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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Laura Catharine Macdonald
Professor, Department of Political Science
And Director, Institute of Political Economy
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, CANADA
K1S 5B6
Phone: (613) 520-2600 x 8858 FAX: (613) 520-4064
e-mail: [email protected]
A. EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, York University, 1992. Dissertation title: "Supporting Civil
Society: The Political Impact of NGO Assistance to Costa Rica and Nicaragua".
M.A., Political Science, York University, 1985.
B.A. Honours, Political Studies, Queen's University, 1983.
B. EMPLOYMENT 2005 Promotion to Full Professor
1998 Cross-appointment, Institute of Political Economy
1996 Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton
1994 Tenure awarded, Department of Political Science, Carleton
1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton, preliminary
appointment.
B. PROFESSIONAL HONOURS
2013 – Director, Institute of Political Economy
2013 – Co-organizer, Annual Congress, Canadian Association of Latin American and
Caribbean Studies.
2013 – Carleton University Research Achievement Award winner.
2011 – Faculty of Public Affairs Research Award winner.
2009-10 - Political economy coordinator, Canadian Political Science Association Annual
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meeting, June 1-3, 2010, Concordia University.
August 2000 to present, Co-Director, Centre on North American Politics and Society,
Organized Research Unit, Faculty of Public Affairs and Management, Carleton University.
July 2006 to July 2009, Chair, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
2001-03 - Board member, Canadian Political Science Association
Jan. 1998 to May 1998 – Visiting Research Fellow, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies,
University of California – San Diego.
1992- Associate Fellow, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
(CERLAC), York University.
1993-6 Board member, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development
(CASID).
D. PUBLICATIONS: Note – all co-authored articles are the product of equal contribution by
each author in research, writing and editing unless otherwise noted.
1. Refereed Scholarly Publications
a) Books
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, eds. North American in Question: Regional
Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence, University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, eds. Contentious Politics in North America. Palgrave
Macmillan, 2009.
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, eds., Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the
Washington Consensus?, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Jane Bayes, Patricia Begne, Laura Gonzalez, Lois Harder, Mary Hawkesworth, and Laura
Macdonald. Women, Democracy, and Globalization in North America: A Comparative
Study. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Equal co-authors.
Laura Macdonald. Supporting Civil Society: The Political Impact of NGO Assistance to
Central America, Basingstoke, UK and New York City: Macmillan Press and St. Martin's
Press, 1997, 195 pp. Part of the International Political Economy series.
b) Articles in Refereed Journals
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Domestic Transnationalism: Legal Advocacy
for Mexican Migrant Workers’ Rights in Canada”, Citizenship Studies, Vol. 18, Issue 3-
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4, 2014, pp. 243-258.
Débora Lopreite and Laura Macdonald. “Gender and Latin American Welfare Regimes:
Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in Argentina and Mexico,” Social Politics,
Vol. 21, no. 1, 2014, pp. 80-102.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald. “Neo-liberalism, Semi-clientelism and the
Politics of Scale in Mexican Anti-Poverty Policies,” World Political Science Review, Vol.
8, no. 1, 2012 (English translation of 2011 Politique et Sociétés article).
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “A Community of Fate? Nonpolarity and North
American Security Interdependence,” Canadian Foreign Policy, Vol. 18, no. 1 (2012),
92-105.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Neo-liberalism, Neo-clientelism and the Politics
of Scale in Mexican Anti-Poverty Policies,” Politique et Sociétés. Vol.30 , No.2 (2011):
173-201.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, 2011, “Citizenship at the Margins: The
Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and Civil Society Advocacy,” Politics
and Policy, Vol. 39, issue 1, pp. 45-67.
Laura Macdonald, “A Fine Balance: Multilateralism and Bilateralism in Canadian Policy
In the North American Region”, Canadian Foreign Policy, Vol. 16, no. 2, 2011.
Melissa Haussman and Laura Macdonald, "Introduction: Canada-US Relations under
Obama: Continuity or Change", introduction to special issue edited by Haussman and
Macdonald, American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 39, no. 4, December 2009, pp.
323-335.
Rianne Mahon and Laura Macdonald, “Anti-poverty politics in Toronto and Mexico
City,” Geoforum, vol. 41, issue 2, 2010, pp. 209-217.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Deep Integration and Shallow Governance: The
Limits to Civil Society Engagement Across North America,” Policy and Society, (Vol.
25, issue 3, 2006), pp. 23-42.
Christina Gabriel, Jimena Jimenez, and Laura Macdonald, “Hacia las `fronteras
inteligentes’ norteamericanas?: convergencia or divergencia en las políticas de control de
fronteras,” Revista Foro Internacional (Vol. 46, no. 3, Julio-Septiembre 2006), pp. 549-
579.
Laura Macdonald, “Canadian Scholarship on North America,” Norteamérica, Vol. 1,
number 1, January-June, 2006, pp. 25-41.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Managing Trade Engagements? Mapping the
contours of state feminism and women’s political activism,” Canadian Foreign Policy,
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Vol. 12, no. 1, 2005, pp. 71-88.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "Of Borders and Business: Canadian Corporate
Proposals for North American `Deep Integration'," Studies in Political Economy, Number
74, Fall 2004, pp. 79-100.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Chrétien and North America: Between
Integration and Autonomy,” Review of Constitutional Studies, Vol.9, no. 1 & 2, 2004,
pp.71-91.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "The Hypermobile, The Mobile and the Rest:
Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion in an Emerging North American Migration Regime,"
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Vol. 29, no. 57-58, 2004, pp.
67-91. Equal co-author.
