Kathryn SIKKINK
Ksikkink@polisci.umn.edu

Kathryn Sikkink is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota, and has a M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. Professor Sikkink's publications include Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina; Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, (co-authored with Margaret Keck), winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order (1999) and the International Studies Association's Chadwick Alger Award for best work in the area of international organization (1999); and The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change (co-edited with Thomas Risse and Stephen Ropp).

Her current research interests focus on the influence of international law on domestic politics, especially in the area of human rights, transnational social movements and networks, and on the role of ideas and norms in international relations and foreign policy. With the support of the Twentieth Century Fund, she is currently involved in a research project on the international human rights idea and the evolution and effectiveness of human rights policies, especially in Latin America. Professor Sikkink is a member of editorial board of the Journal International Organization.

Current and Future Course Offerings

POL 4485 (Spring 2005)
Human Rights
POL 5485 (Spring 2005)
Human Rights
POL 8105 (Spring 2005)
Professional Development II

Past Course Offerings

POL 3873W: 001 (Fall 2004)
Global Citizenship and International Ethics
POL 8104: 001 (Fall 2004)
Professional Development I
POL 8460: 002 (Fall 2004)
Topics in International Relations
POL 4485: 001 (Spring 2004)
Human Rights and Democracy in the World
POL 5485: 001 (Spring 2004)
Human Rights and Democracy in the World
POL 8660: 004 (Spring 2004)
Topics in Comparative Politics
POL 3873W: 001 (Fall 2003)
Global Citizenship and International Ethics
POL 8403: 001 (Fall 2003)
International Norms and Institutions
POL 8105: 001 (Spring 2002)
Professional Development II
POL 8460: 001 (Spring 2002)
Topics in International Relations (Theoretical Approaches to
POL 4485: 001 (Spring 2001)
Human Rights
POL 8105: 001 (Spring 2001)
Professional Development.