Judith Dushku, Associate Professor

Judith Dushku

Associate Professor of Government

Mailing Address
Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

Office Location
20 Ashburton Place, 2nd Floor, Room 207
Phone: 617.573.8129
Email: jdushku@suffolk.edu

Fields of Interest

Comparative Politics, particularly in the Global South and in “Transitioning” nations, be they in Africa, Central American and the Caribbean, or in East/Central Europe or in the Central Asian and Caucasian part of the former USSR. I am also interested in the Yugoslavia break-up – its causes and consequences and the interpretations of that momentous event.
I am interested in gender. I am interested in the ways the both policy and international economic trends affect the lives and work of women and children. I am interested in women and peace-keeping and the UN, and in women and peace-building. Women and refugees is a key interest of mine, as is women and development.
I am interested in experiential learning and have long been involved in Government Department study trips. They once focused on the USSR and then the former-Soviet countries. More recently I have taken groups to Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela, El Salvador, and am currently planning trips to Haiti and other Caribbean nations. Possibly a trip to India and one to the nations once part of Yugoslavia are in the works.

Employment

Associate Professor of Government, Suffolk University (1986-present)
Dean and Academic Director, Suffolk University Dakar Campus (2002-2003)
Assistant Professor, Suffolk Unversity (1966-1986)
International Student Advisor (half-time 1978-87)
Professional Coordinator and Principle Faculty for Study Travel, Tours and Seminars
- Nicaragua (1985, 1988)
- Soviet Union (1986)
- Czechoslovakia and Hungary (1990)
- Former Soviet Republics (1989, 1991)
- Romania, Poland, Ukraine (Crimea), Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary (1998)
- Cuba (2000)
- Dakar, Senegal (2002)
- Venezuela (2006)
- El Salvador (2007)
- Additional Travel:
  Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast (1985-2001)
  Jamaica (1992)
  Western Europe (1968, 1969, 1985, 1986, 1993)
  China, especially Inner Mongolia, the central cities and Shanghai (1994, 1995)

Education

Conferences

Participant in United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, Geneva, Switzerland (1975)
Participant in United Nations Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya (1985) and Beijing, China (1995)
Participant in various U.S. University Conferences
- Women in rural development, women and appropriate technology, third world women and health, land rights, women and politics in the western United States, Mormon women

Presentations

The Evolving of Kosovo towards Independence and Statehood and the Role of the US and NATO;
Human Rights for Women in Iran with Shirin Ebadi
Assessing Human Rights in Post-Tsunami Banda Aceh; Possibilities of democratization by international organizations
Romanian democratization; Albanian democratization
Politics in the DRC and the Role of the US and Uganda in that Process
Resource Exploitation in Africa
El Salvador since the Peace Accords

Working Papers

Fellowships and Awards

Courses Taught