You can e-mail the office at westforum@winthrop.edu if you have any comments, questions, or concerns. If you need to speak to someone directly in the office, please see the profiles below for that information.
Dr. Jennifer Disney
Office: 328 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-4668
E-mail: disneyj@winthrop.edu
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. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. From 2014-2018, Dr. Disney served as co-editor of New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture with Dr. Jocelyn Boryczka of Fairfield University.
Her areas of teaching, research, and scholarship are in the fields of comparative politics and feminist theory, specifically in the areas of development and underdevelopment, intersectional feminisms, and global women’s movements. She teaches courses in "Comparative Politics," "Women and Global Politics," "African Politics," "Latin American Politics," "International Political Economy," "Social Movement Politics and Political Protest," "Political Science Capstone," and "Women's and Gender Studies."
Katarina Duich Moyon
E-mail: moyonk@winthrop.edu
Katarina Moyon earned her M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and graduate magna cum laude with a B.A. in International Affairs and minor in German from Northern Arizona University. She is interested in electoral code and comparative electoral systems. She worked for the International Foundation for Election Systems assisting developing countries in Eastern Europe organize and conduct democratic elections and also conducted research under a Fulbright Fellowshipon the Republic of Croatia's election system. Also, she is interested in examining health policy in the US and abroad based on her work at the World Health Organization, European Division.
