Dr. Noha Shawki
Professor
Politics and Government
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 403B
Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:30-1:30pm and by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
352.001Human Rights
458.001Human Rights
291.002Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Political Science
293.001Workshop Model United Nations
352.001Human Rights
458.001Human Rights
499.001Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
287.002Independent Study
287.099Independent Study
451.001Seminar In International Relations
252.001The United Nations
Teaching Interests & Areas
international relations; human rights; international organizations; global issues, sustainable development
Research Interests & Areas
transnational social movements and activism; human rights; international norms; global governance, sustainable development
Ph D Political Science
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
MA
University of Trier
Trier, Germany
Environmental Stewardship Award
Office of Sustainability
2023
Kenneth A and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship
College of Arts and Sciences
2021
Sudent Sustainability Fund Grant
Student Sustainability Committee
2021
RISE
Office of the Provost
2021
Impact Award
University College
2020
Hibbert R. Roberts Excellence in Teaching Award
Department of Politics and Government
2019
Pi Sigma Alpha Teaching Excellence Award
Pi Sigma Alpha
2019
Student Sustainability Fund Grant
Student Sustainability Committee
2019
Summer Faculty Fellowship
Illinois State University - College of Arts and Sciences
2019
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
2018
Book Review
Mobilizing for Human Rights. International Law in Domestic Politics. By Beth A. Simmons. (Cambridge University Press, 2009.) Book Review in Journal of Politics 72, no. 4 (2010): 1259 - 1261
Book, Authored
Schnyder, M., & Shawki, N. Advocating for Refugees in the European Union: Norm-Based Strategies by Civil Society Organizations. Lexington Books (2020)
Book, Chapter
Noha Shawki, Norm Evolution and Change: Analyzing the Negotiation of
the Sustainable Development Goals. In: International Norms, Normative Change, and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, edited by Noha Shawki (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books), 2016, pp. 1-16
Noha Shawki, A New Actor in Human Rights Politics? Transgovernmental Networks of National Human Rights Institutions. In: Rethinking Sovereignty and Human Rights after the Cold War, edited by Noha Shawki and Michaelene D. Cox (Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing), 2009, pp. 41-57
Noha Shawki and Julian Westerhout, The Illicit Small Arms Trade: Global Threat and Response. In: State of Corruption, State of Chaos: The Terror of Political Malfeasance, edited by Michaelene D. Cox (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books), 2008, pp. 51-69
Book, Edited
Shawki, N. International Norms, Normative Change, and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Lexington Books (2016)
Noha Shawki. Rethinking Sovereignty and Human Rights after the Cold War. Ashgate Publishing, 2009 (with Michaelene D. Cox)
Journal Article
Shawki, N., & Schnyder, M. Coalition Dynamics in Transnational Social Movements: Analyzing the EU Food Policy Coalition. Global Society 37.1 (2023): 134-156.
Shawki, N., & Schnyder, M. Understanding Polycentrically Organized Movements: An Analysis of the Slow Food and Fair Trade Movements in Europe. Journal of Civil Society 19.2 (2023): 156–174.
Shawki, N., & Hunter, G. Building Solidarity in the Slow Food Movement. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 28.2 (2022): 75-93.
Shawki, N. The Global Adolescent Girl Agenda: An Analysis of the Emergence and the Political Outcomes of Two Global Health Networks. Journal of Social and Development Sciences 10.1 (2019): 33-51.
Noha Shawki, “Global Basic Rights, Positive Duties, Extraterritorial Obligations, and Mediating Institutions: Do the Sustainable Development Goals Deepen the Institutionalization of a Global Responsibility to End Poverty? in Social Alternatives 37, no. 1 (2018): 3-11
Presentations
Building Solidarity in the Slow Food Movement. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Brown Bag. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. (2022)
Social Movement Communities: Examining the Activities of Leaders of Local Slow Food Chapters in the United States. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2022)
Building Solidarity in the Slow Food Movement. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society. Association for the Study of Food and Society. (2021)
Coalition Dynamics in Transnational Social Movements: Analyzing the EU Food Policy Coalition. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2021)
International Norms, Normative Change, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2016)
Formulating the Sustainable Development Goals: An Analysis of Norm Contestation and Norm Change. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2015)
The Transnational Diffusion of Social Movements: A Case Study of the Food Sovereignty Movement in the UK and Canada. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2014)
La Via Campesina and the Human Rights of Peasants: An Analysis of the Evolution of New Human Rights Norms. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Midwest Political Science Association. (2013)
Understanding the Transnational Diffusion of Social Movements: An Analysis of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and Transition US. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. (2012)
Global Norms, Local Implementation: How Global Norms Are Translated Into Local Practice. International Studies Association Convention. International Studies Association. (2011)
Grants & Contracts
CAS Interdisciplinary Research Grant. College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State University. (2017)