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Janie L. Leatherman (born 1959) is an international relations scholar from the United States. She is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at Fairfield University.[1] Her publications encompass conflict early warning and prevention,[2][3] conflict transformation, and peace building, which work is cited in the development of the international principle and doctrine on the Responsibility to Protect.[4] In addition, her scholarship has contributed to the normative understanding of peace building, and the exercise of discipline and punitive power in international affairs, including in the global political economy of sexual violence and armed conflict, and its gendered dimensions.[5]

Early life

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Leatherman was born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in the Church of the Brethren. Leatherman attended Manchester University in Indiana,[6] graduating summa cum laude with a BA in Spanish and in Peace Studies.[7] She also completed two years of undergraduate study at the University of Barcelona through the Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA) program,[8] and served as an Assistant to the BCA Director from 1982–1983.

Leatherman received her MA and PhD summa cum laude in International Studies in 1985 and 1991, respectively, from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, the University of Denver. During that time she was recipient of a 1985–1986 West German Government post-graduate fellowship sponsored by the University of Tübingen’s Peace Research Group (Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung/AGFF) at the Institute of Political Science.[9] She also received dissertation fellowships in 1987–88 from the American Scandinavian Foundation and Fulbright Hayes to Finland. There she researched the neutral and non-aligned states third party mediation in the Conferences on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). She continued this research throughout the 1990s, and in 2003 published a major study on the transformation of the Cold War, titled From Cold War to Democratic Peace: Third Parties, Peaceful Change and the OSCE (Syracuse University Press).[10]

Her post-doctoral studies also included a fellowship from the Swedish government for research at the Swedish Institute for International Affairs in 1994 focused on early warning and conflict prevention. From 1992–1997, she was a visiting fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the University of Notre Dame, where she collaborated with colleagues on projects related to conflict early warning and prevention in consultation with Catholic Relief Services. She also participated in the South Balkans Working Group at the Center for Preventive Action in the Council on Foreign Relations (New York), authoring a background study on conflict prevention in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and contributing to the Track II mission and report that led to the first comprehensive, and regional framework for peace in the South Balkans, released in a 1996 publication, Toward Comprehensive Peace in Southeast Europe: Conflict Prevention in the South Balkans, edited by Barnett Rubin (New York: Twentieth Century Fund).[11]

Career

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Leatherman has served as a trainer and consultant in conflict resolution for a number of other national and international institutions, including the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, the United Nations University (UNU),[12] Catholic Relief Services, Search for Common Ground, the Brookings Institution,[13] and for various track II peacebuilding workshops.[14] She has held faculty appointments at Macalester College 1989–91[15] and Illinois State University from 1997–2006, where she was also the Director of International Affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences from 2005–2006,[16] Co-Director of Peace Studies from 1999–2006, and Director of Model UN[17] from 1999–2006.[18] She also served as Director of Brethren Colleges Abroad and taught at the University of Barcelona from 1991–1992.

Leatherman has received numerous grants from national and international sources, including the United States Agency for International Development, United States Institute of Peace,[19] United States Department of Education,[20] the Social Science Research Council,[21] the Association of Colleges and Universities,[22] and the Pew Charitable Trusts.[23]

Publications

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Leatherman’s publications include

  • Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (Polity, 2011);
  • Discipline and Punishment in Global Politics: Illusions of Control (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008);

Awards

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Leatherman has received a number of awards recognizing her work in curriculum and teaching, including the 2010 International Education Faculty Achievement Award,[citation needed] recognizing extraordinary achievement in curriculum development and teaching to prepare world citizens, conferred by the International Association of University Presidents. She was inducted into the Golden Key International Society as an Honorary Member in 2000.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Fairfield University - International Studies". Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Colman (September 26, 1999). "On Peace". Washington Post.
  3. ^ Staub, Ervin (2001). "Review of Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention in Intrastate Crises". Political Psychology. 22 (4): 866–870. JSTOR 3792494.
  4. ^ The Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. IDRC. 2001. ISBN 978-0-88936-963-4.[page needed]
  5. ^ Nabers, Dirk (March 2010). "Punishment, Power, and Subjectivity". International Studies Review. 12 (1): 110–114. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2486.2009.00916.x.
  6. ^ "Manchester College Peace Studies Successful Graduates". Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  7. ^ "Manchester College Peace Studies Institute and Program in Conflict Resolution". Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  8. ^ "Barcelona, Spain | BCA - Study Abroad". Archived from the original on March 7, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  9. ^ "Institute of Political Science, Tübingen: Unit 2". Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  10. ^ "Middle East Review on books and new publications".
  11. ^ "Center for Preventive Action".
  12. ^ Leatherman, Janie; Väyrynen, Raimo (March 1995). "Conflict Theory and Conflict Resolution: Directions for Collaborative Research Policy". Cooperation and Conflict. 30 (1): 53–82. doi:10.1177/0010836795030001003. S2CID 140386060.
  13. ^ Deng, Francis M.; Zartman, I. William; Obasanjo, Olusegun (2004). "Regimes in Other Regions". In Deng, Francis M.; Zartman, I. William (eds.). A Strategic Vision for Africa: The Kampala Movement. Brookings Institution Press. pp. 66–103. ISBN 978-0-8157-9843-9.
  14. ^ For example, she served as a facilitator for the working group on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which outcomes are summarized in Peacemaking with Justice: Policy for the 21st Century. "Final Report". Dedicatory Conference for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, December 5–7, 2001. University of San Diego. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
  15. ^ Robles, Alfredo C. (1993). "How 'International' Are International Relations Syllabi?". PS: Political Science and Politics. 26 (3): 526–528. doi:10.2307/419996. JSTOR 419996. S2CID 154726202.
  16. ^ "Uncategorized |". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  17. ^ "ISU Model UN". Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  18. ^ "Peace Studies to Award Peace Prize at U Club |". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  19. ^ Janie Leatherman. ""The CSCE and the Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: Assessing the Effectiveness of the CSCE Conflict Resolution Mechanisms," Principal investigator, USIP grant, 1993". Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  20. ^ "International Studies, the Eurasia project". Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  21. ^ "Janie L. Leatherman — SSRC". Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  22. ^ "Global Stags". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  23. ^ Leatherman, Janie (1999). "Catholic Relief Services' Peacebuilding Role in the Republic of Macedonia: Using Humanitarian Assistance to Promote Democratic Awareness and Civic Participation". In Rothman, Jay; Ross, Marc H (eds.). Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Management: Theorizing Success and Failure. Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict Series. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 81–102. doi:10.1057/9780230513082. ISBN 978-0-230-51308-2.
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