Ñusta Carranza Ko School of Public and International Affairs University of Baltimore 10 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, MD http://carranzako.weebly.com
Academic Position Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Human Security, University of Baltimore, 2019-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio Northern University, 2016-2019
Research and Teaching Fields of Interest International Relations, Comparative Politics, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples Latin American Politics (Peru), Asian Politics (South Korea)
Education Doctor of Philosophy, International Relations, Purdue University, 2016 Dissertation: “Post-Transition Human Rights Performance in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea” Committee: Ann Marie Clark (chair), Harry Targ, Mark Tilton, and James McCann Principal Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Latin American Studies
M.A., Latin American Studies/Spanish, Purdue University, 2013
M.A., Politics, New York University, 2009 Thesis: Migration and Identity Change: Peru
M.A., International Relations, University of Windsor, 2007 (Canada)
B.A., Political Science, McGill University, 2006 (Canada)
Summer Study Abroad Program, Intermediate Chinese, Nanjing Normal University, 2005 (China)
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants Fellowships and Awards Dean’s Summer Opportunity Fund, Getty College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University, 2018 ($1,000)
Summer Research Stipend, Provost Office, Ohio Northern University, 2017 ($6,000)
Information Literacy Grant, Heterick Memorial Library, Ohio Northern University, 2017 ($350)
Department of Political Science Nominee, College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Award, Purdue University, 2017 and 2016
Promoting Research Opportunities to Maximize Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Award, Purdue University, 2016 ($1,285)
Devin Roberson Memorial Award for Dedication to the Field of Political Science, Purdue University, 2015 ($250) 1
Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship, Purdue University, 2014-2015 ($17,645)
Frank L. Wilson Travel Grant, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 2014 ($750)
Purdue School of Languages and Cultures Travel Grant, Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2013 ($500)
College of Liberal Arts-Office of Engagement Grant, Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies Course, Purdue University, 2011 ($2,500)
External Research Grants Korea Studies Grant, “Korean Cultural Consequence (Soft Power) and Hallyu,” Co-PI. Academy of Korean Studies, 2012 ($25,000)
External Conference Grants Travel Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Conference (New York City), 2019
Travel Grant, International Studies Association Annual Convention (Baltimore), 2017
Travel Grant, International Studies Association Annual Convention (New Orleans), 2015
Pay It Forward Grant, International Studies Association Annual Convention (New Orleans), 2015
Publications Book Young, Laura and Ñusta Carranza Ko. (Forthcoming (in production) 2019). Game of Thrones and Theories of International Relations. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2018. “Collective Memory of Past Human Rights Abuses-South Korea” Memory Studies. doi:10.1177/1750698018806938.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2018. “Truth-Seeking for Cheju and the Debates on Compliance” S/N Korean Humanities 4 (2): 67-93.
Young, Laura, Ñusta Carranza Ko, Michael Perrin. 2018. “Using Game of Thrones to Teach International Relations.” Journal of Political Science Education 14 (3): 360-375.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2017 “Comparing Chinese and Japanese Migration Experiences to Peruvian National Identity.” Journal of Chinese Overseas 13 (1): 70-93.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta, Song No, Jeong-Nam Kim, and Ronald Gobbi Simões. 2014. “Landing of the Wave: Hallyu in Peru and Brazil.” Development and Society 43 (2): 297-350. Reprinted in The Globalization Reader 6th edition, ed. Frank J. Lechner, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell (forthcoming 2018/9).
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Carranza Ko, Ñusta, Jeong-Nam Kim, Song No, and Ronald Gobbi Simões. 2014. “The Korean Wave Hallyu in Looking at Escapism in Peruvian Society.” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 13 (3): 332-346.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2013. “Cementing Class Differences: Globalization in Latin America.” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 12 (3): 411-426.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters Carranza Ko, Ñusta. (2019 September forthcoming) “Truth, History Revision, and South Korea’s Mnemonic Representation of the Past.” In Korean Memories and Psychohistorical Fragmentation, ed. Mikyoung Kim. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2019. “Repairing and Reconciling with the Past: “El Ojo que Llora” and Peru’s Public Monuments.” In Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monument in a Changing World, ed. Laura A. Macaluso. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 71-84.
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2018. “Forcibly Sterilized: Peru’s Indigenous Women and the Battle for Rights.” In Human Rights as Battlefields: Changing Practices and Contestations, eds. Marie-Christine Doran, Gabriel Blouin-Genest, and Sylvie Paquerot. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 149-172.
Invited Journal Articles Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2015. “Contextos de justicia transicional y post-transicional a la luz del derecho internacional de los derechos humanos.” Ius Standi, May 31. http://www.ais.org.pe/?p=325
Carranza Ko, Ñusta. 2013. “La inversión de la ciudad letrada en la Nueva corónica de Guaman Poma de Ayala.” Vanderbilt E-Journal of Luso-Hispanic Studies 9: 44-55.
