Assistant Professor
Comparative Politics
PhD Washington University in Saint Louis, 2007
Office:
311 SH
Office hours:
Wednesdays 9:30am -12:30 pm and by appointment
Phone number:
319-335-3835
Publications:
- "Identities Matter: Identity Politics, Coalition Possibilities, and Feminist Organizing," WU Dissertation, which focused on identity construction and coalition possibilities as mitigated by race and class among Uruguayan women’s groups
- Currently working on a book manuscript, tentatively titled The Politics of Intersectionality, which focuses on the creation of raced, gendered, and classed identities in Uruguay and Costa Rica, their evolution into formal black women’s organizations, and how an intersectional identity might be put into practice in the contemporary post-welfare, post-liberal state.
Dr. Townsend-Bell studies Latin American politics and women and politics, with a specific focus on the politics of race, class, and gender. Her website is http://myweb.uiowa.edu/etownsen.html.
Website/CV:
http://myweb.uiowa.edu/etownsen/cv.html