Susan Franceschet and Laura Macdonald, “Hard Times for Citizenship: Women’s
Movement in Chile and Mexico,” Citizenship Studies, Vol. 8, no. 1, March 2004, pp.3-
23.
Laura Macdonald, “Globalization and Social Movements: Comparing Women's
Movements' Responses to NAFTA in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada,” International
Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 4, no. 2, August 2002, pp. 151-172.
Laura Macdonald and Mildred A. Schwartz, "Political Parties and NGOs in the Creation of
New Trading Blocs in the Americas," International Political Science Review, Vol. 23, no. 2,
2002, pp. 135-158.
Laura Macdonald, "Globalization and Social Movements: Comparing Women's
Movements Responses to NAFTA in Mexico, the United States, and Canada,"
International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol 4, no.2, 2002,pp. 151-172.
Cathy Blacklock and Laura Macdonald, "Human Rights and Citizenship in Guatemala
and Mexico: From `Strategic' to `New' Universalism?," Social Politics, Vol. 5, no. 2
(Summer 1998), pp 132-157.
Laura Macdonald, "Unequal Partnerships: The Politics of Canada's Relations with the Third
World," Studies in Political Economy, No. 47 (Summer 1995), pp. 111-41.
Laura Macdonald and Christina Gabriel, "NAFTA, Women and Organising in Canada and
Mexico: Forging a `Feminist Internationality'," with Christina Gabriel, Millennium:
Journal of International Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Winter 1994), pp. 535-62.
Laura Macdonald. "Globalising Civil Society: Interpreting International NGOs in Central
America," Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer 1994),
pp. 267-85.
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e) Chapters in Edited Refereed Books
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “The Limits of Anti-Poverty Policy: Citizenship,
Accountability and Neo-Clientelism in Mexico’s Oportunidades Program,” in Jordi Diez
and Susan Franceschet, Comparative Public Policy in Latin America, University of
Toronto Press, 2012, pp. 205-227.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Debates on Temporary Agricultural Worker
Migration in the North American Context,” in Patti Tamara Lenard and Christine
Straehle, eds., Legislated Inequality: Temporary Labour Migration in Canada,
Kingston/Montreal: McGill-Queen’s, 2012, pp. 95-116.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Introduction,” in Jeffrey Ayres and Laura
Macdonald, eds., North American in Question Regional Integration in an Era of
Economic Turbulence, University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Democratic Deficits: the Role of Civil Society” in
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, eds., North American in Question Regional
Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence, University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Laura Macdonald, “Canada and North American Integration – Bringing in Civil Society?
In Julián Castro-Rea, ed., Our North America: Social and Political Issues beyond
NAFTA. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012, 139-50.
Laura Macdonald, “Labour on the Side: Shallow North American Governance
and the Fate of Canadian and U.S. Workers,”in Monica Gattinger and Geoffrey Hale,
eds., Borders and Bridges: Canada’s Policy Relations in North America, Don Mills,
Oxford University Press , 2010, pp. 231-247.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Introduction, Conceptualizing North American
Contentious Action,” in Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, eds. Contentious Politics in
North America, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. 3-15.
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, “Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: An
Introduction, in Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, eds., Post-Neoliberalism in the
Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus?, Basingstoke UK: Palgrave Macmillan,
2009, pp. 1-18.
Rianne Mahon and Laura Macdonald, “Poverty Policy and Politics in Canada and
Mexico: `Inclusive’ Liberalism? In Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, eds., Post-
Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus?, Basingstoke UK:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 184-198.
Laura Macdonald, “Canada and the Politics of Regional Economic Integration in the
Americas,” in Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Kenneth C. Shadlen, eds., Responding to
Globalization: The Political Economy of Regional Integration, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
pp. 219-238.
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Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Migration and Citizenship Rights in a New North
American Space,” in Isabel Studer and Carol Wise, eds., Requiem or Revival? The Promise
of North American Integration, Washington D.C.: Brookings Press, 2007, pp. 353-370
Laura Macdonald, “Gendering Transnational Social Movement Analysis: Women’s
Groups Contest Free Trade in the Americas,” in Joe Bandy and Jackie Smith, eds.
Coalitions Across Borders: Transnational Protest and the Neo-LiberalOrder, Lanham:
Rowman and Littlefield, 2004, pp. 21-41.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "Beyond the Continentalist/Nationalist Divide:
Politics in a North America `Without Borders'," in Wallace Clement and Leah F. Vosko,
eds, Changing Canada: Political Economy as Transformation, Toronto: University of
Toronto Press, 2003, pp. 213-240.
Laura Macdonald, “Governance and State-Society Relations in Canada: The Challenges
from Regional Integration,” in George Hoberg, ed., Capacity for Choice: Canada in the
New North America, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002, pp. 187-223. Also
appears in the French version published by Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, pp. 205-
242
Laura Macdonald, "Gender and Canadian Trade Policy: Women's Strategies for Access
and Transformation," in Claire Turenne Sjolander, Heather Smith and Deborah Stienstra,
eds. Gendered Discourses/Gendered Practices, Oxford University Press, Canada, 2003.
Laura Macdonald, "Trade with a Female Face: Women and the New International Trade
Agenda," in Annie Taylor and Caroline Thomas, eds. Trade and the New Social Agenda,
London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 53-71.
Laura Macdonald, "Democracy, Human Rights and the Transformation of Civil Society in
the New North America," in Kenneth P. Thomas and Mary Ann Tétreault, eds. Racing to
Regionalize: Democracy, Capitalism, and Regional Political Economy. International
Political Economy Yearbook, Vol. 11, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press, 1999, pp.167-90.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Women's Responses to NAFTA in Canada and
Mexico: Prospects for a Feminist Internationality,” in Isabella Bakker, ed., Changing
Spaces: Gender and State Responses to Restructuring in Canada, Toronto: University of
Toronto Press, 1996, pp. 165-86.
