Cathy Lisa Schneider
School of International Service, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
Office: (202) 8851666 | cell: (202) 746-0515
Current Professional Appointment
1999-present Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
Previous Professional Appointments
1993-1999 Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
1992-1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Government and Hispanic American Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1990-1992 Visiting Assistant Professor/Watson Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Latin American Studies, International Relations and Political Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey,
California
1987-1988 Instructor, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Education
1989 Ph.D. in Government, Cornell University
1984 M.A. in Government, Cornell University
1980 M.A. in Public Affairs, University at Albany, State University of New York
1977 B.A. in Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
Single Authored University Press Books
Police Power and Race Riots: Urban Unrest in Paris and New York. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995. [Published as an electronic book, 2011.]
Co-Edited Book
Castaneda, Ernesto and Cathy Lisa Schneider, ed. Collective Violence, Contentious Politics and Social Change: A Charles Tilly Reader. New York: Paradigm Press, 2015.
Peer Reviewed Articles
“Police Power and Race Riots in Paris.” Politics and Society 35 (2007): 523-49. [Lead article] Reprinted with correction, 36 (2008): 133-59.
“Racism, Drug Policy and AIDS.” Political Science Quarterly 113 (1998): 42746.
“Framing Puerto Rican Identity: Political Opportunity Structures and Neighborhood Organizing in New York City.” Mobilization: An International Journal 2 (1997): 22745.
“Mobilization at the Grassroots: Shantytown Resistance in Authoritarian Chile.” Latin American Perspectives: Military Rule and the Struggle for Democracy in Chile 68 (1991): 92112.
Edited Journals
Schneider, Cathy Lisa and Fred Rosen, editors. COPS: Crime, Disorder and Authoritarian Policing. special issue of NACLA: Report on the Americas 37(2003). [Also co-authored introduction with Paul Amar, “The Rise of Crime, Disorder and Authoritarian Policing: An Introductory Essay.”]
Book Chapters
Schneider, Cathy Lisa and Trent Buatte. “Made in Marseilles: Policing and the Deactivation of Racial Boundaries in Southern France.” In Policing Divided Societies, edited by Guy Ben-Porat, 229-60. Tel Aviv: Pardes, 2013. [in Hebrew]
“Crime Wars and Race Riots in France.” In Globalization and East Asia, edited by Quansheng Zhao and Wan-chin Tai, 157-228. Taipei: Shiying Chubanshe, 2007.
“Political Opportunities and Framing Puerto Rican Identity in New York City.” In Frames of Protest: Social Movements and the Framing Process, edited by Hank Johnston and John A. Noakes, 163-82. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
“Chile the Underside of the Miracle." In Free Trade and Economic Restructuring in Latin America, edited by Fred Rosen and Diedre McFadyen, 151-56. New York: Monthly Review, 1995. [Reprint]
“Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet's Chile.” In The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy and Democracy, edited by Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez, 260-75. Boulder: Westview, 1992.
Invited Articles
“Violence and State Repression.” Swiss Political Science Review: Debating the Arab Spring 17 (2011): 480-84.
“Riots in France: The 2005 Uprisings in the Parisian Suburbs.” TamKang Journal of International Affairs 10 (2007): 37-78. www2.tku.edu.tw/~ti/wwwjournal/tjia_c3-vol.10.htm
“Violence, Identity and Spaces of Contention in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.” Social Research 67 (2000): 773-802.
ONLINE AND JOURNALISTIC ARTICLES
“Police Power and Urban Unrest in Paris and New York.” Lo Squaderno 14 (2009): 7-9. www.professionaldreamers.net/images/losquaderno/losquaderno14.pdf [digital Italian journal]
“Crime Wars: A Comparison of Policing Practices in New York and Paris.” American Consortium on EU Studies – European Union Center of Excellence: Cases on Transatlantic Relations 3 (2005): 1-47. http://www1.american.edu/aces/Cases/2005.3%20Schneider.pdf
"Tyrant in the Dock." NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America) Report on the Americas. 32 (1999): 2-4. https://nacla.org/article/tyrant-dock
"Musica Against Drugs: Using Salsa to Fight AIDS." NACLA Report on the Americas 17 (1994): 2627. https://nacla.org/article/musica-against-drugs-fighting-aids-salsa
"Chile: The Underside of the Miracle." NACLA Report on the Americas 26 (1993): 3032. https://nacla.org/article/chile-underside-miracle
"La movilizacíon de las bases, poblaciones marginales y resistencia en Chile autoritario." Proposiciones: Chile Historia y Bajo Pueblo 19 (1990): 22343.
Book Reviews
Review of Routine Politics and Violence in Argentina: The Gray Zone of State Power, by Javier Auyero. Mobilization 13 (2008): 240-42.
Review of The Pinochet Case: Origins, Progress and Implications, by Madeleine Davis, ed. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe/European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 78 (2005): 107-108.
