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Lee Ann Fujii

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Program Coordinator, International Politics Cohort, Women's Leadership Program

Mt. Vernon College Acad 206A
2100 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 242-6695
Fax: (202) 242-6669
E-mail: lafujii@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., The George Washington University

Expertise:

Mass violence and genocide, ethnic conflict, Rwanda, African politics

Background:

Professor Fujii specializes in political conflict and violence. Her research focuses on "neighbor level" violence that occurs during civil and inter-state war. She is the author of Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda (2009, Cornell University Press). Her work has also appeared in Security Studies, Nationalities Papers, and the Journal of Genocide Research. Her work has been supported by funding from Fulbright, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and a Dilthey Faculty Fellowship. She is currently working on a second book project which will compare the local dynamics of violence using cases from Rwanda, Bosnia Herzegovina, and the United States.

Courses Taught:

PSc 1 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSc 3 Introduction to International Politics
Psc 190 Ethnic Conflict and Violence

Last update: 08.11.08