Data Sets Demographic and Survey Data Set for Hallyu Interest and Measuring Soft Power, 2012
Working Papers “Qishpikayqa Aham: The hardships of becoming” (book chapter in Taking Place: Indigenous Perspectives on Futures and Learnings (Routledge 2020)
“When the Pressure of the World Has Dissipated: The Status of Truth, Reparations, and Justice in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea” (book manuscript in progress)
“Memory-building and Peru’s Past Human Rights Violations” (in progress)
“Making the Case for Genocide-Indigenous Peoples Stories from Peru” (in progress)
“Dialectics of Women’s Political Agency in Authoritarian Regimes: A Comparative Study of the Bereaved Mothers’ Movements in Peru and South Korea” (with Gooyoung Kim) (in progress)
“Trauma and Memory of Human Rights in Robert Bolaño’s Nocturno de Chile” (in progress) 3
Short Pieces/Commentary “Kim Jong Un May Have Stacked Deck in International Game of Diplomatic Poker,” Columbus Dispatch, August 29, 2018
“US-North Korea Talks Were Strong in Style, Lacking in Substance,” Cincinnati Enquirer, June 14, 2018
“Un Punto de Inflexión,” La Razón, June 12, 2018
“Talks Significant but NKorea Will Hold Firm,” Columbus Dispatch, May 4, 2018
“Esperanza Para Miles de Familias,” La Razón, April 29, 2018
“Trump Busca Su Sitio,” La Razón, April 19, 2018
“Ball is Still in Kim Jong Un’s Court,” Lima News, March 18, 2018
“Ventaja Norcoreana ante EEUU,” La Razón, March 7, 2018
“Deshielo Olímpico: Truco o Trato,” Dossier Global-La Razón, 2018
“Can Koreas Reconcile Split Through Teamwork?” Columbus Dispatch, February 8, 2018
“New Year Offers Chance to Develop More Effective Approach to North Korea,” Cincinnati Enquirer, December 27, 2017
“Confronting the North Korean Madman Entails Risk,” Lima News, December 10, 2017
“Trump should show ‘Art of the Deal’ side in S. Korea,” Columbus Dispatch, October 28, 2017
“Trump’s ‘Rocket Man’ Fails to Launch,” Akron Beacon Journal, September 23, 2017
“Kim Jong Un Está Fuera de la Influencia de Xi Jin Ping,” La Razón, September 16, 2017
“North Korean Situation Requires Acceptance of the Rogue Nation’s Nuclear Status,” Cincinnati Enquirer, September 10, 2017
“Una Simbiosis Política y Económica,” La Razón, August 26, 2017
“For Everyone’s Good, White House Needs to Tone Down Tough Talk Toward North Korea,” Lima News, August 19, 2017
“¿Una Guerra Justa o Injusta?” La Razón, August 12, 2017
“South Koreans Must Tolerate Unstable Neighbor,” Columbus Dispatch, August 2, 2017
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Conference Participation Invited Lectures and Papers “At the Margins of Human Rights: Debates on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights,” University of Amsterdam, May 29, 2018
“A Glimpse into Contested Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Peru: The Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women,” Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar Series, University of Oxford, May 28, 2018
“La reunificación coreana: tan lejos y tan cerca,” Casa Asia Conference, Barcelona, May 23, 2018
“Crisis on the Korean Peninsula and the Danger of Global War,” A Committee on Peace Studies Lecture and Discussion, Purdue University, January 22, 2018
“Indigenous Rights as a Contested Battlefield in Peru,” Department of Political Science and Women’s Studies Program, Duquesne University, October 19, 2017
“Indigenous Women’s Rights-Forced Sterilization in Peru,” Phi Beta Delta Honor Society, Ohio Northern University, September 21, 2017
“Political Attitudes and Diversity Reception in Northwest Ohio,” Getty Advisory Council, Ohio Northern University, April 1, 2017
“Human Rights in Peru,” Ohio Northern University Women’s Association, Ohio Northern University, October 27, 2016
“Assessing Transitional Justice in Peru,” Department of Foreign Languages and Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, February 20, 2015
“Korean Cultural Wave in Latin America,” School of Languages and Cultures, Study Abroad Program, Purdue University, 2015
“Transitional Justice, International Norms, and Process of Domestic Accommodation to Human Rights in Peru,” IDEHPUCP, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru, July 24, 2014
“Understanding the Current Crisis on Korean Peninsula,” Purdue Korean Faculty Association, Purdue University, Spring 2013
“Possible Effect of the Korean Cultural Wave on Korean Consumer Products in America,” Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association-WALLA, Fall 2012
“The Agüero Sisters,” (La Polilla Café: Bilingual Book Discussion), Latino Cultural Center, Purdue University, Spring 2011
Presentation at Professional Association Meetings “Memory-building and Peru’s Past Human Rights Violations,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018 (Invited Panelist) 5
