Sarah F. Fischer

sf8294a [at] student.american.edu

Groups

Gender

Human Rights

Kurds

Identity

Political Culture

Religion

Career

since 2009 Visiting Research, Bogazici University Department of Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey

2005-2009 Research Assistant, American University, Washington, DC

2003-2005 High-end Kitchen Designer, Nielsen’s, Spencer, Iowa

2001-2002 Mentoring Program Coordinator and Peer Mentor, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics, Ames, Iowa

Academic Career

since 2005 Ph.D. Candidate, American University, Washington, DC

2008 Graduate Exchange Student, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

1999-2002, B.A. in Political Science, B.S. in English Literature, Iowa State University

Publications

“The Beauty of Concealment and the Concealment of Beauty.” 2010. In The History of Feminist Thought. Tiffany Wayne, ed. Greenwood, Colorado: ABC-CLIO.

“Is Secularism Good for Women? Evidence from the Turkish Headscarf Debate.” Expected 2010. In Mexico’s Multiculturalism Experiment in a Comparative Perspective. Todd Eisenstadt and Michael Danielson, eds.

“Gender and Judicial Decision Making: A Comparative Analysis.” 2008. In Women Moving Forward, vol. 3. Raul Fernández-Calienes and Judith Bachay, eds. Charleston, South Carolina: BookSurge Publishing.

Internships

2002-2003 Office of Representative Jane Greimann, Ames, Iowa