Laura Macdonald, "NGOs and the Problematic Discourse of Participation: Cases from
Costa Rica," in David Moore and Gerald Schmitz, eds., Crisis and Renewal in Development
Discourse, London: Macmillan, 1996.
2. Other (Non-refereed) Scholarly Publications
b) Chapters in Non-refereed Books
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Laura Macdonald, “Regionalism in Flux: Politics, Economics and Security in the North
American Region,” for Scarlett Cornelissen, J. Andrew Grant and Timothy Shaw, eds.,
The Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012,
113-128.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “From the 49th
Parallel to the Río Grande: U.S.
Homeland Security and North American Borders,” in Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Radha
Jhappan and Francois Rocher, eds. North American Politics: Globalization and Culture,
Peterborough: Broadview, 2007, pp. 353-370.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Chretien and North America: Between
Integration and Autonomy,” in Lois Harder and Steve Patten, eds., The Chretien Legacy:
Politics and Public Policy in Canada, (Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queens, 2006), Reprint
of article first published in Review of Constitutional Studies 9:1/2 (2004), pp. 79-101.
Laura Macdonald, "In the Shadow of the Hyperpower: Beyond Canada's Middle-Power
Image," in Glen Williams and Michael Whittington, eds., Canadian Politics in the 21st
Century, Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2004, pp. 291-311.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "NAFTA, Women, and Organizing in Canada and
Mexico: Forging a `Feminist Internationality'," in Veronica Strong-Boag, Mona Gleason
and Adele Perry, eds., Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History, 4th ed., Don
Mills: Oxford University Press, 2002. Reprint of article first published in Millennium,
1994.
Cathy Blacklock and Laura Macdonald, "Women and Citizenship in Mexico and
Guatemala,” In Shirin Rai, ed. Gender and Democratization, Houndmills, Basingstoke:
Macmillan, 1999. (reprint of article first published in Social Politics). Equal co-author.
Laura Macdonald,"Turbulence in Global Politics: Beyond Canada's Middle Power
Image," in Glen Williams and Michael Whittington, eds., Canadian Politics in the 21st
Century, 5th
ed., Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.
Laura Macdonald. "Going Global: The Politics of Canada's Foreign Economic Relations,"
in Wallace Clement, ed., Understanding Canada: Building on the New Canadian Political
Economy. Kingston/Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.
Laura Macdonald, "Canada in the New World Order," in Michael Whittington and Glen
Williams, eds., Canadian Politics in the 1990s, 4th ed., Scarborough: Nelson Canada,
1995.
Laura Macdonald, "Globalising Civil Society: Interpreting International NGOs in Central
America,”in Larry Swatuk and Timothy M. Shaw, eds., The South at the End of the
Twentieth Century, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1995.
Laura Macdonald, "Changing Directions? Challenges Facing Canadian Non-governmental
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Organizations in Latin America," in Jean Daudelin and Edgar Dosman, eds., Beyond
Mexico?: Canada in the Americas, Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1995, pp. 237-55.
Laura Macdonald, "Current and Future Directions for Canadian NGOs in Latin America," in
Edgar Dosman and Jerry Haar, eds., A Dynamic Partnership: Canada's Changing Role in
the Americas, Miami: North South Center, 1993, pp. 113-28.
c) Articles in Non-refereed Journals
Laura Macdonald and John Sinclair, “Foreign Policy in Disarray,” The Mark, May 14,
2012.
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, The New Role for the Post-Neoliberal State in
Brazil, Argentina and Mexico: Is there a right mix?” Canada Watch, Fall, 2010, pp. 19-
20, 22.
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, “A new role for Canada in the hemisphere?
Canada´s Americas Strategy” Nexos, 10, 2009,
Laura Macdonald and Jeffrey Ayres “Siempre la misma canción: el papel de la sociedad
civil en el proceso de la Alianza para la Seguridad y la Prosperidad de América del
Norte,” Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior, Numero 87, 2009, pp. 119-148.
Laura Macdonald, “Free Trade Still Politically Polarized Across the Continent”, Embassy
Newspaper, June 13, 2007.
Laura Macdonald, "Civil Society and North American Integration," Policy Options, Vol.
25, no. 6, pp. 4-8.
Laura Macdonald, "State-Society Relations in Mexico after the Fox victory," Horizons, Vol.
4, No. 4, September 2001 (publication of the Policy Research Initiative), pp. 16-19.
Laura Macdonald. "A Mixed Blessing: The NGO Boom in Latin America," NACLA
Report on the Americas, Vol. 28, No. 5 (March/April 1995), pp. 30-35.
"The Perils of Partnership," Speaking About Rights (Canadian Human Rights Foundation
Newsletter), Vol. 11, No. 2, 1996, pp. 1-2,8.
e) Articles in non-refereed Conference Proceedings
Laura Macdonald and Chris Rosene, "Ayuda canadiense para Centroamerica," with Chris
Rosene, Memoria de Consulta Internacional: "La Cooperación externa para Centroamerica
- Tendencias y Perspectivas". San José: Concertación Centroamericana de Organismos de
Desarrollo, 1990. Equal co-author.
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f) Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals
Laura Macdonald, review of Marc Hooghe and Dietlind Stolle, eds., Generating Social
Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective in Canadian Journal
of Political Science.
Laura Macdonald, "Honduras: Peeling Away the Myths," Studies in Political Economy, No.
3 (Spring, 1990), pp. 185-93.
