Alice J. Kang

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Alice J. Kang

Professor Political Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
540 OLDH
Lincoln NE 68588-0328
Phone
402-472-2343 On-campus 2-2343
Email
akang2@unl.edu

Dr. Alice J. Kang is joint appointed to the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Ethnic Studies (African and African American Studies Program). She is a scholar of comparative politics and women, gender, and politics with a world regional focus on Africa. Dr. Kang teaches courses on African politics, democracy and citizenship, and women and politics.

Education

  • B.A. from Brown University
  • M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Books

  • Reimagining the Judiciary: Women’s Representation on High Courts Worldwide. (co-authored with Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Valerie Hoekstra, and Miki Kittilson). Oxford University Press. Forthcoming September 2021.
  • Bargaining for Women's Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy. University of Minnesota Press, 2015.

Journal Article Highlights

  • Escobar-Lemmon, Valerie Hoekstra, Alice J. Kang, and Miki Kittilson. 2021. "Breaking the Judicial Glass Ceiling: The Appointment of Women to High Courts Worldwide." Journal of Politics. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/710017

  • Kim, Nam Kyu, and Alice J. Kang. Online First. "External Threat Environments and Individual Bias against Female Leaders." Political Science Research & Methods. https://t.co/aVhlCTCGTa?amp=1

  • Kang, Alice J., and Susanna D. Wing. 2021. "Litigating Socio-Economic and Women's Rights in Benin's Constitutional Court." African Affairs 120 (478): 57-77. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adaa031

  • Kang, Alice J., Miki Kittilson, Valerie Hoekstra, and Maria Escobar-Lemmon. 2020. "Diverse and Inclusive High Courts: A Global and Intersectional Perspective." Politics, Groups, & Identities 8 (4): 812-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1782948

  • Kang, Alice J., and Nam Kyu Kim. 2020. "External Territorial Threats and Women's Legislative Representation." Democratization 27 (2): 340-58.

  • Medie, Peace A., and Alice J. Kang. 2018. "Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Gender in the Global South." European Journal of Politics & Gender 1 (1-2): 37-53.
    Winner of the 2019 European Journal of Politics & Gender Best Paper Award

  • Kang, Alice J., and Aili Mari Tripp. 2018. "Coalitions Matter: Citizenship, Women, and Quota Adoption in Africa." Perspectives on Politics 16 (1): 73-91.