Standing Committees of the International Studies Association

Committees

The members of ISA standing committees are appointed by the incoming ISA President with the approval of the ISA Governing Council at the annual Governing Council meeting.

Standing committees are responsible to the Governing Council and should report to it at least once a year. At the discretion of the Governing Council these annual reports may be given at the Business Meeting of the ISA and/or submitted in writing for publication. On recommendation of the President, the Governing Council designates the individuals to serve as chair and members of a standing committee. The chair of a standing committee may not serve consecutive terms.

The lengths of committee members’ terms vary among standing committees but all terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

To browse the committees please scroll down, or select the committee  you are looking for from the menu on the left.

Annual Convention Program Committee

The members of ISA standing committees are appointed by the incoming ISA President with the approval of the ISA Governing Council at the annual Governing Council meeting.

The lengths of committee members' terms vary among standing committees but all terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Prepare, with President-Elect, a convention theme statement and invitation to participate, both of which will be published in the ISA E-Newsletter and in the preceding year's Convention program.
  • Plan and prepare the Program for ISA Annual Convention.
  • Organize cooperatively with Section Chairs to maximize Section participation within the scope and development of the Convention Program.
  • Coordinate with representatives of ISA Cooperating Organizations to ensure active involvement of non-North American scholars in the Convention Program.
  • Program Chairs serve a one-year term.
  • Write and publish the Call for Papers.

2010 PROGRAM CHAIR
Elizabeth DeSombre

Wellesley College
Department of Political Science
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481 USA
Telephone: 781-283-2168
FAX: 781 283 3644
E-Mail: edesombr@wellesley.edu

Diversity Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • The Diversity Committee is a five-member standing committee established by the International Studies Association in 1998. The mission of the committee is: a) to promote and facilitate diversity within ISA, especially with regard to women and other minorities; b) to improve the professional visibility of women and other minorities within international studies; and, c) to monitor and provide oversight with respect to these goals.
  • The Committee is appointed by the ISA President with the assistance of the Governing Council. 
  • Members serve three-year, staggered terms. Terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

Committee Members:

Saadia Pekkanen (Chair)
March 2008 – March 2011

School of International Studies/School of Law
University of Washington
P.O. Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
E-Mail: smp1@u.washington.edu

Errol Henderson
March 2008 – March 2011

Pennsylvania State University
229 Pond Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802 USA
Telephone: 814-865-4409
Email: eah13@psu.edu

Diana Cassells
March 2009 – March 2012

The Graduate Center, CUNY
3450 Gates Place Apt. 6C
Bronx, NY 10467 USA
Telephone: 718-798-9356
E-Mail: ecassells@gc.cuny.edu

Jeffrey Taliaferro
March 2007 – March 2010

Tufts University
Political Science Department
Eaton Hall, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA USA 02155
Telephone: 617-627-3464
Fax: 617-627-3660
Email: jeff.taliaferro@tufts.edu

Brandon Veleriano
March 2007 – March 2010

University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of Political Science M/C 276
1007 W. Harrison St
Chicago, IL 60607 USA
Telephone: 615-269-8433
Email: bvaler@uic.edu

Tom Volgy (Ex-Officio)
International Studies Association
324 Social Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax: 520.621.5780
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

Finance Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Review the fiscal practices of the Association and the ISA Annual Budget.
  • Make recommendations regarding investments, disbursements, and other management issues as to the ISA Endowment Fund.
  • The ISA Treasurer serves as Chair of the Committee.
  • The Committee is appointed by the ISA President with concurrency of the Governing Council.
  • Members serve two-year, staggered terms. Terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

Committee Members:

CHAIR
Marymeyermcaleese
Mary K. Meyer McAleese, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science/BES
Eckerd College
4200 54th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33711 USA
Telephone: 813.864.8309
Fax: 727.864.7967
Email: meyermk@eckerd.edu

Vicki Golich, 2008-2010
College of Arts and Sciences
California State University San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001 USA
Telephone: 760.750.4195
Fax: 760.750.3005
Email: vgolich@csusm.edu

Renee E. Marlin-Bennett, 2008-2010
Political Science Department
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
Telephone: 410-516-5478
Fax: 410.516.5515
Email: marlin@jhu.edu

Robert Kudrle, 2009-2011
University of Minnesota
163 Humphrey Center
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN USA
Telephone: 612-625-3338
Fax: 612-625-3513
E-Mail: kudrle@umn.edu