3. Creative or Professional Publications
Pablo Heidrich, Laura Macdonald and Catalina Prada, “Canada and the Pacific Alliance,”
Policy Brief, North-South Institute, Spring 2013. http://www.nsi-ins.ca/publications/canada-and-the-pacific-alliance/. Laura Macdonald, “Caring Matters,” Au Courant (Publication of the Canadian Council for
International Co-operation), Vol. 8, No. 3 (August 1999), pp. 10-11. [Review of Jamie
Swift, Civil Society in Question and Alison Van Rooy, ed. Canadian Development Report
1999: Civil Society and Global Change].
E. OTHER SCHOLARLY OR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1. Editorial Responsibilities
2014 - Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Foreign Policy.
2009 to present, Member, International Advisory Committee, Latin American Politics and
Policy journal, based at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Mexico
(ITESM).
2002-05 Manuscript Coordinator, Executive Committee, Studies in Political Economy.
2003-06 Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
2005-06 – Member, Editorial Board, Norteamérica.
2005-06 – Member, Editorial Board, Comparative Political Economy Series, University of
Toronto Press.
2. Papers Presented
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on
Mexican Social Policy,” Presented to conference titled “The Crisis and Global Social
Policy, McMaster University, September 27-28, 2013. To be included in a collection on
this topic titled Global Crisis and the Changing Prospects for Social Policy edited by
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Gerry Boychuck, Rianne Mahon and Stephen McBride, to be submitted to UBC Press.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Guns and Butter: Social Policy, Semi-
Clientelism, and Efforts to Reduce Violence in Mexico City,” presented at workshop held
at Carleton University December 13-14 2013, and to be included in an edited book that
will come out of the workshop. Also presented at International Studies Association
annual meeting, Toronto, April 2014
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, “Continental Shift? Rethinking Canadian Aid to the
Americas,” presented at workshop titled Rethinking Canadian Aid at Dalhousie
University September 20 and 21, 2013,
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “(Re)Discovering the Americas: Evaluating the
Harper Government’s Americas Strategy,” presented to International Studies Association
annual meeting, Toronto, April 2014 and Association of Canadian Studies in the United
States, Tampa, November 2014.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Transnational Protest,” Canadian Association of
Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Ottawa, May 3-5, 2013.
Laura Macdonald, “Canada and the Pacific Alliance,” Canadian Association of Latin
American and Caribbean Studies, Ottawa, May 3-5, 2013.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Mexico and Social Provision by the Federal
Government and the Federal District: Obstacles and Openings to a Global Social
Protection Floor,” presented to workshop titled “Toward a Global Social Protection
Floor,” Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, April 24-26, 2013 [also
presented to CALACS meeting April 3-6, 2013].
Laura Macdonald, “Potholes and Speed bumps on the Road to Travelling Ideas: Policy
Diffusion and Early Childhood Education in Mexico International Studies Association,
San Francisco, April 3-6, 2013.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Migration, civil society and social rights:
Canada’s seasonal agricultural workers program,” presented to workshop titled “Beyond
Borders: migration, security and cooperation in North America”, UCLA, Los Angeles,
May 14, 2010.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Neo-liberalism, Neo-clientelism and the Politics
of Scale in Mexican Anti-Poverty Policies,” Latin American Studies Association
meetings, Toronto, October 6-9, 2010.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Domestic Transnationalism: Legal Advocacy
for Mexican Migrant Workers’ Rights in Canada,” International Studies Association
Meetings,Montreal, March 16-20, 2011.
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Laura Macdonald and Lisa Mills, “Scale, gender and policy redesign: the Mexican case,”
Paper presented to “Symposium on the Political Economy of Scale,” November 20th
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2009, Carleton University.
Laura Macdonald, “A Fine Balance: Multilateralism and Bilateralism in Canadian Policy
on North America,” Paper prepared for conference titled “Canadian Multilateralism:
Past, Present, Future”. Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University,
November 6, 2009.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “The Limits of Anti-Poverty Policy: Citizenship,
Accountability and Neo-Clientelism in Mexico’s Oportunidades Program,” Paper
prepared for presentation at the workshop “Public Policy in Latin America,” Calgary,
May 1, 2009.
Laura Macdonald, “Labour on the Side: Shallow North American Governance
and the Fate of Canadian and U.S. Workers,” Presented at the conference “Borders and
Bridges”, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, January 2009.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Multilevel Political Opportunity from NAFTA to
the SPP: Exploring the Limits of Citizen Claims-Making Across the North American
Region”, presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New
York City, NY, February 15-18, 2009.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “The Song Remains the Same: The Role of Civil
Society Participation in the North American SPP Process”. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver, June 2008.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Securing Citizenship: Mexican Farmworkers
in Ontario and California,” Presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies
Association, March 26-29, 2008.
Arne Ruckert and Laura Macdonald, “Harper (Re-)Engages the Hemisphere: Canada and
Post-Neoliberal Latin America, presented to conference titled “Canada and the Americas:
Defining Re-Engagement,” organized by DFAIT, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, and
FOCAL, March 12-13, 2008.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Migration and Citizenship Rights in a New
North American Space,” Presentation to the annual meeting of the Association of
Canadian Studies in the United States, Toronto, November 14-18, 2007.
Laura Macdonald, “Canada and the Politics of Regional Economic Integration in the
Americas,” Presentation to the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies
Association, Montreal, Quebec, September 6-8, 2007.
Rianne Mahon and Laura Macdonald, “Poverty Policy and Politics in Canada and
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Mexico,” Presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies Association,
Chicago, IL, Feb. 28 – March 3, 2007.
