Rosemary Barberet Rosemary Barberet
Sociology
Rosemary Barberet is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department
and directs the Master of Arts Degree Program in International Crime and
Justice. She has had extensive academic experience in Europe (Spain
and England). Her publications have dealt with youth crime, violence
against women, victims of crime and comparative methodology. She has
chaired the International Division of the American Society of Criminology
and been awarded the Herbert Bloch Award of the American Society of
Criminology for service to the society and to the professional interests of
criminology, as well as the Rafael Salillas Award of the Sociedad Española de Investigación
Criminológica. She currently represents the International Sociological Association at the United
Nations and is a founding member of Criminologists Without Borders.
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
Smith, C.J., Zhang, S.X. & Barberet, R. (Eds.) (2011). Routledge Handbook of Criminology: An
International Perspective. London: Routledge.
Flesher, C. and Barberet, R. (2011). Defining the victims of terrorism: Competing frames around
victim compensation and commemoration post 9/11 New York City and 3/11, Madrid. Chapter in
Athina Karatzogianni (Ed.) Violence and War in Culture and the Media.Routledge.
Andreopoulos, G., Barberet, R. & Levine, J. (Eds.) (2011). International Criminal Justice: Critical
Perspectives and New Challenges. New York: Springer.
Guest panelist, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, II Jornada de Criminologia, Barcelona, Spain,
January 25, 2012. (On Fear of Crime and Public Policy) Video
Guest panelist, International Conference on Safety and Justice in Democracy, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, June 6, 2011. (On Police Use of Force) Video
Bettina M. Carbonell Bettina M. Carbonell
English
Bettina M. Carbonell is Associate Professor in the Department of
English and teaches in the interdisciplinary Humanities and Justice
Major. Her primary research areas include literature and ethics,
literature and human rights, and the representation of difficult history in
museum exhibitions. Professor Carbonell is currently engaged in PSC-
CUNY grant-funded fieldwork on a comparative study of the collections,
exhibitions, framing narratives and public programs at major African
American Museums in the U.S. and she will present a paper on the subject at the American Studies
Association Annual Conference in San Juan, PR in November 2012. She will also present her
current work on African American narrative, personal ethics, and the critical reciprocity between
literature and the law at the Annual American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco in
May 2012.
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
“The Afterlife of Lynching: Exhibitions and the Re-Composition of Human Suffering.” Special Issue,
“Lynching and American Culture.” Mississippi Quarterly 61.1-2 (Winter / Spring 2008).
“The Syntax of Objects and the Representation of History: Speaking of Slavery in New York.”
Special Theme Issue 47, “Historical Representation and Historical Truth.” History and Theory 48.2
(May 2009).
Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts. 2nd Edition. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).
Jean Carmalt Jean Carmalt
Political Science
Dr. Carmalt holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the
University of Washington and a J.D. from Cornell
University School of Law. Her research and
teaching focus on international law and society,
with a particular interest in the right to health, UN
human rights processes, and environmental
disasters. Her work can be found in journals such
as Human Rights Quarterly, Progress in Human
Geography, and Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, as well as in edited volumes by Cambridge
University Press, Routledge, and Oxford University Press. She teaches core Law and Society
courses, including the introductory class. Dr. Carmalt previously taught at Drake University in the
Law, Politics, and Society Program.
Marcia Esparza Marcia Esparza
Criminal Justice
Marcia Esparza earned her baccalaureate (Summa Cum Laude) at
Hunter College and her doctoral degree in Sociology at the University
at Albany, SUNY. She has also undertaken human rights courses in
France and Switzerland. Dr. Esparza’s research areas include state
violence, genocide and memory-silence in the aftermath of mass
killings. Her research experience includes her work for the United
Nations’ sponsored Truth Commission in Guatemala. Dr. Esparza is
the Founder and Director of the Historical Memory Project, a forum for documenting state violence in
Latin America, paying particular attention to human rights abuses against indigenous population in
Latin America. She has presented her research in Athens, Greece and most recently, in Sarajevo,
Bosnia. Among her current research projects is the examination of Cold War perpetrators’ memories
in Chile. She has published in leading academic journals. She has received prestigious fellowships
from the Ford Foundation (2010-2011) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (2011-2012).
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
Silenced Communities in the Aftermath of War and Genocide and Guatemala (forthcoming).
State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years. Routledge, 2009.
