Martin, Sherry L.

Assistant Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

  • Political Allegiance and Alienation
  • Mass Political Behavior and Protest Politics
  • Comparative Political Party Systems and Political Socialization
  • Regional SpecializationL Japan and the US
  • Women in East Asian Politics
  • Patterns of Development and Growing Economic Interdependence on Women
  • Channels of Interest Articulation Linking Elites and Voters in Japanese Politics

international geographic focus

affiliations

faculty appointment in

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

teaching

teaching focus

  • Introduction to Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Undergraduate level)
  • Sex, Politics and Power (Undergraduate Level)
  • Comparative Political Participation (Graduate Level)
  • Feminist Methodology (Graduate Level)

service

current professional activities

  • Cornell University
    • Member, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Steering Committee, 2004- present
    • Member, Department of Government Comparative A Exam Committee, 2004-present
    • Faculty Reader, Undergraduate Admissions Selection Committee, 2004-2005
    • Member, Department of Government Undergraduate Committee, 2004-2005
    • Member, Department of Government Search Committee, 2005-2006
    • Member, Program in East Asian Studies’ Fulbright Selection Panel, 2006
    • Associational Memberships American Political Science Association
    • Association of Asian Studies Southern Political Science Association
  • Midwest Political Science Association Referee Work
    • The Journal of Politics
    • Journal of Gender Studies
    • Social Science Japan Journal

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., (Political Science), University of Michigan April 2002
  • Certificate of Completion, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies Yokohama, Japan 1998
  • A.B., (Politics), Princeton University, 1993

professional background

  • Cornell University, Department of Government and the Program in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Ithaca NY, Assistant Professor July 2004- present
  • Sophia University Tokyo, Japan Visiting Professor 8/2004, 8/2005, 8/2006

awards and distinctions

  • Fund for Grants in the Humanities (May 2005) awarded by The Society for Humanities at Cornell University to support a collaborative project on Democratic Reform in Japan.
  • Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship (October 1999- May 2001) to conduct dissertation fieldwork under the supervision of Professor Ikuo Kabashima at the University of Tokyo.
  • Sanwa Bank Research Grant (1998-1999) supported independent research while in the US.
  • Women’s Studies Research Grant (December 1997), Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The University of Michigan.
  • Shoyu Foundation Fellowship (1997-1998) funded intensive language training at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, Japan.
  • Rackham Merit Fellowship (1993- 2001) provided a total of 9 terms of on-campus study.
  • CIC Predoctoral Fellowship (1993-1995), The Committee on Institutional Cooperation funded the first 2 years of graduate study.