CHRISTINA EWIG Professor of Public Affairs University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: (612) 625-1884 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2001 M.A. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 1996 B.A. with Honors in Political Science, Certificate in Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Northwestern University, June 1992
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Fall 2016 - present Director, Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, Fall 2016 - present
University of Wisconsin - Madison Professor, Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science, Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 Associate Professor, Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science, Fall 2010 - Spring 2015 Assistant Professor, Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science, Fall 2005 - Spring 2010
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Research Associate, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas y Políticas, Spring 2013
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Assistant Professor, Political Science and Women’s Studies, Fall 2002 - Spring 2005 Director, UW-Milwaukee/Notre Dame Study Abroad Program in Santiago Chile, Spring 2004
University of Pennsylvania Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2001-2
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick Visiting Scholar, Center for Global Security and Democracy, 2000-1
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Gender, Violence and Human Security: Critical Feminist Perspectives. (editor with Aili Tripp and Myra Marx Ferree). New York: New York University Press, 2013.
Second-Wave Neoliberalism: Gender, Race and Health Sector Reforms in Peru. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010.
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Reviewed in: Perspectives in Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Contemporary Sociology, Critical Social Policy, Latin American Research Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Choice.
– Winner of the 2012 Flora Tristán Book Award from the Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association for the best book on Peru in 2010-11.
– Spanish translation published as: Neoliberalismo de la segunda ola: género, raza y reforma del sector salud en el Perú. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2012.
Current Research
Making Substantive Democracy: Women’s, Indigenous and Afrodescendants’ Representation in Latin America. Book project.
Special Issue Journal
The Left and Gender Equality: Achievements, Setbacks and Variation after Latin America’s Pink Tide (editor with Merike Blofield and Jennifer M. Piscopo), Social Politics. 2017, 24(4).
Journal Articles
“Ethnic Parties and Indigenous Substantive Representation in Ecuador.” Representation. Online advance publication December 23, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2020.1837212
“Forging Women’s Substantive Representation: Intersectional Interests, Political Parity and Pensions in Bolivia.” Politics & Gender 2018, 14(3):433-459.
“The Reactive Left: Gender Equality and the Latin American Pink Tide.” (with Merike Blofield and Jennifer M. Piscopo). Social Politics 2017, 24(4): 345-369.
“Latin America’s Left-Turn and the Political Empowerment of Indigenous Women.” (with Stéphanie Rousseau). Social Politics 2017, 24(4): 425-451.
“The Left Turn and Abortion Politics in Latin America.” (with Merike Blofield). Social Politics 2017, 24(4): 481-510.
“Reform and Electoral Competition: Convergence Towards Equity in Latin American Health Sectors.” Comparative Political Studies 2016, 49(2): 184-218.
“Inequality and the Politics of Social Policy Implementation: Gender, Age and Chile’s 2004 Health Reforms.” (with Gastón A. Palmucci). World Development 2012, 40(12): 2490-2504.
– Co-winner, UW-Madison Campus-wide Health and Society Research Prize sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program 2012-13.
“The Strategic Use of Gender and Race in Peru’s 2011 Presidential Campaign.” Symposium on Gender and Latin America’s Pink Tide. Politics & Gender 2012, 8(2): 267-274.
“Post-Retrenchment Politics: Policy Feedbacks in Health and Pension Reforms in Chile.” (with Stephen J. Kay). Latin American Politics and Society 2011, 53(4): 67-99.
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“Gender Equity and Health Sector Reform in Colombia: Mixed State-Market Model Yields Mixed Results.” (with Amparo Hernández Bello). Social Science & Medicine 2009, 68(6): 1145-1152.
“Hijacking Global Feminism: Feminists, the Catholic Church and the Family Planning Debacle in Peru.” Feminist Studies 2006, 32(3): 632-659.
– Abbreviated version reprinted in Carolyn Elliott, ed. Global Empowerment of Women: Responses to Globalization and Politicized Religions. New York: Routledge Press, 2007, 327-347.
– Spanish translation published as “Secuestrando el feminismo global: Feministas, la Iglesia Católica y la debacle de la planificación familiar en el Perú” in: Marcos Cueto, Jorge Lossio, Carol Pasco eds. El Rastro de la Salud en El Perú. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 2009, 291-330.
– Abbreviated version reprinted in Janet Lee and Susan Shaw, eds. Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women, 1st ed. McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2010.
“Global Processes, Local Consequences: Gender Equity and Health Sector Reform in Peru.” Social Politics 2006, 13(3): 427-455.
“The Strengths and Limits of the NGO Women’s Movement Model: Shaping Nicaragua’s Democratic Institutions.” Latin American Research Review 1999, 34(3): 75-102.
Book Chapters
“Women’s Movements in Latin America: From Elite Organizing to Intersectional Mass Mobilization.” (with Elisabeth Jay Friedman) In: Federico Rossi, ed. Oxford Handbook on Latin American Social Movements, Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
“Gender Equity and the Politics of Health Sector Reform: Overcoming Policy Legacies and Forming Epistemic Communities.” In: Jasmine Gideon, ed. Gender and Health Handbook. London: Edward Elgar, 2016, 283-97.
