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Bethany Barratt (born August 18, 1972) is an American political scientist and author. She writes and researches about human rights [1] [2] and their effects on foreign policy. [3] [4] She is a professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, and the director of its Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, which engages undergraduates in comparative cross-national research on a variety of human rights challenges, especially as they occur in urban settings.[ citation needed]. [5]
Barratt is the author of Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money? (2007, Routledge), [6] Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War (coedited with Peter Furia and Richard Sobel (2011, Potomac), [7] The Politics of Harry Potter, (2011, Palgrave), [8] and Human Rights in The Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook,(2013, Open Society Foundation), [9] as well as articles in several peer-reviewed journals.
In 2011, Barratt was the co-organizer of a photographic exhibit at Roosevelt University entitled "The Innocents: Headshots", highlighting 45 cases of wrongful convictions. [10] Barratt is currently[ when?] the director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project.
A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (December 2017) |
Bethany Barratt (born August 18, 1972) is an American political scientist and author. She writes and researches about human rights [1] [2] and their effects on foreign policy. [3] [4] She is a professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, and the director of its Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, which engages undergraduates in comparative cross-national research on a variety of human rights challenges, especially as they occur in urban settings.[ citation needed]. [5]
Barratt is the author of Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money? (2007, Routledge), [6] Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War (coedited with Peter Furia and Richard Sobel (2011, Potomac), [7] The Politics of Harry Potter, (2011, Palgrave), [8] and Human Rights in The Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook,(2013, Open Society Foundation), [9] as well as articles in several peer-reviewed journals.
In 2011, Barratt was the co-organizer of a photographic exhibit at Roosevelt University entitled "The Innocents: Headshots", highlighting 45 cases of wrongful convictions. [10] Barratt is currently[ when?] the director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project.