Celeste Montoya, Ph.D.

montoyc@colorado.edu

University of Colorado at Boulder

Country: United States (Colorado)

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About Me:

I received my PhD in Political Science and a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. I joined the Department of Women & Gender Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2007 and am an affiliate faculty member for the departments of Political Science and Ethnic Studies.  

Research Interests

Gender and Politics

Race, Ethnicity and Politics

European Politics

Human Rights

Immigration & Citizenship

Elections, Election Administration, and Voting Behavior

Gendered Violence,

Social Movements

Identity Politics

Voting Rights

Sexual Harassment: Politics

Intersectionality

Countries of Interest

United States

My Research:

I have written on gendered violence in U.S., European, and global context. My analysis looks at social movements, transnational networks, and policy (both adoption and implementation). I also examine it using intersectional analysis (looking at the ways in which race, sexuality, and other forms of marginalization might be salient to understanding and combatting gendered violence in its various forms). In the U.S. context, I have also studied policies and mobilization related to immigration and voting rights. I am particularly interested in the gendered and racial aspects of these policies, debates, and related mobilization. I have also written on race and gendered aspects of elections. 

Publications:

Books Written:

(2013) From Global to Grassroots: The European Union, Transnational Advocacy, and Combating Violence against Women, Oxford University Press

From Global to Grassroots looks at how transnational activism aimed at combating violence against women is used to instigate changes in local practice. Focusing on the case of the European Union, this book provides empirical and intersectional feminist analysis to demonstrate the transnational processes that connect global and grassroots advocacy efforts. It does this by taking an in-depth look at the roles played by regional organizations and networks in efforts to address violence against women. Over the past decades, the complex and evolving system of EU multilevel governance has provided new venues for women's transnational activism. Despite a predominantly economic focus, the EU has undertaken various initiatives that utilize different tools of authority to combat violence against women. This book first traces the processes by which violence against women became a European Union issue, examining the role played by global movements and organizations as well as European advocates within and outside of EU institutions. Second, it explores and analyzes the different strategies that the EU has utilized to influence its member and candidate states to change their practices. Third, it evaluates the impact that these strategies have had at the local level by investigating the interaction of international and regional efforts with domestic characteristics. The geographic and institutional variation found in the EU makes it a particularly rich case study for comparing the way that different strategies, power relationships, and domestic circumstances interact to provide a range of responses in member and candidate states. While other studies have emphasized formal policy change as evidence that domestic change has occurred, From Global to Grassroots looks beyond the rhetoric to examine the extent to which violence against women is addressed on the ground, paying special attention to the disparate impact strategies may have on particular groups of women.