Heather Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | SULLIVAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hamilton College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1890-9370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using Study Abroad as a Tool for Decolonizing Global Health
Decolonization address inequities in global settings that persist from colonial era practices. This pilot study gathers data from participants (student participants, n = 8; program facilitators, n = 3; local partners, n = 3) involved in a study abroad program to India and analyzes post-program perceptions related to select aims of decolonizing global health: a) valuing local knowledge, b) building lasting partnerships, c) transforming communities…
Bad Plants
“Bad plants” represent the seemingly unexpected and startling forms of plant power overlooked by many modern, industrialized societies that treat vegetal beings as mere resources instead of animate, world-shaping forces. Since science fiction and fairy tales often explore more openly animistic visions of non-human life, such texts provide ample possibilities for reconsideration by critical plant studies of our human-plant relations both cultural …
When elites concede
This article argues that concessions can serve as a useful tool for managing protest. In the face of nonrevolutionary protest, concessions may represent a useful option for getting protesters out of the streets. This article theorizes that, in high-capacity states, actors involved in the process of managing protest are more varied and more capable, making the use of concessions, especially relatively cheap ones, more likely. The article then test…
The Symbolic Management of Protest
Many protests are met with symbolic responses instead of, or in addition to, concrete actions, yet concessions and repression receive more scholarly attention than any other protest outcome. This article develops a typology of symbolic protest management, the performative or rhetorical responses that are not only directed at a protesting group, but also are intended to influence the public’s understanding of protest events. The typology is struct…
Teaching Undergraduates Research Methods
This article introduces a “methods lab” approach to teaching undergraduates about different types of research in political science. In this approach, students are given explicit instruction on what a specific research method entails and the opportunity to practice it before conducting their own research. Methods labs can help students craft more creative research designs as well as understand the strengths and potential pitfalls associated with e…
Subnational State Capacity and the Repression of Protest
While protests occurring in nationally democratic contexts rarely represent fundamental threats to the central state, they still need management when and where they occur. Thus, this paper suggests that, especially in federal countries, to explain the repression of protest, we must examine subnational politics. Subnational political elites, often tasked with protest management, can engage protesters and call for police restraint, but their capaci…
Robin Wall Kimmerer. Braiding Sweetgrass
Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones
From armed-building occupations to fisticuffs between protesters and police at otherwise peaceful demonstrations, protest violence is an essential part of the politics of protest. In this article, I argue that state capacity is central to understanding why some protests are violent. In particular, this article explores two facets of state capacity—coercive capacity and state authority—arguing that where the state is treated as a relevant authorit…
Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones
From armed-building occupations to fisticuffs between protesters and police at otherwise peaceful demonstrations, protest violence is an essential part of the politics of protest. In this article, I argue that state capacity is central to understanding why some protests are violent. In particular, this article explores two facets of state capacity—coercive capacity and state authority—arguing that where the state is treated as a relevant authorit…
Subnational State Capacity and the Repression of Protest
While protests occurring in nationally democratic contexts rarely represent fundamental threats to the central state, they still need management when and where they occur. Thus, this paper suggests that, especially in federal countries, to explain the repression of protest, we must examine subnational politics. Subnational political elites, often tasked with protest management, can engage protesters and call for police restraint, but their capaci…
Teaching Undergraduates Research Methods
This article introduces a “methods lab” approach to teaching undergraduates about different types of research in political science. In this approach, students are given explicit instruction on what a specific research method entails and the opportunity to practice it before conducting their own research. Methods labs can help students craft more creative research designs as well as understand the strengths and potential pitfalls associated with e…
Robin Wall Kimmerer. Braiding Sweetgrass
Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones
From armed-building occupations to fisticuffs between protesters and police at otherwise peaceful demonstrations, protest violence is an essential part of the politics of protest. In this article, I argue that state capacity is central to understanding why some protests are violent. In particular, this article explores two facets of state capacity—coercive capacity and state authority—arguing that where the state is treated as a relevant authorit…
Subnational State Capacity and the Repression of Protest
While protests occurring in nationally democratic contexts rarely represent fundamental threats to the central state, they still need management when and where they occur. Thus, this paper suggests that, especially in federal countries, to explain the repression of protest, we must examine subnational politics. Subnational political elites, often tasked with protest management, can engage protesters and call for police restraint, but their capaci…
Teaching Undergraduates Research Methods
This article introduces a “methods lab” approach to teaching undergraduates about different types of research in political science. In this approach, students are given explicit instruction on what a specific research method entails and the opportunity to practice it before conducting their own research. Methods labs can help students craft more creative research designs as well as understand the strengths and potential pitfalls associated with e…
The Symbolic Management of Protest
Many protests are met with symbolic responses instead of, or in addition to, concrete actions, yet concessions and repression receive more scholarly attention than any other protest outcome. This article develops a typology of symbolic protest management, the performative or rhetorical responses that are not only directed at a protesting group, but also are intended to influence the public’s understanding of protest events. The typology is struct…
Bad Plants
“Bad plants” represent the seemingly unexpected and startling forms of plant power overlooked by many modern, industrialized societies that treat vegetal beings as mere resources instead of animate, world-shaping forces. Since science fiction and fairy tales often explore more openly animistic visions of non-human life, such texts provide ample possibilities for reconsideration by critical plant studies of our human-plant relations both cultural …
When elites concede
This article argues that concessions can serve as a useful tool for managing protest. In the face of nonrevolutionary protest, concessions may represent a useful option for getting protesters out of the streets. This article theorizes that, in high-capacity states, actors involved in the process of managing protest are more varied and more capable, making the use of concessions, especially relatively cheap ones, more likely. The article then test…
Using Study Abroad as a Tool for Decolonizing Global Health
Decolonization address inequities in global settings that persist from colonial era practices. This pilot study gathers data from participants (student participants, n = 8; program facilitators, n = 3; local partners, n = 3) involved in a study abroad program to India and analyzes post-program perceptions related to select aims of decolonizing global health: a) valuing local knowledge, b) building lasting partnerships, c) transforming communities…
Sociology (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works)