Ex-Officio Members:

Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2007-2010
Intl Peace Research Institute, Oslo
PRIO
Fuglehauggata 11
Oslo 0260 NORWAY
Telephone: 47.22.54.77.21
Fax: 47.22.54.77.01
Email: nilspg@prio.no

Thomas G. Weiss, 2008-2011
Presidential Professor of Political Science
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203
New York, NY 10016-4309 USA
E-Mail: tweiss@gc.cuny.edu

David A. Lake, 2009-2012
Social Sciences Building 372
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
Phone: (858) 534-0347
Fax: (858) 534-7130
E-mail: dlake@ucsd.edu

Thomas J. Volgy
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax: 520.621.5780
Email: isa@u.arizona.edu

Dana B. Larsen
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax: 520.621.5780
Email: isa@u.arizona.edu

Long Range Planning Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Make recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding Amendments needed and/or proposed to the ISA Constitution, ISA affiliate-organization status, Membership, and other related issues.
  • The Committee is appointed by the ISA President with concurrency of the Governing Council.
  • Members serve two-year, staggered terms. Terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

Long Range Planning Committee Members:

CHAIR

Ronnie Lipschutz, 2006-2010
Department of Politics
234 Crown College
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
Telephone: 831.459.3275
Fax: 831.459.3125
Email: rlipsch@ucsc.edu

MEMBERS

James W. Davis, 2009-2011

Institute of Political Science
University of St. Gallen
Dufourstrasse 45
St. Gallen CH-9000
Switzerland
Telephone: 41.0.71.224.2608
Fax: 41.0.71.224.2974
Email: james.davis@unisg.ch

John Harbeson, 2009-2011
City University of New York
5 Valley Trail
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 USA
E-Mail: jwharbeson@aol.com

Dennis Dijkzeul, 2009-2011
IFHV, Ruhr Universität Bochum, #4
Schattbachstrasse 3
Bochum, 44801 GERMANY
Telephone: 49-(0)234-3227932
E-Mail: dennis.dijkzeul@rub.de

David Forsythe, 2009-2011
University of Nebraska
Political Science Department
511 Oldf Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0328 USA
Telephone: (402) 472-8192
E-Mail: dforsythe@unl.edu

Charlotte Ku, 2009-2011
University of Illinois College of Law
504 E Pennsylvania Ave
Champaign, IL 61820-6909 USA
Telephone: (202) 797-7133
E-Mail: chku@law.uiuc.edu

Ole Wæver, 2008-2010
Department of Political Science
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 5
DK-1353 Copenhagen K  Denmark
Telephone: +45.353.23431
Email: ow@ifs.ku.dk

EX-OFFICIO

Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2008-2010
Intl Peace Research Institute, Oslo
PRIO
Fuglehauggata 11
Oslo 0260 NORWAY
Telephone: 47.22.54.77.21
Fax: 47.22.54.77.01
Email: nilspg@prio.no

Thomas G. Weiss, 2008-2011
Presidential Professor of Political Science
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203
New York, NY 10016-4309 USA
E-Mail: tweiss@gc.cuny.edu

David A. Lake, 2009-2012
Social Sciences Building 372
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
Phone: (858) 534-0347
Fax: (858) 534-7130
E-mail: dlake@ucsd.edu

Thomas J. Volgy
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax: 520.621.5780
Email: isa@u.arizona.edu

Dana B. Larsen
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax: 520.621.5780
Email: isa@u.arizona.edu 

Update: 2 March 2009

Nominating Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Prepare and publish any calls for nominations inclusive of the deadline for nominations of the ISA President, Vice-Presidents, and Treasurer.
  • Provide a slate of Officers; specifically, the President; three (3) Vice-Presidents, and the Treasurer, for official publication each year in November.
  • Report the Committee’s nominations at the Governing Council Meeting during the ISA Annual Convention.
  • Committee Members are appointed by the President and serve staggered three-year terms. Terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.
  • The President-Elect appoints a convener; each year committee members select the chair from among the committee members.

