Summer Forester

Education & Professional History

University of West Florida, BS; Appalachian State University, MA; Purdue University, PhD

Feminist Movements
Feminist International Relations
Violence Against Women Policies
Middle East Politics
Militarism & International Security

Forester, Summer and Cheryl O’Brien. 2020. “Anti-democratic and Exclusionary Practices: COVID-19 and the Continuum of Violence.” Politics & Gender, 16:4, 1150-1157.

Weldon, S. Laurel, Shireen Hassim, Srijani Datta, Frederica de Sisto, Helia Doutaghi, Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Amber Lusvardi, Summer Forester. 2020. “Women’s Informal Participation in Political and Public Life and Space: Global Trends and Challenges.” UN Women. Expert Group Meeting. Sixty-Fifth Session on the Commission on the Status of Women.

Forester, Summer. “Protecting Women, Protecting the State: Militarism, Security Threats, & Government Action on Violence Against Women in Jordan.” Security Dialogue, 50:6, 475-492.

Aldrich, Daniel, Summer Forester, and Elisa Horhager. 2018. “Triggers for Policy Change: The 3.11 Fukushima Meltdowns and Nuclear Policy Continuity.”  Environmental Politics, 28:7, 1214-1235, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2018.1510216.

Decker, Alicia C., Summer Forester, Eliot Blackburn. 2016. “Rethinking Everyday Militarism on Campus: Feminist Reflections on the Recent Violence at Purdue University.” Feminist Studies, 42:2, 204-226.

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