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NATALIE HEVENER KAUFMAN

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Office: Department of Government and International Studies
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (803) 777-3109

Academic Training

University of Pennsylvania. B.A. in Anthropology, with Honors, 1963.
University of Virginia. Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs, 1966.

Honors and Awards

Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work of 1997
Venture Fund Grant, 1996-1997. With Carol McGinnis Kay.
Nominated for Board of Trustees Teaching Professorship, 1994.
Nominated for Mungo Teaching Award, 1994, 1995.
Mortarboard Teaching Award, 1995.
Nominated for Ada B. Thomas Advising Award, 1992.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Masterworks Grant. "Origins of the Constitution:
Historical and Literary Interpretation," 1990.
Curriculum Development Grant, Duke University/ University of North Carolina Women’s Resource
Center, 1984.
Curriculum Development Grant, Wellesley Center for Research on Women, 1984.
Outstanding Campus and Community Leadership Award, University of South Carolina
Professional Women on Campus, 1984.
Research and Productive Scholarship Grants, University of South Carolina, 1978,1979, 1980.
U.S. Department of State External Research Grant, 1979.
Philip Francis Dupont Fellow, 1963-66.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1963.
Publications

Books

Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Greenwood Press, 1999).
With Arlene Bowers Andrews.

The Participation Rights of the Child (London: Kingsley Press, 1997 ). With Malfrid Flekkoy.
"G" is for Grafton (New York: Henry Holt Publishers, forthcoming). With Carol McGinnis Kay.

Human Rights Treaties and the Senate: A History of Opposition (University of North Carolina
Press, 1990).

Diplomacy in a Dangerous World: Protection for Diplomats Under International Law (Westview
Press, 1986). (Editor)

International Law and The Status of Women (Westview Press, 1982).

The Dynamics of Human Rights in United States Foreign Policy (Transaction Press, 1981).
(Editor)

Articles and Chapters

"Monitoring Children’s Rights," in Measuring and Monitoring the Rights of the Child Beyond
Survival, BenArieh and Wintersburger (eds) (Vienna: European Center for Social Welfare
Policy and Research, 1997). With Gary Melton.

"The Participation Rights of the Child: Legal and Psychological Considerations," Children’s Legal
Rights Journal. With Malfrid Flekkoy.

"History and Implementation of Article 27," in Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of
Andrews and Kaufman (eds) With Maria Blanco.

"The Social Development of the Child," in Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child Andrews and Kaufman (eds) (Greenwood Press, 1999) With Malfrid Flekkoy.

" Confronting the Implementation Challenge," in Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child Andrews and Kaufman (eds) (Greenwood Press, 1999)
With Arlene Bowers Andrews.

"International Legal Instruments Related to the Status of Women," in Women’s Rights Guide
(Transnational Press, forthcoming).

"Women, Religion, Culture and Human Rights," in Women’s Rights Guide (Transnational Press,
forthcoming). With Jan Love.

"Feminism and Formula Fiction: The Ends," Clues: A Journal of Detection (Winter, 1998). With
Ann Cargill.

"Food, Anger and the Female Detective," Clues: A Journal of Detection (forthcoming). With
Susan Kaufman.

" Fictional Representations of the African-American Domestic Worker: A New Look," in Bakerman
(ed) Representation of Work in Series Detective Fiction. To be reviewed. (With Shirley
Geiger).

"The U.N. Decade for Women" and "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women," in Women’s Studies Encyclopedia, second edition
(Greenwood Press, 1997).

"Critiquing Gender-Neutral Treaty Language: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women," in Women and Human Rights: An Agenda for Change,
Wolper and Peters, eds. (Routledge, Chapman and Hall,1995). With Stefanie Lindquist.

"Cleaning Up the Dirty Image: An African-American Woman on the Move," Sage Journal (June
1995). With Shirley Geiger.

"Barbara D"Amato," in Great Women Mystery Writers, Klein, ed. (Greenwood Press, 1994).

