Beth A. Simmons
- Karl Deutsch Award, ISA
- Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
Beth A. Simmons (born 1958) is an American academic and notable international relations scholar. She is the Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law, Political Science and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1] She is a former director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at the Department of Government. Her research interests include international relations, political economy, international law, and international human rights law compliance.
Early life
Simmons was born in 1958 in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California where she excelled in speech, debate, and music. She earned a BA in political science and philosophy summa cum laude from the University of Redlands, an MA in international relations from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in government from Harvard, where she was a student of international relations theorist Robert Keohane.
Career
Simmons taught as an assistant professor at Duke University (1991–1996) and as an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1996–2002) before joining the faculty of Harvard University in 2002, where she was Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
In 2016, she became Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[2][3]
Simmons served as President of the International Studies Association from 2011–2012.[4] She was succeeded as President by Etel Solingen of the University of California, Irvine.
Awards and honors
- 2009: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[5]
- 2010: Awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research.[5][6]
- 2011: Karl Deutsch Award
- 2012: Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2013: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2017: Elected to the American Philosophical Society[7]
Books
- Simmons, Beth (1994), Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, 1923-1939, Princeton University Press, pp. 334, ISBN 978-0691017105 Won the Woodrow Wilson Award from American Political Science Association for best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs.[8]
- Simmons, Beth (2009), Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521712323
References
- ^ Penn Law Faculty: Beth Simmons
- ^ "Beth Simmons". Penn Law. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Simmons elected to American Philosophical Society". University of Pennsylvania. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Presidents of ISA".
- ^ a b Beth Simmons, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University, archived from the original on May 11, 2012, retrieved March 4, 2018
- ^ "The winner of the XVth Stein Rokkan Prize" (PDF). International Social Science Council. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Newly Elected - April 2017". American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Powell, Alvin (October 16, 2003), "Worth more than the paper they're written on", Harvard Gazette, retrieved July 4, 2012
External links
- Simmons' Harvard faculty page
- University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty page
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