Hannah E. Britton

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Contact Information

Office phone number(s): (785)864-9016
Office: 504E Blake Hall
Office Hours: 1:00-4:00 T
Email Address: britton@ku.edu

Mailing Address:	Department of Political Science
	1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
	Lawrence, KS 66044-3177
	USA

Vita: http://www.ku.edu/~kups/people/vitae/Britton_Hannah.pdf

Background

Educational Background
Graduated from:

Syracuse University, Maxwell School, Ph.D., Political Science, 1999
Syracuse University, Maxwell School, M.A., Political Science, 1995
Wake Forest University, B.A., Politics and English, 1992

Previous Positions:

Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, 2001-2005 Assistant Professor, Winthrop University 1999-2001

Areas of Interest

Brief list of research and teaching interests:

Comparative Politics, African Politics, Women’s Studies

Research Statement:

Hannah E. Britton is an Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science. Her research focuses broadly on the role of gender in African politics. Her book, Women in the South African Parliament: From Resistance to Governance (University of Illinois Press 2005) evaluates how South African women have worked individually and collectively to transform the laws and institutions to improve the quality of life for women in their country. She is currently co-editing two books: one on gender and civil society in post-apartheid South Africa and one on women in African parliaments. She is interested in the strategies used by women to gain positions in national office, to rewrite constitutions, and to affect legislative change. A newer research project focuses on organizational strategies used by groups in South Africa fighting gender-based violence. This work examines the often neglected relationship between governement and civil society organizations.