Kara Ellerby
Assistant Professor
Political Sci & Int Relations
University of Delaware
465 Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-0730
Biography
Kara Ellerby, PhD (University of Arizona, 2011) joined the Department in 2011 with a joint appointment in Women's Studies. Her research interests include Women, Gender and Security, Women and Peace Agreements, Women in Post-Conflict, and Norms and Gender Norms. This year she is teaching the following classes: Gender and Politics, Introduction to International Relations and Feminist International Relations Theory. Professor Ellerby served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique from 2004 to 2006.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Political Science from the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 2011
M.A. in Political Science, University of Arizona, 2008
B. A. in Latin American Studies and Spanish, Lake Forest College, 2002
Interdiscplinary Affiliations
• APSA Africa Workshop on Gender and Politics in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2010.
• Institute for Qualitative and Mix Methods Research at Syracuse University, New York, 2010. Journey’s Conference for Women in World Politics at the University of Iowa, 2009.
• United States Peace Corps Volunteer. Secondary School Teacher and Women’s Advocate, Mozambique, Africa: 2004-2006.
Books and Book Chapters
• Ellerby, Kara. “Gender Quotas.” 2009. In “Exercises” for Politics, Gender and Concepts: Theory and Methodology. Eds. Gary Goertz and Amy Mazur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ellerby, Kara. 2011. Quotas for Women in Politics: Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide by Mona Lena Krook, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 32:2, 164-166.
Current and Past Courses
• Feminist International Relations (graduate)
• Introduction to International Relations (POSC240, honors)
• Introduction to Gender and Politics (WOMS261)
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