Nationality American Role Political Scientist Name Beth Simmons | Influences Robert Keohane Institutions Harvard University Influenced by Robert Keohane | |
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Alma mater University of Redlands (B.A.)
University of Chicago (M.A.)
Harvard University (M.A.), (Ph.D.) Doctoral students Zachary Elkins, Kirsten Rodine, Grigore Pop-Eleches, David Rowe Known for Mobilizing for Human Rights, Who Adjusts? Books Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics Education Harvard University, University of Redlands, University of Chicago Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada Fields Political Science, International relations People also search for Walter Carlsnaes, Frank Dobbin, Lisa L. Martin, Geoffrey Garrett | ||
State Presence at Border Crossings in the Modern World | Beth A. Simmons || Radcliffe Institute
Beth A. Simmons (born 1958) is an American academic and notable international relations scholar. She is a former Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at the Department of Government. Her research interests include international relations, political economy, international law, and international human rights law compliance.
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- State Presence at Border Crossings in the Modern World Beth A Simmons Radcliffe Institute
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Early life
Simmons was born in 1958 in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California where she excelled in speech, debate, and music. She earned a BA in political science and philosophy with summa cum laude from the University of Redlands, an MA in international relations from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in government from Harvard where she was a student of famed international relations theorist Robert Keohane.
Career
Simmons taught as an assistant professor at Duke University (1991–1996) and as an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1996–2002) before joining the faculty of Harvard University in 2002, where she was Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard Law School. In 2016, she became Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Simmons served as President of the International Studies Association from 2011-2012. She was succeeded as President by Etel Solingen of the University of California, Irvine.
She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and the American Philosophical Society in 2017.