Bethany Barratt (born August 18, 1972) is an American political scientist and author. She writes and researches about human rights[1][2] and their effects on foreign policy.[3][4] She is a professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, and the director of its Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, which engages undergraduates in comparative cross-national research on a variety of human rights challenges, especially as they occur in urban settings..[5]

Career

Barratt is the author of Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money? (2007, Routledge),[6] Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War (coedited with Peter Furia and Richard Sobel (2011, Potomac),[7] The Politics of Harry Potter, (2011, Palgrave),[8] and Human Rights in The Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook,(2013, Open Society Foundation),[9] as well as articles in several peer-reviewed journals.

In 2011, Barratt was the co-organizer of a photographic exhibit at Roosevelt University entitled "The Innocents: Headshots", highlighting 45 cases of wrongful convictions.[10] Barratt is currently the director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project.

References

  1. ↑ David Zarefsky; Elizabeth Benacka (2008). Sizing Up Rhetoric. Waveland Press. ISBN 978-1-57766-532-8.
  2. ↑ "Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy." Reviewed by Robin S. Gendron. Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
  3. ↑ David Zarefsky; Elizabeth Benacka (2008). Sizing Up Rhetoric. Waveland Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-57766-532-8.
  4. ↑ "Book Review of Lessons from the Iraq War". DeepDyve.
  5. ↑ "Roosevelt exhibit highlights false convictions" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By Kate Thayer TribLocal reporter November 8, 2011
  6. ↑ Barratt, Bethany (2007). Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money. London: Routledge.
  7. ↑ Monti Narayan Datta (April 3, 2014). Anti-Americanism and the Rise of World Opinion: Consequences for the US National Interest. Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-1-107-03232-3.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hantke; Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet (December 7, 2015). War Gothic in Literature and Culture. Routledge. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-1-317-38324-6.
  9. ↑ Barratt, Bethany (2013). Human Rights in the Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook. New York: Open Society Foundation.
  10. ↑ "Roosevelt exhibit spotlights wrongful convictions ". Daily Herald.
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