Laura Macdonald, “Canada and the Politics of Regional Economic Integration in the
Americas,” presented to conference titled “Responding to Globalisation in the Americas:
The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration” London School of Economics,
London, UK, June 1-2, 2006.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Migration and Citizenship Rights in a New North
American Space,” Presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies Association,
San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Governance and Political Contestation across North
America: Testing the Limits of Regional Multilateralism,” Presented to the annual meeting
of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.
Laura Macdonald, “Speaking `North America’: Regional Integration and Citizenship in
North America,” Paper prepared for: “After Neo-liberalism? Consequences for
citizenship,” Workshop #2 in the series Claiming Citizenship in the Americas, organised
by the Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Governance, Université de Montréal,
November 4-5, 2005.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Contested Political Visions on the Future of North
American Governance: What Role for Civil Society?,” presented to the Annual meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 2005.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “From the 49th Parallel to the Rio Grande: US
Homeland Security and North American Borders,” presented to Annual Meeting of the
Organization for the History of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, May 15, 2004.
Laura Macdonald, “The Chrétien years and North America,” in workshop titled "Les
années Chrétien en politique étrangère et de securité, organised by Centre d'étude des
politiques étrangères et de securité, UQAM-Concordia and Groupe d'étude et de
recherche en securité internationale, 16 april 2004, at UQAM.
Laura Macdonald, “Feminist NGOs Contest Free Trade in the Americas” at conference
titled "Global Circuits of Feminism: Theorizing NGOs, Activism, and Public Cultures,"
University of California Irvine, May 21, 2004.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Canada in North America: Farewell to the
‘Special Relationship,” International Studies Association Meetings, Montreal, March
2004.
Laura Macdonald, "Citizenship and Human Rights in the North American Region,"
International Studies Association Meetings, Montreal, March 2004.
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Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Managing Trade Engagements? Mapping the
contours of state feminism and women’s political activism,” International Studies
Association Meetings, Portland, USA, February 2003.
Christina Gabriel, Jimena Jimenez and Laura Macdonald, “The Politics of a North
American Security Perimeter: Convergence or Divergence in Border Control Policy”
International Studies Association Meetings, Portland, USA, February 2003.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Of Borders and Business: Business Proposals
for North American ‘Deep Integration’ ", Studies in Political Economy Conference
‘Security and In/Security’ Carleton University, Ottawa, January 2003.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "From `Undefended Border’ to `Zone of
Confidence’: The Politics of a North American Security Perimeter," presented to
"Challenges to Governance in North America and the European Union," Carleton
University, 8-9 February, 2002.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, "Engendering Borders: Patterns of Inclusion and
Exclusion in an Emerging North American Migration Regime, presented to the annual
meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2002.
Laura Macdonald, "Barriers to Trade: Women's Movements and Coalitions Against Free
Trade," presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New
Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2002.
Susan Franceschet and Laura Macdonald, “Women’s Movements and Citizenship
Struggles in Mexico and Chile,” presented to annual meeting of Latin American Studies
Association, Washington D.C., September 6-8, 2002.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “Border Anxieties: Changing Discourses on the
Canada-U.S. Border,” presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies
Association, February 24, 2001.
Laura Macdonald, “Democracy, Trade, and Regional Integration: Civil Society and the
Free Trade Area of the Americas Process,” Presented to the annual meeting of the
International Political Science Association, Quebec City, August 1, 2000.
Laura Macdonald, "Gender and Regional Integration: Comparing Women's Movements'
Responses to NAFTA". Paper presented to the annual meeting of the International Studies
Association, Los Angeles, March 2000.
Laura Macdonald. “Gender and Trade”. Presented to the annual meeting of the
International Association for Feminist Economics, Ottawa, July 1, 1999.
Teresa Healy and Laura Macdonald. "Continental Divide? Competing Approaches to
Understanding Women's Organizing Across North America”. Presented to Annual meeting
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of the International Studies Association, Toronto, March 18-22, 1997.
Laura Macdonald. "Restructuring Discourses: The Political Economy of Economic
Restructuring in Canada and Mexico," presented to Annual meeting of the International
Studies Association, San Diego, April 18-20, 1996.
Laura Macdonald, "Turning to the NGOs: Competing Conceptions of Civil Society in Latin
America," presented to the Annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Los
Angeles, September 24-27, 1992.
b) Invited talks or guest lectures
“The Harper Government’s Americas Strategy: What’s Next,” presentation to Canadian
International Council National Capital Branch, Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa, November 12,
2013.
"Update on Mexican Politics: Elections, Drugs/Thugs, and Human Rights in the Third
Amigo,” Canadian International Council National Capital Branch, Latin America and
Caribbean Group, Carleton University, March 28, 2012.
“Domestic Transnationalism: Legal Advocacy for Mexican Migrant Workers Rights in
Canada,” Workshop Participant, with Christina Gabriel, Justice in Migration Workshop,
University of Ottawa, March 11, 2011
Transcontinental forum, Parliament building, August 10, 2009. Participated in panel
titled “Economic stimulus at low or no cost: Regulatory Harmony between US and
Canada”.
Connect seminar on Canada-US relations – “Canada and North American Political
economy”, July 2009.
“Rescaling Welfare Regimes: Antipoverty Politics in Toronto/Canada and Mexico
City/Mexico,” with Rianne Mahon, to Institute of Political Economy workshop,
November 2008, Carleton University.
“Canada-US relations”, talk to visiting Rotary students, organized by School of Canadian
Studies, May 2009
“Globalization and its Impacts on Workers, Families and Communities,” Teamsters
Canada conference, Ottawa, October 24, 2007.
“North American Integration: Bringing Civil Society In?” Wilfrid Laurier University,
Political Science Speaker’s Series, October 2006.
“Security context in the Americas,” CCIC Americas Policy Group, September 2006.
