Liza B. Williams Brown University | Political Science Box 1844 | Providence, RI 02912 [email protected] Tel. 646.354.0689

Education

____ Brown University (anticipated: May 2016) Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Areas: 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 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science M.A., Political Science

2005 Dartmouth College A.B., cum Laude Dual Degree: History | Government Interests

Democratic theory, public law, concept of sovereignty, theories of civil disobedience, history of political thought, contemporary political theory, international tribunals

Papers Under Review

“Tocqueville and Democracy’s Culture of Creation,” (under review).

“Immigration and Democratic Integrity: Toward a New Ethic of Hospitality,” (under review).

“Tepid Optimism in Sino-American Relations: Pragmatism and Policy Rationales,” (under review).

Publications

“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.

“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).

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

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 Talk at Groton School, May 2008.

Research Experience

• Brown University, Assisted Prof. James Morone in editing his book manuscript, The Devils We Know, Fall 2014 (Providence, RI)

• International Center of Photography, Independent Consultant, Education Office, June 2012 (New York, NY)

• Dartmouth College, Senior Editor for The Dartmouth Law Journal, 2004 – 2005 (Hanover, NH)

Professional Legal & Policy Work:

International Republican Institute (Washington, D.C.) Special Projects Assistant on the China Team, Asia Division, February – June 2010

White & Case LLP (Washington, D.C.) Legal Assistant, Antitrust Practice, August 2006 – February 2007

Office of United States Congressman Tom Allen (Portland, ME) Legislative Intern, Health Policy, April – May 2004

Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, NY) Legal Intern, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, January – March 2004

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, TA (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 & Fellowships

Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Interdisciplinary Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016

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]

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Brown University, Fall 2011 – Spring 2014

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 Activities

Participant, Brown Graduate Political Philosophy Workshop, 2010 – present

Training Course, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Completed Certificate I, 2013

Graduate Student Liaison from the Brown Political Science Department to the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, 2011 – 2013

Memberships

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 and Spanish Data analysis (fluent: STATA, SPSS)

Academic References

Sharon R. Krause, Professor and Chair 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]