2008 Phenomenal Woman Awardee Jane Bayes, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
California State University, Northridge
Dr. Bayes earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA in 1967.
At CSUN she has taught courses in:
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Women and Politics
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Political Economy
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American Government and Politics
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POLS 449, The Politics of Community Action. This course specializes in
placing students in national, state, and local governmental positions, as well
as in community
non-profit and business groups where students can integrate classroom learning
with real world experience while obtaining academic credit.
Her publications include:
Ideologies and Interest Groups in the United States (Chandler and
Sharp 1982)
Minority Politics and Ideologies in the United States (Chandler
and Sharp 1982)
Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public
Policy, with Rita Mae Kelly (Greenwood 1988)
Women and Public
Administration: International Perspectives (Hayworth 1991) Globalization,
Gender, and
Democratization, with
Kelly, Hawkesworth and Young (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001)
Globalization,
Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and
Muslim Contexts, with Nayereh Tohidi (Palgrave 2001)
Research and Interests
Dr. Bayes is also the founder and Director of the Institute
of Gender, Globalization and Democracy at California State University,
Northridge, and the director of a
grant to develop an integrated curriculum on North American Studies.
She is also a member of the International Social Science Association's
Research
Committee
on Gender, Globalization, and Democratization.