Gonzalez-Perez's Faculty Page
Margaret Gonzalez-Perez
Position:Professor of Political Science
Fields of Study: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Classes usually taught: Poli 411: International Law, Poli 420: International Relations, Poli 422: International Organizations, Poli 424: International Political Economy, Poli 425: Comparative European Politics, Poli 426: Politics of Developing Nations, Poli 428: Middle East Politics, Poli 201: American Government, Poli 202: State and Local Politics
Office phone number: 549-5379
E-mail: mgonzalez@selu.edu
Education: B.A.,University of Louisville; M.A.,University of Louisville; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Awards:
- Gamma Beta Phi Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2006-2007.
- Innovative Teaching Initiatives Grant 2006.
- Teaching Enhancement Grant 2004
- Orr Memorial Research Grant 2004.
- Oscar Grant 2004
- Certificate of Award, SLU Women’s Center, March 2001.
- Faculty Development Grant 1996.
Publications: Books
- Women Terrorists: Female Activity in Domestic and International Terrorism, London and New York: Routledge, 2008.
- Politics in America: Selected Readings, co-editor, New York: Whittier Publications, 2003.
- Co-author of Geography Workbook to accompany The West Transformed, A History of Western
Civilization. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace, 2000.
Literature of Protest: the Franco Years. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1998.
Publications:Articles in Refereed Journals and Book Chapters
- “Spain: Case for Discretionary Decentralization” International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science 2(4): 187-194, 2007.
- “Guerrilleras in Latin America,” Journal of Peace Research 43(3), May 2006: 313-329, 2006.
- “Societal Structure and the Franco Regime,” Hawaii International Conference on Education: Proceedings, 2003.
- “The Potential for Bias in Capital Juries,” The Justice System Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2-3, Spring 2002.
- “Myth and the Franco Regime,” Quarterly Journal of Ideology, Vol. 24, no. 1, November 2001.
- “A Model of Decisionmaking in Capital Juries,” International Social Science Review, vol. 76, No. 3 & 4, 2001.
- “A House Divided: Public Housing Policy in New Orleans,” Louisiana History, vol. XLIV, no. 4, Fall 2003.
Publications: Articles in Encyclopedias and Dictionary Collections
- “Salvador Dalí,” “Antoní Gaudí,” “Federico Garcia Lorca,” “Pablo Neruda,” The Modern Age, 1914-2000. Ron Fritze, editor. Greenwood Press, 2001.
- “Giuseppe Garibaldi,” “Jose Maria Morales de Pavon,” “Alfred Krupp,” “Archduke Maximilian,” “Andrew Carnegie,” Industrialism and Imperialism. Jeff Bell, editor. Greenwood Press, 2001.
- “Javier Pérez de Cuéllar,” Dictionary of World Biography: Volumes VII, VIII, and IX, The 20th Century. Frank N. Magill, editor. Pasadena: Fitzroy and Dearborn and Salem Press, November 1999.
- “El Salvador’s Independence,” “Juarez Government,” “Nicaraguan Independence,” “Mexican Muralists of the 1920s,” Encyclopedia of North American History. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1999.
- “Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards Charms Fanfare Crowd,” Daily Star, October 9, 1997, p. 7B.
Publications: Book Reviews
- “Book Review: Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women’s Liberation,” History Reviews of New Books, Fall 2001.
- “Book Review: A Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Bakara and Black Power Politics.” History Reviews of New Books, Summer 1999, vol. 27, no. 4, p. 149.
- “Book Review: Franco’s Spain.” History Reviews of New Books, Fall 1998, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 28.
- “Book Review: Huey at 100: Centennial Essays on Huey P. Long,” Gulf Coast Historical Review, Spring 1998.
- “Review: Russia and the Crimea: A Geopolitical Imperative,” Southeastern Political Review, Georgia Southern University, 1997.
Presentations
- “Los desafios de las nuevas administraciones municipals: El papel de los
gobiernos locales” (Challenges for the Local Government) presented at the
International Program in Management of Municipalities, Leadership and
E-Government, New Orleans, July 16, 2008. - Discussant, Gender Politics in Developing Democracies panel, Southern Political
Science Association, New Orleans, 2008. - “Spain: the Case for Discretionary Decentralization,” presented at the 2007
International Interdisciplinary Social Science Conference, Granada, Spain. - “Whither Spanish Federalism,” presented at the 2007 Southwest Political
Science Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. - Discussant, Politics in the Southwest panel, 2007 Southwest Political Science
Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. - “Women & Globalization in IPE,” presented at the 2004 International
Political Science Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. - Chair, “Diasporas and Ethnic Minorities: Governance and Conflict,” 2004
International Studies Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. - “Nationalism and Women Terrorists,” presented at the 2004 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
- “Regional Voting Behavior in Spain,” presented at the 2003 annual Mediterranean Studies
Association Conference, Budapest Hungary.
Speaker, Austrian Panel on American/European Relations, SLU, March 25, 2003. - “Societal Structure and the Franco Regime,” presented at the 2003 Hawaii International Conference on Education: Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- “A Comparative Study of Women in Higher Education,” presented at the 2001 annual conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists, Havana, Cuba.
- Discussant, “Political Elites” panel at the 2000 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
- “A House Divided: Public Housing in New Orleans,” presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Gulf South Historical Association, Pensacola, Florida.
- Attended the “DNA and Criminal Litigation,” seminar at the 2000 annual meeting of the National Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25, 2000.
- Discussant, “Individual Support for Ameliorative Racial Policies,” panel at the 1998 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
- “The Rise of Black Conservatism,” presented at the 1998 annual North American Forum , Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico.
- Co-chairperson and Discussant, “Ethnic Politics” panel at the 1997 annual meeting
of the Southwest Social Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Discussant, “Political History” panel at the 1997 annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. - “A Model of Decisionmaking in Capital Juries,” presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
- “Capital Juror Decisionmaking,” presented at the 1996 annual North American Forum , Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico.
- “Societal Structure and Political Manipulation Under the Franco Regime,” presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, Houston, Texas.
- Discussant, “Latin America Panel 8" at the 1996 Southwest Social Science Association, Houston,Texas.
- “Life and Death in Louisiana,” presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the Louisiana Political Science Association, Hammond, Louisiana.
- Chairperson, “Political History” panel at the 1996 annual meeting of the Louisiana Historical Association.
- “Political Protest Through Popular Literature,” presented at the November 1995 Works in Progress Seminar, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana.
- “The Role of Political Discourse and the Literary Generation Under the Franco Regime, “ presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, Austin, Texas.
- “Regional Identity and Spanish Public Opinion,” presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Louisiana State Manager of Elections, 1998