Education

• Ph.D. in Political Science, Stanford University, 1995
  Dissertation: “Paradoxes of Participation: Organizations and Democratization in Latin America” Emphasis on Chile
• M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University, 1991
  Thesis: “Constructing State Nationalism”
• Universidad Católica de Chile, completed all classes for M.A. program in Political Science, 1989-91
• B.A. in Politics, Princeton University, 1989
  Magna cum laude; Certificate of specialization in Latin American Studies Thesis: “The Politics of Archaeology”

Higher Education Employment

• President, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

Inauguration scheduled for Sept. 26, 2008; official transition begins July 1, 2008

• Senior Vice President & Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Professor of Political Science, Shenandoah University (October 2006-June 2008)
• Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Professor of Political Science, Shenandoah University (July 2002-June 2008)
• Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences; and Professor of Political Science, Shenandoah University, (July 2001-July 2002).
• Associate Professor of Government, tenured, University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (1999-2001)
• Chair of the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty and President of the Academic Assembly, University of Redlands (1999-2001)
• Assistant Professor of Government, University of Redlands (1995-1999)

Regional expertise: Latin America.

Substantive fields: democratization, gender, ethnicity, development.

Courses taught: World Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy of Development, Global Democratization, Comparative Politics, Latin American Dance, Women and Politics in Latin America, International Perspectives on Women and Justice, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict, travel courses to Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Awards and Honors

• 2007 Women of the Year, Winchester/Frederick County Professional & Business Women Association
• 2006 Wilkins Award for outstanding service to Shenandoah University
• Millbrook High School, VA graduation speaker, June 2005
• Apple Blossom Festival Women’s Luncheon keynote speaker, Winchester, Va., April 2005
• Resolution of Appreciation, International Day, Shenandoah University Board of Trustees, 2004
• Mortarboard Professor of the Year, University of Redlands, 1997-98
• Outstanding Professor of the Year, San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce, 1998
• Rotary International Graduate Scholar, for study in Chile, 1989-90
• Harry S. Truman Scholar, 1987-91

Publications

• “Engendering Justice and Security after War,” in Charles T. Call, ed., Constructing Justice and Security after War, U.S. Institute of Peace, 2007
• “The Post-Conflict Postscript: Gender and Policing in Peace Operations,” in Dyan Mazurana, Angela Raven-Roberts, and Jane Parpart, eds., Gender, Conflict and Peacekeeping, Boulder, Colo: Rowman Littlefield, 2005
• Beyond the Barricades: Women, Civil Society and Participation after Democratization in Latin America. New York: Garland Press, 2000.
• “A Lack of Female Officers Causes Police Brutality,” Police Brutality: Opposing Viewpoints, San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000
• “A Monstrous Regiment of Women: Women’s Political Organizing in Latin America,” Latin American Research Review, volume 35, no. 2, spring 2000
• “Civil Society in a Post-War Period: Lessons from Labor in El Salvador’s Democratic Transition,” co-author with Mark S. Anner, Latin American Research Review, volume 34, no. 3, fall 1999
• “A New Identity for the Police?” Peace Review, volume 10, no. 2, June 1998
• Works in progress: book (The Price of Peace: Women in the Aftermath of War); articles on “Transformative Pedagogies in Latin American Studies” and “The Effect of Democratization on Higher Education”