“La Economía Política de las Esterilizaciones Forzadas en el Perú” (The Political Economy of Forced Sterilizations in Peru). In: Alejandra Ballón, ed. Memorias del Caso Peruano de Esterilización Forzada. Lima: Biblioteca Nacional del Peru, 2014, 49-69.
“Integrating Gender into Human Security: Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” (with Narda Henríquez). In: Aili Tripp, Myra Marx Ferree and Christina Ewig, eds. Gender, Violence and Human Security: Critical Feminist Perspectives. New York: New York University Press, 2013, 260-282.
“Feminist Organizing: What’s old, what’s new? History, Trends and Issues.” (with Myra Marx Ferree). In: Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola, Georgina Waylen and Laurel Weldon, eds. The Oxford Handbook on Gender and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 437-443.
“Global Feminist Organising: Identifying Patterns of Activism.” (with Myra Marx Ferree). In: Sarah Maddison and Marian Sawer, eds. The Women’s Movement in Protest, Institutions and the Internet: Australia in Transnational Perspective. New York: Routledge, 2013, 148-162.
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“Health Policy and the Historical Reproduction of Gender and Racial Inequality in Peru.” In: Paul Gootenberg and Luis Reygadas Robles, eds. Indelible Inequalities in Latin America: Insights from History, Politics and Culture. Durham: Duke University Press, 2010, 53-80.
“New Political Legacies and the Politics of Health and Pension Re-reforms in Chile.” (with Stephen J. Kay). In: Daniel Béland and Brian Gran, eds. Public and Private Social Policy: Health and Pension Policies in a New Era. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave, 2008, 249-268.
“Reproduction, Re-reform and the Reconfigured State: Feminists and Neoliberal Health Reforms in Chile.” In: Isabella Bakker and Rachel Silvey, eds. Beyond States and Markets: The Challenges of Social Reproduction. New York: Routledge Press, 2008, 143-158.
– Polish translation reprinted as: Reprodukcja społeczna i zreorganizowane państwo. Feministki a neoliberalna reforma zdrowia w Chile. Translation Małgorzata Chmiel [In:] Ewa Charkiewicz, Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz, eds. Gender i ekonomia opieki. Warsaw: Biblioteka Think Tanku Feministycznego, 2009, 151-175.
“Piecemeal but Innovative: Health Sector Reform in Peru.” In: Robert R. Kaufman and Joan M. Nelson, eds. Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives: Social Sector Reform, Democratization, and Globalization in Latin America. Baltimore: Woodrow Wilson Center and the Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 217-246.
“Democracia diferida: Un análisis del proceso de reformas en el sector salud peruano.” (Democracy Deferred: An Analysis of the Process of Health Sector Reform in Peru.) In: Felipe Portocarrero, ed. Pobreza y Políticas Sociales en el Perú: Nuevos Aportes. Lima: Universidad del Pacífico, 1999, 481-518.
Policy Reports
COVID-19’s Unequal Impact on Minnesota’s Workers: A Race and Gender Lens. (with Matthew Bombyk and Amy Dorman). Minneapolis: Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2020.
Status on Women and Girls Report in Minnesota. (with Matthew Bombyk, Linnea Graham and Joseph Ritter) Minneapolis: Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, 2020.
Working Papers/Short Academic Contributions
“Inequality and Latin American Welfare Regimes: Why Gender Ought to be at the Top of Political Agendas.” Latin American Studies Association Forum. 2008, 39(3).
“Missing Element? Gender and Health Sector Reform in Peru.” Hemisphere. 1999, 9(1).
NGOs, Democracy and Development: Health Advocacy and Health Delivery Lessons from Nicaragua. Carolina Papers in International Health and Development. Chapel Hill: University Center for International Studies, 1997.
Book Reviews
“Progress of the World’s Women 2015-16: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights (UN Women).” Latin American Politics and Society, 2016, 58(3): 164-165.
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“Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality: The Case of Peru (by Rosemary Thorp and Maritza Paredes).” Bulletin of Latin American Research. 2013, 32(2): 245-246.
“Intersecting Inequalities: Woman and Social Policy in Peru (by Jelke Boesten).” Journal of Latin American Studies. 2011, 43: 402-3.
“Indigenous Development in the Andes: Culture, Power and Transnationalism. (by Robert Andolina, Nina Laurie and Sarah Radcliffe).” Comparative Political Studies. 2011, 44(2): 250-253.
“Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America. (by Bonnie Shepard).” Culture, Health and Sexuality. 2009, 11(3): 349-351.
“Women and Politics in Chile (by Susan Franceschet).” Politics and Gender. 2006 2(3): 129-131.
“Sex and the State: Abortion, Divorce, and the Family Under Latin American Dictatorships and Democracies (by Mala Htun).” Bulletin of Latin American Research. 2004 23(3): 371-2.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Individual Research Grants and Awards
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 2019-20. Fellow, Latin America Program. Residential fellowship. One half salary during sabbatical.
UW Madison Graduate School Research Grant. 2015-16. “Representing Women and Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador.” (9 mo/50% RA and $1200 in travel funds).