Review of Poor Peoples Politics: Peronist Survival Networks and the Legacy of Evita, by Javier Auyero. Mobilization 7 (2002): 223.
Review of Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies, by David Jordan. Political Science Quarterly 114 (1999-2000): 717-19.
Review of Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa and Brazil, by Anthony Marx. Mobilization 4 (1999): 26162.
Review of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America, by Samuel A. Morley. Political Science Quarterly 111 (1996): 381-38.
Review of From Outrage to Action: The Politics of Grassroots Dissent, by Laura Woliver. A Journal of Reviews 23 (1994): 811.
Working Papers
“Crime Wars and Racial Intolerance in New York and Paris.” Working paper, Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultural Differences (CSGD), 2006.
“Mobilization at the Grassroots: Shantytowns and resistance in Pinochet’s Chile.” Working paper, Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, 1987.
Research Fellowships
May 2-May 25, 2014 Visiting Fellow, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
September 2001-June 2002 Fellow, Columbia Institute for Scholars, Reid Hall, Paris
September 1993-August 1994 Aaron Diamond Postdoctoral Fellow at the
September 1995- August 1996 Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health
August 1990-August 1992 Watson Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
June-August 1988 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York
Organized Conferences
Organized and co-chaired (with Diane Singerman, American University) conference on “Middle East Uprisings: Social Movement and Comparative Perspectives.” Included a public panel, followed by a private round table, March 25, 2011.
Organized and hosted international conference in Paris on “New Security States: Zero Tolerance, Race-based Policing, and ‘Dangerous Communities’ in Comparative Perspective.” Reid Hall, Columbia Institute for Scholars, Paris, June 6-7, 2002.
Invited Presentations And Keynote Addresses
“Why did Ferguson Explode? Lessons that should be learned about the policing of minority neighborhoods.” Gothenburg, Sweden, October 10, 2014. Invited by Secure and Safe City, a collaborative project of the University of Gothenburg and the City of Gothenburg. In attendance were police officers, local officials, community organizers, social workers and teachers from Angered, a poor immigrant suburb.
“Revisiting the Paris Uprising.” Paper presented at conference to complete edited book: “Understanding Urban Uprisings, Protests and Movements: European Cities and the Crisis of Neoliberalism,” edited by Margit Mayor, Hakan Thorn and Ove Senhade University of “Gothenburg, Sweden, October 8-9, 2014. [In preparation for forthcoming edited book]
“Police Violence and Riots: Ferguson in Comparative Perspective,” presented on a panel on “Ferguson: Race, Law and U.S. Society,” organized by Justice, Law and Criminology, American University, September 17, 2014.
“Militarization of Policing in the United States,” presented on a panel on “Militarization of Policing in Comparative Perspective, School of International Service, September 10, 2014.
“Policing, Riots and Resistance in Parisian Banlieues and in ‘Liberated’ Neighborhoods in Pinochet’s Chile.” Paper presented at European University Institute’s conference on “Space and Contentious Politics,” San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy, May 30, 2014.
“Police Power and Race Riots in Paris and New York.” Presentation at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 14, 2014.
“The U.S. Involvement in the Overthrow of Salvador Allende and Organized Resistance to the Pinochet Dictatorship.” Presentation at National Foreign Affairs Training Center, U.S. State Department, April 2011, April 2012, April 2013 and April 2014.
“1968- 2011 Estudiantes y Movimientos Estudiantiles en Francia, USA y Chile.” Presentation at University of Santiago, Chile, January 12, 2012.
“Through Martin Luther King’s Eyes.” Panel discussion, with Julian Bond and Joshua Woodfork, American University, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2011.
“American Multiculturalism since 9-11: Challenges and Prospects.” Presentation at a joint conference of the Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility and the Maxwell School (Syracuse University), Paul Greenberg House, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2011.
“Policing of Minority Populations in Paris, New York and Marseille.” Presentation at colloquium on “Policing in Divided Societies,” Israeli Sociology Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 9, 2010.
Keynote address at Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt Memorial. Sheraton Circle, Washington, D.C., September 2006.
“Crime Wars and Racial Intolerance in Paris and New York.” Presentation at Tamkung University. Taipei, May 6, 2006.
“Latin America Revolutions and their Impact on the American Left.” Presentation at “Remaking Revolution” conference, Hobart William Smith College, April 17, 2004.
“The War against Iraq.” Presentations delivered in seven cities throughout Bretagne, France, February 2003.
“War as a Vehicle to Fight Terrorism and Human Rights Violations.” Presentation at University of Rennes, France, February 12, 2003.
Introduced film “The Pinochet Case” and hosted subsequent Q&A session, Visions Cinema, Washington, D.C., December 2002.
"Winners and Losers in the Drug War." Keynote address at conference on drug policy, University of Northern Iowa, April 5, 2000.
