ludacristiano

Hi everyone, I'm considering applying to the Political Science PhD program at CUNY and doing (feminist) political theory. I'm particularly interested in the Writing Politics Specialization that they launched in the past few years since I have a background in journalism and am interested in writing for mass publications. Has anyone had any experiences with that aspect of the program that they'd like to share? If not, do you know of any other programs with anything similar to it? Thanks!

Mala Htun seems to be doing extremely interesting research, but as one of you said I'd be worried about going to a school based on just one faculty's interests. My initial example, Rutgers, has several who do work on gender politics/politics of women, so I'm hoping to find others. Also to clarify, I'm interested in women and politics from BOTH a comparative and theory perspective. Would love to get a sense of some good departments for feminist political theory. An adviser I respect recommended the following for that: University of Washington, UNC, Minnesota, McGill, Berkeley. Do people agree? Are there others? I'm also currently looking at Brown, CUNY and The New School for various reasons (ex. interdisciplinary approaches, strong theory departments)

I plan to! Do you know of other similar programs though? I'd like to have more than one option. Also what do you mean about funding issues?

Hello all, I'm currently a PoliSci Master's student at Lehigh University looking to do a PhD in the field down the road. I'm particularly interested in Women and Politics, both from comparative and theoretical perspectives. I've heard a lot about Rutgers' Women and Politics program (http://www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/polisci/dmdocuments/women.pdf) and am looking for other PhD programs that have a strong department in this subdiscipline. Ideally I'm looking for a fairly progressive program that allows for both interdisciplinary-type studies (politics, gender, race and ethnicity) while also giving people room to explore career paths outside academia (through mass publication writing). Do any programs come to mind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!