Years at Knox: 1995 to present Education
Ph.D., Political Science, 1993, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Political Science, 1988, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Political Science and Spanish, summa cum laude, 1986, Knox College Professional Interests
"Throughout my career, I have been interested in people's attempts to radically transform their societies, why those attempts sometimes succeed, and what impact participating in such movements has on the participants.
"I've written two books, Women and Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba and Feminism and The Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, which explain why thousands of women joined armed revolutionary movements starting in the last quarter of the 20th century in Latin America and how that experience of radical egalitarianism led them to found feminist movements after the wars ended. My interest in transformational politics also informed the book I co-edited, Radical Women in Latin America: Left and Right and articles I've written on the Taliban and revolutionary movements in Poland and Iran.
"Currently, I am editing (and contributing to) a book that is tentatively entitled Gender and Populism in Latin America: Passionate Politics. The book will analyze the role of masculinity and femininity in the political careers of figures ranging from Evita Perón to Hugo Chávez, considering the relationship between populism, democracy, authoritarianism, and feminism in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela." Teaching Interests
comparative politics, Latin American politics, women and world politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, comparative revolutions, global antifeminism, Al Qaeda, populism Recent Scholarly Achievements
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Involvement Recent Publications
Mujeres y movimientos guerrilleros: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas y Cuba. Mexico City: Plaza y Valdés, 2007. "Resisting the Feminist Threat: Antifeminist Politics in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua." Journal of the National Women's Studies Asssociation, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2006. "Revolución, feminismo, y antifeminismo en Nicaragua." en Elizabeth Maier and Nathalie Lebon, compiladoras, De lo privado a lo público: 30 años de lucha ciudadana de las mujeres en América Latina, México D.F.: LASA, UNIFEM, Siglo XXI editors, 2006. "Resisting the Feminist Threat: Antifeminist Politics in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua." Journal of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 73-100, Summer 2006. "Revolución, feminismo y antifeminismo en Nicaragua." De lo privado a lo público: 30 años de lucha ciudadana de las mujeres en América Latina. Edited by Elizabeth Maier and Nathalie Lebon. Siglo XXI editores, Mexico City, 2006. Feminism and the Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas. Ohio University Press, Athens, 2004. "Marching with the Taliban or Dancing with the Zapatistas? Revolution After the Cold War." The Future of Revolutions: Rethinking Radical Change in the Age of Globalization. Edited by John Foran. Zed Press, London, 2003. "Arnoldo Alemán Takes on the NGOs: Antifeminism and the New Populism in Nicaragua." Latin American Politics and Society 45: 133-158, Number 2, Summer 2003. Women and Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba. Penn State University Press, University Park, 2002. Co-editor, Radical Women in Latin America: Left and Right. With Victoria González, co-editor. Penn State University Press, University Park, 2001. "Violeta Barrios de Chamorro."Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Edited by Cynthia Tompkins and David Foster. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 2001. "Feminism, Antifeminism, and Electoral Politics in Postwar Nicaragua and El Salvador." Political Science Quarterly, 1998. "Legislating Personal Politics in Sandinista Nicaragua, 1979-1992." Women's Studies International Forum, 1998. "Social Policy." Nicaragua without Illusions: Regime Transition and Structural Adjustment in the 1990s. Scholarly Resources, 1997. "The Mother of Nicaraguans: Dona Violeta and the UNO's Gender Agenda." Latin American Perspectives, 1996. Presentations
Revolución, Feminismo, y Antifeminismo en Nicaragua. Paper, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Las mujeres, la sociedad civil, y la rebellion zapatista. Paper, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Recognitions
Visiting Research Fellow, Center for United States-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, 1997-1998 Awards
Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics, presented by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for the Study of Women and Politics, Iowa State University, 1999 Philip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching, Knox College, 1999 First Place, Elsa Chaney competition in gender studies, awarded by the women's studies section of the Latin American Studies Association, 1998 Involvement
Member, Latin American Studies Association, American Political Science Association
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Contact
kkampwir@knox.edu What Students Say
"Karen's subject matter requires that she put a lot of information into her lectures, but they are never tedious. She draws on her wide range of first-hand experiences, and this makes her classroom a lively learning environment."
—Sarah Wetmore, International Relations and Economics Major
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