Bethany Barratt (born August 18, 1972) is an American political scientist and author. She writes and researches about human rights and their effect on foreign policy. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, and the director of its Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project. As an author, she has been collected by libraries worldwide.
Career
Barratt is the author of Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money? (2007, Routledge), Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War (coedited with Peter Furia and Richard Sobel (2011, Potomac), The Politics of Harry Potter (2011, Palgrave), and Human Rights Since 9/11: A Sourcebook (Forthcoming, Open Society Foundation), as well as articles in several peer-reviewed journals.
IN 2011 she was the co-organizer of a photographic exhibit at Roosevelt University entitled "The Innocents: Headshots,", highlighting 45 cases of wrongful conviction.
Barratt is currently director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, which engages undergraduates in comparative cross-national research on a variety of human rights challenges, especially as they occur in urban settings. These include police misconduct, human rights consequences of drug policy, wrongful conviction, and environmental injustices.