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JENNIFER LEIGH DISNEY Dr. Disney will be on Sabbatical for the 2008-2009 Academic year.
Biography Dr. Jennifer Leigh Disney completed her Ph.D. with distinction at The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York (CUNY) in 2002. Her dissertation, The Theories and Practices of Women’s Organizing: Marxism, Feminism, Democratization, and Civil Society in Mozambique and Nicaragua was awarded the American Political Science Association (APSA) Women and Politics Best Dissertation Award in 2003, and a paper based on two chapters of her dissertation was awarded the Christian Bay Award for the Best New Political Science Paper presented at the APSA that same year. Dr. Disney’s first book based on her award-winning dissertation, Women’s Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua, published by Temple University Press, is available in the fall of 2008. After serving as Assistant Professor of Political Science at Winthrop University from 2002-2007, Dr. Disney was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and received Tenure in 2008. She has been the recipient of the 2006 Faculty Service Learning Award, the 2007 Outstanding Junior Professor Award, and the 2008 Student Life Award at Winthrop University. Her areas of teaching, research, and scholarship are in the fields of Comparative Politics and Political Theory, specifically in the areas of development and underdevelopment, Third World Feminisms, and global women’s movements. She teaches courses in Comparative Politics, Women and Global Politics, African Politics, Latin American Politics, International Political Economy, and Social Movement Politics and Political Protest. She is currently a member of the African American Studies Committee and the Women's Studies Committee, and she serves as faculty advisor to Amnesty International Winthrop Chapter and the Socialist Student Union. Dr. Disney is also President of the Board of Directors of A Place for Hope (APFH), the 501 (c) (3) community resource center of the Blackmon Road Community. She is also Director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards (ONCA) for Winthrop University. Selected Publications
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