"Legal and Literary Interpretation: The Similarities," in Law Related Education for Teachers
Hanna, ed., S.C. Bar Association, 1992.

"Opposition to Human Rights Treaties in the United States Senate: The Legacy of the Bricker
Amendment" Human Rights Quarterly (August, 1988). With David Whiteman.

"An Analysis of Gender-Based Treaty Law: Contemporary Developments in Historical
Perspective," Human Rights Quarterly (February, 1986).

"Drafting the Human Rights Covenants: An Exploration of the Relationship Between United
States Participation and Non-ratification," World Affairs (Spring, 1986).

"Status of Women," in Issues Before the 39th General Assembly, 1984.

"International Human Rights: A Bibliographic Essay," Choice (June 1982).

"An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: Female Protagonists in the Detective Novel," International
Journal of Women’s Studies (March, 1979). With Kathlyn Fritz.

"General Principles of International Law and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: A
Comparative Law Inquiry," International and Comparative Law Quarterly (July, 1978).
With Steven Mosher.

"International Law and the Status of Women: An Analysis of International Legal Instruments
Related to the Treatment of Women," Harvard Women’s Law Journal (Spring, 1978).

"The 1971 South-West African Opinion: A New Juridical Philosophy," The International and
Comparative Law Quarterly (October, 1978).

"France and the Middle East: 1967-68," The Middle East Journal, (Fall, 1970). Also appeared in
revised form in Ismael’s The Middle East in World Politics, Syracuse University Press,
1974).

Research Under Review

"Working Voices, Working Lives: The Working World of Fictional Series Detectives."
Under review by Bowling Green University Popular Press.

Research in Progress

" The Impact of Global Economic and Political Transformations on the Everyday Lives of
Children" (with Irene Rizzini and Kathleen Wilson)

" Globalization and Children: A Cross-Cultural Perspective"
(with Virginia Murphy-Berman)

"International Law and the Family," a book-length manuscript.

"Global Indicators of Child Well-Being, Beyond Survival" (ed. with Asher Ben-Arieh)

"Surviving the Family: Wife and Child Abuse in Feminist Detective Novels." With Susan
Kaufman.

"Children’s Participation Rights in the Family." With Malfrid Flekkoy

"Child Rights from the Perspective of the Child: A Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Study"
with Sue Limber and Gary Melton

"The Use of Research on Children by International Organizations" (funded by Childwatch
International)

"The Impact of Global Social, Political, and Economic Change on the Everyday Lives of Children"
(ed. with Irene Rizzini) an edited book

Teaching Workshops

"Creating a Non-Authoritarian Classroom" (with Carolyn Matalene)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Orientation Program, 1991, 1992,
1993

U.S.C. Women’s Studies System Conference, 1988

University 101 Forum, 1986, 1987

National Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, 1987

National Conference of University Administrators, 1986

Annual Meeting of State Association of Community Colleges, 1985

"Law and Literature," "Global Law," and "Democracy in the World of the 1990’s," workshops
designed for teachers of grades K through 12 at meetings of the S.C. Bar Association
Law Related Education Projects, 1989-1993.

"Origins of the Constitution: Historical and Literary Interpretation," a seminar for Richland District
One Middle and High School teachers to facilitate integration of history and literature
classes, partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1989-
1990.

University Service

Director: Office of Families and Democracy, Institute for Families in Society, 1995-present

Advisor, BAIS in Women’s Studies

Member: Departmental Teaching Review Committee, 1994, 1997 (Osa)

Member: Departmental Teaching Review Committee, 1998 (Marschall)

Director: Division of Justice Studies, Institute for Families in Society, 1994-1995

Chair, Selection Committee Brenda Gross Memorial Award, 1995-1996.

Member, Selection Committee for Best Graduate Student Paper, 1995.

Member, Departmental Teaching Monitoring Committee, 1995.

Panel Member, Advising Students, March, 1995.