Anissa Hélie Anissa Hélie
History
Anissa Hélie grew up in Algiers, Algeria, and has been involved with
various women’s organizations and transnational networks – serving
as Director of the Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
International Coordination Office for 5 years (2000-2004). Anissa
Hélie speaks internationally sexuality, wars and conflicts, religious
fundamentalisms and women’s human rights. She has widely
published on these topics, including: Documenting Women’s Rights
Violations by Non-State Actors: Experiences of Activists from Muslim
communities (2006), “The Politics of Abortion Policy in the Heterogeneous Muslim World”, in Self-
Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim Societies, Raghavan, Chitra and Levine, James
(eds.), Brandeis University, Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law Series (forthcoming July 2012),
and Sexuality in Muslim Contexts: Rights and Resistance, London: ZED Press (forthcoming October
2012).
Susan Kang Susan Kang
Political Science
Susan Kang is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science
Department. She received a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her research
and teaching interests include international relations, international
political economy, labor and human rights, and international law. She has
published articles in the following journals:New Political Science, Human
Rights Quarterly and Journal of Workplace Rights. Her book on trade
union rights will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in
2012.
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
Human Rights and Labor Solidarity: Trade Unions in the Global Economy . University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Suzanne Oboler Suzanne Oboler
Latin American and Latina/o Studies
Suzanne Oboler is Professor of Latin American and Latina/o Studies at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, at the City University of New York.
Professor Oboler received her PhD from New York University in 1991, and
has previously taught at Brown University and the University of Illinois,
Chicago. She is Founding Editor of Latino Studies (2002-2012). Her
publications include, Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics
of (Re)Presentation in the United States, and numerous books chapters
and articles. She has edited Latinos and Citizenship: The Dilemma of
Belonging; Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States( 2006); and co-edited Neither
Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos (2009); She is co-editor in Chief of The Oxford
Encyclopedia of Latino/as in the United States (4 vols; 2005); and of The Oxford Encyclopedia of
Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law and Social Movements (forthcoming, 2013).
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
“Human Rights, Dissent, and the Case for Substantive Citizenship: Latino/a Immigrants in the United
States.” In Direitos humanos em seus desafios contemporâneos, edited by Angela Randolpho
Paiva. Rio de Janeiro, Editoria PUC-Rio/ Editora Pallas. (2012).
“Citizenship” (Belinda Rincón, co-author). In The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature, edited
by Frances Aparicio and Suzanne Bost. New York: Routledge Press, 2012; pp 133-142;
“Nativismo, Imigração e Pertencimento: Latinos nas (ir)realidades americanas do século
XXI.” Desigualdade & Diversidade: Revista de Ciencias Sociais da PUC-Rio, #7 (Jul/Dec, 2010);
“The Ironies of History: Puerto Rico’s Status and the Nomination of Judge Sonia
Sotomayor.” American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in
Philosophy, Fall 2009; Vol. 9 (1)
“Issues and Trends in Latino/Latina Studies Today.” Chair and Discussant. Latino Section Invited
Panel. Latin American Studies Association. San Francisco, CA. May 25 2012
“Beyond the Paradox: Health for a new millennium.” Panel Discussant. “¡Salud! Mexican Immigration
and Health: Beyond Deficits and Paradoxes Conference.” Lehman College-CUNY. May 11, 2012
“Latino/as in the US: Challenging the Meaning(s) of Citizenship and Belonging in the 21st Century.”
Invited Keynote Lecture: “Immigrant Heritage Week.” Queens College, City University of New York.
April 17, 2012
Spring, 2011. Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies. Pontificia Universidade Católica.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship.” Invited Lecture Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Regional
Development. (NEDER). Universidade do Vale do Rio Doce, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais
Brazil. July 1, 2011
“Latino/a Immigrant Rights in the United States.” Lecture, Fulbright Distinguished Chair of American
Studies Seminar: Contemporary Challenges for Human Rights. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8, 2011
“(Re)Defining Citizenship: Latino/as, Race and Politics in the United States.” Invited Lecture and
workshop. Graduate Program, FAED; Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis,
Brazil. April 28, 2011
“Latino/as, Race and the Law.” Inaugural Keynote Address for “Law Week” (Semana Juridica).
