the City University of New York, Adjunct Asst. Professor (1997):
v Women & American Politics
Rutgers University, Parttime Lecturer (19931997):
v Nature of Politics
v Women, Culture, and Society
v Women, the Family & Political Theory
v Politics, Citizenship & the Arts
Princeton University, Preceptor (19921993):
v American Politics
v Women, Gender & Politics
“Public Teaching”: Academic Talks & Public Presentations
“Neopatriarchalism in a Globalizing World,” Temple University, scheduled for April 2007.
“Democracy, Feminism, and the Case for Gay Marriage,” Women's Law and Public Policy
Fellowship Program, Georgetown University, February 27, 2006.
“The Allure of Authoritarianism: Christian Right Marriage and the Reconsolidation of
Patriarchy,” Women and Politics Institute Brown Bag, American University, February 22,
2006.
“Democracy, Feminism, and the Case for Gay Marriage,” Women’s Studies Scholarly
Lecture, George Mason University, November 1, 2005.
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“The AntiMarriage Amendment and the Attack on American Democracy.” Talk delivered at
Linfield College, Oregon, March 9, 2004.
“A False Consensus: Contesting the Federal Marriage Amendment From a Democratic
and Jewish Perspective.” Talk delivered to Bet Mishpachah congregation, February 27,
2004.
“The AntiHomosexual Agenda and the Attack on American Democracy.” Talk delivered at
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, October 9, 2003.
Faculty Panel on Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed. “Texts in Community” Program,
sponsored by the English Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, April 9, 2003.
“‘The Army Will Make a Man Out of You’: Feminist Theory and American Military
Traditions.” Presentation at the inaugural meeting of the Women and Politics Institute’s
Feminist Political Theory Forum, American University, Washington, DC, November 20,
2002.
“The AntiHomosexual Agenda and the Attack on Democracy.” Talk delivered at Gustavus
Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, October 9, 2002.
“CitizenSoldiers, Manly Warriors, and the Sexual Politics of the American Military.” Talk
delivered at New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL, March 9, 1999.
“Gender and Political Science.” Talk given as part of Women’s Studies Brown Bag Series
Presentation on Gender and the Disciplines, Illinois State University, November 10, 1998.
Guest Lectures in the Classroom
“Women and the Military.” Presentation to undergraduate class on “Women and War” at
Linfield College, Oregon, March 8, 2004.
“Feminist Political Theory.” Presentation to graduate seminar, “Feminist Theory Across the
Curriculum,” Women’s Studies Program, George Mason University, October 30, 2003.
“The Social Sciences.” Presentation to “Education and Democracy” seminar, Department of
Public & International Affairs, George Mason University, Fall 2003.
“Michael Sandel and Democracy’s Discontents.” Presentation to graduate public
administration seminar, Department of Public & International Affairs, George Mason
University, September 9, 2002.
“CitizenSoldiers.” Presentation to Honors Seminar, Department of Public & International
Affairs, George Mason University, November 13, 2001.
SERVICE
Administrative Experience
Graduate Director, M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science, GMU, Spring 2007 present.
Chair, PIA Curriculum Committee, GMU, Spring 2007 – present.
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Director, Honors in Government Program, GMU, Summer 2006 present.
M.A. in Political Science Admissions Committee, GMU, Spring 2005 present.
Political Theory Course Coordinator, PIA, GMU, Spring 2001 present.
Higher Education Program Executive Advisory Committee, CHSS, GMU, Fall 2006 –
present.
Summer Chair, Department of Public and International Affairs, GMU, Summer 2006.
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, GMU, Fall 2004 – Spring 2006.
Women’s Studies Executive Committee, GMU, Fall 2004 – Spring 2006.
Summer Director of Women’s Studies Program, GMU, Summer 2005.
PIA Curriculum Committee, GMU, Fall 2002 – Spring 2005.
Chair, Subcommittee on Political Theory Curriculum, PIA, GMU, Spring 2001.