Search Committee for Project Director, Four County Project on Violence Reduction in Schools,
1994.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Freshman Advisor, 1983-86, 1990-present

Provost’s Task Force on Salary Equity, Chair 1993

Faculty Welfare Sub-Committee to Draft Sexual Harassment Policy, 1992-93 .

Search Committee for Graduate Director Women’s Studies, 1992-3.

Women Professors Organization, Contact Person, 1992-3.

Gender Equity Action Group Steering Committee, 1993.

Undergraduate Instruction Committee, University Self-Study, 1988-90

University 101 Teaching Development Forum, 1989-1991

Faculty Budget Committee, Secretary, 1987-88

Faculty Advisory Committee, 1985-88

Department Committee to Draft Department Bylaws, Chair, 1986-87

Department Vice-Chair, 1986-88

Search Committee for Department Chair, 1985-86

Search Committee for Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1986

Search Committee for Director of Women’s Studies, 1986

Faculty Welfare Committee, 1981-84, Chair 1983-84

Faculty Liaison Committee to Board of Trustees,
University National Science Foundation Summer Stipend Committee, 1984

Pre-Law Advisor, 1984-86

Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, Faculty Advisor, 1982-88

American Council on Education, Women Administrators in Higher Education, National
Identification Program, South Carolina State Planning Committee, 1984-1988

University Credit Union, Board of Directors, Member 1984-1987, Treasurer 1985-1986, Vice-
President 1986-1987

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Committee on Standards and Petitions, Chair 1982-
1985

Human Endeavor Charities, Campus Fundraising Coordinator, 1982-1986

Professional Women on Campus, Executive Committee, 1981-1985 (co-chair, 19811983),
Member, 1981-present

Introductory International Relations Course, Course Coordinator, responsible for planning,
coordinating, and supervising team-taught course (involving twelve faculty members and
four graduate students) 1976,1978, 1982-1985

Carolina Scholars Selection Committee, 1982-1984

Departmental Faculty Search Committee, Chair, 1981

Department Committee for New Chair, 1978

Undergraduate Program in Political Science, Director, 1979-1982

Mortarboard Honor Society, Faculty Advisor, 1974-1978

University Women’s Studies Committee, 1973-1978

Professional Service

Organized Panel for Annual Meeting of Popular Culture Convention, 1995, 1996.

International Studies Association, International Law Section, President, 1986-87, Vice President
1985-1986.

Professional Women on Campus, Awards Selection Committee, 1986.

On-Site Coordinator, Annual Meeting, South East Women’s Studies Association, Columbia, S.C.,
March 1984 .

Judge, Alice Paul Dissertation Award, Women’s Political Science Association Caucus, 1983.

Judge, Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, National Round 1975-1978,
Regional Round 1978, Judge for International Law Memorials, 1978.

Manuscript Reviews for

Signs: Journal of Women’s Society and Culture

Women’s Studies International Forum

African Studies Review

International Studies Notes

Choice

Journal of Politics

Duke University Press

University of Nebraska Press

MacMillan Publishing Company

Community Service

Presentation:""G" Is for Grafton" Wofford College. Jan., 1999.

Moderator, Discussion of Detective Fiction. Virginia Festival of the Book,
Charlottesvile, Va. March, 1999.

Presentation: "Writing "G" Is for Grafton" Richland County Public Library. March,
1998. With Carol McGinnis Kay. Oct., 1998, Feb. 1999.

Presentation: "Let’s Talk About It: Female Detective Fiction" Richland County Library.

Main Branch:March, 1996. Northeast Branch: April, 1996.

"Culturally Competent Neighborhood Dispute Settlement," a six month training program at St.
Lawrence Place, 1/95-6/95, 9/95-3/96.

A nine month training program at Harmony Elementary School, Sept. through May, 1994-1995.

Conflict Resolution Professional Team, Carolina Peace Resource Center. Help to organize and
run workshops in schools, churches, and community organizations (Habitat for Humanity,
S.C. Bar Association) on Communication Skills and Conflict Management

Volunteer on a regular basis in classrooms in Elementary, Middle, High School, Richland District
One, 1980-1992.