Invited Lecture. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro-Três Rios, RJ, Brasil. April 26, 2011
Race, Rights and Belonging in the 21st Century: The Case of Latino/as in the United States. Invited
Lecture. Graduate Program in Philosophies of Difference and Anthropology of Education and
Graduate Program in the Social Sciences. Universidade Federal de Ceara. Fortaleza, Brazil. April 5,
2011
“Institutional realities and activist scholarship: The future of Latino/a Studies” Paper delivered at the
Latin American Studies Association, Latino Section Invited Panel. Toronto, October, 2010
“Latino/a Studies in the 21st Century: The State of the Field” Chair and organizer. Latino Section
Invited Panel. Latin American Studies Association. Toronto, October 2010
Media Interviews (2012)
NY1 News Interview. “Queens College Kicks Off Immigrant Heritage Week.” April 18, 2012.
The Victoria Advocate Interview. “More reject terms like Hispanic in favor of more specific self-
identification,” by Gheni Platenburg. Victoria, Texas: VictoriaAdvocate.com. published May 23, 2012.
Edward Paulino
Edward Paulino
History
Edward Paulino is an assistant professor in the department of history at
CUNY’s John Jay College. He teaches a variety of classes from global
history to the history of genocide. He specializes in the 1937 Haitian
Massacre and has a manuscript under review on the role of the
Dominican state in creating a racial border against Haiti. He is a member
of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and is a member of
the John Jay Human Rights minor. He is the co-organizer of
the www.borderoflights.org which was founded to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1937
Haitian Massacre by remembering the 20,000 men, women, and children that were murdered by the
Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
Daniel R. Pinello Daniel R. Pinello
Political Science
Daniel R. Pinello is a Professor in the Department of Political Science.
Cambridge University Press published Professor Pinello’s Gay Rights
and American Law in 2003 and issued his textbook, America’s Struggle
for Same-Sex Marriage, in 2006. His scholarship also includes
“Location, Location, Location: Same-Sex Relationship Rights by State”
(American Bar Association 2009) and “Is Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia a Homophobe?” (2005). Professor Pinello’s current
research focuses on the implementation and grassroots effects of
Super-DOMAs, which are state constitutional amendments banning recognition of all forms of
relationship rights for same-sex couples. He has served on the American Political Science
Association’s Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and the Transgendered in the
Profession. Professor Pinello has been an external reviewer for Cambridge University Press,
the Journal of Politics, Law & Social Inquiry, Law & Society Review, the National Science
Foundation, Oxford University Press,Political Research Quarterly, Routledge, and Stanford
University Press. He is the principal organizer of the boycott of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association. Professor Pinello teaches courses on American government
and politics, constitutional law, judicial processes and politics, and the law and politics of sexual
orientation. See his personal Web site at www.danpinello.com
Jodie Roure Jodie Roure
Latin American and Latina/o Studies
Professor Roure JD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Latin
American and Latina/o Studies Department and teaches in the areas
of domestic violence/gender rights, criminal justice, international
human rights, international criminal justice, race, class and ethnicity in
the U.S., and Latina/o studies. She is a former United States Supreme
Court intern and directs the St. John’s Law School Prep Program at
John Jay. Professor Roure has conducted extensive research in the
area of human rights including violence against women in Brasil,
Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the United States and is an expert witness in this area.
She also conducts research on pipeline education, race, class ethnicity and gender in the U.S.
Multiple publications can be found at:
http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/departments/latin_american_studies/news.php
Recent Publications, Lectures, and Conference Presentations:
Recent publications include:
Forthcoming Book: Roure, J.G. Domestic Violence in Latin America: Implementing International
Human Rights Law and Principles. (Book Contract with University of Pennsylvania Press Human
Rights Series).
2011 Rivera, J. and Roure, J.G. So You Want to be a Lawyer. Puerto Ricans and Their Journey into
the Legal Profession: Overcoming Challenges. Accepted for publication in El Centro Journal for
Puerto Rican Studies Hunter College, CUNY (Forthcoming Summer 2012).
2011 Roure, J.G. Gender Justice in Puerto Rico: Domestic Violence, Legal Reform and International
Human Rights. Human Rights Quarterly (The John Hopkins University Press, August 2011).
Invited Academic Presentations
2011 Roure, J.G. So You Want to be a Lawyer. Puerto Ricans and Their Journey into the Legal
Profession: Overcoming Challenges. Invited by Associate Dean Penny Andrews to co-present to the
CUNY Law School Faculty. Queens, New York.
