Education: BA, Political Science and Philosophy, York University 1984; MA, International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa 1986; PhD, ‘Feminism and International Relations: Gender in the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the International Labour Organization’, Carleton University 1991

Career: Sandra Whitworth has been Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Women's Studies, York University, Toronto since 1989. She currently also serves as Graduate Programme Director in the Department of Political Science and has been a Faculty Associate of the York Centre for International and Security Studies since 2006. Her research interests include gender and peace-keeping and international intervention in Somalia and Cambodia. Sandra Whitworth has been co-editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics (see url below) since 2005.

Publications include: Feminism and International Relations 1994, Women, Peace and Security (co-author) (Notable Government Documents Award, American Library Association 2002) 2002, Men, Militarism and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis 2004, International Relations (co-editor of first Canadian edition of textbook) 2004; several book chapters and numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Political Science, York University, S672 Ross Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada; Tel: +1 416-736-5265 (ext. 22552); Tel: +1 416-736-5156 (ext. 46004); Fax: +1 416-736-5686; Fax: +1 416-736-5752; Email: sandraw@yorku.ca ; Website: http://www.yorku.ca/sandraw/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14616742.asp/ .