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Biography

Pauline researches and teaches in the area of gender and politics. She is co-author of Politics As If Women Mattered: A Political Analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (1993), editor of a 2004 collection on gender and public policy (published in Ukrainian), and co-editor of a forthcoming collection tentatively titled The Legacy of 鈥榃e Demand鈥�: Sex Activism in Canada. She is the author of articles and chapters on various aspects of women鈥檚 movements in Canada, nationalism, gender mainstreaming, and gender and nation branding.聽 Pauline also has extensive experience as a gender consultant for several international development projects. She has delivered seminars and training workshops in Russia, Ukraine, China, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Tunisia, South Africa, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Her current research is part of multi-disciplinary initiative at 杏吧原创 University, Gender Equality Measurement, focused on examining the 鈥榤easurement turn鈥� in public policy and the questions related to epistemology, political change, policy innovation and feminist activism that arise from assumptions that equality can be quantified.

Pauline is a past Director of the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (formerly the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women鈥檚 Studies) from 2000-2005 and a former Director of the School of Canadian Studies from 2005-2007. She served as Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Acting Director of the School of Canadian Studies from 2013-2014. She is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Research Interests

• women鈥檚 movements and feminist activism
• gender and leadership
• gender and nation branding
• gender mainstreaming
• gender equality measurement

Recent Publications

Rankin, L. Pauline. 鈥淎ssessing the Impact of Transnational Activism on Women鈥檚 Movements at Home鈥� in Mind the Gaps: Gender and Politics in Canada Roberta Lexier and Tamara A. Small (eds.) Halifax: Brunswick Books, 2013: 87-101.

Rankin, L. Pauline. 鈥淕ender and Nation Branding in the True North Strong and Free鈥� Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 8:4 (2012): 257-267.

Rankin, L. Pauline. 鈥淢easure, Excess and the Canadian Women鈥檚 Movement鈥� Transcanadiana: Polish Journal of Canadian Studies 5 (2012): 41-54.

Rankin, L. Pauline and Jennifer Stewart. Progress in Inches, Miles to Go: A Benchmarking Study of Women鈥檚 Senior Leadership in Canada. Ottawa: 杏吧原创 University and Deloitte Canada, 2012. 49 pages.

Ruhl, Jeffrey and L. Pauline Rankin. 鈥淓mbracing our Creative Instability: Reflections on the Decennial of the Trent-杏吧原创 Joint Doctoral Program in Canadian Studies鈥� in Christl Verduyn and Jane Koustas (eds.) Canadian Studies: Past, Present, Praxis Halifax: Brunswick Books, 2012, pp. 300-315.

Haussmann, Melissa and L. Pauline Rankin. 鈥淔raming the Harper Government: 鈥溾�橤ender-Neutral鈥� Electoral Appeals while being Gender-Negative in Caucus鈥� in Allan Maslove (ed.) Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction – How Ottawa Spends 2009-10 Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2009, pp. 241-262.

Nimijean Richard and L. Pauline Rankin. 鈥淐an Movements 鈥楳ove鈥� On-Line?: Canadian Women鈥檚 Movements and On-Line Activism鈥� in Marie Hammond-Callaghan and Matthew Hayday (eds.) Mobilizations, Protests and Engagements: Canadian Perspectives on Social Movements Halifax: Fernwood Books, 2008, pp. 62-80.

Awards/Honours

• Teaching Achievement Award, 杏吧原创 University, 2002
• Teaching Excellence Award, 杏吧原创 University Students’ Association, 1994
• Teaching Excellence Award, 杏吧原创 University Students’ Association, 1993

Recent Graduate Supervisions

• Lyndal Neelin, 鈥淭he Importance of Being Shawville: The Role of Particularity in Community Resilience鈥� Ph.D thesis, School of Canadian Studies, 2012.聽(Co-supervisor with Dr. Donna Patrick)
• 聽Ha Nguyen, 鈥淔resh for the Weekend鈥� M.A. research essay, School of Canadian Studies, 2009.
• Blake MacMillan, 鈥淎ctor Network Theory in Westboro鈥� M.A. thesis, School of Canadian Studies, 2009. (co-supervised with Herb Stovel).
• Grace Irving, 鈥淚n (Search of) Passing鈥� M.A. thesis, School of Canadian Studies, 2009. (co-supervised with Patrizia Gentile).
• Hana Lodin, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Gender Equality Efforts in Afghanistan鈥� M.A. research essay, School of Canadian Studies, 2008.