Feminist Scholars Award, UW-Madison Center for Research on Gender and Women. 2013. “Gender, Indigeneity and Democratic Incorporation in the Andes” (Spring semester teaching release).
UW Madison Vilas Associate Award. 2011-13 “Gender, Indigeneity and Democratic Incorporation in the Andes” ($24,000 and 2/9 summer salary).
UW Madison Graduate School Research Grant. 2010-11“Gender and the Second Incorporation in Latin America.” (9 mo/33% RA and 2/9 summer salary).
UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) Individual Research Award. 2009. “Gendered Paradigms of Neoliberalism: Health Sector Reforms in Latin America” $5500.
UW- Madison Graduate School Research Grant. 2008-9. “Gendered Paradigms of Neoliberalism: Gender and Health Sector Reforms in Latin America.” (9 mo/50% RA and 1/9 summer salary).
Rockefeller Residential Fellowship in the Humanities. 2005-6. Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Stony Brook University.
Fulbright New Century Scholar Fellowship, 2004-5. One among thirty international scholars selected to collaborate and conduct research on the theme, “Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women.” Awarded to research gender equity and health sector reform in Colombia and Chile.
UW-Milwaukee Graduate School Research Committee Award. 2004-5. “Gender and Health Sector Reform in Mexico.”
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Inter-American Award for Research on Social Security. 2003. Dissertation Award, Third Place.
UNC Royster Society of Fellows, Paul Hardin Dissertation Writing Fellowship, 1999-2000.
Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grant in Women’s Health.1999. Dissertation interviews in Washington, D.C.
Fulbright Scholar Award 1998-9. Dissertation research in Peru.
Institute for the Study of World Politics. 1998. Dissertation research in Peru.
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos/ Duke-UNC Peru Ford Foundation Social Science Exchange Dissertation Research Grant. 1998. Dissertation research in Peru.
Foreign Language and Area Studies. 1997. Summer Quechua study, Cornell University.
Tinker Foundation/ UNC Institute for Latin American Studies. 1996. Pre-dissertation research grant, Peru and Bolivia.
Tinker Foundation/ UNC Institute for Latin American Studies. 1995. Master’s study research, Nicaragua.
Collaborative Research Grants
Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council. 2018-2022. “Ethic Quotas and Political Representation: A Global Study.” $396.984. Collaborator, PIs: Karen Bird and Netina Tan.
Bellagio Team Residency. 2006. “Gender, Globalization and Governance.” Group research retreat, Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio, Italy (April). Collaborator, PI: Isabella Bakker.
Institutional & Programmatic Grants
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. 2020-2021. Developing a Minnesota-focused page of the Gender Policy Report by the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy. $30,000.
Carlson Family Foundation. 2019-21. General operating support for the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy. $50,000.
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. 2019. Research and writing of the 2020 Status on Women and Girls in Minnesota Report by the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy. $50,000.
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. 2018. Support for the Gender Policy Report, a project of the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy. $10,000.
McKnight Foundation. 2017. Director-advised grant to support the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. $5,000.
UW-Madison International Institute. Research Circle in International Studies Grant. 2010-13. “Women’s International Policy Agendas and Gender Activism.” Co-PI with Aili Tripp and Myra Marx Ferree.
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Andrew W. Mellon John E. Sawyer Seminar. 2011-2. “Globalization and the New Politics of Women’s Rights.” Co-PI with Aili Tripp and Myra Marx Ferree. $175,000,
UW-Madison International Institute. Research Circle in International Studies Grant. 2007-10. “Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET).” Co-PI with Myra Marx Ferree. 2007/2008: $15,920; 2008/2009: $31,230; 2009/2010: $16,000.
EU-U.S. Atlantis Program, U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. 2007-9. “Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET).” Co-PI with Myra Marx Ferree. $50,000.
Fulbright New Century Scholars Follow-up Grant. 2006-7. Workshop in Quito, Ecuador titled, “Emerging Themes on the Gender and Development Agenda.” Co-PI with Gioconda Herrera, Monica Maher and Julissa Mantilla. $24,500.
Teaching Awards
Favorite Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin Residence Halls, 2008.
John Patrick Hagan Award, outstanding Political Science teaching fellow, UNC Chapel Hill, 1997-8.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Invited Lectures and Papers
“Women’s, Indigenous and Afrodescendants’ Political Representation in Ecuador.” Invited public lecture at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. February 18, 2020.
“Making Substantive Democracy: Women’s, Indigenous, and Afrodescendant Representation in Latin America.” Wilson Center Scholars Symposium. Wilson Center for International Affairs. Washington DC. February 11, 2020.
“Parties and the Substantive Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador and Peru.” Invited paper for workshop “Beyond Numbers: Comparing Mechanisms for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.” McMaster University, December 5-7, 2018.
“Gender, Race and Substantive Representation: Different Paths to Political Influence in Peru.” Invited lecture, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Brown University, March 15, 2018.
“Reproductive Health and Human Rights Scholarship in Political Science.” Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences. Boston University, November 9-10, 2017.
