A Scholarly Association of Women Who Engage in Scientific Research on International Conflict and Cooperation
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Women in Conflict Studies (WICS) |
A Scholarly Association of Women Who Engage in Scientific Research on International Conflict and Cooperation |
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WICS History and Purpose | |
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WICS was born as a result of casual conversations among a small group of assistant professors. These women were puzzled by their perception that qualified women working in their area of research seemed to be dropping out of the discipline at a higher rate than men. They were concerned that the small numbers of women in their field did not seem to be improving at an adequate rate, so they agreed to invite some other women to gather at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association to brainstorm about what they could do to help alter this trend. Eight faculty members participated in this initial meeting. The group discussed a number of societal and institutional explanations that can help to account for the low numbers of women following and succeeding in this career path. They agreed that discipline-wide and university-wide women’s caucuses are strong advocates for policy change on issues that disproportionately affect women. There was also agreement, however, that networking, support, and mentoring make a big difference in the probability that women choose to continue in academia and that providing opportunities for networking and mentoring was a role that a small group of women working in a similar research area could play. Their solution was WICS. In essence, the primary goal of WICS is to help integrate women into the profession early, and to provide women with an additional source of contacts working in the same general research area with whom they can collaborate and exchange feedback on their work, as well as gain advice on professional matters, both gender related and non-gender related. Since 2001, we have hosted gatherings at major conferences at least twice per year. In addition, we maintain two listservs, one for faculty members and one for graduate students, that encourage discussion and interaction regarding professional matters. Most of our members are women who study international conflict and cooperation using formal modeling and/or statistical analysis. Many are also members of the Peace Science Society, the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association, and the Scientific Study of International Processes Section of the International Studies Association. As of July, 2010, our faculty listserv has 129 members, and our graduate student listserv has 128 members. We believe that a sense of community is important in integrating young women into our profession, and that women who have the opportunity to get to know other women working in their area of research are more likely to be both successful and satisfied. WICS hopes to complement the variety of venues available for professional socialization, networking, and mentoring by providing another outlet aimed to encourage and support the participation of women in our field. | |
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Join the WICS Listserv | |
| WICS operates two listservs, one for women in faculty positions
and one for female graduate students. Both listservs serve as forums for discussion and networking as well
as venues through which we coordinate and announce upcoming gatherings. We welcome all women who are engaged
in scientific research on international conflict and cooperation to join the WICS listservs. To join the WICS faculty listserv, go to https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/irwomen-l or email WICS@rice.edu. To join the WICS graduate student listserv, go to https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/wicsgrads-l or email WICS@rice.edu. | |
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Upcoming WICS Events | |
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WICS Faculty Participants | |
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Emily Acevedo, California State University Los Angeles, eaceved3@calstatela.edu Belgin San Akca, Koc University, bakca@ku.edu.tr Isabella Alcañiz, University of Houston, ialcaniz@uh.edu Susan Allen, University of Mississippi, shallen@olemiss.edu Katherine Barbieri, University of South Carolina, katherine.barbieri@sc.edu Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University, bbarratt@roosevelt.edu Michelle A. Benson, University at Buffalo, SUNY, mbenson2@buffalo.edu Marie Besancon, Homes for Sudan, mariebesancon@gmail.com Tavishi Bhasin, Kennesaw State University, tbhasin@kennesaw.edu Shannon L. Blanton, University of Memphis, sblanton@memphis.edu Carew E. Boulding, University of Colorado, carew.boulding@colorado.edu Dawn Brancati, Washington University-St. Louis, brancati@wustl.edu Marijke Breuning, University of North Texas, marijke.breuning@unt.edu Sarah Bush, Harvard University, sarah_bush@hks.harvard.edu Charity Butcher, Kennesaw State University, cbutche2@kennesaw.edu Rachel Bzostek, University of Texas at Tyler, rachel_bzostek@uttyler.edu Mary Caprioli, University of Minnesota-Duluth, mcapriol@d.umn.edu Sabine C. Carey, University of Mannheim, sabine.carey@uni-mannheim.de Lisa Carlson, University of Idaho, lcarl@uidaho.edu Erica Chenoweth, Wesleyan University, echenoweth@wesleyan.edu Dara Kay Cohen, University of Minnesota, dkcohen@umn.edu Courtenay Conrad, University of California, Merced, cconrad@ucmerced.edu Sarah E. Croco, University of Maryland, scroco@umd.edu Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Iowa State University and PRIO, kgc@iastate.edu Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, xdai@uiuc.edu Vesna Danilovic, University at Buffalo, SUNY, vesna@buffalo.edu Christina Davis, Princeton University, cldavis@princeton.edu Ursula Daxecker, Colorado State University, Ursula.daxecker@colostate.edu Jacqueline DeMeritt, University of North Texas, jdemeritt@unt.edu Daniela Donno, University of Pittsburgh, donno@pitt.edu