Cathy Lisa Schneider Professor Emerita Politics, Governance & Economics
- Degrees
- PhD, Cornell University; MA, Cornell University; MA, State University of New York at Albany; BA, State University of New York at Albany
- Languages Spoken
- French, Spanish
- Bio
- Professor Schneider teaches and writes on democracy, dictatorship and resistance; comparative social movements; collective violence; racial profiling, police violence and racial and ethnic discrimination in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Her publications include Police Power and Race Riots: Urban Unrest in Paris and New York (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014); Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995); and Collective Violence, Contentious Politics and Social Change: A Charles Tilly Reader, edited with Ernesto Castaneda (Routledge, 2017) and articles such as 鈥淧olice Violence and Community Based Resistance in Seine-Saint-Denis, Ferguson and New York,鈥"Police Abuse and the Racialized Boundaries of Citizenship in France," "When does Police Violence Spark Urban Unrest?" "Violence and State Repression: Debating the Arab Spring," "Police Power and Race Riots in Paris," "Violence, Identity and Spaces of Contention in Argentina, Chile and Colombia," "Racism, Drug Policy and AIDS," and "Framing Puerto Rican Identity." She is regularly quoted by major media outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, AFP, BBC World, CBS, NBC, NPR and others. She recently published two Washington Post op-eds: "Police are Responding to Protests against Police Violence with More Violence," and "Five Myths about riots."
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Fall 2024
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SIS-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Dr. Schneider writes and teaches on comparative social movements, urban politics and political violence.
Selected Publications
- Police Power and Race Riots: Urban Unrest in Paris and New York听(Philadelphia: Penn Press, 2014, paperback 2017)
- Collective Violence, Contentious Politics and Social Change: A Charles Tilly Reader听New York: Routledge, 2017, in Spanish 2022 .(edited with Ernesto Castaneda)
- 鈥淧olice Violence and Community Based Resistance in Seine-Saint-Denis, Ferguson and New York,鈥 APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter: Symposium on Policing and Domestic Security Forces, May 28, 2018.
- "Police Power and Race Riots in Paris," in Politics and Society听35(4) Winter 2007.听 听听听听听
- Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile (Philadelphia: 听Temple University Press, 1995).听 听
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AU Experts
Area of Expertise
Comparative social movements; the policing of ethnic, racial, and religious minorities in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America; protests; urban politics; political violence; immigration; criminal justice; police violence
Additional Information
Prof. Cathy Lisa Schneider studies comparative social movements; colonial legacies (focusing on Algeria and Puerto Rico); the policing of racial, ethnic and religious minorities in Europe, the United States and Latin America; and riots and urban unrest. Her publications include Police Power and Race Riots: Urban Unrest in Paris and New York (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014, paperback 2017); Collective Violence, Contentious Politics and Social Change: The Charles Tilly Reader (co-edited with Ernesto Castaneda (Routledge, 2017); Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile (Temple University Press, 1995); "When does Police Violence Cause Urban Unrest" (Metropolitics, 2017); "Repression and State Violence: Debating the Arab Spring" (Swiss Political Science Review. 2011); "Police Power and Race Riots in Paris" (Politics and Society, 2008); "Violence, Identity and Spaces of Contention in Argentina, Chile and Colombia" (Social Research 2000); "Racism, Drug Policy and AIDS" (Political Science Quarterly 1998); and "Framing Puerto Rican Identity" (Mobilization 1998), among others. She is regularly quoted by major media outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, AFP, and others. She teaches Democratic Decay and Authoritarianism; Politics of Policing, Incarceration and Race; Comparative Social Movements; Political Violence; and Colonialism and Identity.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.