Visiting Scholars

2008-2009

Susan H. Perry

Susan PerrySusan H. Perry, a sinologist and specialist in international human rights law, holds degrees from Brown, Yale and Oxford universities and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (University of Paris).  She is the current Chair of the Division of Politics and Government at The American University of Paris.
 
Both a scholar and an activist, Professor Perry is the co-founder and organizer of the French Senate Conference series on "Women, Culture and Development Practices", and has been invited to present her research on women’s rights at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, Indiana University, the OECD and UNESCO.  Publications include Eye to Eye: Women Practicing Development Across Cultures (ZED Books, 2001), as well as a special issue on "Women's New Development Paradigms" for Signs, the flagship journal on women's studies in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2004).   Dr. Perry has worked extensively in China and in Africa as a women’s rights consultant for the US State Department's Guest Speakers program.  
 
Dr. Perry’s extensive experience in education and activism has led to the development of the first graduate programs at the American University of Paris, in International Affairs, in International Public Policy, and in Civil Society Communications.  Her research interests include gender and human rights law, as well as human rights discourses amongst diaspora communities from Asia and Africa . She is currently writing a book on the paradox of human rights implementation in China.