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WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Leebaw, Bronwyn

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Biography

Bronwyn Leebaw (Assistant Professor) received her Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley and joined the UCR faculty in 2002. She has taught courses in international politics, human rights, political theory and feminist theory. Her current research interests include: movements for international and transitional justice, the relationship between international human rights and humanitarianism, and education reform in war-torn countries. She has received grants from the UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies and the Institute for the Study of World Politics and has published in the American Journal of Comparative Law and Contemporary Justice Review.

Former Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Degrees

PhD Political Science 2002

University of California, Berkeley

MA Political Science 1995

University of California, Berkeley

1994 Politics 1994

Pomona College

Awards

2001-2000 Hewlett Grant UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies
1999 UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
1999-1998 Continuing Student Fellowship, UC Berkeley Dept. of Political Science
1998 Fellowship Institute for the Study of World Politics


Research Area

International Politics; Human Rights; Political Theory; Feminist Theory

Publications

Judging the Past: Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation from Nuremberg to South Africa. Dissertation. To be revised for publication, 2002.

"R. Teitel: Transitional Justice." (Review) The American Journal of Comparative Law. Vol. XLIX, no. 2 (Spring, 2001).

"Restorative Justice for Political Transitions: Lessons From the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission," Contemporary Justice Review. Vol. 4 (2001): pp. 267-289.

"Introduction: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission." For Iris Films, Long Night's Journey into Day, 1998. Available: http://www.irisfilms.org