"Racism, AIDS and the War on Drugs." Presentation at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, October 18, 1997.
"The Use of Ethnographic Methodology to Study AIDS and Drug Prevention Efforts." Presentation at the Aaron Diamond Foundation, New York, NY, April 5, 1995. [Also briefed Mrs. Irene Diamond, June 1995.]
"The Economic, Social and Labor Agenda of the current Chilean government." Briefing presented to new U.S. ambassador to Chile Gabriel GuerraMondragon, Meridian House, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1994.
"Shantytown Resistance in Authoritarian Chile." Presentation to Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 25, 1991.
"Transition and Transformation in Santiago's Shantytowns, 19821989.” Presentation at the conference “Transition and Transformation in Chile," Institute of the Americas, University of California at San Diego, March 1314, 1989. [Conference brought together American and Chilean academics and Chilean political party leaders to discuss pitfalls and promises of Chile’s pending democratic transition. One conference participant was later elected president, and several others served as cabinet ministers in other democratically elected governments.]
"Economic Policy and Social Mobilization in Chile." Presentation with Jose Cademartori (Chilean Minister of Economy under Salvador Allende, 1973), Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies, Columbia University, April 22, 1988.
Chaired, Moderated or Acted as Discussant on Panels
“Author meets critics: Eric Schneider, Smack: Heroin and the American City.” Discussant at Social Science History Association Conference, Long Beach, California, November 12-15, 2009.
“Redefining the public: Contested views from civil society actors.” Discussant at Latin America Studies Conference, Puerto Rico, March 2006.
“Labor Relations Varieties and Democratic Outcomes.” Discussant at American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2005.
“New Directions in the Study of Conflict and Conflict Resolution.” Panel chair at University of Maryland, May 2005.
"Crossing Borders: Latinos and Identity." Discussant at Latin American Studies Association Conference, Guadalajara, April 19, 1997.
"Urban Politics, Spatial Conflict and Community Change: New York and Beyond." Chair at American Sociology Association Conference, New York, August 20, 1996.
"Organizing in the Global Economy." Discussant at Latin American Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, March 12, 1994.
"Redefining the Left: Opposition Strategies in the New Democracies." Discussant at Latin American Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles, September 24, 1992.
"The Consolidation of Democracy in Chile." Moderator at Brown University, November 6, 1991.
Conferences and Panel Presentations
“Police Violence and Riots,” on panel on “Policing the People: Militarization, Pre-Emption and Criminalization,” Historical Materialism Conference, London, November 6 – 9, 2014.
“Police Power and Race Riots.” Book Launch. American University. October 30, 2014.
“Riots and Other Ethnic Minority Protests in Times of Economic Crisis,” European Consortium for Political Research Annual Conference, panel on “Political Violence in Times of Economic Crisis,” University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, September 3-6, 2014.
“Resisting the Privatization of Education: Students and Student Movements in Chile and Spain.” Presentation with Emma Fawcett (PhD Student) at the Latin America Conference Ireland, “Latin America at a Crossroads: Between Globalization and Regionalization,” Dublin, Ireland, May 23-24, 2013. Also presented at Council for European Studies Conference, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2014.
“The other 9/11: The 40th Year Anniversary of the Military Coup in Chile,” Kay Chapel, American University, September 11, 2013.
“Policing Racial Boundaries in Paris and New York.” Accepted for the American Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans, August 2012 [cancelled because of hurricane Isaac], and presented at International Political Science Association Conference, Madrid, Spain, July 6, 2012.
“The Armed Forces, the Police and the Arab Rebellions.” Eastern Sociology Association Conference, special panel on the Arab Spring, March 23, 2012.
“Electoral Systems, Representation and Social Movements in the United States, Chile and France.” Conference on “The Evolution of Latin American Presidentialisms in Comparative Perspective,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., November 14, 2011.
“The Beret and the Burqa.” Presentation with Michael Wertz, American University, Kay Chapel, October 19, 2011.
“Middle East Uprisings from the perspective of the southern cone of Latin America.” Presentation at “Middle East Uprisings: Social Movement and Comparative Perspectives,” organized by American University Middle East Studies Department, Washington, D.C., March 25, 2011.
“Race, Space and Organized Crime: Why Marseilles did not burn in 2005.” Presentation at Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 18-21, 2010.
“Police Power and Race Riots in Paris and New York.” Presentations at Comparative Social Movements Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, April 31, 2010.
“Immigrant Crisis in Europe: Racial or Religious.” Presentation at East West Connection, Fireplace Mansion, November 18, 2006.
“Prevention of Delinquency.” Presentation at the Conference in the French Senate, Paris, December 19, 2005.
“Roots of Rage and the French Riots.” Presentation at the Institute of Policy Studies and at American University, Washington, D.C., November 2005.