Biography
Michele Leiby is an Associate Professor in Political Science at the College of Wooster. Her research focuses on human rights and political violence, gender and conflict processes, and human rights advocacy. Methodologically, her work incorporates large-N data collection and statistical analysis, interview and archival research, survey experiments, and extensive fieldwork in Latin America and the United States. Her work has been published in English and Spanish, appearing in American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Politics and Society, Revista Memoria as well as in multiple edited volumes. At the College, she teaches: Intro to Comparative Politics, Human Rights, Sex and War, Latin American Politics, and Research Methods & Design.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- âHow Combining Framing Strategies Affects Human Rights Micromobilizationâ with Kyla McEntire and Matthew Krain. Research and Politics April-June: 1-11. 2017
- âSexual Violence against Political Prisoners: an Examination of Empirical Evidence in El Salvador and Peruâ in Ackerman, Alissa and Richard Furman, eds. Sexual Crimes: Transnational Problems and Global Perspectives NY: Columbia University Press. 2015 Translation: âViolencia Sexual contra Detenidos: Un Examen de la Evidencia EmpĂrica en el Salvador y el PerĂșâ Revista Memoria: Revista sobre Cultura, Democracia, y Derechos Humanos. 20:1-13. 2016
- âHow to Ask People for Change: Examining Peoplesâ Willingness to Donate to Human Rights Campaignsâ with Kyla McEntire and Matthew Krain, in Pruce, Joel, ed. The Social Practice of Human Rights NY: Palgrave MacMillan. 2015
- âHuman Rights Organizations as Agents of Change: an Experimental Examination of Framing and Micromobilizationâ with Kyla McEntire and Matthew Krain. American Political Science Review 109(3): 407-426. 2015
- âThe Promise and Peril of Primary Documents: Documenting Wartime Sexual Violence in El Salvador and Peruâ in Bergsmo, Morten; ButenschĂžn Skre, Alf and Elisabeth J. Wood, eds. Understanding and Proving International Sex Crimes Beijing: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher. 2012
- âWartime Sexual Violence in Guatemala and Peruâ International Studies Quarterly 53:445-468. 2009
- âDigging in the Archives: The Promise and Perils of Primary Documentsâ Politics and Society 37:75-99. 2009 Translation (under new title): âDocumentando la Violencia Sexual en los Conflictos Armados: el Caso Peruanoâ Revista Memoria: Revista sobre Cultura, Democracia, y Derechos Humanos. 14:1-18. 2014
- âThe Role of the Health Care Industry in New Mexico State Politics: A Connect the Dots Reportâ Common Cause, Albuquerque, NM 2007
- âThe Legacy of Wartime Violence on Intimate-Partner AbuasAbusee: Micro-level Evidence from Peru, 1980-2009â with Gudrun Ăstby and Ragnhild NordĂ„s. forthcoming International Studies Quarterly.
- âUncovering Menâs Narratives of Conflict-Related Sexual Violenceâ in Zalewski, Marysia; Drumond, Paula; PrĂŒgl, Elisabeth; and Maria Stern, eds. Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Global Politics NY: Routledge.