“The Left and Abortion Politics in Latin America.” (co-authored with Merike Blofield). Symposium on Gender Equality in Post-Millennium Latin America: Achievements and Challenges. University of Miami. March 2017.
“The Evolution of Health Policy in Latin America: from Means-testing to Universalism.” Invited presentation for the Network on Comparative Social Policy Research on Latin America. Chilean Political Science Association Meetings. Pucón, Chile. October 19-21, 2016.
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"Different Paths to Power: Women and Indigenous Peoples' Impact on Latin American Political Agendas.” Keynote address for the North Central Council of Latin Americanists Conference. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. September 27, 2013.
“Género, Etnicidad y Representación Política.” (Gender, Ethnicity and Political Representation.) Guest lecture (in Spanish). Sociology of Gender course, Professor Gaby Cevasco. Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru. June 17, 2013.
“Desafíos de la Democracia: Género, Etnicidad y Representación Política.” (Challenges of Democracy: Gender, Ethnicity and Political Representation.) Two-day workshop (in Spanish) for graduate students, local policy makers and NGO staff at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima, Peru. May 23 and 24, 2013.
“Post-Retrenchment Politics: Health Sector Reform in Chile.” Economic Crises and Health in Historical Perspective Conference. Harvard University, Harvard Global Equity Initiative. May 4, 2010.
“El género como una variable? La (todavía) difícil integración de los estudios de género en la ciencia política.” (Gender as a Variable? The (Still) Difficult Integration of Gender Studies into Political Science) Invited lecture in Spanish at the international conference: “Cuerpos y Fronteras: 10 años del Programa de Estudios de Género de FLACSO Ecuador.” (Bodies and Borders: 10 years of the Gender Studies Program at FLACSO-Ecuador.) FLACSO-Ecuador, Quito. June 11-14, 2008.
“Equidad de Género y Reformas en el Sector Salud: Contexto, Marco Conceptual y Evidencia de Chile y el Perú.” (Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms: Context, Theoretical Frameworks and Evidence from Chile and Peru.) Spanish presentation at the regional workshop: “Emerging Themes on the Gender and Development Agenda.” FLACSO-Ecuador, Quito. June 11-14, 2007.
“Equidad de Género y Reformas en el Sector Salud: Conexiones entre Políticas Públicas y Teorías de Género.” (Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms: Connections between Public Policy and Gender Theory.) Invited lecture (in Spanish), Gender Theory Course, Professor Narda Henríquez, Graduate certificate program in Gender Studies, Catholic University of Peru. Lima. June 7, 2007.
“Reproduction, Reform and Re-reform: Feminists Push-back against Neoliberal Health Reforms in Chile.” Delivered at the Gender, Governance and Globalization workshop at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center. Bellagio, Italy, April 26-May 2, 2006.
“Colonization and Cooptation: Historical Paths to Gender and Racial Inequality in Latin American Health Policy.” Invited lecture. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Stony Brook University, March 7, 2006.
“Equidad de género y las reformas de los sectores de salud en América Latina: Los casos de Perú, México y Colombia.” (Gender Equity and Health Sector Reforms in Latin America: The Cases of Peru, Mexico and Colombia.) Invited lecture. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Centro de la Historia de la Medicina. Bogotá, Colombia, October 21, 2004.
“Equidad de género y la reforma de los sectores de salud en Perú y México.”(Gender Equity and the Health Sector Reforms in Peru and Mexico.) Invited lecture. Universidad Autónoma de México, Departamento de Salud Pública. Mexico City, June 24, 2004.
“The Politics of Health Reform in Peru.” Invited paper for the Woodrow Wilson Center Workshops on the Politics of Education and Health Sector Reforms. Washington DC, April 2002.
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“Equidad de género y políticas sociales neoliberales: La reforma del sector salud peruano.”(Gender Equity and Neoliberal Social Policies: the Reform of Peru’s Health Sector.) Invited lecture, Department for International Development (DFID, Great Britain), Lima, July 25, 2002.
“Reforma del sector salud: equidad de clase, género y etnicidad.” (Health Sector Reform: Class, Gender and Ethnic Equity.) Invited lecture for the international seminar “Organization, Financing and Equity in the Health Sector.” Organized by the Universidad del Pacífico. (Short course for professionals working in Peru’s health sector.) Lima, July 23, 2002.
“El proceso de formulación política y sus consecuencias para la mujer: La reforma del sector salud.” (The Process of Policy Formulation and its Consequences for Women: The Reform of the Health Sector.) Invited lecture. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. Lima, March 30, 2000.
“Ingenería del desarrollo: La reforma de planificación familiar en los 90.” (Engineering Development: The Reform of Family Planning in the 1990s.) Invited lecture. School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, March 28, 2000.
Conference Presentations
“Women, Indigenous People, and Intersectional Substantive Representation in the Andes.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting, online, September 9-13, 2020.
“Intersections Among Women’s and Indigenous Substantive Representation in Ecuador.” Delivered at the European Conference on Politics and Gender, Amsterdam, July 4-6, 2019.
“The Paradox of Plenty: Women’s and Indigenous Substantive Representation in Ecuador.” Delivered at the XXXVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, May 24-27, 2019.