CONVENOR:
Mbenson
Michelle Benson, 2007-2010
Department of Political Science
Park Hall 513
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-2251, ext. 513
Fax: (716) 645-2166
E-Mail: mbenson2@buffalo.edu

MEMBERS

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, 2007-2010
University of Essex
Department of Government
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom
Telephone: 44.1206.872517
Fax: 44.1206.873234
Email: ksg@essex.ac.uk

Mary Caprioli, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Cina Hall 304
1123 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812-3006 USA
Telephone: 218-726-7612
Fax: 218-726-6585
Email: mcapriol@d.umn.edu

Virginia Page Fortna, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science
Columbia University
SIWPS
420 W 118th St
New York, NY  USA
Telephone: 212-854-0021
Email: vpf4@columbia.edu

John Ishiyama, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science
Truman University
100 East Normal Street
Kirksville, MO 63501 USA
Email: jishiyam@truman.edu

Layna Mosley, 2007-2010
Department of Political Science
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
361 Hamilton Hall, CB 3265
Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
Phone: 919.962.0416
Fax: 919.962.0432
Email: mosley@unc.edu

Fen Osler Hampson, 2009-2012
Carleton University
7-125 Springfield Road
Ottawa, ON K1M 1C5 CANADA
Telephone: (613)747-6724
E-Mail: fen_hampson@carleton.ca

Neta Crawford, 2009-2012
Boston University
48 West St.
Medford, MA 02155-4325 USA
Telephone: nccrawford@earthlink.net
E-Mail: nccrawford@earthlink.net

Keith Krause, 2009-2012
IUHEI
132 rue de Lausanne
Geneva 1202 SWITZERLAND
E-Mail: krause@hei.unige.ch

Professional Development Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Give voice to the interests and needs of graduate students and junior faculty Members of ISA.
  • Promote the professionalism of young scholars.
  • Promote young scholars’ active participation in ISA.
  • Develop and provide a forum to assist young scholars in expanding their careers inside and outside of academia.
  • The President will appoint the President of each region to the committee, and any additional at-large members as needed, in order to insure diversity in institutional representation, including non-academic institutions.
  • At-Large members shall serve for two year terms.
  • The President of ISA will designate the chair of the committee.
  • The term of service for committee members corresponds to their term as region president.

CHAIR

Rosemary E. Shinko, 2008-2010

Department of International Relations
Bucknell University
IREL
108 Coleman Hall
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-2416
E-Mail: res044@bucknell.edu

MEMBERS

Region Presidents

Heloise Weber
March 2009 - March 2010
School of Political Science & International Studies
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Australia
E-Mail: h.weber@uq.edu.au
      
David Black
June 2008-June 2009
Department of Political Science
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4H6 CANADA
Telephone: 902.494.6638
Fax: 902.494.3825
Email: david.black@dal.ca

Peter Trumbore
November 2008 - November 2009
Department of Political Science
428 Varner Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4907
Fax: (248) 370-4299
E-mail: ptrumbor@oakland.edu

Eric K. Leonard
November 2008 - November 2010
Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs
Associate Professor of Political Science
Shenandoah University
1460 University Drive
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 545-7326
E-Mail: eleonard@su.edu
 
Thomas Badey
January 2009 - December 2009
Department of Political Science
Randolph-Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
Ashland, VA 23005-5505
Phone: (804) 752-7200
E-Mmail: tbadey@rmc.edu

Laura Sjoberg
December 2008 - December 2009
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Political Science
531 Major Williams Hall (0130)
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
E-Mail: sjoberg@vt.edu

At-Large Members

Tatiana Carayannis, 2009-2011
Social Science Research Council
162 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014 USA
Telephone: 212-377-2700
E-Mail: carayannis@ssrc.org

Peter Walker, 2009-2011
Feinstein International Center
Suite 4800
200 Boston Ave
Medford, MA 02155 USA
E-Mail: peter.walker@tufts.edu

Ex-Officio Members

Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2008-2010
Intl Peace Research Institute, Oslo
PRIO
Fuglehauggata 11
Oslo 0260 NORWAY
Telephone: 47.22.54.77.21
Fax: 47.22.54.77.01
Email: nilspg@prio.no

Thomas G. Weiss, 2009-2011
Presidential Professor of Political Science
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203
New York, NY 10016-4309 USA
E-Mail: tweiss@gc.cuny.edu

David A. Lake, 2009-2012
Social Sciences Building 372
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
Phone: (858) 534-0347
Fax: (858) 534-7130
E-mail: dlake@ucsd.edu

Thomas J. Volgy
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ  85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax:  520.621.5780
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

Dana B. Larsen
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ  85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax:  520.621.5780
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • The Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee is a standing committee consisting of five (5) members, including at least one current ISA Vice President, one ISA Vice President-elect, and one ISA Vice President whose term has just ended.
  • Additional members will be drawn from the Governing Council, to be appointed by the ISA President.
  • The Committee is chaired by an ISA Vice President during the term of that person's vice presidency and for one year beyond that.
  • Members serve a staggered two-year term so that alternately two or three members go off the committee each year. Terms begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting the final year listed.

