Denise Walsh

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Denise Walsh
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Institutions University of Virginia

Denise Walsh is an American political scientist, currently a professor of political science and women, gender and sexuality at the University of Virginia. She studies the relationship between women's rights and political inclusion and level of democracy, as well as women's advancement during periods of democratization.

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Education and early career

Walsh studied politics and economics at Bennington College, earning a BA in 1985. [1] She completed an MA in political science at Columbia University in 1986, and a PhD in political science from the New School for Social Research in 2006. [1] In 2005, she became a professor at the University of Virginia, where she was also a co-founder of the Power, Violence and Inequality Collective, which she co-directed from 2016 to 2019. [2]

Career

Walsh wrote the book Women's Rights in Democratizing States: Just Debate and Gender Justice in the Public Sphere, published in 2010. The book confirms and advances findings that democratization does not generally increase women's participation in politics, as political institutions and parties often block women's advancement during these transitions. [3] However, by introducing a new variable regarding debate conditions, and by means of paired comparisons of particular periods of democratization in Poland, Chile, and South Africa, Walsh shows that open and inclusive conditions for debate during democratization periods can increase the state's support for advancements in women's rights and inclusion. [3]

Walsh has published on women's representation and rights in democracies in journals like Politics & Gender, [4] PS: Political Science & Politics, [5] and Comparative Political Studies. [6] She has also published articles on research ethics, [7] and on the status of women in the discipline of political science. [8]

Walsh is a member of the 2020-2024 editorial leadership of the American Political Science Review, [9] [10] [11] which is the most selective political science journal. [12] She was also the 2016-2017 president of the Women's Caucus for Political Science in the American Political Science Association. [13]

She is a Faculty Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Institute of Advance Studies for 2020–2021.

Selected works

Selected awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Walsh, Denise M. "Denise M. Walash" . Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Denise M. Walsh Profile". University of Virginia. 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 Krook, Mona Lena (2013). "Reviewed Work(s): Women's Rights in Democratizing States: Just Debate and Gender Justice in the Public Sphere by Denise Walsh". Perspectives on Politics. American Political Science Association. 11 (4): 1161–1163. doi:10.1017/S1537592713002375. S2CID   144421446.
  4. ↑ Walsh, Denise (2013). "A Feminist Approach to Quotas and Comparative Politics". Politics & Gender. 9 (3): 322–328. doi:10.1017/S1743923X13000159. S2CID   146393590.
  5. ↑ Walsh, Denise M.; Mershon, Carol (2015). "Organizing Women: Diversifying Leadership and Addressing Discrimination in Political Science Departments". PS: Political Science & Politics. 48 (3): 459–463. doi:10.1017/S1049096515000244. S2CID   156236552.
  6. ↑ "Does the Quality of Democracy Matter for Women's Rights? The Public Sphere and Democratic Transition in Chile and South Africa". Comparative Political Studies. 45 (11): 1323–1335. 2012. doi:10.1177/0010414012437165. S2CID   145336329.
  7. ↑ Walsh (2017). "Making it Ethical to Study Africa: The Enduring Legacies of 'Sitting on a Man'". Journal of West African History. 3 (2): 166–172. doi:10.14321/jwestafrihist.3.2.0166. S2CID   158422243.
  8. ↑ Brown, Nadia; Htun, Mala; Rosenbluth, Frances; Thelen, Kathleen; Walsh, Denise (2017). "How are Women Political Scientists Doing? A Report from the APSA Committee for the Status of Women in the Profession and the Thelen Presidential Task Force". Comparative Politics Newsletter. 27 (1): 81–83.
  9. ↑ "APSA Announces the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review". American Political Science Association. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Marshall, Jenna (26 July 2019). "Righting the balance: New APSR editors meet at SFI to discuss gender and race in scientific publishing". Santa Fe Institute. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  11. ↑ American Political Science Review's incoming editorial team (29 August 2019). "We're an all-women team chosen to edit political science's flagship journal. Here's why that matters". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Cutting-Edge Research Agenda". University of Tennessee Knoxville. Retrieved 25 December 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Meet 2020 APSR Editor, Denise Walsh of University of Virginia". Political Science Now. American Political Science Association. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  14. ↑ Bromley, Anne E. (27 April 2014). "U.VA.'S Award-Winning Teachers Inspire a Love of Learning that Lasts". UVA Today. University of Virginia. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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