Address
Elizabeth Jay Friedman
Politics Department, University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone 415-422-6046; Fax 415-422-2101;
e-mail: ejfriedman@usfca.edu
Research Interests
Comparative politics
Latin American politics
Women and democratization
Gender and development
Feminist theory
Courses
Education
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1997
M.A. Stanford University, 1993
B.A. Barnard College, 1988, summa cum laude
Awards
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Award, Fall 2002
Best Paper Award, Women and Politics Section, APSA, September 1997:
“Paradoxes of Party Politics: The Impact of Gendered Institutions on Women’s Incorporation in Latin American Democratization.”
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies, 1996-97
Stanford University Center for Latin American Studies Knowles Grant, Spring
1996 and Summer 1992
Stanford Institute for Research on Women Dissertation Fellowship, 1995-96
Fulbright fellowship, 1994-95
Stanford University Fellowship, 1990-94
Stanford Center for Latin American Studies Ayacucho Grant, Spring 1993 and Summer 1992
Stanford Institute for International Studies Award, Winter 1992
Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation Grant, Winter 1992
Annette Kar Baxter Award for Women's Studies, May 1988
Phi Beta Kappa, junior year, 1987
Barnard Centennial Scholar, 1985-87
Books
Unfinished Transitions: Women and the Gendered Development of Democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 2000.
Articles and Book Chapters
"Getting Rights for Those without Representation: the Success of Conjunctural Coalition-Building in Venezuela," in Nikki Craske and Maxine Molyneux, eds. Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
"Latin American NGOs and Governments: Coalition Building at UN Conferences on the Environment, Human Rights, and Women." With Ann Marie Clark and Kathryn Hochstetler. Latin American Research Review 36:3 (Fall 2001).
Available on-line from Proquest to those with Columbia i.d.s and an ethernet-linked account.
"Sovereignty Challenges and Bargains on the Environment, Human Rights, and Women." With Ann Marie Clark and Kathryn Hochstetler. International Studies Quarterly Vol. 44, No. 4 (December 2000).
"State-based Advocacy for Gender Equality in the Developing World: Assessing the Venezuelan National Women's Agency." Women and Politics Vol. 21, No. 2 (April 2000).
"The Effects of 'Transnationalism Reversed' in Venezuela: Assessing the Impact of Global UN Conferences on the Women's Movement." International Feminist Journal of Politics Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall 1999).
"The Sovereign Limits of Global Civil Society: A Comparison of NGO Participation in UN World Conferences on the Environment, Human Rights, and Women." With Anne Mary Clark and Kathryn Hochstetler. World Politics Vol. 51, No. 1 (October 1998).
Available on-line from Muse to those with Columbia i.d.s and an ethernet-linked account.
"Paradoxes of Gendered Political Opportunity in the Venezuelan Transition to Democracy." Latin American Research Review Vol. 33, No. 3 (Fall 1998).
Available on-line from JStor to those with Columbia i.d.s and an ethernet-linked account.
"Women's Human Rights: The Emergence of a Movement," in Julie Peters and Andrea Wolper, eds. Women's Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives. New York: Routledge Press, 1995.
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