Leda Barnett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences

Academic Background

  • Ph.D.   University of Alabama, 2001

  • M.A.   Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, Political Science, 1993

  • B.A.   Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, Political Science/Spanish, 1991

Intellectual Contributions

Articles in Refereed Journals

Barnett, Leda. (2017). Review: Ambassadors of the Working Class: Argentina's International Labor Activists and Cold War Democracy in the Americas. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (8),

Barnett, Leda. (2017). Review: Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (8),

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Review: Brazil, 1964–1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (4),

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Review: The Cultures of Markets: the Political Economy of Climate Governance. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.54 (7),

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Review: Courage, Resistance, and Women in Ciudad Juárez: Challenges to MilitarizationFoundations of Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World, 3rd ed.. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.54 (5),

Barnett, Leda. (2015). Review: Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.53 (9),

Barnett, Leda. (2015). Review: Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy: Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Barnett, Leda. (2015). Review: Latin American Democracy: Emerging Reality or Endangered Species?. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Barnett, Leda. (2015). Review: Zero Hunger: Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Barnett, Leda. (2014). Review From Enron to Evo: Pipeline Politics, Global Environmentalism, and Indigenous Rights in Bolivia. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Barnett, Leda. (2014). Review:The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Books

Barnett, Leda. (2017) Current Issues in Latinx Politics: The Role of Voting Rights and Redistricting in Political Equality. "Current Issues in Latinx Politics: The Role of Voting Rights and Redistricting in Political Equality", "Current Issues in Latinx Politics: The Role of Voting Rights and Redistricting in Political Equality", XanEdu Publishers.

Barnett, Leda. (2015) Guide to Voting Rights in the US. "Guide to Voting Rights in the US", "Guide to Voting Rights in the US", XanEdu Publishers.

Presentations of Refereed Papers

International

Barnett, Leda. (2017). Service-Learning as a Tool for Increasing Political Efficacy: Pilot Project Phase II. The American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Service-Learning as a Tool for Increasing Political Efficacy. American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Portland, Oregon.

National

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Consultants' Table: Diversity in Honors. National Collegiate Honors Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington.

Barnett, Leda. (2014). Diversity and Honors at Catholic Institutions. National Collegiate Honors Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.

State

Barnett, Leda. (2016). Labor Activism, Organizing, And Movements, Past and Present. La Cosecha Conference, San Antonio, Texas.