The Global Criminalization of Genocide, 1948-2015
Motivated by research demonstrating the primacy of national judiciaries in the enforcement of international criminal law, this dissertation traces the proliferation and evolution of national genocide laws. The project builds on original research that identifies relevant criminal statutes in two-thirds of all former and current members of the United Nations. A theoretical framework integrating sociological insights on criminal law-making and the globalization of law informs the mixed-methods empirical study. Quantitative analyses identify the domestic and global social conditions associated with criminalization while qualitative analyses of the legal texts reveal the various ways that countries have expanded and contracted the scope of the crime over the past seven decades.
Criminalizing Revenge Porn (with Sarah Lageson and Krissinda Palmer)
Drawing on 'revenge porn' as a case study, this project examines the criminalization of online activities, including current case law of revenge porn laws and public support for criminalization.
Gender Equality and the Great Rape Decline (with Chris Uggen)
This project uses a 50-state data set for the years of 1975-2010 and fixed effects models to investigate the relationship between gender equality and falling (official) rates of sexual violence in the United States. The project is funded by the College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Partnership Program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Collective Representations and Memories of Atrocities after Judicial Intervention: Darfur in International (with Joachim Savelsberg)
Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Center for European and German Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, this project compares government, media, and NGO discourses in eight countries regarding the ongoing conflict in Darfur.
Constructing Historical Narratives of the Rwandan Genocide
Using transcripts from legal proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda between 1994 and the present, this study examines the negotiation of particular historical narratives of the genocide, vis-a-vis legal and political structures and influence.
Motivated by research demonstrating the primacy of national judiciaries in the enforcement of international criminal law, this dissertation traces the proliferation and evolution of national genocide laws. The project builds on original research that identifies relevant criminal statutes in two-thirds of all former and current members of the United Nations. A theoretical framework integrating sociological insights on criminal law-making and the globalization of law informs the mixed-methods empirical study. Quantitative analyses identify the domestic and global social conditions associated with criminalization while qualitative analyses of the legal texts reveal the various ways that countries have expanded and contracted the scope of the crime over the past seven decades.
Criminalizing Revenge Porn (with Sarah Lageson and Krissinda Palmer)
Drawing on 'revenge porn' as a case study, this project examines the criminalization of online activities, including current case law of revenge porn laws and public support for criminalization.
Gender Equality and the Great Rape Decline (with Chris Uggen)
This project uses a 50-state data set for the years of 1975-2010 and fixed effects models to investigate the relationship between gender equality and falling (official) rates of sexual violence in the United States. The project is funded by the College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Partnership Program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Collective Representations and Memories of Atrocities after Judicial Intervention: Darfur in International (with Joachim Savelsberg)
Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Center for European and German Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, this project compares government, media, and NGO discourses in eight countries regarding the ongoing conflict in Darfur.
Constructing Historical Narratives of the Rwandan Genocide
Using transcripts from legal proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda between 1994 and the present, this study examines the negotiation of particular historical narratives of the genocide, vis-a-vis legal and political structures and influence.