Education
Ph.D. Political Science, March 1983, University of Oregon
M.A. Political Science, March 1981, University of Oregon
B.A. Political Science, Spanish, Summa Cum Laude, December 1977, Southern Oregon State College
Academic Experience
- Associate Investigator, Institute of Public & International Affairs, Fall 2006 to present.
- Associate Chair, University of Utah, Fall 2003-Spring 2007.
- Honors Advisor, University of Utah, Fall 2003-Spring 2007.
- Director of Graduate Studies, University of Utah, 1993 to 1997.
- Associate Professor, University of Utah, 1991 to present.
- Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1984-1991.
- Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Cortland, 1982-1984.
- Instructor of Economics, Lane Community College, 1981-1982.
- Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregan, 1978-1981.
Biography and Research Interests
Professor Schwartz-Shea began her career as a researcher trained in experimental methods and rational choice theory, and she has published articles in that vein in such journals as American Political Science Review and Public Choice. Her feminist research, which started with a project on the Seneca Women's Peace Camp and later extended to such topics as gendered organization, was published in Women & Politics and in the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. During her 2001 research leave, she began her current research trajectory examining the politics of disciplinary training. She published projects on political science doctoral education in the areas of methods texts and curricular requirements in Political Research Quarterly (with Dvora Yanow) and PS: Political Science and Politics. Most recently, she completed a co-edited book on interpretive social science:
Yanow, Dvora and Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine. Eds. Interpretation and Method: Empirical Research Methods and the Interpretive Turn. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. 2006.
She is currently working on gender issues in organizational practice and theory and the role of human subjects protection policy in research practice.
Professor Schwartz-Shea received the University of Utah, Tanner Humanities Center, Aldrich Faculty Fellow, Spring 2001; University of Utah Faculty Fellow, Autumn 2000; two National Science Foundation Grants, 1994-96 and 1986-1988; two University of Utah, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Proposal Initiative Grant, Fall Quarter, 1995 and Spring Quarter, 1993. She was also University of Utah, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Research & Development Award Recipient in 1985-1986.
Teaching Awards
Professor Schwartz-Shea received the Pi Sigma Alpha Faculty Honorary Award (1995)
Teaching Interests
- American Politics - Graduate and undergraduate survey courses; gender politics
- Public Administration - Administrative theory, organization theory, gendered organization
- Research Methods - Research design, experimental and interpretive methods, philosophy of social science