Jennifer M. Ramos
Professor of Political Science and International Relations | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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Biography
Jennifer M. Ramos is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of political change, with an emphasis on the role of ideas, norms, and identity. Her current research interests include peacebuilding in divided societies, the globalization of the far right, and the preventive use of force.
Professor Ramos' work includes an edited volume, Preventive Force: Drones, Targeted Killing and the Transformation of Contemporary Warfare (NYU Press, 2016), with Kerstin Fisk. Her previous books include Changing Norms through Actions: The Evolution of Sovereignty (Oxford UP, 2013) and an edited volume, iPolitics: Citizens, Elections and Governing in the New Media Era (Cambridge UP, 2012) with Richard L. Fox. Her other scholarly work has appeared in Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Political Ideologies, Human Rights Review, and International Studies Perspectives.
With a passion for international relations, she has lived, worked, researched and studied in a number of countries, including The Netherlands, Austria, France, Germany, Croatia, and Mexico. Her recent experiential learning courses include immersion trips to the United Nations in New York to study human rights, and to Belfast, Northern Ireland to examine the process of peace and reconciliation.
Education (3)
University of California at Davis: Ph.D., Political Science 2008
San Francisco State University: M.A., International Relations 2001
Study Abroad, European Studies, University of Amsterdam, 1998.
University of California at Davis: B.A., International Relations and German 1995
Areas of Expertise (5)
International Relations
International Norms
Us Foreign Policy
International Security
Preventive Use of Force
Accomplishments (1)
ISA Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching Award (professional)
ISA Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching Award
Courses (6)
Intro to International Relations
Intro to International Relations
International Security
International Security
Peace and Reconciliation
Peace and Reconciliation
U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Foreign Policy
International Affairs and Social Justice
International Affairs and Social Justice
Ethics and Peace Building
Ethics and Peace Building
