Courtney Jung
Political science professor and writer
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Courtney Jung is a professor at the Department of Political Science of the University of Toronto, where she holds the George Ignatieff Chair, Department of Political Science.[1] Her research focuses on critical theory and identity formation at the intersection of contemporary political theory and comparative politics.[1]
Courtney Jung | |
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| Education | Tufts University (MESc) Yale University (PhD) |
She held visiting positions at Central European University, Yale University, and University of Cape Town before joining the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.[1]
Awards
- National Endowment for the Humanities (2001–2002)[2]
- Mellon Foundation (2002–2004)[2]
- Fulbright New Century Scholars Program (2003)[2]
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2009–2015)[2]
- Jackman Humanities Institute (2017–2018)[2]
Publications
- Then I Was Black: South African Political Identities in Transition (Yale University Press, 2000)
- The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical liberalism and the Zapatistas (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- Lactivism: how feminists and fundamentalists, hippies and yuppies, and physicians and politicians made breastfeeding big business and bad policy (Basic Books, 2015)[3][4]
