Laurie Naranch, Ph.D.

Laurie Naranch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Laurie Naranch earned her BA in Political Science at The College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio and her MA and PhD at Rutgers University, New Jersey.  Dr. Naranch specializes in political theory, democratic theory, democracy and difference, gender and politics, human rights, and film and politics.  Currently she is teaching POSC 130 Introduction to Political Theory and POSC 339 Special Topics: The Politics of Work.

Dr. Naranch is the Graduate School Coordinator for the Department of Political Science. She hosts a fall workshop on graduate schools that she coordinates with the Political Science Society and the Career Center.   See Dr. Naranch if you are considering a graduate program – she will help direct you.

Dr. Naranch also serves as the advisor to the Political Science Society – a student led group “to provide a non-partisan arena for all members of the Siena College community to participate in lively and meaningful endeavors in the encompassing realm of politics.”

Recent Publications

Dr. Naranch’s recent publications include the chapter “Smart, Funny and Romantic?: Femininity and Feminist Gestures in Chick Flicks” in You’ve Come a Long Way Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture edited by Lilly J. Goren (University of Kentucky Press, 2009),  “The Imaginary and a Political Quest for Freedom,” differences (issue 13.3, Fall 2002), and the review “Passionate Politics” about the book by Cheryl Hall, The Trouble with Passion  in Theory &Event (10:3, 2007).

Current Research

Dr. Naranch’s  current research is on the politics of good intentions in global citizenship, the use of history in political struggles, and the gendered and raced dimensions of political life. She has presented work on these topics at the American Political Science Association and the Western Political Science Association, specialized conferences, and as an invited lecturer.