2011 Roure, J.G. Domestic Violence, International Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Protections: Developments, Practices, and Providing Culturally Sensitive Services. CUNY School of
Law Domestic Violence Clinic. Queens, New York.
2011 Roure, J.G. Latinos/as in the Legal Pipeline: Challenges and Obstacles. Willkie, Farr, and
Gallagher, LLP Diversity Committee. New York, New York.
Academic Conference Presentations
2012 Roure, J.G. Latina/os and Their Journey into the Legal Profession: Overcoming Challenges
and Attaining Access. Siglo XXI: Forging the Future of Latinos in a Time of Crisis, John Jay College,
New York, New York.
2011 Roure, J.G. Co-Presenter and Panel Moderator. Current Enrollment Trends of Latinas/os in
Law School. CUNY BMI Sixth Annual Conference, Hunter College. New York, New York.
2010 Society of American Law Professors Conference, Bi-Annual Teaching ConferenceTeaching in
a Transformative Age: The Law School of the Future, University of Hawaii School of Law, Honolulu,
Hawaii. December.
2010 Roure, J.G. Chair. Leaks in the Pipeline: Latina/o Invisibility and Underrepresentation in Higher
Education. 38th Annual National Association of Ethnic Studies Conference. Washington, DC.
2010 Roure, J.G. Understanding Underrepresentation Higher Education. Second Annual
Educational Summit: Taking Your Education to the Next Level. CUNitY – Lehman College. Bronx,
New York.
2009 Roure, J.G. Género, Violencia y Derechos Humanos: Qué Dicen y Qué No Dicen las
Estadísticas en República Dominicana. VIII Curso Internacional de Criminología. Universidad
Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2009 Roure, J.G. Underrepresented People and the Law: Approaching Law School Admissions for
People of Color and First Generation Students. Educational Opportunity Fund Program: Rutgers
University School of Arts and Sciences. New Brunswick, New Jersey.
2009 Roure, J.G. Contemporary Domestic Violence Reform in Brazil. Fifth International Conference
on Family Law: Towards a Harmonization of Family Law. Havana, Cuba.
2009 Roure, J.G. Chair. Borders of Social Exclusion Among People of Color: Addressing Issues of
Education, Civil and Political Rights, and Immigration. 37th Annual National Association of Ethnic
Studies Conference. San Diego, California.
2009 Roure, J.G. Overcoming Boundaries and Reaching the Road to Educational Access Via Law
School Pipeline Education: Realities, Struggles, and Stories of the Disadvantaged and
Underrepresented in New York City. 37th Annual National Association of Ethnic Studies Conference.
San Diego, California.
2009 Roure, J.G. Plenary speaker. Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference,
Temple University School of Law. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Expert Witness Testimony
2010 Conduct research, provide declarations, and expert testimony In the Matters of Lucas Crispim
Alves (aka Lucas Alves Dias Crispim) and Aline Crispim, two cases seeking asylum for domestic
violence victims from Brazil. I worked with the global firm of Reed Smith’s pro bono program which
represents clients seeking asylum. San Francisco, California.
Case Consultant
In 2010 Served as family consultant to the family of Monica Burgos for the Beresford Redman
homicide case. This high profile case involved Beresford Redman, producer of Survivor, who was
charged with murdering his wife in Mexico while on vacation with their minor children. The case
involved national and international criminal and civil law issues and family law matters.
International Government Consulting
2010 Working Group Participant and International Scholarly Consultant for the Dominican
Government International Working Group on the Family Law Code. Invited by Dr. Margarita Cedeño
de Fernández, First Lady of the Domincan Republic, the Comisionado de Apoyo a la Reforma y
Modernizacion de la Justicia (the Commission for the Reform and Modernization of Justice), and the
Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo to assist the Comite Cientifico para la Organizacion de
los Congresos de Derecho Familiar (Scientific Committee for the Organization of the Family Law
Congress). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. October.
2002 Working Group Participant and International Scholarly Consultant for the Brazilian Government
Working Group on Law 9099/95 (Domestic Violence Reform Group). Invited by President Cardoso of
Brazil, the State Minister of Justice, the State Minister of Exterior Relations, and the Secretary of
State for Women Rights of Brazil as a participant and international presence. The only non-Brazilian
to serve on the working group and make recommendations to the government. Brasilia, Brazil.