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“Civil Society and North American Integration ,” In University of Alberta, Department of
Political Science Speaker’s Series, titled “Our North America: From Turtle Island to the
Security and Prosperity Partnership,” January 12, 2006.
”The Political Economy of Canada in the North American region” CONNECT seminar,
Ottawa, July 26, 2005.
North American integration, International Council for Canadian Studies, Ottawa, August
2004.
“Human Rights, Democracy, and Good Governance in Latin America,” presentation to
the Americas Policy Group, Canadian Council on International Cooperation, Ottawa,
May 10, 2005.
“North American Civil Society Linkages: Integration from Below?,” presentation to the
Policy Research Initiative-SSHRC workshop on Cross-border Linkages in North
America, Ottawa, June 21-22, 2004.
“Next steps for Gender and Trade in North America,” presentation to seminar titled
Gender and Trade: Next Steps,” organized by Status of Women Canada in partnership
with International Trade Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency,
November 5, 2004.
“Canada in North America,” presentation to CONNECT seminar on Canadian Studies,
Ottawa, July 26, 2004.
"Citizenship and Human Rights in North America," invited guest lecture, Department of
Justice, Research and Statistics Division seminar series, April 8, 2004.
"Canada and Human Rights in North America," lecture in conference on Human Rights
in Mexico, Canadian Council for International Cooperation, January 21, 2004.
“Beyond Canada’s Middle Power Image,” lecture in University of Vermont Canada
seminar, Ottawa, May 27, 2003.
"The Public Sphere and Democratic Culture," presented to forum titled "Strategic Issues
for Democratic Development: Participation, Democratic Culture, and the Post-
September 11th
Context," organized by Rights & Democracy, Ottawa, November 1, 2001.
"Women and Trade: Trading the lives of women in a global economy," International
Women's Week Lecture Series, Carleton University, Ottawa, March 4, 2002.
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“Blurring Boundaries – Reflections on Canadian Foreign Policy in an Era of Globalization”,
presented to the Canadian Centre on Foreign Policy Development, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, Annual Academic Conference, Ottawa, May 4, 2001.
“Beyond NAFTA”, presentation to the annual Policy meeting of the Canadian
Association of Business Economists, March 30, 2001.
“Gender and Trade: NAFTA, Women’s Movements, and Political Participation”,
presented at “The Power to be Cool, Smart and Successful,” Fourth North Texas UN
Conference on Women, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, November 10, 2000.
“Are the `Dangerous Classes’ at the Table? Civil Society and the Free Trade Area of the
Americas”, presented to the Summer School on Hemispheric Integration, Robarts Centre
on Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto, July 17, 2000.
“Citizenship and Human Rights in Guatemala and Mexico”. Presented to Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International Affairs workshop, “The Next Human Rights
Agenda”, New York, July, 1999.
"Gender and Regional Integration: Comparing Women's Movements' Responses to
NAFTA". Presented to the weekly seminar of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies,
University of California San Diego, April 16, 1998.
"NAFTA, Human Rights and Civil Society," presented in the New Political Economy,"
conference organised by Laura Macdonald and Claire Sjolander for Studies in Political
Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, January 20, 1995.
"Canadian Support for Adjustment and Democratization in Latin America," presented to
conference titled "Latin America: What Kind of Market? What Kind of Democracy?",
McGill University, Montreal, April 7-8, 1994.
"Globalising Social Movements: Responses to NAFTA from Canadian Civil Society,"
presented to the "Politics of Inequality - New Forms of Popular Representation in Latin
America," Columbia University, New York City, March 3-6, 1994.
3. Contract or Other Research
a) Government Funding Agencies
2013. SSHRC Connections grant. Co-investigator. Organized workshop, titled
“Clientelism and Violence in Subnational Latin American and Caribbean Politics”.
$35,815, December 13-15, 2013, Ottawa. Principal Investigator Tina Hilgers, Concordia
University.
2012 - 2017. SSHRC Insight Grant. Principal Investigator, “From Minor Player to Major
Actor: Canada’s Role in Latin America,” $379,834.00
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2010. SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Co-investigator on funded project titled ““Early
Childhood Development (ECD): Travelling Ideas, Complex Translations”. Principal
investigator: Rianne Mahon, Wilfrid Laurier University.
2006. SSHRC Standard Research Grant. “Social Citizenship in North America”.
Principal Investigator. $89,000.
Fall 2004, submitted Standard Research Grant proposal to SSHRC, titled “Social
Citizenship in North America”, as Principal Investigator, received 4A.
November 1, 2004, submitted Letter of Intent, SSHRC Initiative on the New Economy,
"Canada in North America: The Social Impact of Continental Integration." Rejected.
2002. SSHRC Conference grant. Centre on North American Politics and Society.
Conference on Federalism and Trans-Border Integration in North America, to be held
February 2003. ($25,000).
2000-03. SSHRC Standard Research Grant. "Borders and Bodies: Canadian and U.S.
Immigration and Border Control Policies in the New North America". $66,000, Principal
Investigator.
1993-98, SSHRC Research Grant, $35,000, "Economic integration, human rights and civil
society: transnational responses to NAFTA".
b) Other government grants or contracts
$21,593.96 from U.S. State Department in support of Canadian students’ participation in
North American Youth Congress, American University, Washington DC, March 18-21,
2010.
2001-4. Centre on North American Politics and Society. Study of the evolving
relationship between Canada, Mexico and U.S. ($35,000 annually for 3 years –
source: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade [DFAIT] - core
funding for ORU).
2002. Centre on North American Politics and Society. Conference on Challenges to
Governance in North America and the European Union, February 7-8, 2002,
Carleton University. ($5,000 - Policy Research Initiative; $25,000 DFAIT).
