JENNIFER K. LOBASZ Department of Political Science and International Relations Department of Women and Gender Studies University Of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 e-mail: jlobasz@udel.edu, web: www.jenniferlobasz.com, www.irmisc.tumblr.com EDUCATION University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, 2012 Master of Arts, Political Science, 2007 American University, Washington, DC Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, Philosophy, 2004 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Delaware, Newark, DE Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations (75%), Department of Women and Gender Studies (25%), 2011 present Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Visiting Instructor, Department of Political Science, 2009 2010 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Instructor, Department of Political Science, Spring 2008, 2011 Instructional Technology Fellow, 2009 2010 Political Science Undergraduate Writing Initiative Fellow, Fall 2007 American University, Washington, DC; New York, NY; sites in Western Europe Instructor, School of International Service, Summer 2006, 2007 American University and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, PL Assistant Program Director, The Crossroads of Europe, Summer 2004 PUBLICATIONS Articles in Refereed Journals Introduction to the State of Feminist Security Studies: A Conversation. With Laura Sjoberg. Politics & Gender 7, no. 4 (2011): 573-576. Beyond Border Security: Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking. Security Studies 18, no. 2 (2009): 319-344.
The Woman in Peril and the Ruined Woman: Representations of Female Soldiers in the Iraq War. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 29 (2008): 305-334. Fixing the Meaning of 9/11: Hegemony, Coercion, and the Road to War in Iraq. With Ronald R. Krebs. Security Studies 16, no. 3 (2007): 409-451. Essays in Edited Volumes The Sound of Silence: Rhetorical Coercion, Democratic Acquiescence, and the Iraq War. With Ronald R. Krebs. In American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear: Threat Inflation since 9/11, edited by Jane K. Cramer and Trevor A. Thrall, 117-134. Oxford: Routledge, 2009. Beyond Border Security: Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking. In Gender and International Security, edited by Laura Sjoberg, 214-234. New York: Routledge, 2010. AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS International Studies Association Working Group Grant, Gender and Security Studies: Theory and Practice, with Laura Sjoberg, 2010. University of Minnesota Robert Holt Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2008 2009 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, 2008 2009 (declined) $5000 $23000 $20000 National Science Foundation Workshop Travel Grant, 2009 $700 University of Minnesota Human Rights Program Research Grant, 2008 $400 University of Minnesota Department of Political Science Graduate Work Committee Research Grant, 2008 University of Minnesota Department of Political Science Elfimenco Fellowship in International Relations, 2004 2005 International Studies Association Travel Grants, 2008, 2011 International Studies Association Northeast Travel Grants, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 University of Minnesota Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Travel Grants, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 $500 $15300 $600 (total) $550 (total) $665 (total) 2
WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS Invited participant, Working Group on Theorizing Hierarchy in Anarchy: Political, Economic and Social Perspectives. Sponsored by the International Studies Association, San Francisco CA, 1-4 April 2013. Organizer and co-chair, Working Group on Gender and Security Studies: Theory and Practice. Sponsored by the International Studies Association, New Orleans LA, 16-20 February 2010. Invited participant, Workshop on Interpretive Methods in Political Science. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Toronto CAN, 1-2 September 2009. Invited participant, Panel on Human Trafficking. Sponsored by the United Nations Association of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Institute for Global Studies, Minneapolis MN, March 2008. Invited participant, Workshop on Feminist Security Studies. Sponsored by the International Studies Association, Chicago IL, February 2007. Invited participant and discussant, Workshop on Gender in an International Context. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, Minneapolis MN, April 2006. Invited participant, Workshop on Interpretive and Relational Research Methodologies. Sponsored by the International Studies Association Northeast, Philadelphia PA, November 2005. CONFERENCES Against the Norm: A Critique of Constructivist Accounts of Norms, Politics, and Freedom, with Brett Remkus. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 2-3 November 2012 and the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco CA, 1-4 April 2013. Participant, Roundtable on Science Fiction and the Pedagogy of International Relations, at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 2-3 November 2012. Participant, Roundtable on Engaging Rule-Based Constructivism (Honoring Nicholas Onuf), at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 2-3 November 2012. God Has Told Us That Slavery is Wrong. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Providence RI, 4-5 November 2011 and the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, San Diego CA, 1-4 April 2012. 3
(Re)Presenting International Politics I, co-chair and discussant at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Providence RI, 4-5 November 2011. Insecurity in Motion: Trafficking, Migration, and Predation, chair and discussant at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Providence RI, 4-5 November 2011. Trafficking Scholarship and World-Travelling. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, Montreal CAN, 16-19 March 2011. If you re looking at a frightened woman in a brothel : Radical Feminist Identity and Human Trafficking Prevention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 5-6 November 2010. Constructing Sex and Gender, discussant at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 5-6 November 2010. Organizer and participant, Roundtable on Innovative Pedagogy in International Relations, at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 2-3 October 2009. Migration, Identity, and International Relations, chair and discussant at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Northeast, Baltimore MD, 2-3 October 2009. Virgins and Aliens: The Subjects of the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, New York NY, 15-18 February 2009. Sexual Violence, Gender Subordination and War, discussant at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, New York NY, 15-18 February 2009. Human Trafficking and Gender: A New Lens. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, San Francisco CA, 26-29 March 2008. Beyond Hyperbole: What s Missing in the Human Trafficking Debate, organizer and co-chair at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, San Francisco CA, 26-29 March 2008. Gender, Islam, and Tensions: Gender Issues and Issues of Gender in the Islamic World, discussant at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, San Francisco CA, 26-29 March 2008. The Woman in Peril and The Ruined Woman: Representations of Female Gender Identity in the Iraq War. Paper resented at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, Chicago IL, 28 February 3 March 2007. Political Peripheries and Gendered Bodies: Ethnicity as a Lens for the Analysis of Gendered Politics, discussant at the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, Chicago IL, 28 February 3 March 2007. 4
Fixing the Meaning of September 11: Hegemony, Coercion, and the Road to War in Iraq. With Ronald R. Krebs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego CA, 22-25 March 2006. From Matka Boska to Matka Polka: The Catholic Church and Women in Poland. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Boston MA, June 2004. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Digital Humanities Workshop: Getting Humanities Research On the Map (GIS). University of Delaware, 15 February 2013. Preparing Future Faculty Retreat. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, 20 May 2010. January Professional Activities Workshop (J-PAW). Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College, St. Paul MN, 20 January 2010. August Teaching Enrichment Series. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, 25-26 August 2008. Teaching with Writing Workshops. Center for Writing, University of Minnesota, 20-24 August, 9 October, 19 October, 24 October, 9 November, 12 December 2007; 6 February 2008. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Faculty Advisor University of Delaware International Justice Mission (IJM), 2012 present Professional Memberships International Studies Association Active Learning in International Affairs section Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section International Political Sociology section Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, & Allies Caucus o Governing Council Member-at-Large, 2012-present Women s Caucus International Studies Association Northeast Webmaster and Governing Council Member, 2005-present Program Chair, 2013 5
Center for Strategic and International Studies: Women in International Security (WIIS) Reviewer Human Rights Review; International Studies Association Compendium; International Journal of Peace and Development Studies; International Feminist Journal of Politics; International Studies Review; Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy; Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 6