CHAIR

Mark Boyer, 2008-2010

Head, Department of Political Science
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Rd, U-1024
Storrs, CT 06269-1024  USA
Telephone: 860.486.3156
Fax: 860.486.8307
Email: mark.boyer@uconn.edu

MEMBERS

Gillian Youngs, 2008-2010
ISA Vice-President

Department of Media and Communication
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 116 252 3863
FAX: +44 (0) 116 252 5276
Email: gy4@le.ac.uk

Amitav Acharya, 2009-2011
School of International Service
American University
4400, Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, USA 20016-8071
202-885-3153 (office)
202-888 2494 (fax)
Email: aacharya@american.edu

Janice Bially Mattern, 2009-2011
Lehigh University
9 W Packer Ave
Maginess Hall 207
Bethlehem, PA  18015 USA
Telephone: 215-204-7782
E-Mail: jbm3@lehigh.edu

Shahid Qadir, 2009-2011
University of London
Dept of Geography
Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX UK
Telephone:  44-784-434455
E-Mail: sqadir@globalnet.co.uk

EX-OFFICIO

Thomas J. Volgy
International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ  85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax:  520.621.5780
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

Publications Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

Publication activity of the Association is divided into four functions: Editorial; Operational; Management;* and, General Policy Making. General Policy Making issues fall under the purview of the Publications Committee. The Publications Committee shall make recommendations to ISA’s Executive Committee and/or Governing Council, concerning:

  • The appointment and/or replacement of ISA Publication Editors.
  • The institutional locations of editorial operations.
  • The contribution of ISA Publications toward the goals of the International Studies Association.
  • The relationships between the ISA Publications; specifically, potential issues of: overlap; competition; and/or, redundancy.
  • Strategies to increase international distribution of ISA publications and to encourage inclusion of contribution materials in languages other than English (Specifically, to target distribution outside of North America of the: International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review; International Studies Perspectives; Foreign Policy Analysis; and, International Political Sociology).

In discharging the above the responsibilities, actions of the Publications Committee and ISA Headquarters are subject to review by the Executive Committee and approval by the Governing Council.

Committee Members are appointed by the ISA President with the concurrency of the Governing Council; Members serve three-year, staggered terms. Terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

The Committee Chair must be a current member of the Committee; or alternatively, must have had significant experience with ISA Publications.

* Editorial functions area the responsibility of the Editors of each ISA publication; Operational and Management functions are the responsibility of ISA Headquarters.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

CHAIR
Pollins
Brian Pollins, 2008-2011

Department of Political Science
Ohio State University
22 Supreme Drive
Sylva, NC 28779  USA
Telephone: 614.309.1867
Email: pollins.1@osu.edu

MEMBERS


William Dixon, 2007-2010

Department of Political Science
University of Arizona
315 Social Sciences Building
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Telephone: 520.621.7600
Fax: 520.621.5051
Email: dixonw@u.arizona.edu

John Odell, 2007-2010
School of International Relations
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043  USA
Telephone: 213.740.4298
Fax: 213.742.0281
Email: odell@usc.edu

Jennifer Knerr, 2008-2011
Paradigm Publishers
3360 Mitchell Lane, Suite E
Boulder, CO 80301 USA
Telephone: 303-245-9054
Email: jenniferk@paradigmpublishers.com

Glenn Palmer, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science
Penn State University
208 Pond Lab
University Park, PA 16802-6200 USA
Telephone: 814-865-5594
Email: gpalmer@psu.edu

Rorden Wilkinson, 2009-2012
University of Manchester
Center for Int'l Politics, Politics
Arthur Lewis Building
Oxford Road
Manchester UK
Telephone: +44-0161-275-4914
E-Mail: rorden.wilkinson@manchester.ac.uk

