Curriculum Vitae

Janni Aragon, Ph.D.
janniaragon@janniaragon.com
c/o Political Science
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA  92521
Phone: 909-787-5597
Fax: 909-787-3933
 

Dissertation
Women and Political Science: The Movement into the Academy

Ph.D.  University of California Riverside, Political Science
M.A.  University of California Riverside, Political Science
           Political Theory, Mass Political Behavior, and Gender & Race
M.A.  San Diego State University, Liberal Arts and Sciences
           Thesis: Women and Sadomasochism: Understanding Issues of Consent
B.A.   San Diego State University, Women’s Studies, minor in Political Science
 

Fields of research interest:
Feminist Theories and Methodologies, Women & Technology, 3rd Wave Feminism, Women & Politics, Transnational Feminism

Internship in Political Science, U.C. Riverside Winter 2003
Model United Nations, U.C. Riverside  Winter 2003
Internship in Political Science, U.C. Riverside  Fall 2002
Women's Studies: Sex, Power and Politics,  SDSU  Spring  2002
Women's Studies: Sex, Power and Politics,  SDSU   Spring  2001
Introduction to Political Science, Mesa College   Spring  2000
American Politics, Mesa College     Spring  2000
Introduction to Political Science, Mesa College  Fall  1999
American Politics, Mesa College    Fall  1999
Introduction to Political Science, Mesa College   Spring  1999
Introduction to Political Science, Mesa College  Fall  1998
American Politics, Mesa College    Fall  1998

Teaching Assistant Experience:
 

American Politics, UCR      Fall  1998
Modern Political Ideologies, UCR    Winter  1998
Introduction to Ethnic Studies, UCR    Fall  1997
World Politics, UCR       Spring  1997
Constitutional Law, UCR      Fall  1996
American Politics, UCR      Spring  1996
Modern Political Ideologies, UCR     Winter  1996

Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, UCR 2001
 International Women, UCR   2000, 1999
 Public Policy, UCR    1997
Women’s History 1620-1865, SDSU   1994,1993

Reprint. Forthcoming. Anna Sampaio and Janni Aragon, "Feminismos Filtrados: Regulamento de Corpos das Mulheres em Ciberespaço," en Internet e Politica: a Teoria e aPractica da Democracia Electronia, edited by Jose Eisenberg and Marco Cepik. UFMG: Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

2002 State University New York Press, "Coincident Revolutions and the Dictator’s Dilemma: Thoughts on Communication and Democratization" co-authored with Chris Kedzie in Conflict, Cooperation and Information, edited by Juliann Allison.

2001 Winter, "Filtered Feminisms: Cybersex, the Representation of Women in Cyberspace," co-authored with Anna Sampaio. Women's Studies Quarterly. Special issue on Women and Technology, edited by Lee Quinby.

2000,"Sadomasochism and Leather," in Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia, edited by Bonnie Zimmerman.

Reprint. 1998. Routledge, "“To Boldly Go (Where No Man Has Gone Before): Women, Representation and Identity Politics in Cyberspace,” co-authored with Anna Sampaio, in The Politics of Cyberspace, edited by Chris Toulouse and Timothy W. Luke.

1997 New Political Science Fall, “To Boldly Go (Where No Man Has Gone Before): Women, Representation and Identity Politics in Cyberspace,” co-authored with Anna Sampaio.
 

Review of more than 30 books for the 2002 Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section Book Awards of the American Political Science Association, with particular attention to Political History and Political Theory Submissions.

Review of American Government Survey Text, Addison, Wesley and Longman Publishers, 2002, no title at time of review.

Blind review of an Introductory Politics text for Addison, Wesley and Longman Publishers 2001, Which Side Are You On? An Introduction to Politics.

Reviewed Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry, and Jerry Goldman. 1996. The Challenge of Democracy, 5th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company for the  Women and Politics Caucus of the American Political Science Association 1997. The review was to judge the treatment of women's issues in introductory American Politics texts.
 
 

Selected Research Experience
 

October 2001 -December 2001 Research Assistant for Professor Juliann Allison, Department of Political Science, assisted with the galleys and index for Conflict, Cooperation and Information.

December 2000 - July 2001 Research Assistant for College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Gail Tonneson.

April 2000 - November 2000 Research Assistant for College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Jim Lents and Juliann Allison.

December 1998 through the present, Research Assistant for Professor Juliann Allison, Department of Political Science in various research areas: environmental issues (sustainability, sovereignty, policy), ecofeminism and peace theories, and feminist international relations theories.

April 1997 through February 1998, Research Assistant for Carlos Velez-Ibañez at the Ernesto Galarza Institute for Public Policy for the “Colonias” project.

November 1994 through December 1995, Project Assistant for National Diffusion Network and Editorial Assistant for the Iowa Basic Skills Survey for Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS).

August-November 1994, Research Assistant for the request for proposal to the California Department of Social Services on the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Report for CASAS.
 

 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2001 and 2000

 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2001

 Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Fall 2000

 Arthur Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. 2000

San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA 1994, 1995
 

International Studies Association Grant 2002, 2001

APSA Service Learning and Political Education Stipend 2001

Women' Studies Research Grant, Duke University, Perkins Library NC 2001

Sophia Smith Archives Grant, Smith College, MA 2000

Graduate Student Association Mini-Grants: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001

Student Conference Award, Master of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences 1993
 

Conference Appearances:

"Women in Political Science: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Have To Go?" Roundtable Participant, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 2002.