“Research to Practice: Designing GAINS, the Gender and Intersectional Network Series.” Delivered at the International Leadership Association Conference, West Palm Beach, October 24-27, 2018.
“Gender, Race and Differing Dynamics of Substantive Representation in Ecuador.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, August 30-Sept 2, 2018.
` “The Challenges of Political Intersectionality: Gender, Race and Political Representation in Peru.” Delivered at the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona, May 23-16, 2018.
“Gender Equality Policies in the Post-Millennium: Achievements and Setbacks.” Roundtable at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. August 31- September 3, 2017.
“Reproductive Rights and the Left in Latin America.” Delivered at the XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Lima, April 29-May 1, 2017.
“Diversity and Divergence: Women and Indigenous Peoples’ Representation in Peru.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Sept 3-6, 2015.
“Reform and Electoral Opportunity: Convergence Towards Equity in Latin American Health Sectors.” Delivered at the XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, May 27-30, 2015.
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“Representando (a) Las Mujeres: Discurso Simbólico y Mujeres Políticas en el Perú.” Delivered at the International Association of Inter-American Studies Conference, Lima, August 6-8, 2014.
“Representing Women: Discourse and Women Politicians in Peru.” Delivered at the 23rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Montreal, July 19-24, 2014.
“Tensions, Advances and Setbacks in Latin American Feminist Agendas.” Highlighted Panel. Delivered at the XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago May 21-24, 2014.
“The Power of Inclusion? The Impact of Women and Indigenous Politicians on Inequality in Peru.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago August 29-Sept 1, 2013.
"Women and Politics in Bolivia under the MAS: Intersections and Divisions." Delivered at the XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco May 23-16, 2012.
“Varieties of Health Sector Reform in Latin America: Gender, Race and Class Equity in Brazil, Chile and Colombia.” Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago April 11-15, 2012.
“Gendered Varieties of Health Sector Reform: A Cross-national Comparison of Latin American Health Care Systems.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle September 1-4, 2011.
“Can’t Distinguish Left from Right: Gender and Sexuality in Peru’s 2011 Presidential Campaign.” Delivered at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, August 20-23, 2011.
“Gendered Paradigms of Neoliberalism: the Chilean Case.” Delivered at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Toronto, October 6-9, 2010.
“Taming Markets, Promoting Gender Equity? Chile’s 2004 Health Reforms.” Delivered at the Gender Equality Policies Pre-Conference of the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 1, 2010.
“Private Policy Legacies and Health and Pension Reform in ‘Post-retrenchment’ Chile.” (with Stephen J. Kay). Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting, August 28-31, 2008.
“Gender, Race and the Historical Formation of Public Health and Social Security Systems in Chile, Mexico and Peru.” Delivered at the Latin American Studies International Congress, Montreal, September 5-8, 2007.
“Gender Equity and Colombia’s ‘Model’ Health Reform.”(with Amparo Hernández Bello) Delivered at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, San Juan, March 15-19, 2006.
“The Contributions of Community-based Social Service Decentralization to Democracy.” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 28-30, 2003.
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“Confrontation and Alienation in the Classroom: A Roundtable on the Challenges of Feminist Teaching.” (with Michelle Mouton). National Women’s Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, June 19-22, 2003.
“From Equity to Justice: A Feminist Framework for the Evaluation of Social Policies.” Delivered at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 3-5, 2003.
“The Impact of Health Sector Reform on Gender Equity in Peru.” Delivered at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Dallas, March 27-29, 2003.
“Gender Equity and Neoliberal Social Policy Reforms: Evidence from Health Policy.” Delivered at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Washington DC, September 6-8, 2001.
“Invisible State Reformers: Bureaucratic Decisions, Civil Society and International Influence in the Reform of Peru’s Health Sector.” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 31-September 3, 2000.
“Engineering Development: Family Planning Policy in Peru under Fujimori.” Delivered at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Miami, March 16-18, 2000.
“The Policy Formulation Process and its Consequences for Women: Health Sector Reform in Peru.” Delivered at the Gender and Public Policy in Latin America Conference organized by the Gender Section of the Latin American Studies Association and the North-South Center, Miami, March 14-15, 2000.
“Gendering Social Policy Reform in Latin America.” Delivered at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Madison, July 8-11, 1999.
“Democracia diferida: Un análisis del proceso de reformas en el sector salud peruano.” Delivered at the conference “Poverty and Social Policies in Peru” organized by the Network for the Development of Social Sciences in Peru and the Latin American Program on Social Policies, Lima, October 14-22, 1998.
“The Strengths and Limits of the NGO Women’s Movement Model: Shaping Nicaragua’s Democratic Institutions.” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 28-31, 1997.
“Changing Notions of Women’s Citizenship in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua.” Delivered at the Duke University Seventh Annual Women’s Studies Graduate Research Conference, Durham, January 31- February 1, 1997. (Subsequently published in: Kate Manuel, ed. Inroads: Women and Gender Across the Academic Landscape Proceedings. Durham, NC: Duke Women’s Studies, 1997.