“At the Margins of Human Rights: Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women of Peru,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2019
“Battle for Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Public Recognition of Victimhood in Peru,” Symposium on Indigenous Languages and Cultures (ILCLA), 2018
“South Korea’s Collective Memory of Past Human Rights Abuses,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018 (Invited Panelist)
“Forced Sterilization and Peru’s Continuing Battlefield of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights,” Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2018 (Invited Panelist)
“Contested Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Peru,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2018
“Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Peru,” Working Group on Indigenous Peoples and Global Politics, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2018 (Invited Attendee)
“Collective Memory of Past Human Rights Abuses-South Korea,” The Social Practice of Human Rights Conference, Dayton University, 2017
“Resisting Human Rights Change in Peru,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2017
“Game-based Simulations in the Classroom,” (with Laura Young) International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2017
“Role-playing in the Classroom,” (with Laura Young and Michael Perrin) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2016
“Measuring Reconciliation: Compliance with Truth Commissions,” Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2016
“Developments in Transitional Justice and Norm Internalization in the Asia Pacific,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2016
“Defending Human Rights Defenders,” (with Ann Clark and Mintao Nie) International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2016
“Role of Local Agents in the Implementation and Diffusion of International Human Rights Norms in Transitional and Post Transitional Justice,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2015
“Transitional Justice and the Internalization of International Norms in Peru,” New England Council of Latin American Studies, 2014
“The Impact and Status of International Human Rights Norms Internalization after the Trials of Human Rights Criminals-Peru,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2014 6
“The Korean Wave Hallyu in Peru and its Implications for Understanding Social Inequality,” Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2013
“Somos Japoneses También: Return-migration and the Politics of Japanese Immigration,” Midwest Association of Political Science Annual Meeting, 2012
“Back to the Past: 2011 Presidential Election in Peru,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2012
“The Phenomenon of los Fujimoris,” Midwest Association of Latin American Studies Annual Conference, 2011
“Cementing Class differences: Globalization in Latin America,” Global Studies Association – North America Annual Conference, 2011
“Hope for a Better Future: The Effectiveness of International Law on Human Rights- Lessons from Peru,” Midwest Association of Political Science Annual Meeting, 2011
“A Comparative Study on Constitutional Revisions in the Decade of 2000 to 2010 in South America,” Indiana Academy of Social Sciences Annual Meeting, 2010
“The Influence of International Migration on the Changes in Nationalism: Lessons from Peru,” Midwest Association of Latin American Studies Annual Conference, 2010
Research Experience Visiting Researcher-Ad honorem, IDEHPUCP, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru, June-August 2014. Field research work related to PhD thesis on transitional justice and human rights in Peru
Research Assistant, Professor Ann M. Clark (Political Science), Purdue, Amnesty International- funded work, May –August 2013, January-May 2014, and May-June 2015. Work on revising and editing principle codebook and coding of Urgent Action Bulletins (1978- 2007) from Amnesty International on qualitative software NVivo
Co-PI, Research Group on the influence of the Korean Wave (Hallyu) in Latin America, Academy of Korean Studies Grant, June-August 2012. Work on field research survey of Hallyu interested groups in Peru and Brazil and publish research.
Fieldwork Experience Peru (2012; 2014; 2017) Conducted interviews with president of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru, leaders of non-governmental organizations, victims of human rights violations, and academics on the status of human rights and forced sterilization of indigenous peoples.
Conducted surveys in person with local community groups affiliated with Korean culture.
South Korea (2015; 2017) Conducted interviews on human rights experts, academics, and members of past human 7
rights commissions on the status of human rights in Korea.
Brazil (2012) Conducted surveys in person with local community groups affiliated with Korean culture.
