Associate Professor and Director, Women's and Gender Studies
Heritage Hall 404
(205) 934-8675
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative politics, African politics, women and world politics, developing world politics, Asian politics
Office Hours: By appointment only
Education:
- BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, Politics and Women's Studies
- MA, University of California, Davis, Political Science
- PhD, University of California, Davis, Political Science
Lisa Sharlach's subfields are comparative politics (with a regional emphasis on Africa), international relations, and women's studies. The focus of her research is the intersection of ethnicity, gender, and political violence (particularly terrorism, torture, and genocide).
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Recent Courses
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- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Introduction to International Relations
- African Politics
- Riot, Resist, Revolt
- Women and World Politics
- Women and War
- Politics of Development
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Select Publications
- "State Regulation of Rape Insurance in India and South Africa," International Journal of Politics and Good Governance 1 (No. 3, 2010).
- "Veil and Four Walls: A State of Terror in Pakistan," Critical Studies on Terrorism 1 (No. 1, 2008): 95-110.
- "Gender and Genocide in Rwanda: Women as Agents and Objects of Genocide," Journal of Genocide Research 1 (No. 3, 1999):387-99.