Francine D’Amico
Associate Professor, International Relations
Director of Undergraduate Studies in International Relations
Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School
Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of Women’s & Gender Studies
Degree
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
Specialties
International law and organizations, global governance, United Nations, human rights/LGBTIQ global issues, international security and diplomacy, race/gender/sexual identity & the US military, Latin America, and the Caribbean
Courses
PSC 124 International Relations
PSC 139 International Relations (Honors)
PSC 300 North American Relations: Canada, the United States, & Mexico
PSC 300 Race & Gender in World Politics
PSC 300 War & Peace in a Nuclear Age
PSC 352 International Law
PSC 353 International Organziations
PSC 358 Inter-American Relations
IRP 400 “War &
Peace in the Nuclear Age”
PSC/IRP 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System
PSC 700 Critical International Relations Theory
PSC 780 Latin American International Relations
Publications
“LGBTQ
and (Dis)United Nations: Sexual and Gender Minorities, International Law, and
UN Politics,” in Sexualities in World Politics: How LGBTQ Claims
Shape International Relations, eds. Manuela Lavinas Picq and Markus
Thiel. New York: Routledge, 2015: Chapter 3: 54-74.
“International
Women’s Day” and “Universal Human Rights” in The Encyclopedia of Gender
& Sexuality Studies, ed. J. Michael Ryan. Oxford, England:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
“Critical
Feminism: Gender-at-Work in Waging War,” in Making Sense of International
Relations Theory 2E (Iraq), ed. Jennifer Sterling-Folker. Boulder,
Colorado: Rienner, 2013: 283-299.
“Women
National Leaders,” International Studies Encyclopedia, ed. Robert A.
Denemark. New York: Wiley/Blackwell Publishing, April 2010. Also
available on-line to ISA members as International Studies Compendium.
“The
Women of Abu Ghraib,” in “One of the Guys”: Women as Aggressors and
Torturers, ed. Tara McKelvey. Emeryville, CA: Avalon Publishing,
2007: 45-50.
“Critical Feminism: Deconstructing
Gender, Nationalism, & War," in Making Sense of International
Relations/IR Theory (Kosovo), ed. Jennifer Sterling-Folker. Boulder,
CO: Rienner, 2006: 268-281.
“Staatsbügerstatus
und Militär in den USA: Die Bedutung von Klasse, Rasse, Gender und Sexualität
für den staatsbürgerlichen Status,” Gender und Militär: Internationale
Erfahrungen mit Frauen und Männern in Streitkräften, eds. Ruth Seifert und
Christine Eifler. Deutschland: Ulrike Helmer Verlag und Heinrich Böll
Stiftung, 2003: 279-308.
Francine
D'Amico and Laurie Weinstein, eds. Gender Camouflage: Women and the U.S.
Military. New York: New York University Press, 1999.
"Sex/uality
and Military Service," in The Politics of Gay Rights, eds. Craig
Rimmerman, Clyde Wilcox, and Ken Wald. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press, 1999: 249-65.
"Citizen-Soldier?
Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the U.S. Military," in States of
Conflict: International Perspectives on Gender, Violence, & Resistance,
eds. Susan Jacobs, Ruth Jacobsen, & Jen Marchbank. London: Zed Press, 1999:
105-22.
"Women
Workers at the United Nations: From Margin to Mainstream?" in Gender
Politics in Global Governance, eds. M. Meyer and E. Prügl. Maryland: Rowman
& Littlefield, 1999: 19-40.
"Policing
the Military's Race and Gender Lines," in Wives and Warriors: Women and
the Military in the United States and Canada, eds. Laurie Weinstein and
Christie White. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997: 199-234.
"Tailhook:
Deinstitutionalizing the Military's 'Woman Problem,'" in Wives and
Warriors, eds. Laurie Weinstein and Christie White. Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 1997: 235-243.
"Race-ing and Gendering the
Military Closet," in Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political
Perspectives on Gays and Lesbians in the Military, ed. Craig
Rimmerman. New York: Garland, 1996: 3-46.
"Feminist
Perspectives on Women Warriors." Peace Review 8:3 (1996): 379-384.
Reprinted in The Women & War Reader, eds. Lois Ann Lorentzen and
Jennifer Turpin. New York: New York University Press, 1998: 119-25.
Francine
D'Amico and Peter R. Beckman, eds. Women in World Politics: An Introduction.
Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey/ Greenwood, 1995.
"Women
National Leaders," in Women in World Politics: An Introduction,
eds. D'Amico and Beckman. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey/Greenwood,
1995: 15-30.
Peter
R. Beckman and Francine D'Amico, eds. Women, Gender, and World Politics:
Perspectives, Policies, and Prospects. Westport, CT: Bergin &
Garvey/Greenwood 1994.
"Pluralist
and Critical IR Perspectives," in Women, Gender, and World Politics:
Perspectives, Policies, and Prospects, eds. Beckman and D'Amico.
Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey/Greenwood, 1994: 55-73.
"Women
at Arms: The Combat Controversy." Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women
and the Military VIII:2 (Spring 1990): 1-21. Reprinted in America's
Defense, ed. Carol Wekesser. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1991: 67-74.
Research Grants and Awards
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Faculty Advisor of the Year 2011-2012, Sigma Iota Rho National Honor Society for International Studies, presented by ΣIP National President Frank Plantan, 9 August 2012.
Outstanding Faculty Advisor of the Year 2010-2011, Syracuse University, College of Arts & Sciences, presented by Dean George Langford and Associate Dean Kandice Salomone, Convocation Ceremony, 15 May 2011.
Maxwell-MUN
Team named “Outstanding Delegation,” National Model United Nations
Conference,
New
York: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012; Washington, DC: Fall
2014.
Maxwell-MUN
Team named “Distinguished Delegation,” National Model United Nations
Conference,
New
York: Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Spring 2011; Washington, DC: Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Maxwell-MUN
Team received “Honorable Mention,” National Model United Nations
Conference,
New
York: Spring 2010, Spring 2009.
International
Relations Learning Community named “Outstanding Learning Community of the
Year” by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Affairs,
Syracuse University, 2007.
Selected Professional Activities
Member, Council on
Diversity and Inclusion, Syracuse University, 2016-current
Faculty
Representative, Syracuse University Senate, Fall 2011-Spring 2013, Fall
2014-Spring 2016, Fall-2016-current
Co-Chair,
Chancellor’s Work Group on Diversity & Inclusion, 2015-2016
Chair,
LGBT Concerns Committee, Syracuse University Senate, 2014-current
Member,
Standards Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, 2013-current
Member,
Academic Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, 2011-current
Faculty
Advisor, Model United Nations Club and Team, 2004-current
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Iota Rho National Honor
Society for International Studies, Alpha Chi Chapter, 2004-current
President, Northeast Political Sciences Association (NPSA), 2008-2009
Chair, NPSA Women's Caucus, 2003-2004
President, International Studies Association (ISA)-Northeast Region, 2000-2001
Chair, ISA Feminist Theory & Gender Studies Section, 1995-1996