Methodology Experience Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), 2016
Languages Spanish (native/fluent) Korean (native/fluent) English (fluent) French, Portuguese, and Chinese (intermediate) Quechua (beginner)
Teaching Awards and Recognition 2018 Professor of the Year, Getty College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University
2018 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Getty College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Board, Ohio Northern University
2017 Getty College of Arts and Sciences Nominee for Excellence in Education Special Recognition, Ohio Magazine
2017 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Getty College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Board, Ohio Northern University
2016 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities
2016 Purdue Nominee for Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award
2016 Advanced Graduate Teacher Certificate, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University
2015 Associate Fellow-Teaching Academy, Purdue University
2014 Graduate Teacher Certificate, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University
2013-2014 Outstanding Independent Instructor Award for Political Science, Purdue University
2012-2013 Outstanding Independent Instructor Award for Political Science, Purdue University
Courses Offered University of Baltimore Methods in Government and Public Policy (Fall 2019) Globalization and Social Change (Fall 2019)
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Ohio Northern University Model United Nations (Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Fall 2018) Politics of Latin America (Fall 2016; Fall 2017; Fall 2018) Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Fall 2018) Politics of Asia (Spring 2017) Introduction to American Politics (Spring 2017) Politics of Middle East (Spring 2018)
Dankook University Summer School Program, South Korea Introduction to International Relations (Summer 2018)
Purdue University Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2011; Fall 2012; Fall 2013; Summer 2014; Summer 2015; Fall 2015; Spring 2016; Summer 2016) Introduction to American Politics (Spring 2013) Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (Spring 2011)
Teaching Assistant Purdue University East Asian Politics (Spring 2012) Introduction to American Politics (Spring 2012)
University of Windsor Comparative Politics in a Changing World (Fall 2006; Spring 2007)
Teaching Workshops and Service Learning Experience Teaching Workshop Co-organizer, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 2015 Organized workshop on teaching skills on creating an active learning classroom environment: simulations, role-playing, and active discussions
Afterschool Studies Program Co-coordinator, Suncrest Elementary School, Frankfurt, Indiana 2011-2012, from Community Building Theme: “Home” Grant for Introduction for Latin American and Latino Studies Course, Purdue University, 2011 Worked on designing bi-lingual educative activities for students of Hispanic heritage
Selected Undergraduate Mentoring and Advising Senior Thesis Advisor Andrew Taylor, “Fall of the Inca Empire” Auston Davenport, “China and the Paris Agreement” Dakotah Gray, “Honor-Killings: Effectiveness of International Norms in the Protection of Women’s Rights” Makiko Kabesu, “The Crimea Annexation in 2014”
Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations, Ohio Northern University (2016-2018) American Model United Nations Conference Participation Dayton Model United Nations Conference Participation New York Model United Nations Conference Participation
Faculty Advisor, Amnesty International Ohio Northern University Student Chapter (2016-2018) 9
Professional and Administrative Service Selected Departmental Service Search Committee Member, Department of History, Politics, and Justice, Ohio Northern University, 2017
Internal Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, Department of History, Politics, and Justice, Ohio Northern University, 2017
Organizer of Model UN Conference, Ohio Northern University, High School Model United Nations Conference at ONU (October 20, 2018; October 28, 2017)
Organizer of Public Talk, Ohio Northern University, Dr. Carlotta Minella, “Quo Vadimus? U.S.- EU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in an Age of Uncertainty” (April 9, 2018)
Organizer of Public Talk, Ohio Northern University, UN Special Envoy on Anti-Torture Initiative Dr. Juan Mendez, “Torture and the Future of Human Rights” (March 31, 2017)
Selected College of Liberal Arts and University Service Committee Member, Ohio Northern University Arts & Sciences Dean’s Task Force, 2018
Committee Member, Ohio Northern University Arts & Sciences Mentoring Committee, 2017
Committee Member, Ohio Northern University Arts & Sciences Course Release Committee, 2017-2018
Selected Professional Service Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Politics; International Feminist Journal of Politics; Memory Studies; Journal of Political Science Education; The Journal of Economics and Politics
Committee Member, International Studies Association Human Rights Section Travel Grant Task Force, 2018
Other Professional Experience Graduate Liason, Sexual Harassment Advisory Network, Purdue University, 2012-2014
Vice President, Asian Pacific American Caucus, Purdue University, 2012-2013
Treasurer, Political Science Graduate Student Association, Purdue University, 2010-2011
Managing Editor, Journal of Political Inquiry, New York University, 2008-2009
Research Intern, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, 2008
Campaign Research Intern, Spitzer 2010: Campaign Office for Governor Spitzer, New York, 2007
Civil Servant Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Latin America Bureau, Seoul, 2006
Political Intern, Bancomext (ProMexico)-Mexican Trade Commission, Seoul, 2004 10
Translator, World Cup 2002 Eve Celebration Festival, Seoul, 2002
Special Skills Qualitative Statistical Methods Content Analysis (Nvivo), Structured and Open-ended Interviewing, Set-Theoretic Methods of Process-Tracing, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (intermediate), and Focus Groups
Quantitative Statistical Methods Survey Construction and Administration (online and in-person), Experimental Design, and Linear Models Research with Human Subjects: CITI certificate
Professional Affiliations International Studies Association Latin American Studies Association Women’s Caucus for Political Science-APSA American Political Science Association Association of Korean Political Studies
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