Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

Kathryn Sikkink

612-624-7513
Political Science 1414 Soc Sci
Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • U.S. human rights policy
  • women's rights
  • transnational advocacy networks
  • social justice
  • political activism
  • Latin America politics
  • grassroots protests
  • war crimes tribunals
  • international human rights norms and law
  • human rights trials

Publications

  • Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks, and Norms. Sikkink, Kathryn A, Sanjeev Khagram and James Riker, Co-Editor, 2002.
  • Activists Beyond Borders. Sikkink, Kathryn A, Margaret E. Keck, Cornell University Press, 1999.
  • Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina. Sikkink, Kathryn A, Cornell University Press, 1991.
  • Mixed Messages: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America. Sikkink, Kathryn A, Cornell University Press, Author, 2004.

Professional Activities

  • Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2001
  • Member, Editorial Board: International Studies Quarterly , 2003 - 2005
  • Member, Editorial Board: American Political Science Review , 2002 - 2004
  • Member: Council on Foreign Relations , 2002
  • Member, Board of Directors: Social Science Research Council , 2002 - 2004
  • Member, Advisory Board: Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany , 2002 - 2004
  • Member, Editorial Board: Journal International Organization

Outreach Activities

  • Chair, Advisory Board, Human Rights Program: 2002

Awards

  • Chair, Arleen Carlson in Political Science
  • College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 2000
  • Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order
  • International Studies Association's Chadwick Alger Award
  • McKnight Land Grant Professorship
  • Fulbright Scholar Award, Argentina, 2001 - 2002
  • Graduate-Professional Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 2004
  • Regents Professor, 2006
  • McKnight Distinuguished University Professor, 2004

Courses Taught

  • Human Rights and Democracy in the World
  • Global Citizenship and International Ethics
  • The Politics of International Law
  • International Norms and Institutions
  • Theoretical Approaches to Human Rights
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