TEACHING
Graduate Courses, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy (PA5601/8690) Gender, Race and Political Representation (PA5683/8693) Gender and Intersectional Network Series (GAINS) I & II (PA5622 and PA5623)
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Undergraduate Courses, University of Wisconsin-Madison and -Milwaukee Gender, Women and Society in Global Perspective (Gender & WS 102) Rebellious Women: Gender, Power and Politics in Latin America (FIG, Gender & WS 120/PS 100) Gender, Race and Sexuality in Latin American Politics (Political Science Capstone Course, 695) Challenges of Democratization (Political Science 505) Latin American Politics (Political Science 630) Global Feminisms (Gender & WS 325/427) Gender and Welfare in Global Perspective (Gender & WS 320) Gender and Politics in Latin America (Political Science 401) Gender and Development (Women’s Studies) Politics of Developing Nations (Political Science) Inter-American Relations (Political Science)
Graduate Courses, University of Wisconsin-Madison Latin American Politics Seminar (Political Science 962) Democracy and Development (Political Science 948)
Student Thesis Advising, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dissertation Chair Youngmin Chu, Public Affairs (co-chair with Maria Hanratty) Julie Marzec, Public Affairs (co-Chair with Greta Friedemann-Sánchez)
Dissertation Committee Member Kelly Mitchell, Public Affairs SeungGyeong (Jade) Ji, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Karine Belarmino, Political Science Ivan Juca, Political Science Madeline Saluka, Political Science Valentina Salas, Political Science Hannah McVeigh, Political Science María Mendez Gutiérrez, Political Science
Master’s Paper Chair, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Amy Dorman, 2021 Jacklyn Cooney, 2021 Pahee Xiong, 2018
Undergraduate Advising Ashley Pettingil, Honors Thesis Committee, Political Science (2017-18) Anna Mirkin, Honors Thesis Committee, Carlson School of Management (2016-17)
Student Thesis Advising, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dissertation Chair Camilla Reuterswärd, Political Science; Spring 2019 Ph.D. - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Free University of Berlin; Assistant Professor, IDS Institute, University of Sussex Casey Ehrlich, Political Science; Spring 2016 Ph.D. - Senior Manager, Research Review and Support, Pew Charitable Trusts Brett Kyle, Political Science (Co-Chair with Scott Straus); Summer 2013 Ph.D. - Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska, Omaha Kerry Ratigan, Political Science (Co-Chair with Melanie Manion); Spring 2013 Ph.D. - Assistant Professor at Amherst College
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Dissertation Committee Member Hallie Golay, Political Science Nicholas Barnes, Political Science (proposal Fall 2012, defense Summer 2017) Paulina Calfucoy, Development Studies (proposal, Summer 2011, defense October 2015) Shahirah Mahmood, Political Science (proposal Summer 2011, defense April 2016) Taylor Price, Political Science (proposal Summer 2011, defense April 2015) Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Sociology (defense December 2014) Genvieve Dorais, History (defense November 2014) Julia McReynolds, Sociology (defense July 2014) Janina Mera, Development Studies (proposal 2009, defense Summer 2013) Joseph Harris, Sociology (proposal Spring 2008, defense Summer 2012) Alex Nading, Anthropology (defense, Spring 2011) Kimiko Osawa, Political Science (proposal Spring 2007, defense Spring 2011) Andrew Reiter, Political Science (proposal Summer 2008, defense Spring 2011) Alice Kang, Political Science (proposal Spring 2007, defense Summer 2010) Liliana Cisneros, Development Studies (proposal Spring 2009) Marcela Rios Tobar, Political Science (defense Spring 2009) Erica Nelson, History (defense Fall 2008) J.D. Bowen, Political Science (defense Spring 2008)
Master’s Chair Irene Del Mastro, Gender and Women’s Studies MA (defense Spring 2017) Gloria Posada Castillo, Environment & Resources MA Nelson Institute (defense Summer 2016) Eileen Zeiger, Gender and Women’s Studies MA (defense Spring 2012) Alyson Williams, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies MA (defense Spring 2010)
Master’s Committee Member Janaina Saad, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies MA (defense Spring 2016) Anisa Ali, Gender and Women’s Studies MA (defense Spring 2012) Katy Ramsey, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies MA (defense Fall 2010) Kerry Mohan, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies MA (defense Spring 2010) Sebastian Podesta, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies MA (defense Fall 2007)
Undergraduate Advising Joyce Jiménez, Undergraduate Research Scholar (2014-15) Meg Healy, Honors in Political Science (2014-15) Darline Morales, McNair Scholar (2013-14) Alyssa Picek, Honors in Political Science (2012-13) Fabiola Valenzuela, Undergraduate Research Scholar (2010-11) Amjad Asad, Honors in Political Science, Hilldale Award Winner (Spring 2009– Spring 2011) Kaitlin Fordyce Jentzen, Honors in Latin American Studies, Summer Honors Funding for research in Mexico (Spring 2007-Fall 2007)
Student Thesis Advising, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Steven Thayes, Political Science MA (defense Spring 04) Justin Hall, Undergraduate International Studies Independent Study (Fall 2003) Political Science Undergraduate Capstone Student Advising: Fall 2002 (1 student), Fall 2003 (3 students), Spring 2004 (3 students)
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Founder and Editor of The Gender Policy Report (http://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/). A non-partisan, multidisciplinary blog platform that produces and disseminates timely, gender- focused analyses of emerging US policy proposals based on the best insights from research scholars.
