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Eve Bratman

Assistant Professor
School of International Service

  • Eve Bratman is an assistant professor with the International Development Program at SIS. Dr. Bratman's research involves sustainable development politics in the Brazilian Amazon. Her long-term interests pertain to the ways in which attempts to improve the environment affect community identity and activism. Her major research projects focus on the links between environmental policy, agriculture, and human rights in Brazil and beyond. Dr. Bratman also has a keen interest in urban politics and development issues in Washington DC.

    Dr. Bratman holds a Ph.D. from American University's School of International Service (2009). She was a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil (2007) and holds a Certificate in Human Rights from the Washington College of Law (2004).

  • Degrees

    Ph.D., American University, BA with highest honors, Oberlin College

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    AU's apiary :-)

    Languages Spoken:

    Portuguese and French

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  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-1860 (Office)
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Teaching

  • Spring 2012

    • SIS-386 Sel Topics: Global Soc Justice: Kenya: Youth/Inforn Settlemnts
    • Description

  • Fall 2012

    • SIS-419 Adv Topics in Int'l Relations: Third World Cities
    • Description
    • SIS-635 Adv Topics in Development Mgmt: Urban Development
    • Description

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • “Cross-Pollination of Social Movements: The Dynamics of Movement Boundaries and the Human Rights-Environmental Divide.” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Spring 2005 (in progress for publication).
  •   “Projeto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Realiza Curso de Beneficiamento de Sementes para Artesanato.” Guia Amata, 3: 34, August 2007.
  • “Unidades de Conservação na Terra do Meio: Protegendo os Povos e o Meio Ambiente na Região de Altamira.” Guia Amata, 3: 31, May 2007.
  • “Bridging the Academic-Activist Abyss.” CYSI Online, May 2004.
  • “Curitiba: Still the Ecological Capital?” Bioinspire, July 2003.
  • "Connecting Communities: Transportation Change in Northeast Illinois.” Documentary video. Written and directed by Eve Bratman (15 min., 2002).
  • “Gender, Pain and Doctor Involvement: High School Attitudes towards Doctor-Assisted Suicide.” (With K.J. Kaplan). Omega, 40 (1): 27-41. Also in: Right to Die versus Sacredness of Life. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press (2000), 169-176.

Professional Presentations

  • "The Entanglements of Sustainable Development: Rifts and Itinerancy in the Anapu Projects for Sustainable Development." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, November 2008.
  • American University, "Predicaments of Human Rights Field Research." Human Rights Week Panel, Washington DC, October 2008.
  • INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia), "Descobrindo Ressonncia, a Contestaccedil;ão Socioambiental numa Fronteira Amazonica.&r Manaus, Brazil, September 2007.
  • UniEuro, "Combatendo Obstaculos em Pesquisa Aplicada," Human Rights Master's Degree Research Seminar, Brasília, Brazil, March 2006.
  • "Rethinking Norm Diffusion: Preliminary Observations from a Brazil Case Study." (With J. Mertus.) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March 2005.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Fulbright Scholar, Brazil, 2006 – 2007.
  • Hurst Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, American University, 2003 – 2006.
  • Oberlin College Alumni Grant recipient, 2006.
  • Scholarship recipient, Rail-Volution Conference, 2002.
  • Concert Starr Award in Politics, Oberlin College, 2001.
  • Grant for urban ecological design research in Curitiba, Brazil, Oberlin College ($4,000), 2001.
  • National Merit Scholar, 1997 – 2001.
  • U.S. State Department Intern, Mission to the UN – Geneva, Switzerland, Una Chapman Cox Scholarship, 1999.  

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