Laura Brunell, Ph.D.
Curriculum
Vitae
Department of Political Science
AD Box 53
Gonzaga University
Spokane WA 99258-0053
(509)323-6679
Email: brunell@gonzaga.edu
Website: guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/brunell
Current
Position
Chair and
Associate Professor, Political Science, International Studies, Women’s and
Gender Studies
Gonzaga
University, Spokane, WA
Education
Ph.D. (1999)
and M.A. (1993) in Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
B.A. (1989)
in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government, The American University, Washington, D.C.
Research
and Teaching Interests
Women’s
Status and Gender Politics in Comparative Perspective
European
Politics and Societies
NGOs, Civil
Society and Civic Engagement
Globalization:
Global Institution Building and Movements
Domestic
Violence Policies and Movements
Scholarship
in Progress
Brunell,
Laura. Global
Gender Regimes. The book develops a comparative typology of
gender regimes using the cases of the US, Sweden, India, China, Afghanistan and
Rwanda. It is designed to be a text for my course, Women in Comparative
Societies, and other courses on women’s status around the world and/or
Comparative Politics, Economics, Geography or Sociology courses.
Publications
Brunell,
Laura and Janet Elise Johnson.
2010. “The New WAVE: How
Transnational Feminist Networks are Creating Domestic Violence Policy Reform in
Post-Communist Europe.” In, Katalin Fabian, Ed. Domestic
Violence in Postcommunist States: Local Activism, National Policies, and Global
Forces. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press.
Brunell,
Laura. 2008. “Third Wave Feminism.” Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year
2007.
Brunell,
Laura. 2008. Book Review: Rose-Ackerman,
S. (2005). From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable
Government in Hungary and Poland. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press. Comparative Political Studies 2008 41: 242-246.
Johnson,
Janet Elise and Laura Brunell.
2006. “The Emergence of Domestic Violence Movements and Regimes in Central and
Eastern Europe.” Politics &
Policy 34 (October), pp. 575-595.
Brunell,
Laura. 2005. “Marginality and the New Geography of Domestic
Violence Policy in Post-Communist Poland.” Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography
12 (3): 293-316.
Brunell,
Laura. 2005. Institutional
Capital: Building Post-Communist Government Performance.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Brunell,
Laura. Spring 2002. “Cinderella Seeks
Shelter. Will the State, Church or Civil Society Provide?” East European Politics and Societies
16(2): 465-493.
Beer,
Francis and Laura Brunell.
2001. "Women's Words: Gender and Rhetoric in the Congressional
Gulf War Debates." In Words of War and Peace, ed. Francis Beer. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press.
Clarke,
Susan E., Lynn Staeheli, and Laura Brunell. 1995. "Women
Redefining Local Politics." In Theories of Urban Politics, eds. Hal
Wolman, Gary Stoker, and David Judge.
London: Sage UK.
Awards
Faculty
Excellence Award, College of Arts & Sciences, Gonzaga University, 2004-2005
Service
Learning Faculty of the Year, Gonzaga University, 2004-2005
Service
Learning Stipend, American Political Science Association, September 2001
Distinguished
Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 2000-2001
Scholar
Access Grant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Summer 2001
Faculty
Development Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Summer
2000
Robert
Stover Fellowship, University of Colorado. Boulder, 1996-1997
Fulbright
Scholar, Poland, 1995 -1996
Dean's Small
Grant, The Graduate School, University of Colorado,
Boulder, 1994
Kosciuszko
Foundation Scholarship, Jagiellonian University, School
of Polish Language and Culture, Summer 1994
Dayton-McKean
Award for the Best Preliminary Ph.D. Research Paper, Department of Political
Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993
Cum Laude and
University Honors, Academic Scholarship, The American
University, Washington, D.C., 1986-1989
Appointment
to the United States Military Academy, 1986
National
Merit Scholar, 1986
Guest
Lectures and Public Speaking
Featured
Speaker. Academic Honors Convocation. Spring
2006. Gonzaga University.
“Peeking
Behind the Curtain.”
Public lecture and curation of show
of East European prints. Jundt Gallery,
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, November 4, 2004.
“Taking
Social Justice Global.”
Comments on Robert N. Bellah’s
Keynote Address. Delivered at Western Converations in Jesuit Education. Santa Clara
University, Santa Clara, CA, October 18, 2003.
”Toward
a Fourth Wave Democratic Revolution.” Delivered at a Teach-In about
Free Trade. Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA, September 30,
2003.
“How
Liberalism Fails American Women.” Prepared for a Debate
with Angela “Bay” Buchanan. Gonzaga University.
Spokane WA, March 4, 2003.
“Integrating
Europe: East and West.”
Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WWI, March 16, 2001.
“Women
in Central Eastern Europe.”
Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI, March 15,
2001.
“The
Challenges of Post-Communism in Central Eastern Europe.” Cardinal Stritch
University, Milwaukee, WI, February 14, 2001.
Conference
Papers
“The New
WAVE: How Transnational Feminist Networks are Creating Domestic Violence
Policy Reform in Post-Communist Europe.” With Janet
Elise Johnson. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, UT,
November 3-6, 2005.