Expert Contributor to The Latin America Advisor, a daily publication of the Inter-American Dialogue (Washington, D.C.), targeting Latin American policy-stakeholders.
Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Blog Posts and Podcasts
“Glass Ceiling: Future of Female Leadership.” Podcast. WBDC Make your mark 2020 podcast series. With Keith Ellison, Dorothy Bridges and Pahoua Hoffman. October 26, 2020. https://www.wbdc.org/make-your-mark-podcast-series/
“100 years later, today’s activists can learn from suffrage movement.” Commentary. Minneapolis Star Tribune. August 7, 2020. https://www.startribune.com/100-years-later-today-s-activists-can-learn- from-suffrage-movement/572046252/
“It’s time to invest in resilience.” A conversation with Erin Maye Quade of Gender Justice and Dr. Christina Ewig. Part of the #GreaterThanFear COVID-19 series. https://www.genderjustice.us/its- time-to-invest-in-resilience-a-conversation-with-erin-maye-quade-and-dr-christina-ewig/
"Gender and the "War" on COVID-19." The Gender Policy Report. April 7, 2020. https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-and-the-war-on-covid-19/
"Gender, Masculinity and COVID-19." The Gender Policy Report, April 1, 2020. https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-masculinity-and-covid-19/
“The Ousting of Bolivian President Evo Morales.” Wait- There’s More. A Global News Podcast. November 13, 2019. https://player.fm/series/wait-theres-more/the-ousting-of-bolivian-president-evo- morales
“Abortion Reform Under Latin America’s Leftist Governments.” CIVIOS: Engaging Policy Research. Podcast of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. July 19, 2018. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abortion-reform-under-latin-americas-leftist- governments/id1385749605?i=1000416286324
“Populism’s Threat to Reproductive Rights – Lessons from Latin America.” (with Merike Blofield). Scholars Strategy Network Brief. April 27, 2018. https://scholars.org/brief/populisms-threat- reproductive-rights-lessons-latin-america
"Female Presidents Don't Always Help While in Office, Study in Latin America Finds." (with Merike Blofield and Jennifer M. Piscopo). The Conversation. March 8, 2018. https://theconversation.com/female-presidents-dont-always-help-women-while-in-office-study-in-latin- america-finds-91707
"Prospects for Reproductive Rights Dim with end of "Left-Turn." (with Merike Blofield). AULA Blog, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University. January 18, 2018. https://aulablog.net/2018/01/18/prospects-for-reproductive-rights-dim-with-end-of-left-turn/
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"Esterilizaciones Forzadas: Una verdad y dos Mentiras." (Forced Sterilizations: One Truth and Two Lies.) El Comercio. (Guest commentary on the opinion page of Peru's main national daily newspaper.) August 17, 2017. http://elcomercio.pe/opinion/colaboradores/esterilizaciones-forzadas-dos-mentiras- christina-ewig-noticia-450860
“Gender and the First 100 Days of Health Policy.” (with Susan Craddock) The Gender Policy Report. http://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-and-the-first-100-days-of-health-policy/. May 2017.
“The Future of the Affordable Care Act: The Impact on Women and LGBT Individuals.” (with Diana Boesch) The Gender Policy Report. http://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/future-of-aca-impact-on- women-and-lgbtq-individuals/ March 2017.
“Prospects for Gender Equitable Health Under the 45th Presidency” (With Elizabeth Boyle, Susan Craddock and Debra DeBruin.) The Gender Policy Report. http://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/prospects-for-gender-equitable-health-under-the-45th-presidency/ January 2017.
“This is Why Tenure Matters.” Op Ed. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Monday, November 30, 2015. p. 7A.
“Pension Reform: Uneven Progress.” AULA Blog, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University. February 26, 2015 http://aulablog.net/2015/02/25/pension-reform-uneven- progress/.
Policy Consulting
Consultant to UNICEF-Peru on gender and social policy (December 2019)
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION AND UNIVERSITY
Professional Service
Book Series Editor: Crossing Boundaries of Gender and Politics in the Global South, Palgrave Macmillan.
Associate Editor: Social Politics, 2018-2020
Editorial Review Boards: Social Politics, 2021-present Apuntes: Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Peru), 2018-present. Politics & Gender, 2007-10. Human Rights & Human Welfare, 2004-6.
Article Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science; Bulletin of Latin American Research; Comparative Politics; Comparative Political Studies; Feminist Studies; Gender, Place and Culture; Gender & Society; Governance; Human Organization; International Journal of Feminist Politics; International Journal of Transitional Justice; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Historical Sociology; Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology; Journal of Political Science Education; Journal of Women, Politics & Policy; Latin American & Caribbean Ethnic Studies; Latin American Politics and Society; Latin American Research Review; Political
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Research Quarterly; Politics & Gender; Social Forces; Social Politics; Social Science & Medicine; Studies in Comparative International Development; Women’s Studies Quarterly; World Development; World Politics.
