Liza B. Williams Brown University | Political Science Box 1844 | Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Tel. 646.354.0689 [email protected] https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/liza-williams Education
Expected 2016 Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Subfields: Political Theory | International Relations
Dissertation: “Hospitality and the Horizons of Democracy: Responsibilities to Immigrants” Committee: Sharon R. Krause (chair); Alex H. Gourevitch; James A. Morone
2009 Columbia University (New York, New York) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science M.A., Political Science Subfields: Political Theory | Methods
2005 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) A.B., cum Laude Dual Degree: History | Government Research Interests
Democratic theory, modern liberalism, immigration and citizenship, public law, concept of sovereignty, political feminism, civil disobedience, race and the law, international legal theory
Teaching Areas
Modern political thought, contemporary political theory, ethics and public policy, liberalism, international relations, U.S. foreign policy, American political development
Manuscripts in Progress
“Tepid Optimism in Sino-American Relations: Pragmatism and Policy Rationales,” The Heinz Journal (accepted pending revisions).
“Tocqueville and Democracy’s Culture of Creation,” (under review).
“Immigration and Democratic Integrity: Toward a New Ethic of Hospitality,” (under review).
“On Learning and Pedagogical Values: Deliberative Democrats in the Classroom,” (working paper).
Publications
“An Affront to Anonymity: Criminalizing Silence in Hiibel,” Dartmouth Law Journal 3.2 (2005).
“The Constitutionality of Interracial Marriage: Loving in Thought,” Dartmouth Law Journal 2.1 (2004).
Authored Reports
“Burma between Two Elections: A Look at the Democratic Opposition, 1990 – 2010,” internal report prepared for International Republican Institute, Asia Division, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2010.
Conference Papers
“Radical Hospitality and Immigration Protest,” Panel paper accepted for presentation at Humber College of Toronto and International Festival of Authors Conference on “Mapping Nations, Locating Citizens,” Toronto, ON, October 2015.
“Democracy and Hospitality,” Panel paper accepted for presentation at Association for Political Theory, Annual Conference, Boulder, CO, October 2015.
“Immigration and Democratic Integrity: Toward a New Ethic of Hospitality,” Panel paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2015.
“The Non-Sovereignty of Action: Knowing Freedom through Performance,” Panel paper presented at Western Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 2015.
“Immigration and Hospitality,” Panel paper presented at Penn Political Science 2015 Graduate Student Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 2015.
Presentations & Talks
“On Pedagogy and Value: Deliberative Democrats in the Classroom,” paper presented at Brown University’s Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, September 2015.
Conference Panel Chair and Discussant: “Hannah Arendt,” New England Political Science Association, Annual Conference, New Haven, CT, April 2015.
“Political Belonging and Immigration: The Problem with Liberal Democratic Closures,” paper presented at Brown University’s Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, October 2013.
“The Non-Sovereignty of Action: Knowing Freedom through Performance,” paper presented at Brown University’s Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, March 2013.
“Toward a Political Theory of the International Criminal Court: Norms of Authority and Legitimacy in International Relations,” paper presented at Brown University’s Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, February 2012.
“Antigone’s Dilemma,” Faculty Chapel Talk at Groton School, May 2008.
Research Experience
Assisted Prof. James Morone in editing his book manuscript, The Devils We Know, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2014
Senior Editor, The Dartmouth Law Journal, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2004 – 2005
Teaching Positions
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Brown University, 2011 – 2014
History Instructor, Groton School, 2007 – 2008 History Instructor, Phillips Exeter Academy, Spring 2007 History Teaching Fellow, Phillips Exeter Academy, 2005 – 2006 History and Social Science Instructor, Exeter Summer School, 2006 – 2011, 2013, 2015 Summer Intern, Exeter Summer School, 2005 Academic Tutor in Statistics, Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center, 2004
Courses Taught
At Brown University as Graduate Teaching Assistant:
• Introduction to International Relations, Head TA (Prof. Jordan Branch), Fall 2015 • City Politics, Head TA (Prof. James Morone), Spring 2014 • War and History (Prof. Rose McDermott), Fall 2013 • City Politics (Prof. James Morone), Spring 2013 • Introduction to International Relations (Prof. Rose McDermott), Fall 2012 • Introduction to Political Thought: Plato to Marx (Prof. Alex Gourevitch), Spring 2012 • Ethics and Public Policy (Prof. Mary McThomas), Fall 2011
At Groton School as Instructor in History: • United States History, 2007 – 2008 • The World and the West, 2007 – 2008
At Phillips Exeter Academy as Instructor / Teaching Fellow: • United States History, Phillips Exeter Academy, 2005 – 2006, Spring 2007 • The European Century, Phillips Exeter Academy, Spring 2007
At Exeter Summer School as Instructor in History & Social Science: • Great Issues in American History, 2011, 2013, 2015 • Understanding Arguments, 2007 – 2011, 2013, 2015 • Introduction to Gender Studies, 2006 – 2009 • From Africans to African Americans, 2006 – 2009 • The American Experience in War, 2005 (co-taught)
Honors, Awards, Grants & Fellowships
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fellowship, 2015-2016
Travel Conference Grant, The Graduate School, Brown University, September 2015
Travel Conference Grant, The Graduate School, Brown University, February 2015
Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, Political Science Department, Brown University, 2014 – 2015
Awarded a Mark of Distinction (highest grade) for comprehensive exam in political theory, 2012 [Examining Committee: Corey Brettschneider and John Tomasi]
First-year Graduate Fellowship, Brown University, 2010 – 2011
Awarded George and Leslie Hume Teaching Fellowship in the Humanities, Phillips Exeter Academy, 2005 – 2006
Awarded Academic Citation for Excellence in Jurisprudence, Government Department, Dartmouth College, 2003
Awarded The Reynolds E. Moulton Achievement Scholarship, 2001 – 2002 [Covered partial tuition and related expenses for first year at Dartmouth College]
Professional Training
Participant, Brown Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2010 – present
Training Course, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Completed Certificate I, 2013
Academic Service
Graduate Student Liaison from the Brown Political Science Department to the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, 2011 – 2013
Faculty Member on the Discipline Committee, Exeter Summer School, 2011, 2013
Related Professional Experience
Independent Consultant, International Center of Photography, Education Office, New York, New York, June 2012
Special Projects Assistant, International Republican Institute, Asia Division, Washington, D.C., February – June 2010
Legal Assistant, White & Case LLP, Antitrust Practice, Washington, D.C., 2006 – 2007
Legislative Intern in Health Policy, Office of United States Congressman Tom Allen, Portland, Maine, April – May 2004
Legal Intern, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, New York, New York, January – March 2004
Professional Affiliations
American Political Science Association American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy Association of Political Theory Midwest Political Science Association New England Political Science Association Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (New York City Chapter)
Languages
Latin study (language requirement at Dartmouth College) Spanish (proficient) Data analysis (fluent: STATA, SPSS)
Academic References
Sharon R. Krause, Professor of Political Science at Brown University, [email protected]
James A. Morone, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, [email protected]
Rose McDermott, Professor of International Relations at Brown University, [email protected]
Alexander H. Gourevitch, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University, [email protected]