Feministing in Political Science

Alana Cattapan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Ethel Tungohan is Associate Professor of Politics at York University. Nisha Nath is Associate Professor of Equity Studies at Athabasca University. Fiona MacDonald is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern British Columbia. Stephanie Paterson is Professor of Political Science at Concordia University.

“Diverse voices use scholarly pieces, personal reflections, stories, letters, and dialogues to highlight how they have pushed back against the entrenched norms and practices of the discipline. The insights in Feministing in Political Science will resonate with academics as well as students.” Jocelyne Praud, Vancouver Island University

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Disrupting Political Science Through Feministing? / Ethel Tungohan, Nisha Nath, Stephanie Paterson, Alana Cattapan, Fiona MacDonaldTemporality and the Case for Transformation1. “Diversity Is Important, but Only When it is the ‘Right’ Type of Diversity”: Canadian Political Science and the Limitations of an Additive Approach to Equity / Ethel Tungohan2. Being “Reasonable” (whilst Feminist and Black) within the Neoliberal University / Nicole S. Bernhardt3. The Fish and the Spider / Alana Cattapan4. Anti-Racist and Indigenous Feminism and the Generative Power of Disruption / Elaine Coburn, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Joyce Green, Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, and Gina StarblanketRelationality, Community, and Care5. “Your Absence is Not an Accident: Storying Feminist Friendship from Dissonance to Dissidence” / Kelly Aguirre, Mariam Georgis, Sarah Munawar6. Disrupting Feminism / Confronting Ableism / Michael Orsini7. Indigenous Feminisms and Political Science: Indigenization and Epistemological Barriers to Inclusion / Emily Grafton8. Feministing Online: Using the Internet to Learn New Things and Create Community / Amanda Bittner9. Conversations in Feminist Solidarity: Reflecting on the Political Science PHD Experience / Lindsay Larios and Manon Laurent 10. Don’t Be an Asshole / Stephanie PatersonFeministing and the “Real” World of Politics11. Letters of Engagement: Learning from Our Efforts at Feministing Public Policy Deliberations / Julianne M. Acker-Verney, Alana Cattapan, Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Tammy Findlay, and April Mandrona12. Feministing: Lessons from Bill C-237, the Candidate Gender Equity Act / Jeanette Ashe13. Feministing on the Campaign Trail: Dialogue with Kimberley Ens Manning, Nadia Verrelli, and Melanee Thomas / Edited by Alana Cattapan and Fiona MacDonaldGatekeeping, Pedagogy, and Mentoring 14. Radical Pedagogies for the Present: Vignettes on Decolonial Feminist Potentials in the Classroom / David Semaan15. Reworlding the Canadian University: Centring Student Leadership in Institutional Transformation / Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe and Kimberley Ens Manning16. Photovoice as Feminist Pedagogy / Fiona MacDonald17. Learning to Relinquish Silence: Feministing in Political Science as an Ethicopolitical Project / Nick Dorzweiler(Re)building Political Science 18. Towards an Agenda for Feministing Political Science: Intersectional Feminist Pathways / Chamindra Weerawardhana19. “Refusal has Been Really Important in My Life”: Political Science Aunties Discuss Feministing in Political Science / Dialogue with Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Kiera L. Ladner, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, and Leah F. Vosko / Edited by Ethel Tungohan and Alana Cattapan20. En Route to a Black Feminist Praxis: Reflections of a Black Woman Graduate Student / Tka C. PinnockConclusions: Towards a Lexicon of Feministing / The Editorial CollectiveContributors