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  Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Associate Professor, Politics | Program Coordinator, Latin American Studies

Elisabeth Friedman was awarded her B.A. from Barnard College (1988) and her M.A./PhD by Stanford University (1997). She is the author of Unfinished Transitions: Women and the Gendered Development of Democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996 (Penn State Press, 2000), and the co-author of Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society: State-Society Relations at UN World Conferences (SUNY Press, 2005). She has also published articles on transnational women's organizing, Latin American feminism, and civil society at both regional and global levels. She is currently exploring the impact of new global technologies on Latin American gender equality organizing. Her latest article is "The Reality of Virtual Reality: The Internet and Gender Equality Advocacy in Latin America" (Latin American Politics and Society).

Contact Information:
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 422-6046
Fax: (415) 422-2101
Email: ejfriedman@usfca.edu
Office: Kalmanovitz Hall, 222D
Office Hours: T/Th 12-1 and by appointment

 
 
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