Dedicated to the Enlightenment of the Human Spirit

Bethany Amal Barratt
Assistant Professor of Political Science

PhD University of California, Davis, 2002
MA University of California, Davis, 1998
AB Duke University, 1994


B River Lee
Cork, Ireland. Summer 2007.

Office:  742 (Auditorium Bldg.)
Phone: (312) 341-3768
bbarratt@roosevelt.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: MW 2-3


Classes Taught Spring 2008
Other Courses Taught:

  • Problems in US Foreign Policy
  • American Politics
  • International Law: Human Rights
  • Graduate Seminar in Scope and Methodology
  • Graduate Seminar in International Relations
Publications

Books

  • 2007. Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money?
  • Forthcoming. Public Opinion and the Iraq War (coeditor)
Articles

Research Interests:
politics and literature, human rights, foreign policy, international aid, political tolerance, gender, sexuality, international relations, media, politics and culture, international organizations


Research, Teaching, and Political Action Links

Amnesty International - campaigns for human rights worldwide

Tolerance.org: provides practical tools to promote tolerance

Info on women's human rights worldwide from the University of Toronto

The UK's Department for International Development

Canadian International Development Agency/Agence Canadienne de Developpement International

AusAID: The Australian International Development Agency

Pacifica Radio - promoting free speech &critical political analysis

American Political Science Association's Human Rights Section

Personal Links and Images (click on the giant prairie dog)