Carrie Reiling
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My research focuses on the tensions between peacebuilding, security, and development in global governance initiatives to address women's needs in the Global South. New projects build upon this, using feminist political ecology to explore questions of governance and policy around environmental concerns. I also write about feminist and interpretive research methodologies. Additionally, I am the Academic Network Coordinator of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the Competitive Fellowships Coordinator at Washington College.
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of California - Irvine, 2017
- M.A., Political Science, University of California - Irvine, 2014
- M.Sc., Gender and International Relations, University of Bristol, 2005
- B.A., Peace Studies & English, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2002
Academic Expertise
- African Politics
- Women's and Gender Issues
- International Politics
- NGOs
- Environmental Politics
- United Nations
I teach in the areas of international organizations, international political economy, gender, African politics, peace and conflict, global environmental politics, and humanitarianism. Politics and lived experiences are intertwined, so I encourage students to apply politics to their own experiences. I practice a feminist participatory pedagogy that pushes students to acknowledge their assumptions about themselves and about international politics to promote awareness of the richness and complexity of political issues, cultures, and groups. I aim to lead students to understand the actors and mechanisms in international politics and to develop knowledge and empathy as citizens in a globalized world. My classroom is open and inclusive, and I adapt my teaching techniques to students’ diverse learning styles and backgrounds while cultivating their interest about the world. Furthermore, I design my classes with students’ interests in mind to ground their knowledge in an understanding that politics is embedded in the world around them.
Additional Information
- Visiting Fellow, War Studies, Swedish Defence University, 2022–2023
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics, Pomona College, 2017–2018
- Fulbright Scholar, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Centre de Recherche et d’Action Pour la Paix, Côte dʼIvoire, 2014–2015
- Kelsey P. Norman and Carrie Reiling. 2024. The “Inherent Vulnerability” of Women on the Move: A Gendered Analysis of Morocco’s Migration Reform. Journal of Refugee Studies. DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feae044.
- Carrie Reiling. 2024. How West African Women “Save” the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. In Who Gives to Whom? Reframing Africa in the Humanitarian Imaginary, edited by Cilas Kemedjio and Cecelia Lynch, 137–153. Palgrave Macmillan Press. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46553-6_7.
- Tanya B. Schwarz and Carrie Reiling. 2024. Preparing an Interpretive Research Design. In Doing Good Qualitative Research, edited by Jen Cyr and Sara Goodman. Oxford University Press.
- Carrie Reiling. 2020. The Planning and Practice of Feminist Fieldwork Methodologies in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts. SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd. DOI: 10.4135/9781529722727.
- Carrie Reiling. 2017. Pragmatic Scepticism in Implementing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. Global Affairs 3, no. 4–5: 469–481. DOI: 10.1080/23340460.2017.1440803.
- Cromwell Fellowship for Course Development, Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning, 2024–26
- Curricular Innovation Award, Holstein Program in Ethics, 2019
- National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2016
- Fulbright Fellowship to Cote d’Ivoire, Institute for International Education, 2014–2015