Academic Conferences and Papers

• “An Intentional QEP Topic Selection Process,” led roundtable at SACS annual conference, New Orleans, La., December 2007
• “Reflections on Gendering Police Forces,” Woodrow Wilson Policy Forum, Washington, D.C., July 2007
• “The Impact of Globalization on Higher Education,” paper given at Torch Club, February 2005 (currently revising for submission to an academic journal)
• “Women’s Police Stations in Latin America and South Asia,” paper given at LASA International Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 2003
• “Gendering Peacetime,” paper given at United States Institute for Peace, Washington, D.C., May 14, 2002
• “Violence Against Women in the Americas,” roundtable presentation and discussion at the Latin American Studies Association Conference in Washington, D.C., Sept. 6-8, 2002
• “An Examination of Asian and American Higher Education Values,” Freeman Symposium, Salzburg Seminar, Austria, June 15-20, 2002
• “Women, Violence and Security in Central America, Haiti and Bosnia,” presented at the Latin American Studies Association Conference in Miami, Fla., March 16-18, 2000
• “Who Cares About Bi-nationality and the Twin Cities?” roundtable discussion at the Bi-national Workshop: U.S.-Mexico Border Twin Cities, Nov. 10-12, 1999
• “Does It Take Two to Tango? Team-Teaching and Feminist Pedagogy Meet Student Resistance and Apathy,” paper co-presented with Patricia Wasielewski at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Albuquerque, N.M., June 18-20, 1999
• “Women and Policing: the Cases of Haiti and El Salvador,” paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association conference in Chicago, Sept. 24-26, 1998
• “The Role of Students in Designing Courses and Creating Syllabi,” paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association conference in Chicago, Sept. 24-26, 1998
• “Representativity and Civilianizing Security,” paper presented at the Western Political Science Association conference in Los Angeles, March 19-21, 1998
• “Lessons from Labor in El Salvador’s Post-Democratization Process,” paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997; also chaired panel on “Transitions to Democracy and Labor”
• Chair of the Comparative Politics Section of the Western Political Science Conference, Tucson, March 13-15, 1997
• “Engendering New Security Forces: the New Civilian Police in Haiti,” paper presented at the Western Political Science Association conference in Tucson, March 1997; also chaired panel on “Ethnic Conflict and Democratization”
• “Chilean Women’s Organizing,” paper presented at the Western Social Science Association conference in Reno, April 1996
• “Civil Society and Re-Democratization,” panel discussant at the Latin American Studies Association conference in Washington, D.C., September 1995
• “Points for Consideration: Theorizing about Participation and Democratization,” Programa de Economía del Trabajo, Santiago, Chile, August 1994
• “Democratization as an Independent Variable,” MacArthur Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin, April 1994.
• “Long-Term Obstacles to the Attainment of Peace in El Salvador,” Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, April 1993
• “The Effect of Democratization on Women’s Organizations,” Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University, January 1993
• “Democratic Procedures and the Salvadoran Peace Talks,” Center for International Security and Arms Control, Series on Peace Studies, February 1992

Higher Education Conferences

• Council of Independent Colleges, “Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission”, one of 20 selected participants nationally, Aug. 6-9, 2006, and Feb. 24-26, 2007
• Fellow, “Globalizing Higher Education,” Salzburg Seminar session, July 17-25, 2004
• “Cultivating Faculty Leadership,” presenter and workshop facilitator, joint AAUP & ACAD conference, Oct. 26-28, 2000
• Fellow and Presidential Scholarship recipient, “Alternative Systems in Higher Education,” at the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, July 1-8, 2000
• “Partners in Academic Leadership: Faculty, Chair, and Dean Collaboration,” co-sponsored by AAC&U and ACAD, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1999
• Fellow, Universities’ Project Symposium on “Globalization and Higher Education,” at the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, April 10-13. 1999
• Yearly attendance at annual conferences of AAC&U, ACAD and SACS

Professional and Community Experience

• Board of Directors, Blue Ridge District BB&T Bank, (2006-present)
• Board of Directors, Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHENTEL), a NASDAQ-traded company; Chairperson of the Personnel and Compensation Committee (2005-present)
• Board of Directors, Winchester Shelter for Abused Women; Capital Campaign Committee (2005-present)
• Board of Directors, Powhatan School, (2007-present)
• Board of Directors, Grafton School (2006-present)
• Universities Project, consultant on higher education reform to the University of Lasi, Romania, 2004
• Board of Directors, Global Justice (Washington, D.C.), (2004-06)
• SACS accreditation off-site and on-site reviewer, (2004-present).
• Co-founder and producer, Old Schoolhouse Theatre and Reliance Theatre Project, plays and poetry readings for the public, (2003-present)
• Winchester One Book, One Community, steering committee (2003-06)
• Member of Reliance Methodist Church, (2002-present)
• Princeton Alumni Schools Committee, (1998-2004)
• Princeton Annual Giving Class Committee, (2000-01)
• Board of Directors, Town and Gown (Redlands, Calif.), 1996-2001; vice-president for University-Community Relations, 1999-2000; member of scholarship and fundraising committees
• Expert witness (testimony, research and affidavits, political asylum cases for Central Americans and human rights cases for Haitian women) 1991-92, 1996, 1998, 2001
• Board Member, Inland Empire Microlending Group, 1996
• Director, Ellacuria Committee for Central American Refugees (CERCA), San Jose, Calif., (1991-1994)

Research and Field Experience

• Primary field research in Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Croatia and Bosnia; travel throughout Latin America and Europe; limited travel in South Korea, Japan, Mali and Ghana
• Fluent in Spanish
• Proficient in French
• Conversational in Haitian Creole