Laurie Naranch, Ph.D.
Laurie Naranch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Siena College
515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211-1462
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. Recent classes taught include: POSC 130 Introduction to Political Theory, POSC 339 Special Topics: Global Citizens, and POSC490 HONORS Human Rights.
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 publications include:
*Remembering Democracy in Claiming Women's Rights" in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice Vol. 22 Issue 4. Winter 2010.
*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),
*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.
Dr. Naranch's most recent conference presentations were "Debt and the Citizen" where she explored the de-democratizing aspects of indebted students given that student loan debt now outpaces credit card debt in the US and is an ordinary experience of most college students. She gave this paper at the Center for the Study of Citizenship, "Bodies and Citizenship Conference" April 1, 2011 in Detroit. And, "Bad Examples, Feminist Politics and Risky Judgments" at the annual American Political Science Association Meeting in Seattle, WA over labor day.
