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- Title
- Chair/Associate Professor
- Department
- Political Science
- Location
- O'Donohoe Hall
- Room
- 210
- Bio
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Linda Veazey is the Chair of Political Science at MSU. She also serves as the coordinator for Women's and Gender Studies, pre-law advisor, and the co-faculty director of the Model United Nations team. She received her MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Southern California. As an undergraduate, she graduated from University of Montevallo, a fellow COPLAC institution.
Her research focuses on human rights and gender. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA and continues to be actively involved in international human rights work. She is the author of Gendered Human Rights: A Woman's Right to Culture,Her current research examines human rights NGOs and policy creation.
| Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | PhD | 2008 |
| University of Southern California | MA | 2002 |
| University of Montevallo | BA | 1999 |
| Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern State University | Assistant Professor of Political Science | 08/01/2011 | |
| Ohio University | Visiting Professor of Political Science | 09/01/2010 | 06/01/2011 |
| University of Houston | Post-doctoral Fellow in Women's Studies | 08/01/2008 | 06/01/2010 |
A Woman’s Right to Culture: Toward Gendered Cultural Rights. Quid Pro Books, December 2015.
“Teaching American Government in the Lone Star State.” The Western: Newsletter of the Western Political Science Association. 6(1): 10-16, 2014.
“When Ignorance of the Law May Be the Defense: Immigrants and Knowledge of US Law,” Judicature 92(5): 202-206, 2009.