Richland District One Task Force for Gifted and Talented Education, 1986-88.

Address to the Annual Meeting of American Association of University Women, 1988.

Address to the Annual Meeting of the Y.W.C.A., 1986.

Teaching Experience

Politics of Sex Roles*

Introduction to International Relations

Law and Contemporary International Problems*

International Organization (Graduate and Undergraduate)

International Law (Graduate and Undergraduate)

International Integration (Graduate and Undergraduate)

Introduction to Theories of International Relations

Introduction to Politics

*Indicates courses added to the curriculum

Professional Conferences and Symposia

Paper: "Mother-Daughter Bond: Mystical Musical Metaphor" Popular Culture Association. San Diego, California

Paper: "Children and Globalization: An International Law Perspective." Childwatch International

Paper: Measuring and Monitoring the State of the World’s Children: The International Legal Cons

Paper: "The Impact of Globalization on the Everyday Lives of Children," Childwatch International

Paper: "Surviving the Family: Wife and Child Abuse in Series Detective Fiction" Annual Meeting of
Women in Psychology Association, Baltimore, Md, March 6, 1998. With Susan Kaufman.

Paper: "Fictional Representation of the African-American Domestic Worker: A New Look" Annual
Women’s Studies Conference, USC, Columbia, S.C. "Feb. 27, 1998.
With Shirley Geiger.

Paper: "The Mother-Daughter Bond: Operatic Themes in the Work of Sara Paretsky" Annual
Women’s Studies Conference, USC, Columbia, S.C. "Feb. 27, 1998.
With Carrollee Hevener.

Panel Chair: "Teaching Social Science Through Fiction" Annual Women’s Studies Conference,
USC, Columbia, S.C. "Feb. 27, 1998. With undergraduate students.

Panel Chair: "Women and Family: Projects from the Institute for Families in Society" Annual
Women’s Studies Conference, USC, Columbia, S.C. "Feb. 27, 1998. With associated
faculty of the Institute for Families in Society.

Presentation: "Interdisciplinary Research and Writing: Lessons for Administrators from the
Collaborative Process of "G" Is for Grafton" S.C. Women in Higher
Education Administration Conference. Hilton Head, S.C. Feb. 6, 1998. With Carol
McGinnis Kay.

Presentation: "From Idea to Publication: Collaborating on "G" Is for Grafton" Women’s Studies
Research Series. Jan., 1998. With Carol McGinnis Kay.

Paper: "Considering the Five Domains from the Child Rights Perspective" Second Meeting of
International Study Group on Measuring and Monitoring the State of the World’s Children:
Beyond Survival. Campobasso, Italy. June 17, 1997. With Arlene Bowers Andrews.

Panel Chair: "Feminism and Formula Fiction" Annual Meeting of Popular Culture Association, Las
Vegas, Nevada, March, 1996. Also Paper Presenter "Surviving the Family: Wife and
Child Abuse in Feminist Detective Novels" written with Susan Kaufman

Panel Chair: Annual Women’s Studies Conference, U.S.C., March, 1996. "Women’s Rights: The
UN Beijing Conference and Beyond" : A Roundtable Discussion"

Paper: "Surviving the Family: Wife and Child Abuse in Feminist Detective Novels," written with
Susan Kaufman. Annual Women’s Studies Conference, USC March, 1996.
Paper Presenter and Participant: International Symposium on Measuring and Monitoring the State
of the World’s Children Beyond Survival, Jerusalem, Israel, Jan. 1996. Paper co-
authored with Gary Melton "Monitoring Children’s Rights"

Paper: " The Changing Status of Women in International Law." Annual Cullum Lecturer. Augusta
College, May 2, 1995.

Panel Chair, "Feminism and Formula Fiction" Annual Meeting of Popular Culture Association,
Philadelphia, Pa. April 13, 1995. Also: Paper Presenter: "From Plantation to
Postmortem" with Ann Cargill. Paper co-author: "Food, Anger and the Female Detective,
with Susan Kaufman

Presentation: "Feminism and Formula Fiction" Federation of Women’s Clubs, February, 1995.

