2 Apr 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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I won’t tell you how old I was when Carol Cohn published “Sex and Death in the World of Rational Defense Intellectuals” – but I will tell you that I’ve read it dozens of times over my years as an IR scholar, … Continue reading
28 Mar 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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With all the news this week about gender relations in Silicon Valley, an airplane crash, and various levels of unrest around the world, I almost missed the story of Teresa Fedor. Maybe you did too. Teresa is a state representative in … Continue reading
24 Mar 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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Guest Post from: Daniel Bertrand Monk, Colgate University and Daniel Levine, University of Alabama Claims that Tuesday’s elections in Israel resulted in a striking victory for the right are as untrue as last week’s predictions that a narrow center/left ‘win’ was in … Continue reading
16 Feb 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a guest post by Beth DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Cross Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley College. When I was program chair for the ISA conference the last time it was in New Orleans, I decided to use my … Continue reading
14 Jan 2015
by Laura Sjoberg
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#JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisAhmed have been trending this week in response to the tragic deaths from the attack on the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 7. #JeSuisCharlie is being used to defend the freedom of expression and the press of … Continue reading
11 Dec 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I have the distinct privilege of being allowed to teach under a course number the University of Florida has – INR 6208 – “Advanced IR theory” – for which there is no set curriculum. When I took this course number … Continue reading
8 Dec 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Many of my Facebook friends have commented on Fabio Roja’s post on orgtheory called “Advice for Students in Lower Ranked Doctoral Programs.” More than usual, their reactions have been polarized. Some have found humor in the best line in the post … Continue reading
7 Dec 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I know, I actually missed the time to engage this story by a span of several months, but I think it might be important enough to come back to. It suggests that “associate professors are some of the most unhappy people … Continue reading
6 Nov 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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The first time I thought about not voting, I was at the APSA teaching and learning conference some years ago (2009?) in a stream of discussions about learning outcome assessments for core courses in Political Science. While measurement issues pose … Continue reading
18 Oct 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I have the privilege this week of being at the Millennium Conference in London, where the conference theme is method, methodology, and innovation in IR. I’m learning a lot, especially since these issues are core to the book project that … Continue reading