Jennet Kirkpatrick
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Phone: 480-965-2791
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Jennet Kirkpatrick is a Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on American political thought, emphasizing political resistance, social movements, and social change. Her first book, Uncivil Disobedience, examines the role that violence and terrorism have played in exercising democratic ideals in America. Her second book, The Virtues of Exit, shows how exit and withdrawal have been used as political resistance. She has published articles in various journals, including The American Journal of Political Science, Political Theory, The Review of Politics, and Dissent.
She has also published on feminist theory and women's participation in resistance movements.
- Ph.D. Political Science, Rutgers University 2002
- B.A. Politics (Magna Cum Laude), Mount Holyoke College 1992
Political Theory, American Political Thought, Political resistance, feminist theory
Gender Violence Research Network, founder and organizer
Terence Ball, Richard Dagger, Daniel I. O’Neill, and Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2024, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 12th edition, Routledge.
Terence Ball, Richard Dagger, Daniel I. O’Neill, and Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2024, Ideals and Ideologies, 12th edition, Routledge.
Maša Mrovlje and Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2023, “Beauvoir and Lorde Confront the Honorary Man Tradition: Toward a Feminist Theory of Political Resistance” Women’s Studies International Forum, 101, 102839 (9 pages) (Kirkpatrick = 50%). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102839
Jennet Kirkpatrick and Carolyn M. Warner, 2023, “Care or Justice: Care Ethics and the Restricted Reporting Sexual Assault Policy in the US Military,” American Journal of Political Science, 67:2, 472-484 (Kirkpatrick = 70%). DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12755
Jennet Kirkpatrick, 2022, “The Fantasy of Exit: Campaign Use and Abuse of Exit in the UK’s 2016 Brexit Debate,” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 44:2, 177-194. DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393148.2022.2062197
2024, American Political Science Association, Theorizing Feminist Civil Disobedience with Black Lives Matter, Panel organizer and Presenter
2024, American Political Science Association, Revolution, Resistance, and the State, Chair
2023, American Political Science Association, Get the Job: Preparing for the Academic Job Market, Presenter (online).
2022, American Political Science Association, Beyond Masculinist Ideals of Resistance, Panel organizer and Presenter (in person).
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 305 | Politics and Film |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 442 | American Political Thought |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 305 | Politics and Film |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 305 | Politics and Film |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 305 | Politics and Film |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 442 | American Political Thought |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
POS 210 | Political Ideologies |
2023 Zebulon Pearce Teaching Award (college-wide), Arizona State University
2023 “Star Reviewer,” American Political Science Review
2022 Michael Mitchell Teaching Award, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
2024, Editorial Board, American Political Thought: A Journal of Ideas, Institutions, and Culture
2020, Editorial Board, Journal of Political Science and International Relations
American Political Science Association
Camila Paez Bernal, PhD, 2024, School of Politics and Global Studies, ASU, committee member
Genie Kuester, PhD, ongoing, Cronkite School, outside committee member
Jake Bell, MA, 2024, ASU, chair
John Flores, MA, ASU, advisor
Jazmin Jimenez, MA, 2024, ASU, committee member
Isabella Luna, MA, 2024, ASU, advisor and chair
2024- Arizona State University, Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies (SPGS)
2015-2024 Arizona State University, Associate Professor (with tenure), SPGS
2012-2015 Arizona State University, Assoc. Professor (without tenure), Political Science, West Campus
2005-2012 University of Michigan, Lecturer IV (highest rank), Political Science
2002-2005 University of Michigan, Lecturer II, Political Science
2024-2025, Member, Advisory Committee, SPGS
2023-present, Unit representative, The Committee for Charter Initiatives, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2023, Member, Vision Committee, SPGS
2022-2023, Member, Director Search Committee, SPGS
2023 Member, Executive Board, American Political Thought section, American Political Science Association
2022, Member, Best Book Award Committee, American Political Thought section, American Political Science Association