EX-OFFICIO

Nils Petter Gleditsch, Past President
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
PRIO
Hausmanns gate 7,
0186 Oslo  NORWAY
Telephone: 47.22.54.77.21
Fax: 47.22.54.77.01
Email: nilspg@prio.no
WWW: http://www.prio.no/staff/npg

David A. Lake, Incoming President
Social Sciences Building 372
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
Phone: (858) 534-0347
Fax: (858) 534-7130
E-mail: dlake@ucsd.edu

Thomas G. Weiss, President
Presidential Professor of Political Science
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203
New York, NY 10016-4309 USA
E-Mail: tweiss@gc.cuny.edu

Thomas J. Volgy, Executive Director
International Studies Association
University of Arizona, 324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ  85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

Didier Bigo, International Political Sociology
Center for Intl Research and Studies
Sciences-Po Paris, 34 Rue Montholon
Paris 75009  FRANCE
Telephone: +00.33.0.1.42.80.10.54
Email: didier.bigo@libertysecurity.org

Mark Boyer, International Studies Review
Department of Political Science
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Rd, U-1024
Storrs, CT 06269-1024 USA
Telephone: (860) 486-3156
FAX: (860) 486-8307
Email: mark.boyer@uconn.edu

Bob Denemark, ISA Compendium
Department of Political Science
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Telephone: (302)831-2009
Email: denemark@udel.edu

David Kinsella, International Studies Perspectives
Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University, PO Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751  USA
Telephone: 503.725.8309
Fax: 503.725.8444
Email: ispj@pdx.edu

Paul Diehl, International Interactions
Department of Political Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
E-mail: pdiehl@uiuc.edu

William Thompson, International Studies Quarterly
Department of Political Science
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
Fax: 812-855-2027
Email: instudq@indiana.edu

J. Sterling-Folker, International Studies Review
Department of Political Science
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Rd, U-1024
Storrs, CT 06269-1024 USA
Telephone: (860) 486-2535
FAX: (860) 486-8307
Email: jennifer.sterling-folker@uconn.edu

Douglas A. Van Belle, Foreign Policy Analysis
Media Studies and Politics
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600, Wellington  NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: +64.4.463.7447
Email: Doug.vanbelle@vuw.ac.nz

R.B.J. Walker, International Political Sociology
University of Victoria
Department of Political Science
PO Box 3060 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3R4   CANADA
Telephone: 250.380.9498
Email: rwalker@uvic.ca

Birol Yesilada, International Studies Perspectives
Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751 USA
Telephone: (503) 725-3257
Fax: (503) 725-8444
Email: byesilada@verizon.net

Workshop Grants Committee

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • Publicize the criteria and selection process of the ISA Workshop Grant Program, utilizing as many vehicles of communications as accessible to the Committee and Audience.
  • Develop and implement standardized procedures as to the selection of grants to be made by the Executive Committee.
  • Provide for post-Workshop evaluation; report results to the Governing Council.
  • The Committee is appointed by the ISA President with the concurrency of the Governing Council.
  • Members serve three-year, staggered terms. Terms begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting the final year listed.

CHAIR
Oneill
Kate O'Neill, 2008–2011

Department of Environmental Science,
Policy and Management (ESPM)
University of California at Berkeley
207 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720  USA
Telephone: 510.642.3747
Email: koneill@nature.berkeley.edu (e-mail contact preferred)

MEMBERS

Marijke Breuning, 2009-2012

Department of Political Science
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle # 305340
Denton, Texas 76203-5017
Phone: 940-369-8116
Fax: 940-565-4818
E-Mail: marijke.breuning@unt.edu

Paul Diehl, 2008-2011
University of Illinois
Department of Political Science
383 Lincoln Hall
361 Lincoln
MC-452
Phone: (217) 333-9356
Fax: (217) 244-5712
E-mail: pdiehl@uiuc.edu

Michele Betsill, 2007-2010
Department of Political Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523  USA
Telephone: 970-491-5270
E-Mail: m.betsill@colostate.edu

Rose McDermott, 2007-2010
Department of Political Science
UC Santa Barbara
75 Alta Road
Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Telephone: 650.3212052
Email: rmcdermott@polsci.ucsb.edu

EX-OFFICIO

Thomas J. Volgy

International Studies Association
University of Arizona
324 Social Sciences
Tucson, AZ  85721  USA
Telephone: 520.621.7715
Fax:  520.621.5780
Email:  isa@u.arizona.edu