2002. Centre on North American Politics and Society. Conference on Transition to
Democracy in Mexico. February 26 and 27, 2002, Carleton University. ($5,000
Policy Research Initiative; $10,000 Human Resources Development Canada;
$25,000 DFAIT).
2003. Centre on North American Politics and Society. Conference on North American
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Studies. ($10,000, DFAIT).
2001. John Holmes Fund, Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development Grant.
“Social Exclusion and Human Security in the Americas: Establishing a
Framework for Dialogue,” $5,000, Principal Investigator
2000-01. North American Mobility Project. Administration of Carleton participation in
student exchange between 6 North American universities, on theme of “Gender,
Globalization and Governance”. $8,000. – Canadian funding agency: HRDC
August 2001. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Contract to Host,
Organize and Run the North American Youth Conference. $85,000.
c) Foundations, corporate, and other outside funders
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program - Promoted creation of the Fulbright-Carleton University
Chair in North American Studies, established 2003.
1998, Visiting Researcher fellowship, $3,400 (U.S.), University of California at San
Diego.
e) Carleton University
2005 – GR6 – “Social Citizenship in North America,” $10,000.
2000- GR6 - "FTAA and Civil Society". $2,500.
1992-93, GR-6, $2,500, "New Directions in NGO Assistance".
1991-92, GR-6, $1,900 "NGO Assistance to Costa Rica and Nicaragua".
4. Other Professional Activities
Judge on NeVo Social Fund contest, Nexos Voluntarios, Peru – served as evaluator of 4
small community development proposals submitted to Nexos Voluntarios, Spring 2013.
Reference for Grawemeyer world order prize, 2010.
Reviews:
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy April 2014
Politics & Policy January 2014.
Global Social Policy December 2013.
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies February 2014.
University of Toronto Press – evaluation of book manuscripts May and October 2013.
European Review of Latin American Studies, June 2013.
Studies in Political Economy, 2011 and 2012.
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Latin American Politics and Society, 2012.
Palgrave/Macmillan – referee for book proposal, Globalization and the Production of
Space: The Political Economy of Social Space in Latin America, 2010.
Palgrave/Macmillan – referee for book proposal, Hopes and Fears: Latin America in the
Globalization Age, 2010.
Ashgate Press, referee for book proposal, Remittances are beautiful”? The gendered
governmentality of the global remittance trend, 2010.
International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2011
Review of International Political Economy, 2010
Mobilization: An International Journal, 2010.
Latin American Politics and Society, 2011;
Studies in Political Economy, March 2009
International Political Science Review, March 2009
Journal of Latin American Studies, November 2008.
Citizenship Studies, October 2008.
Other Activities:
Testimony before Parliamentary Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT), 41st
Parliament, 1st session, April 15, 2013, “Canada and the Pacific Alliance”.
External examiner, Dalhousie University, Political Science Department, Internal University
Review, December 2010.
External examiner, McMaster University, Political Science Department, Undergraduate
Programme, Internal University Review, April 2010.
Member, Jury for Diefenbaker Award, Canadian Council for the Arts, April 2009.
Interview, CTV Newsnet, April 2009 on Summit of the Americas.
Interview, CPAC documentary on Canada-US relations, February 2009.
External examiner for Ontario Council of Graduate Studies review of MA program, Brock
University, February 7-8, 2008.
Interview, CTV Newsnet, April 22, 2008, interview on North American Leaders’ summit.
Interview, CBC Radio, All in a Day, November 2006. Interview on Nicaguan election.
Interviews with CJOH Local noon-time radio show and CTV National News, July 4, 2005,
on appointment of new U.S. ambassador to Canada.
Interviewed on 10 CBC Radio afternoon shows across Canada, October 25, 2004, on the
occasion of President Vicente Fox of Mexico’s visit to Canada.
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Participated in organization of lecture at Carleton University by President Vicente Fox,
October 26, 2004.
Testimony before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on topic of
Canada-Mexico Relations. My testimony was cited several times in the Committee's report.
Appearance, CBC Newsworld, May 1, 2004, on topic of Paul Martin's trip to Washington.
Member, Board, Canadian Political Science Association, 2001-3.
Member, SSHRC Standard Research Grants selection committee 24 for Political Science
and Public Administration, 2003.
Testimony before House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and
International Trade on topic of North American Integration, November 2002. My testimony
was cited several times in the Committee's report.
Testimony before Senate Standing Committee on International Trade on topic of Canada-
Mexican relations, April 2003.
2002, External Reviewer, SSHRC, Strategic Research Grant proposal.
External Reviewer for the following academic journals: Canadian Journal for Latin
American and Caribbean Studies, Canadian Foreign Policy, Millennium: Journal of
International Studies, Alternate Routes, Canadian Journal for Development Studies,
Review of International Studies, Human Organization, Politique et Société, Studies in
Political Economy, Mobilization, Broadview Press book manuscript, Policy and Society,
International Political Science Review, Citizenship Studies
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2001, External reviewer, SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiatives proposal.
1996, 1999, External Reviewer, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council.
External Reviewer, Canadian International Development Agency, UPCD Program, 1995.
"Non-Governmental Organizations: Agents of a New Development?," published by the
Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Ottawa, 1994.
5. Scholarly Work in Progress
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, “Is North America Unravelling? Transformations of
Regionalism in North America,” in Sören Dosenrode, Limits to Regional Integration,
Ashgate, forthcoming.
Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, Transnational Protest: “Going Global” in the
Current Protest Cycle against Neoliberalism, in Moisés Arce and Roberta Rice, eds.,
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Protest and Democracy, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, forthcoming.
