Kathleen (Kathy) Staudt, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1976) is Professor of Political Science.  She joined the faculty in 1977 and teaches courses on public policy, borders, democracy, leadership and civic engagement, and women and politics.  In 2008, she received the UT Chancellor's Innovation in Teaching award, one of two Texas-wide.  From 1998-2008, Staudt directed the Center for Civic Engagement.

Staudt's research interests, published in over 100 journal articles and chapters in books, include women/gender in international development, immigration, university-community partnership engagement, education, and violence.  Staudt has authored and edited sixteen books, seven of which focus on the U.S.-Mexico border including Violence and Activism at the Border (University of Texas Press 2008) and is lead editor of Human Rights Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: Gendered Violence and Insecurity (University of Arizona Press) and Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Paso del Norte Metropolitan Region (Palgrave USA 2010).

Dr. Staudt is currently involved with a research team, drawing on a successful NIH proposal, to examine environmental factors related to health outcomes in a community located in northwest El Paso County.

Course List for Spring 2012
POLS 4356: Nonprofit Management (syllabus)

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