United Nations NGO Representative

The International Studies Association holds Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, and is also affiliated with the Department of Public Information (DPI). NGO representatives are permitted to register and attend open meetings of most UN bodies--although some require additional procedures--and are invited to attend briefings, seminars, and conferences related to political, economic, social, and humanitarian issues. ISA's NGO representatives have for many years participated in, and facilitated access for ISA members to, the UN's global conferences (now in various follow-up stages), and New York conferences, including conferences on sustainable development, gender, development finance, the rights of the child, small arms trafficking, and others. Because of increased attention to security, members who wish such facilitation need to meet strict UN deadlines. Neither the UN nor ISA provides funding for attendance at conferences. ISA is a roster NGO and its constitution does not permit it to openly promote policy positions. In addition, given new technologies, ISA members tend to access UN information via the web. In this regard, the ISA representative's information role  is now primarily to refer members to relevant electronic sources and/or locate information that may not be readily available.

ISA NGO’s representatives have participated in, and facilitated access for ISA members to, many of the UN’s global and other conferences, including:

The United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), annual follow-ups hosted by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at U.N. headquarters in New York, and the major World Summit Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa 2002. ISA's main contact on sustainable development issues is Carolyn Stephenson. For Small Island Developing States, see J. Braveboy-Wagner.

World Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), and World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995), with regular follow-ups (in sectoral areas) sponsored by the U.N. Commission for Social Development. A major world conference/follow-up on social issues is planned for 2005. ISA's Charlotte Patton is the contact for general social issues.

Fourth World Conference for Women (Beijing, 1995), and "Beijing plus 5" follow-up (Special Session of the General Assembly) in 2000, as well as annual meetings in New York of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). ISA's main participants have been C. Patton and J. Braveboy-Wagner.

ISA representatives also focused on narcotics and small-arms issues in the period 2000-03.

Responsibilities and Terms

  • Provide a channel through which information concerning the UN reaches the ISA Membership.
  • Monitor and support UN policies that conform with ISA’s goals and interests.
  • Facilitate access for ISA members to UN conferences and programs.
  • Disseminate information about the UN to interested ISA members and information about ISA to interested UN bodies.

Main Representatives

Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner
Neworleansjbw
(Main Representative), 2008-2010

The City University of New York
65 Warner Rd.
Huntington, NY 11743
Telephone: (212) 650-5241
Facsimile: (613) 262-8990
Email: jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu

Charlotte Patton
(Alternate Representative)

York College
905 West End Avenue, #52
New York, NY 10025-3530
Telephone: 718.262.2680
Fax: 718.262.2675
Email: patton@york.cuny.edu

Carolyn Stephenson
(Alternate Representative)

Department of Political Science
The University of Hawaii-Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
Telephone: (808) 956-8195
Facsimile: (808) 956-6877
E-Mail: cstephen@Hawaii.edu 

Committee on the Status of Women

Responsibilities and Terms:

  • TBA

CHAIR
Joyce_kaufman
Joyce Kaufman, 2008-2010

Whittier College
PO Box 634
13406 East Philadelphia Street
Whittier, CA 90608 USA
Phone: (562) 907-4243
Email: jkaufman@whittier.edu

MEMBERS

Aysegul Aydin, 2008-2010
University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Political Science
Ketchum Hall 333
Boulder, CO 80309 USA
Phone: 607-777-4379
Email: aysegul.aydin@colorado.edu

Meredith Sarkees, 2008-2010
American University
Women/Politics Inst
4802 Wyoming Way
Crystal Lake, IL 60012 USA
Phone: 815.444.0692
Email: sarkees@sbcglobal.net

Heidi Hobbs, 2009-2011
North Carolina State University
1002 Kings Mill Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27517 USA
Phone: 919-513-4389
Email: heidi_hobbs@ncsu.edu

Erik Melander, 2009-2011
Uppsala University
Dept. of Peace & Conflict Research
Box 514
Uppsala S-75120 SWEDEN
Phone: 46-18-18-22-06
Email: erik.melander@pcr.uu.se

ISA Representative, American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. Founded in 1848, AAAS serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. ISA is one of those affiliated groups and sends one representative to AAAS. This is a three year term, appointed by the Governing Council and nominated by the President.

Robert_kudrle
Robert Kudrle, 2008-2010
University of Minnesota
163 Humphrey Center
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Phone: 612-625-3338
E-mail: kudrle@umn.edu