Sharon R. Wesoky
Professor of Political Science
Interfaith Faculty Fellow
Department of Political Science
Meadville, PA 16335
phone: 814-332-3343
fax: 814-332-2310
e-mail: swesoky@allegheny.edu
Spring 2024 office hours:
Monday, 9:45-10:45am (Quigley 116)
Tuesday, 2:45-4:45pm (Quigley 116)
Wednesday, 9:15-10:45am (Grounds for Change)
Thursday, 2:45-4:15pm (Quigley 116)
and by appointment
My new book: Chinese Modernity and Socialist Feminist Theory, an edited collection of the writings of Chinese feminist Song Shaopeng.
Courses
Selected courses:
Dance and Movement Studies 120: Meditation--Theory and Practice
Political Science 130: World Politics
Political Science 228: Government and Politics of China
Political Science 276: Imagining New Political Futures
Political Science 336: Democracy in East Asia--Theory and Practice
Political Science 387: Comparative Political Theory
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 400: Transnational Feminisms
Research
Recent publications:
Editor, Chinese Modernity and Socialist Feminist Theory, a collection of the writings of Song Shaopeng. (Routledge, 2022)
"25 Years of Feminist NGOs in China: Reflections on Neoliberalism and its Resistances," Mainland China Studies 61:2, Summer 2018.
Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humor in China, co-edited volume with Kingfai Tam. Springer Humanities, 2017.
(Dis)Continuities in Chinese Feminisms: Navigating Local and Global." Women and Gender in China blog, September 2017.
“Politics at the local-global intersection: meanings of bentuhua and transnational feminism in China.” Asian Studies Review 40:1, Spring 2016.
Information for Students
I am happy to write letters of recommendation, upon request, for students whom I have had in at least one class. Please allow at least three weeks before the letter's deadline to make your request.