Kristine Eck, Uppsala University, kristine.eck@pcr.uu.se Songying Fang, Rice University, sfang@rice.edu Tanisha Fazal, Columbia University, tmf2001@columbia.edu Katharine M. Floros, University of Missouri-Columbia, florosk@missouri.edu Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University, vpf4@columbia.edu Allison Frendak-Blume, George Mason University, afrendak@gmu.edu Maryann Gallagher, DePauw University, maryanngallagher@depauw.edu Faten Ghosn, University of Arizona, fghosn@email.arizona.edu Theodora-Ismene Gizelis, University of Essex, tig@essex.ac.uk Joanne Gowa, Princeton University, jgowa@princeton.edu Alexandra Guisinger, University of Notre Dame, guisinger.1@nd.edu Caroline A. Hartzell, Gettysburg College, chartzel@gettysburg.edu Susan D. Hyde, Yale University, susan.hyde@yale.edu Zaryab Iqbal, Pennsylvania State University, iqbal@psu.edu Kelly M. Kadera, University of Iowa, kelly-kadera@uiowa.edu Soo Yeon Kim, University of Maryland, skim@gvpt.umd.edu Anessa L. Kimball, Université Laval, anessa.kimball@pol.ulaval.ca Shanna A. Kirschner, Allegheny College, skirschn@allegheny.edu Sarah E. Kreps, Cornell University, sarah.kreps@cornell.edu Janet Laible, Lehigh University, jml6@lehigh.edu Catherine Langlois, Georgetown University, langlois@georgetown.edu Brett Ashley Leeds, Rice University, leeds@rice.edu Carmela Lutmar, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, clutmar@princeton.edu Anne Mandeville, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, anmandevi@aol.com Michaela Mattes, Vanderbilt University, michaela.c.mattes@vanderbilt.edu Molly Mooring Melin, Loyola University Chicago, mmelin@luc.edu Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, University of Iowa, sara-mitchell@uiowa.edu Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina, mosley@unc.edu Amanda Murdie, Kansas State University, amurdie@ksu.edu Desiree Nilsson, Uppsala University, desiree.nilsson@pcr.uu.se Emilia Justyna Powell, University of Alabama, ejpowell1@as.ua.edu Kathy Powers, University of New Mexico, kpowers1@unm.edu Karen Rasler, Indiana University, krasler@indiana.edu Emily Hencken Ritter, University of Alabama, emily.ritter@ua.edu Maria Rost Rublee, University of Auckland, m.rublee@auckland.ac.nz Thania Sanchez, Yale University, thania.sanchez@yale.edu Meredith Reid Sarkees, American University, sarkees@american.edu Anne E. Sartori, Northwestern University, a-sartori@northwestern.edu Nil Satana, Bilkent University, nsatana@bilkent.edu.tr Elizabeth N. Saunders, George Washington University, esaunder@gwu.edu Burcu Savun, University of Pittsburgh, burcu@pitt.edu Megan Shannon, Florida State University, mshannon@fsu.edu Debra Shushan, College of William and Mary, dlshushan@wm.edu Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, sjoberg@ufl.edu Heather M. Smith, Lewis & Clark College, hsmith@lclark.edu Etel Solingen, University of California-Irvine, etel.solingen@uci.edu Jessica Stanton, University of Pennsylvania, jstan@sas.upenn.edu Patricia Sullivan, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, tsulli@email.unc.edu Monica Toft, Harvard University, monica_toft@harvard.edu Jana von Stein, University of Michigan, janavs@umich.edu Barbara Walter, University of California, San Diego, bfwalter@ucsd.edu Jessica L. Weeks, Cornell University jweeks@cornell.edu Jessica C. Weiss, Yale University, jcweiss@gmail.com Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, University of Massachusetts Lowell, jenifer_whittenwoodring@uml.edu Krista E. Wiegand, Georgia Southern University, kwiegand@georgiasouthern.edu Amanda E. Wooden, Bucknell University, amanda.wooden@bucknell.edu Kathleen Young, University of Maryland, kyoung@gvpt.umd.edu Amy Yuen, Middlebury College, ayuen@middlebury.edu | |
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WICS Participants Seeking Faculty Positions | |
| The following women seek faculty positions to begin in 2012. We provide this listing for informational purposes only. The listing is not exhaustive (candidates are listed by their request), and information is provided by the candidates themselves. Click on a candidate's name to be linked to her website. If you would like to be listed as a job candidate on our site, please contact WICS. | |
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Rebecca H. Best, (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, expected 2012) Julie A. Browne, (Ph.D., New York University, expected 2012) Jennifer M. Dixon, (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011) Andrea L. Everett, (Ph.D., Princeton University, expected Fall 2011) Vanessa A. Lefler, (Ph.D., University of Iowa, expected 2012) Janet I. Lewis, (Ph.D., Harvard University, expected 2012) Carla Martinez Machain, (Ph.D., Rice University, expected 2012) Aila M. Matanock, (Ph.D., Stanford University, expected 2012) Shweta Moorthy, (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, expected 2012) Sunhee Park, (Ph.D., Florida State University, expected Fall 2011) Shawn Ling Ramirez, (Ph.D., University of Rochester, expected 2011) Jakana Thomas, (Ph.D., Penn State University, expected 2012) Melissa Willard-Foster, (Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2011) | |
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Contact WICS | |
| If you would like to receive more information about WICS or would
like to share announcements or ideas with WICS participants, please email
WICS@rice.edu. You will also find individual participant contact information
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Other Useful Links | |
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Bibliography of Articles About Women in Political Science APSA Report: Women's Advancement in Political Science American Political Science Association APSA Women's CaucusInternational Studies Association ISA Women's CaucusPeace Science Society Women in International Security (WIIS) American Association of University Women | |
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Maintained by Brett Ashley Leeds Send comments or questions about this site to leeds@rice.edu Last modified March, 2012 |
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