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Judith Tickner Distinguished Scholar in Residence School of International Service

Degrees
Ph.D., Brandeis University; MA, Yale University; BA, University of London.

Bio
J. Ann Tickner joined SIS in September 2012 as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence. She is also a Professor Emerita at the University of Southern California where she taught for fifteen years before coming to 小蓝视频. Her principle areas of teaching and research include international theory, peace and security, and feminist approaches to international relations. She served as President of the International Studies Association from 2006-2007.
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Professional Presentations

  • Participant on Roundtable on John Hobson鈥檚 book The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics: Western International Theory, 1760-2010. Joint BISA/ISA meeting, Edinburgh, June, 2012.
  • 鈥淩etelling IR鈥檚 Foundational Stories: Some Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives,鈥 International Relations Colloquium, University of Minnesota, December 2011.
  • 鈥淭wenty Years of Feminist International Relations: Reflections on the Past Present and Future,鈥 Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, November 2011.
  • Keynote Address, 鈥淒ealing with Difference: Problems and Possibilities for Dialogue in International Relations,鈥 Millennium: Journal of International Studies Annual Conference, October 2010.
  • Keynote Address, 鈥淩etelling International Relations鈥 Foundational Stories: Some Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives鈥, Oceanic Conference on International Studies, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2010.
  • Keynote Address at Workshop entitled 鈥滷eminist Internationalism: Celebrating Feminist聽 Engagement With International Law and Politics, Australian National University, November 2009.
  • Keynote Speaker, International Women鈥檚 Studies Conference, Izmir University of Economics,聽 Izmir, Turkey, June 2008.
  • "Journeying Through International Relations: Some Feminist and Postcolonial聽 Observations,鈥 London School of Economics, United Kingdom, January 2008.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Tickner Award, International Studies Association.聽 Established in 2011; annual prize
  • J. Ann Tickner Book Prize. Established in 2012 by the School of International Relations, University of Southern California.
  • J. Ann Tickner Prize for the Best Masters Dissertation in International Relations, Queen Mary College University of London (established 2010).
  • Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Auckland (in residence July 2010).
  • Susan S. Northcutt Award, Women鈥檚 Caucus for International Studies, International Studies Association, 2007.
  • Ranked #19 of scholars having the greatest impact on the International Relations discipline over the past 20 years, TRIP Survey 2011.
  • President, International Studies Association 2006-2007.
  • Honorary Ph.D. University of Uppsala, 1999.
  • Named as one of Fifty Key Thinkers in Martin Griffiths, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, 1999, 2nd edition 2009.
  • Eminent Scholar Award, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association, 1997 聽

Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Ford Foundation grant for project entitled 鈥淕ender in International Relations 鈥 From Seeing Women and Recognizing Gender to Transforming Policy Research,鈥 1999-2001.
  • German Marshall Fund Award for Guest Lectureships at German Universities, 1995.
  • Ford Foundation grant for project entitled 鈥淕ender in International Relations,鈥 1990.

Selected Publications

  • Feminism and International Relations: Conversations about the Past, Present and Future, ed. with Laura Sjoberg. Routledge, 2011.
  • 鈥淒ealing with Difference: Problems and Possibilities for Dialogue in International Relations,鈥 Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 39(3): 607-618, 2011.
  • "Retelling IR鈥檚 Foundational Stories: Some Feminist and Postcolonialist Perspectives,鈥 Global Change, Peace and Security, vol. 23, no.1 (February 2011) 5-13.
  • 鈥淥n the Frontlines or Sidelines of Knowledge and Power? Feminist Practices of Responsible Scholarship,鈥 International Studies Review 3, (2006) (Presidential Address to the International Studies Association).
  • Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War World, Columbia University Press, 2001.聽 Russian edition 2006.
  • Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security, Columbia University Press, 1992: translated into Korean, 2001 and Japanese, 2005.
  • 鈥淲hat Is Your Research Program? Some Feminist Answers to IR鈥檚 Methodological Questions,鈥 International Studies Quarterly, 49, 1-21 2005).
  • 鈥淵ou Just Don't Understand: Troubled Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists.鈥 International Studies Quarterly, vol.41 (1997).
  • 鈥淗ans Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism: A Feminist Reformulation,鈥 Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol.17:3(1988).
  • Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation-States, Columbia University Press, 1987.