Publications
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3. Torres-Beltran, Angie and Cameron Mailhot. “The Dynamic Effect of UN SEA Reporting on Troop and Police Contributing Countries.” (Forthcoming, International Studies Quarterly).
Abstract: What effect does sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) reporting by the UN have on the actions of peacekeeping missions’ troop and police contributing countries (TPCCs)? While past scholarship has studied the effect of naming and shaming for states’ human rights records, we examine the relationship between the UN’s reporting on human rights abuses committed by its Member States’ personnel and their policy and personnel responses. Focusing on SEA reporting within peacekeeping missions, we theorize the ways in which the UN’s reporting of SEA may lead to two distinct responses: TPCCs may issue legal frameworks to demonstrate compliance and address SEA, or they may withdraw from peacekeeping missions by reducing their personnel commitments. Using an original, cross-national dataset of UN reporting on SEA allegations and the patterns of framework issuance and personnel commitments among TPCCs (2010-2020), we find that TPCCs with SEA reports are more likely to issue legal frameworks and to reduce personnel contributions than their non-reported counterparts and that this relationship is particularly strong following the first instance of reporting. With targeted TPCCs demonstrating both greater policy compliance and personnel withdrawal, our findings highlight the dynamic impact that UN reporting for SEA can have on the actions of TPCCs.
2. Torres-Beltran, Angie and Elizabeth Brannon. 2022. “Early-Career Graduate Preparation through the Gender and Political Participation Graduate Working Group.” PS: Political Science & Politics 55(3): 546-48.
Special Issue: Building Community and Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Political Science Through Virtual Workshops
1. Schnabel, Landon, Eman Abdelhadi, Katherine Ally Zaslavsky, Jacqueline Ho, and Angie Torres-Beltran. 2022. “Gender, Sexuality, and Religion: A Critical Integrative Review and Agenda for Future Research.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 61(2) : 271-92.
Abstract: This article sets forth a critical integrative review of the study of gender, sexuality, and religion. Treating religion as a cause, an effect, and an intermediary factor in relation to gender and sexuality, it draws on and synthesizes multiple theoretical approaches, including gender and queer lenses on religion, cultural analysis, and intersectionality. The article is structured around 10 big-picture questions about gender, sexuality, and religion and argues that gender and sexuality are a key symbolic boundary and cultural divide in religious and political life in the United States and around the world. It concludes with an agenda for future research.
3. Torres-Beltran, Angie. 2022. Feminist Global Health Security. by Clare Wenham, Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-19- 755693-1. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25(1): 153-155.
Book Review
2. Torres-Beltran, Angie, Cameron Mailhot, Elizabeth I. Dorssom, and Christina A. Boyes. 2022. “Show Me the Money: Information, Strategies, and Guidelines for Applying to Grants and Fellowships in Graduate School.” In APSA Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, eds. Kevin G. Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, and J. Cherie Strachan.
Abstract: Fellowships and grants are a vital component of a successful and competitive academic record. However, the process of applying for and winning fellowships/grants is often opaque, forming a part of the “hidden curriculum.” We seek to “pull back the curtain” on fellowships/grants through three steps. First, we provide an overview of the utility of external fellowships/grants and discuss the different purposes that grants/fellowships can serve for graduate students throughout their graduate career. Second, we discuss potential trade-offs that might occur in the process of securing fellowships/grants. Finally, drawing from our own experiences, we provide guidance, strategies, and best practices for applying to these funding sources, with particular attention to differences in funding purpose, timing, and the profiles of the applicant.
1. Karim, Sabrina M., Kyle Beardsley, Tessa Devereaux Evans, Laura Huber, and Angie Torres-Beltran. 2021. Women and Peacemaking/Peacekeeping. In Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press.