Debra holds a joint appointment in Political Science and Women’s Studies. She received her B.A. from the University of Oregon in 1988, and received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in January, 2000. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and transnational political organizing, with particular attention to international economic issues and Latin American Politics. While a graduate student at Rutgers University, she was the recipient of the University’s Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award.

Her most recent publications include two forthcoming articles, “TCBY® in Limón, Costa Rica: (Re)Constructing Identity in International Service Learning” and “Constructing Cooperation: Feminist Activism and the North American Free Trade Agreement.” Debra was also the winner of the best paper award from the International Studies Association’s Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section in 1998. Professor Liebowitz also has an extensive background developing educational programs that emphasize issues of gender, leadership and public policy both in the U.S. and abroad.

Gender and Politics
PSCI 154 Global Feminisms
WMST 12 Introduction to Women’s Studies

Professor Liebowitz also teaches courses on Latin American Politics, Global Governance, and International Social Movements.

After graduating college, Debra spent most of four years (except the four months per year that she worked in Alaska to pay for her gallivanting), traveling, living, and working in Latin America and East Asia. In addition to studying Spanish in Ecuador and teaching English in Taiwan, she spent long periods of time in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and South Korea. Debra loves traveling and is also enamored with snorkeling, scuba diving, hiking and mountain bike riding.