Book Reviewer: Cambridge University Press; Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad de Costa Rica; McGill-Queens University Press; New York University Press; Palgrave Macmillan; Routledge; Sage Publications; University of Illinois Press; Springer Books.
Service to Professional Organizations:
Track Co-Chair (with Rossana Castiglioni), Public and Social Policies Track, Latin American Studies Association, 2021 Congress.
Co-President, Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association, 2015-18.
Chair, Victoria Schuck Award Committee for the best book in 2016 in Women and Politics, 2017.
Chair, Editorial Team Selection Committee for Politics & Gender, Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association, 2015-16.
Vice President, University of Wisconsin - Madison Chapter, American Association of University Professors, academic year 2015-2016.
Track Co-Chair (with Mercedes Prieto), Gender Studies Track, Latin American Studies Association 2014 Congress.
Board Member, Gender and Feminist Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association, Fall 2010-Spring 2012.
Secretary-Treasurer, Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association, Fall 2004-Fall 2007.
Local Organizing Committee, National Women’s Studies Association Conference 2004, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Sept. 2002-June 2004.
Professional Affiliations: American Political Science Association (Women and Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Democratization and Qualitative Methods Sections).
Latin American Studies Association (Gender and Feminist Studies, Colombia, Peru and Health & Medicine Sections).
Service to Other Universities: Member of External Review Team, Latin American Studies Program, Macalester College, 2014.
Research Grant Evaluator (Grupo de Evaluadores de Investigación), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, March 2015- present.
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University Service at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2016-present)
University Service: Reviewer, President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (January 2019). Member, Preventing Sexual Misconduct Department Development Committee (Feb 2018-May 2019). Member, University of Minnesota Women and Girls of Color Engagement and Research Initiative; office of Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs (September 2016 - present). Member, Women's Faculty Cabinet (September 2017 – May 2021). Member, Human Rights Master's Degree Faculty Committee (January 2017 – May 2019). -Admissions Committee (January/February 2019). Humphrey School Service: Faculty Director, Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy (August 29, 2016 - present). Coordinator, Gender and Public Policy Concentration (September 2016 - present). Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee – elected, three-year term (September 2017 – May 2021). Member, Global Policy Search Committee (September 2016 - April 2017). Affiliations: Department of Political Science (October 2016 - present). Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (January 2017 – present). Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies (October 2017- present). Department of Sociology (September 2018 – present).
University Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005-2016)
University Service: Search and Screen Committee, Graduate School Associate Vice Chancellor for Social Studies, Spring 2015. Graduate School Fall Research Committee, Social Studies Division, Fall 2012- Fall 2014. Executive Committee and Land & Water Chair, Human Rights Research Program, 2013-15. Advisory Board and Faculty Affiliate, Global Health Institute. Advisory Committee, Global Health Undergraduate Certificate. Faculty Affiliate, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (Executive Committee 2010-11). Faculty Affiliate, Center for Demography and Ecology. Executive Committee and Faculty Affiliate, Development Studies Ph.D. Program. Faculty Affiliate, Global Studies. Faculty Affiliate, World Affairs and the Global Economy, 2005-11.
Departmental Service, Gender and Women’s Studies: Associate Chair, Fall 2009-Spring 2011; Fall 2013-Summer 2016. Director of Graduate Studies, Fall 2010. MA Committee, Fall 2008-Spring 2009. Research Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2008. Hyde Dissertation Award Committee, 2007, member; 2008 chair. MA Admissions Committee, Spring 2007. Committee on Naming the Department, Spring 2007. Curriculum Committee, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.
Departmental Service, Political Science: Student Awards Committee, 2011-2016. Reading Room Committee, 2010.
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Scholarly Working Groups: Co-Coordinator, Women’s International Policy Agendas & Gender Activism Research Circle, 2010-13. Co-Coordinator, Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training Research Circle, 2007-10.
University Service at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2002-2005)
University Service: Co-Liaison from Political Science to the Center for 21st Century Studies 2003-2005. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Advisory Committee 2003-4. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Student Awards Committee 2003.
Departmental Service: Graduate Program Committee, Political Science Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Search Committee, Comparative Politics hire in Political Science Fall 2004. Chair, Comparative Politics Long-Range Planning, Political Science, Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Theory Field Long-Range Planning Committee, Political Science, Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Undergraduate Committee, Political Science, Fall 2002-Fall 2004 (included summer advising). Search Committee, Women’s Studies/Philosophy hire Fall 2002-Spring 03. Search Committee, Visiting Lecturer in European Politics Spring 2003.
Scholarly Working Groups: Coordinator, Feminist Theory Workshop, Center for 21st Century Studies, Spring 2003- Fall 2004. Coordinator, Political Science Junior Faculty monthly seminar, Spring 2002-Fall 2003.
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Fluent in speaking, reading and writing. Quechua: Elementary writing and speaking of Cusqueño dialect. French: Proficient in reading. Portuguese: Proficient in reading.
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