Laura Macdonald and Jeffrey Ayres, “Civil Society and International Political
Economy,” in Greg Anderson and Chris Kukucha, eds., International Political Economy
text, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald, “(Re)Discovering the Americas: Evaluating the
Harper Government’s Americas Strategy” - submitted to Canadian Foreign Policy
September 2013, revise and resubmit decision December 2013.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Mexico and Social Provision by the Federal
Government and the Federal District: Obstacles and Openings to a Social Protection
Floor,” Global Social Policy, in press.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on
Mexican Social Policy,” Presented to conference titled “The Crisis and Global Social
Policy, McMaster University, September 27-28, 2013. To be included in a collection on
this topic titled Global Crisis and the Changing Prospects for Social Policy edited by
Gerry Boychuck, Rianne Mahon and Stephen McBride, to be submitted to UBC Press.
Lucy Luccisano and Laura Macdonald, “Guns and Butter: Social Policy, Semi-
Clientelism, and Efforts to Reduce Violence in Mexico City,” presented at workshop held
at Carleton University December 13-14 2013, and to be included in an edited book that
will come out of the workshop.
Laura Macdonald and Arne Ruckert, “Continental Shift? Rethinking Canadian Aid to the
Americas,” presented at workshop at Dalhousie University September 20 and 21, 2013
and accepted to volume Rethinking Canadian Aid, edited by David Black, Stephen
Brown, and Molly den Heyer, University of Ottawa Press, under review. An excerpt of
the paper is posted at: http://opencanada.org/features/continental-shift-rethinking-
canadian-aid-to-the-americas/.
F. ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES (TEACHING)
a) Undergraduate Courses PSCI 3205 – Mexican Politics [developed new course] – Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Fall 2014
PSCI 4607 – North American Politics – Fall 2010, Fall 2012
PSCI 3205 - Latin American Politics Fall 2010, Fall 2012
PSCI 4908 - Reading Course – Latin American Political Thought Summer 2006
PSCI 3204 -Latin American Politics Winter 2005, 2012
PSCI 4505 - Transitions to Democracy Winter 2003, Fall 2004
PSCI 4605 Gender and International Relations Winter 2004
01.132 - North American Politics; 1998-2002.
47.260 - Introduction to International Relations; 1990-1998 (breaks during sabbatical and maternity
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leaves)
47.311 - Government and Politics of Latin America1990-97; 1998.
47.366* - Canadian Foreign Policy; 1990-92; 1995-96.
47.414* - Theory and Practice in Third World Development; 1994.
47.355* - Transitions to Democracy: Spring 1996.
47.467* - International Politics of North America; 1998-2000.
GRADUATE COURSES:
PECO 5502/ PSCI 5502/ SOCI 5505: Selected Topics in Political Economy; “Return of the
Developmentalist State”
PECO 6000 –Political Economy Core Concepts, Winter 2011
PSCI 6106 - Comparative Politics II, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009.
PSCI 6106 - Comparative Politics II, Winter 2008.
PECO Gender and Globalization – Reading course Summer 2006
PECO 6000 Political Economy Core Concepts
PSCI 6106 Comparative Politics II, Winter 2006
47.616 Comparative Politics II, 1998-2001
47.567 (crosslisted as 47.467) International Politics of North America, 1998-2001
47.615 Comparative Politics I 1993-1996
3. SUPERVISIONS:
f) GRADUATE SUPERVISIONS:
Completed
In Progress
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Ph.D.
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G. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
DEPARTMENT:
Director, Institute of Political Economy, January 2013 - .
Curriculum and Priorities Committee, 2012-14.
Chair, Hiring Plan Committee, 2011.
Graduate Studies Committee, member, 2010-12.
Chair, Department of Political Science, 2006- 2009.
Curriculum and Priorities Committee, Appointments Committee, Tenure and Promotions
Committee, 2006 - 2009
Acting Director, Institute of Political Economy, 2005-06.
Appointments Committee, Member, 2006.
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Graduate Studies Supervisor, 2004-05.
Comparative Politics Field representative, 2003-04.
Appointments Committee, Member, Spring 2003.
Curriculum and Priorities Committee and Appointments Committee, 2001-02.
Undergraduate Supervisor, 1999-2001
Appointments Committee, Member; 1997.
Comparative Field, Chair, 1993-95.
Graduate Studies Committee, Member; 1993-94.
Undergraduate Studies Committee, Member; 1991-93.
FACULTY:
Hiring Committee, School of Policy and Public Administration, External member, May
2014.
Hiring Committee, Law and Legal Studies Department, External member, 2013.
Dean’s Search Committee, 2009
Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Planning, 2007-08
Chairs and Directors Committee member, 2005-09
PAM Research Committee member, 2004-06 Political Science representative, Development
studies stream, Kroeger College, 2002-04
Kroeger College Board, 1999-01
APCC member, FASS, 1999-01
APCC member, PAM, 1999-01
Program Advisory Committee on Human Rights, 1997.
Search Committee, Director of School of International Affairs, Member, 1993.
UNIVERSITY:
Bachelor of Global and International Studies, committee member, 2013-14.
Graduate Studies, Programs and Priorities committee, member, 2010-12
Carleton University Library editorial board, 2009-present
University Promotions Committee, 2008-2009
Human Subjects Ethics Appeal Committee, 2006-
Special Committee of Investigation into alleged plagiarism on SSHRC application, 2009.
Graduate Studies Faculty Board member, 2004-06.
Member, Carleton SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship Selection committee, 2002-04.
Task Force on the Research Enterprise at Carleton - 2000.
Steering Committee, Institute of Political Economy; 1996-2001.
Committee of Management, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies, 1993-95.