“Explaining
State Responses to Domestic Violence in Post-Communist Europe.” With Janet Elise Johnson. Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,
Boston, MA, December 4-7, 2004.
“Rosa
Luxemburg’s Ghost: Gender, Religion and Marxism in Polish National
Discourse.” Gender 2002 Conference on Nationality and Identity,
University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, September 19-22, 2002.
“Feast or
Famine: Domestic Violence Policy in Eastern Europe.” With Janet Elise Johnson. American Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 29-September 1, 2002.
“Think
Globally, Act Locally: Linking Global Economic Issues with Local Issues
of Social Justice.” Conference for Service Learning Practioners,
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, May 15-17, 2002.
“A Positive
Sum State-Society Relationship: Responding to Domestic Violence in
Post-Communist Poland.” American Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 30-September 2, 2001.
“Living at
the Margin: Women and Domestic Violence Policy in Post-Communist
Poland.” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago,
IL, April 19-22, 2001.
“Social
Citizenship in Post-Communist Europe.” Klein Symposium.
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, January 26-27, 2001.
“Third Sector
Citizenship: How NGOs Guarantee Women’s Social Rights.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Seattle, Washington, March 25 -27, 1999.
“State-Society
Relations in Poland during the 1980s and 1990s: Solidarity as Social Capital or
Liability?” Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association,
Denver, Colorado, April 15-18, 1998.
"Civil
Society and City Government: The Case of Krakow." Civil
Society in Public Discourse, Krakow, Poland, June 1, 1996.
"Women's
Words: Gender and Rhetoric in the Congressional Gulf War
Debates." (With Francis Beer). Meeting of
the International Studies Association - West, Boulder, Colorado, October 20-21, 1995.
"Community
Activism: Balancing Money and Method." World Congress of the
International Sociological Association , Bielefeld,
Germany, July 18-23, 1994.
"Feminism,
Funding and Agenda-Setting: The Relationship Among Goals, Funding and
Agendas in Feminist, Grassroots Organizations." Midwestern
Political Science Association and Southwestern Political Science Association
1993 Annual Meetings. Nominated for Best Paper
Award at the Southwestern meeting.
Previous
Academic Positions
Assistant
Professor, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1999-2002
Taught
courses on Europe, Gender, and Comparative Politics. Participated
in Women’s Studies Program building.
Graduate
Part-time Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1997-1999
Taught
American Political Thought, Europe in the International System, and West
European Politics.
Visiting
Lecturer, University of Lodz, Poland, Center for North American Studies, 1996
-1997
Designed and
taught courses on American and Comparative Politics, the Problems of Race and Ethnicity
in the United States and Racial and Ethnic Conflict Resolution. The last
course was co-taught with Vincent Parrillo of William
J. Patterson University and Rodney Coates of the University of Miami of
Ohio. We used the Internet to link our students to many other
universities in the U.S. and Europe.
Teaching
Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993-1995
Served
as a Teaching Assistant to Jeffrey Kopstein
(Comparative Politics), Thad Tecza (American
Politics) and Doug Costain (American Politics).
Graduate
Research Assistant, University of Colorado. Boulder, 1991-1993
Research
topics included the changing political economy of American cities, how economic
restructuring is affecting community involvement, and gendered dimensions of
urban analyses and congressional rhetoric. Worked as a
Research Assistant on a variety of research projects in the departments of
Political Science, Sociology and Geography at the University of Colorado,
Boulder, including two funded by the National Science Foundation.
Conducted interviews in person and by phone, conducted surveys by mail and by
phone, coded and managed data, performed statistical analyses, and supervised
other student researchers.
Research
Skills
Statistical:
Trained in statistical analyses ranging from the simple and descriptive to the
predictive (bivariate and multivariate regression)
and the exploratory (factor, cluster). Also experienced in
translating data generated through interviews into quantitative data.
Interpretive:
Very experienced in both interviewing (by phone and in person) and surveying
(by mail, phone, by mail and in person). Have performed interviewing
and/or interview screening in English, Polish and Spanish.
Software:
SPSS, Ethnograph, Nudist, Oxford Concordance Program
Languages
Fluent
Polish, Intermediate Spanish, Some Latin.
Hobbies
Yoga
(Power Yoga and Ashtanga) swimming, running, hiking,
biking, snowboarding, cross-country skiing.
References
Jane Rinehart
Associate
Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s Studies
AD Box 60
Gonzaga
University
502 E Boone
Avenue
Spokane, WA
99258
(509)323-6795
rinehart@gonzaga.edu
Michael
Leiserson
Professor of
Political Science
AD Box 52
Gonzaga
University
502 E Boone
Avenue
Spokane, WA
99258
(509)323-6764
leiserson@gonzaga.edu
Blaine Garvin
Professor of
Political Science
AD Box 63
Gonzaga
University
502 E Boone
Avenue
Spokane, WA
99258
(509)323-6645
garvin@gonzaga.edu
Janet Elise
Johnson
Associate
Professor of Political Science
3401 James
Hall
Brooklyn
College
2900 Bedford
Avenue
Brooklyn, New
York
11210
(718)951-4148
johnson@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Susan E.
Clarke,
Professor of
Political Science
CB 333
University of
Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO
80309-0333
(303)492-2957
susan.clarke@colorado.edu