Lori Poloni-Staudinger Associate Professor Office Hours: Office Address: SBS 208 Phone Number: 928-523-6546 PhD Indiana University, 2005 MA Colorado State University, 1999 BS Colorado State University, 1996 Lori.Poloni-Staudinger@nau.edu

Dr. Poloni-Staudinger focuses on comparative politics and international relations.  Her research has focused on social movements, including environmental movements, women's movements and separatist movements.  A current project examines women and terrorism at several levels in society.  She also has an interested in engagement and civil deliberation, particularly in the classroom setting.  Dr. Poloni-Staudinger served as a Fulbright Scholar at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria in 2010, and she is currently serving as a peer-reviewer for Fulbright awards and as President of the Midwest Political Science Association's Women's Caucus. In 2013 she received an affiliation with the Kettering Foundation and is working toward creation of a Kettering Center for Public Life at NAU.  She also serves as a consultant for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Books

Poloni-Staudinger, Lori and Candice Ortbals. Terrorism and Violent Conflict: Women’s Agency, Leadership and Responses. New York: Springer Press. 2012.

Book Chapters

“Female-Targeted Terrorism” in Susan Moskowitz, (ed.) The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Sage Press (2011).

“Female Guerilla Fighters” in Susan Moskowitz, (ed.) The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World.  Sage Press (2011). 

“We All Need Friends: Elite Alliances and the Activity Choices of Environmental Groups in the United Kingdom, France and Germany” in Connor McGrath (ed), INTEREST GROUPS AND LOBBYING: Europe. Edwin Mellen Press. (2009).

“Public Opinion in France.” 2004. In John Geer, ed., Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

“Public Opinion in Germany.” 2004. In John Geer, ed., Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO (with Michael Wolf).

Articles

The Domestic Determinants of Transnational Activity: An Examination of Women’s Groups in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, Forthcoming International Studies Quarterly (with Candice Ortbals). 

Gendered Opportunities? Political Opportunities and Activity Choice Among Women's Movements in the UK, France and Germany.  2011.  Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest 10(1): 55-79 (with Candice Ortbals).

Lori Poloni-Staudinger. 2009. Why Cooperate? Cooperation Among Environmental Groups in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Mobilization 14(3): 375-397.

Lori Poloni-Staudinger. 2008. Are Consensus Democracies More Environmentally Effective? Environmental Politics. 17(3): 410-431.

Lori Poloni-Staudinger. 2008. The Domestic Opportunity Structure and Supranational Activity: An explanation of environmental group activity at the European Union Level. European Union Politics 9(4): 531-558.

Comparative Politics (Western Europe, European Union, Advanced Industrial Democracies, Political Institutions, Social Movements, Women and Politics, Comparative Environmental Politics, Political Participation)

International Relations (Contemporary International Issues, Women and Terrorism, International Environmental Politics, Transnational Social Movements, US-EU relations; European Union, International Institutions)

Teaching and Learning (Engagement, Deliberation, Civility, International Experience)