Mary Hawkesworth (born June 26, 1952) is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She is a political scientist trained in feminist theory and has conducted extensive research in women and politics, gender, and contemporary feminist activism. Hawkesworth was previously the Editor-in-Chief of ', an internationally recognized journal in feminist scholarship.
Selected publications
Books
- Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings, Polity Press, 2019.
- Globalization and Feminist Activism, 2nd Edition, Rowman and Littlefield, 2018.
- The Douglass Century: The Transformation of Women's Education at Rutgers, Rutgers University Press, 2018. (Co-authored with Kayo Denda and Fernanda Perrone).
- Embodied Power: Demystifying Disembodied Politics, Routledge, 2016.
- Political Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the 21st Century, Westview, 2012.
- Globalization and Feminist Activism, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.
- Feminist Inquiry: From Political Conviction to Methodological Innovation, Rutgers University Press, 2006.
- Women, Democracy and Globalization in North America, Palgrave, 2006. (Co-authored with Jane Bayes, Patricia Begné, Laura Gonzalez, Lois Harder, and Laura MacDonald)
- Beyond Oppression: Feminist Theory and Political Strategy, New York: Continuum Press, 1990.
- Theoretical Issues in Policy Analysis, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.
Edited works
- Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory, Oxford University Press, 2016. (Edited with Lisa Disch).
- Gender and Power: Toward Equality and Democratic Governance, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. (Edited with Mino Vianello).
- Feminist Practices: A Digital Course Reader, University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- War and Terror: Feminist Perspectives, University of Chicago Press, 2008. (Edited with Karen Alexander).
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2nd Revised Edition, 2 vols., London: Routledge, 2004. (Edited with Maurice Kogan)
- Gender, Globalization and Democratization, Boulder, Co., Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. (Edited with Rita Mae Kelly, Jane Bayes and Brigitte Young) Translated by Alina Pilea and Nadia FarcaÃ
 into Romanian, Gen, Globalizare Ã
Âi Democratizare, Bucharest, Editura POLIROM, 2004.
- Feminism and Public Policy. A Special Double Issue of Policy Sciences 27(2âÂÂ3): 1994.
- Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2 vols., London: Routledge, 1992. (Edited with Maurice Kogan).
Awards and honors
Her article, âÂÂCongressional Enactments of Race-Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced-Gendered Institutions,â American Political Science Review 97(4):529-550 was awarded the Heinz Eulau Prize for Best Paper Published in APSR in 2003.
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