Dr. Melissa Labonte

Assistant Professor of Political Science
202A Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-8532
Fax: (804) 287-6833

Research:
Global governance
International and nongovernmental organizations
Peacebuilding and multilateral peace operations
Humanitarian politics, human rights, international law

Education:
Ph.D., Brown University

Selected Publications:

"Human Rights and Peacebuilding," in David P. Forsythe, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008)

"Same Car, Different Driver? The Impact of Peacebuilding 'Partnerships' and the Chiefdom System in Sierra Leone," Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (forthcoming 2008)

"Sierra Leone," (co-authored with Eric G. Berman), in William Durch, ed., Twenty-first Century Peace Operations (Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2006)

"Humanitarian Actors and the Politices of Preventive Action: Is There Room in the Peacebuilding Framework?", in W. Andy Knight and Tom Keating, eds., Building Sustainable Peace (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press and United Nations University Press, 2004)

"Dimensions of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Democratization," Global Governance: a Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, Vol. 9, no. 2 (2003)