PIA Curriculum Committee, GMU, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, Illinois State University, Fall 1999 –
Spring 2000
Leadership Positions in Professional Organizations
APSA Program Committee, New Political Science section, APSA 2007.
President, Women’s Caucus, Southern Political Science Association, January 2004 – January
2005.
Vice President, Women’s Caucus, Southern Political Science Association, November 2002 –
January 2004.
SPSA Program Committee, Women & Politics section, SPSA 2003.
Secretary, Women’s Caucus, Southern Political Science Association, November 2001 –
November 2002.
APSA Program Committee, New Political Science section, APSA 2000.
Committee Work in Professional Organizations
SPSA Marion Irish Award Committee, for best paper in Women & Politics, Southern Political
Science Association, Fall 2006.
Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights, & Freedoms, American Political Science
Association, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2005.
Chair, PivenCloward Award Committee, New Political Science, American Political Science
Association, 2004/05.
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Michael Harrington Book Award Committee, New Political Science, American Political
Science Association, 2003/04.
Chair, Betty Nesvold Women & Politics Award Committee, Western Political Science
Association, March 2002 – March 2003.
Charles A. McCoy Distinguished Career Award Committee, New Political Science, American
Political Science Association, 2000/01.
Executive Committee, New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 19971999.
Editorial Experience
Associate Editor, New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture, August 2005 –
present.
Guest Editor, Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy, special issue on “Feminist Theory
and Democratic Thought” with Noelle McAfee (also listed under publications).
Editorial Board, New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture, October 2002 –
August 2005.
Peer Reviewer:
American Political Science Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Perspectives on Politics,
Journal of Policy History, New Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Politics &
Gender and Armed Forces & Society
Other Service
Honors Program Committee, Public & International Affairs, George Mason University, Spring
2005 present.
Faculty Board of Hillel, George Mason University, Fall 2004 – present.
Faculty Advisory Board Member, Center for Global Ethics, GMU, Fall 2004 – present.
Tenure Committee, PIA, GMU, Fall 2006.
Renewal Committee for Director of Higher Education Program, CAS, George Mason
University, Spring 2006.
Reappointment Committee for Chair of PIA, CAS, GMU, Fall 2005.
Women’s Studies Task Force, GMU, Fall 2005.
“Committee on Committees,” to oversee transition to College of Liberal Arts and Human
Sciences, Fall 2005.
Third Year Review Liaison, PIA, GMU, Fall 2004.
Campus Climate Committee, Office of University Life, GMU, Fall 2002.
“Writing Intensive” Assessment Committee, Public & International Affairs, George Mason
University, Spring 2002.
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PIA Departmental Chair Search Committee, CAS, GMU, Fall 2001 – Spring 2002.
Faculty Search Committee, American Institutions position, PIA, GMU, Fall 2001.
Faculty Search Committee, Political Theory/Law position, PIA, GMU, Fall 2001.
Task Force on the Recruitment & Retention of Undergraduate Majors, Department of
Political Science, Illinois State University, Fall 1999 – Spring 2000.
Academic Freedom Committee, Department of Political Science, Illinois State University, Fall
1999 – Spring 2000.
Work With Student Groups
Pi Sigma Alpha Essay Contest Judge, Spring 2006.
Faculty Advisor for New Voters’ Project Club, George Mason University, Fall 2005.
Faculty Advisor for Amnesty International, George Mason University, Spring 2002 – 2004.
Conference Organizer, Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, 1999 & 2000.
Faculty Advisor for Political Science Undergraduate Club, Illinois State University, 1998/99.
POST DOCTORAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor of Government and Politics in Political Theory
George Mason University, Department of Public & International Affairs
August 2000 – August 2004
Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Undergraduate and Graduate Faculties
Illinois State University, Department of Politics & Government, Normal, IL 61790
August 1998 – June 2000.
Fulltime Consultant for the Kettering Foundation
Director of “Evolution of Public Life” and “History of Higher Education” Projects
April 1997 – June 1998.
Project Director and Service Learning Coordinator, Art Matters Too!
Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy, Rutgers University
August 1996 – June 1997.
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