Presentation: " The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women"
Congressional Briefing Series, Washington D.C., November 18, 1994.

Paper: "The Concept of the Family in International Law" and Invited Conference Participant-
International Colloquium on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Charleston,
S.C. May 12-16, 1994.

Moderator: International Symposium on The Drafting of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the
Child. Institute for Families in Society. May 11, 1994. U.S.C. Columbia, S.C.

Paper: "Feminism and Formula Fiction: The Ends," with Ann Cargill. Annual Meeting of the
Popular Culture Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1994. Also to: Women’s Studies
Annual System Conference, U.S.C. Columbia, S.C. March 25, 1994.

Panel Member. "The Idea of the University," University of South Carolina Law Center, November
5, 1993.

Paper. "Investigating the World of Fictional Female Detectives," Women’s Studies Research
Series, University of South Carolina, Oct. 19, 1993. with Ann Cargill.

Paper. "Feminism and Formula Fiction: Hard-Boiled Homemakers or Operatives Over Easy?,"
with Ann Cargill. Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, La.,
April, 1993.

Annual Meeting, U.S.C. System Women’s Studies Programs, Columbia, S.C. March, 1993.

Paper. "Feminism and Formula Fiction: Female Detectives," with Ann Cargill. Annual Meeting of
the Association of Popular Culture, Louisville, Kentucky, April, 1992.

Annual Meeting of U.S.C. System Women’s Studies Programs, Columbia, S.C., March 1992.

Presentation. "Women in Ireland," Women Studies Research Series, University of South Carolina,
January, 1991.

Discussant. "Contemporary Developments in Human Rights Law," Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., 1990.

Chair and Discussant. "The U.N. Decade for Women: Future Prospects," Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 1988.

Paper. "Reflections on the Law of Diplomatic Protection: Learning from Broken Rules," Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 1988.

Paper. "The Changing Role of Women in the United States," Women’s Studies Association,
Limerick Ireland. March, 1989.

Paper. "The Obstacles to Ratification of Human Rights Treaties in the United States Senate,"
University of Limerick Faculty Symposium, February, 1989.

Paper. "The Status of Women in International Law," University College Galway Faculty
Symposium, March 1989.

Workshop Leader and Co-Author of Task Force Report. Conference on "The International
Dimension in U.S. Higher Education: New Dimensions in Business School/Liberal Arts
Cooperation," June 13-15, 1988.

Chair and Discussant. "Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective," Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, August, 1986.

Paper. "Senate Opposition to Human Rights Treaties," Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, Anaheim, California, March, 1986.

Chair. "The Nairobi Conference and the Development of International Law Norms," Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association, Anaheim California, March, 1986.

Chair. "Research on U.S. Foreign Policy" and "Women and Public Policy," Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 1984.

Paper. "Understanding Treaties as Verbal Behavior: Towards the Development of a ’Persuasion
Model’ of Law Making and Interpretation," Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, Atlanta, March, 1984.

Chair. "Images of Women in the Media: Are They Changing?" Annual Meeting of the South
Eastern Women’s Studies Association, Columbia, S.C., March, 1984.

Paper. "Congressional Consideration of Human Rights Treaties: The Legacy of the Bricker
Amendment," Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-South. Atlanta,
December, 1983.

Discussant. "International Perspectives on Women’s Studies, " Annual Meeting of the South
Eastern Women’s Studies Association, Charlottesville, Va., March, 1983.

Presentation. "International Law and the Status of Women," International Law Society, University
of Alabama, February, 1983.

Paper. "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,"
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Denver, Colorado,
September, 1982.

Discussant. "The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment," Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May, 1982.
References

Professor Sue Rosser, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Professor Gary Melton, Director, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University,
Clemson, S.C. 29634-6281

Professor Larry LeBlanc, Dept. of Political Science, Chair, Marquette University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
 

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