“The Re-Production of Knowledge in International Relations: Women and Interdisciplinarity," organized and participated on this roundtable at the International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2002.

“Nationalism and Gender Politics in the Eighteenth Century: Queen Caroline Matilda’s Misfortunes in Denmark," co-authored with Chris Laursen, Western Political Science Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 2002.

"Political Science Students: Contemporary Needs and Future Career Preparation" co-authored with Eric Davis, Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2001.

"Virgins and Whores, Sluts and Goddesses: Negotiating Female Sexuality within Contemporary Cultural Discourses," Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference. April 2001,Moderator.

"Feminist Epistemology and International Relations," co-authored with Juliann Allison, Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association, San Diego, CA April 2001.

"'Why So Slow' in Political Science? The Politics of Publications and other Concerns for Women in the Discipline," Western Political Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV March 2001.

"Political Science Students: Contemporary Needs and Future Career Preparation," Roundtable Participant, Western Political Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 2001.

"Feminist Methodologies: Political Science and the Concept of Care," co-authored with Juliann Allison, International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 2001.

"Filtered Feminisms: Cybersex, the Representation of Women in Cyberspace," co-authored with Anna Sampaio, Western Political Science Conference, San Jose, CA, March 25, 2000.
Western Political Science Conference, Seattle, Washington 1999. Discussant.

“Feminist Languages,“ American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 1997.

“The Cross-Disciplinary Narration of Identity Politics,“ National Women’s Studies Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 19-22, 1997.

“The Contextualization of Women’s Sexuality: Re-thinking Sex/Desire.” Western Social Science Association, University of New Mexico, April 25, 1997.

“Women’s History is Our History,” presented at the Third Annual Mujeres Unidas Conferencia de la Mujer, UC Riverside, March 8, 1997.

“To Boldly Go (Where No Man Has Gone Before): Women, Representation and Identity Politics in Cyberspace,” co-authored with Anna Sampaio, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30, 1996.

“Revised Strategies: Women Candidates in 1992 As Outsiders,” presented at the Carrie   Chapman Catt Center at Iowa University, March 2, 1996.

“Taming the Shrew: Responses to Sexual Outlaws.” As part of a panel on, “Spinsters, Strumpets, and the Unsexed: Feminist Research Revisits Sites of Power and Dominance.” 25th Anniversary Symposium on Women’s Studies at San Diego State University, November 4, 1995.

“A Feminist Analysis of SM.” As part of a panel on, “Gender and Politics at the Margins.” New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, March 4, 1994.

 “What is Feminism?” Residential Housing Speakers Program, San Diego State University,  November 19, 1992.

“A Woman With Many Faces: The Multi-Cultural Gloria Anzaldúa.” As part of a panel on,   “Telling Lives:  In Search of Women’s Auto-biographies.” Pacific Southwest Women’s   Studies Conference, UC Irvine, May 2, 1992.

American Political Science Association (APSA)
Women of Color Committee, APSA
Western Political Science Association (WPSA)
Southern Political Science Association (SPSA)
Women's Caucus for Political Science, APSA, WPSA & SPSA
International Studies Association (ISA)
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies, ISA
Graduate Women Scholars of Southern California
Women of Color Caucus, National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Third Wave Feminism List, NWSA
Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association
Society for Women in International Political Economy
American Association of University Professors
We Advocate Gender Equity (WAGE)
American Association of University Women

Conference Planning Associate for the 2003 Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference, Cal Poly Pomona University

Virtual Mentor, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 2002-2003

Conference Planning Committee for the 2002 Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference, Cal Poly Pomona University

Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section Best Book Awards Review Committee, American Political Science Association, 2002

Representative at the Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibit and Reception. To "showcase" Interdisciplinary Collaborative Projects at UC Riverside, June 2001, Washington, D.C. Also visited legislative aides of various congressional representatives with Dean Cynthia Giorgio, Dr. Mike Allen and Dr. Season Snyder.

Co-Mentor for Graduate Women Scholars of Southern California, Spring 2001 to present

Commission on the Status of Women, Women's Caucus for Political Science 2000-2003, Western Political Science Association

Commission on the Status of Chicanas/Latinas, 2000-2003, Western Political Science Association

Abafazi- Women of Color Caucus, National Women's Studies Association, Essay Competition Evaluator, 2001

Conference Planning Committee for the 2001 Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference, San Diego State University

Volunteer at the Frontline Feminisms Conference, 1996, University of California, Riverside

Guest Speaker, San Diego State University, Department of Political Science, "Graduate Education in Political Science: Successful Strategies for Students," 1996

Selected Community Service:

La Jolla Country Day School, Guest Speaker for Women's Studies Course, Fall 2000

San Diego State University Faculty/Staff Children's Center, Associated Students Board, Fall 2000-Winter 2000

Community Captain Coordinator, E-mail Coordinator and Board Member of Las Madres, The Parent
Connection sponsored by Scripps Memorial Hospital, 1998-2001

Educational Opportunity Program Peer Tutor for Political Science and Women's Studies courses, San Diego State University, 1991-92

Access, Powerpoint and familiarity with SPSS, Q.S.R. NUD*IST
Electronic Lists use in courses