Bethany Barratt

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..[5]

Career

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 the director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project.

References
  1. David Zarefsky; Elizabeth Benacka (2008). Sizing Up Rhetoric. Waveland Press. ISBN 978-1-57766-532-8.
  2. "Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy." Reviewed by Robin S. Gendron. Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
  3. David Zarefsky; Elizabeth Benacka (2008). Sizing Up Rhetoric. Waveland Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-57766-532-8.
  4. "Book Review of Lessons from the Iraq War". DeepDyve.
  5. "Roosevelt exhibit highlights false convictions" By Kate Thayer TribLocal reporter Nov. 8, 2011
  6. Barratt, Bethany (2007). Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money. London: Routledge.
  7. Monti Narayan Datta (3 April 2014). Anti-Americanism and the Rise of World Opinion: Consequences for the US National Interest. Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-1-107-03232-3.
  8. Steffen Hantke; Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet (7 December 2015). War Gothic in Literature and Culture. Routledge. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-1-317-38324-6.
  9. Barratt, Bethany (2013). Human Rights in the Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook. New York: Open Society Foundation.
  10. "Roosevelt exhibit spotlights wrongful convictions ". Daily Herald.
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