Heather Smith-Cannoy is an associate professor of political science at Arizona State University. She directs ASU’s Global Human Rights Hub and directs the undergraduate degree program on Social Justice and Human Rights. She has published two books and has a third under review titled Sex Trafficking and Equity: The Status of Women and State Responses. She has also published 15 peer reviewed articles and book chapters on sex trafficking, human...
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Professor Leeds is the Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Political Science and the Chair of the Political Science Department at Rice University. She specializes in the study of international relations, and particularly in the design and influence of cooperative agreements and international institutions. Much of her research has focused on the politics of military alliances. She is also engaged in research on the effects of domestic political change...
Dr. Georgina Holmes is a Research Fellow in the War Studies Department, King’s College London, where she conducts research on gender, global security governance, peacekeeping and security sector reform.
Grad students who weren’t schooled at elite universities face real challenges in a squeezed academic job market. But many talented grad students do reach tenure when they receive the same support and guidance offered in elite universities.
Mostly, I muddled through grad school, but with the support of my cohort and guidance from a few choice people, I was able to navigate my way through the uncertainty of graduate school.
When thinking about what things I most wish someone had told me in graduate school… I found it difficult to not write about work-life balance, particularly today.
In a recent panel organized by Ashley Leeds and the Women in Conflict Studies (WICS) group, I had a chance to reflect on some things I wish someone had told me while I was getting my Ph.D. The Bridging the Gap project got excited about bringing the panelists’ reflections to a larger audience through a week of posts here at the Duck of Minerva blog. I’ll start off with various thoughts, and fellow participants will explore their own themes...
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The best way to secure a more peaceful future for Afghanistan is through a United Nation peacekeeping operation.
While campaigning for the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden promised Americans that he would reenter the nuclear deal with Iran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), so long as Tehran returned to compliance with the agreement’s original terms. Recent polling indicates that this would be a popular move: a majority of the American (and even Iranian!) public would support a joint...