Janni Aragon
Senior Instructor of Political Science, University of Victoria.
Last Contribution:
The War For Women's Rights Is Not Over
Contributor Biography
Dr. Janni Aragon (BA/MA San Diego State University, MA/PhD UC Riverside) is a Senior Instructor of Political Science at the University of Victoria. She has taught Gender and Politics, Feminist Theory, Gender and International Relations, American Politics, Youth Politics, as well as numerous Women's Studies courses at the University of Victoria and San Diego State University. She is one of the departments Undergraduate Advisors.
Dr. Aragon's research interests include: Gender and Politics, American Politics, Women and Technology, Third Wave Feminisms, and Transnational Feminism. She has been published in New Political Science, Women's Studies Quarterly, and the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. She is currently working on a project focused on pedagogy, popular culture, and technology entitled, "Feminist Pedagogical Border Crossing: Using Popular Culture to Teach Globalization to the 'Net Gen.'" And, she and two colleagues from Women’s Studies are editing an introductory Women’s Studies book that will have 50 per cent + Canadian content.
Dr. Janni Aragon is the 2010-11 President of the Caucus for Women and Gender Justice for the Western Political Science Association (WPSA). Aragon is also the Chair of the Teaching, Research, and Professional Development section for the 2011 conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas. For more information see the WPSA website.
Dr. Aragon can be reached via email at jaragon@uvic.ca, on Facebook via Prof. Aragon, and on Twitter via @janniaragon.
