Associate Professor, Latin American Studies, and Department Chair
Ph.D. in Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin, 1987
vbennett@csusm.edu
Interests: Mexican political and economic development,
social change, urban social movements, the
politics of water management, gender and social change
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| On sabbatical Fall 2007-Spring 2008 |
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Faculty Biography: Vivienne Bennett, Full Professor, Ph.D., 1987, University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Studies. Dr. Bennett joined the department in 1994. Her continuing research interests address the politics of water in Mexico, social movements and citizenship rights in Mexico, and gender and water in Latin America. She teaches courses on introductory interdisciplinary social sciences, modern Mexico, natural resource management, and contemporary Latin American development. Her most recent publications include: Bennett, V., Dávila-Poblete, S., and Rico, M.N. (Eds.). Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America, The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Bennett, V. “Swimming Against the Current With Regards to Water and Gender.” In Bennett, V., Dávila-Poblete, S., and Rico, M.N. (Eds.). Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America, The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Zwarteveen, M. and Bennett, V. “Gender and Water Management: What's the Connection?” In Bennett, V., Dávila-Poblete, S., and Rico, M.N. (Eds.). Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America, The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Bennett, V., Dávila-Poblete, S., and Rico, M.N. “Zooming Out to a Broader Perspective on Gender and Water.” In Bennett, V., Dávila-Poblete, S., and Rico, M.N. (Eds.). Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America. The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Bennett, V. “Different Managers, Same Problems: Public Versus Private Management of Municipal Water Services in Monterrey.” In Scott Whiteford and Roberto Melville (eds.). Protecting a Sacred Gift: Water and Social Change in Mexico. La Jolla: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2002. Bennett, V. and Lawrence Herzog. “U.S, Mexico Borderland and Water Conflicts and Institutional Change: A Commentary.” Natural Resources Journal. Vol. 40. pp. 973-988. Fall 2000. Bennett, V. “Women and Urban Protest in Monterrey, Mexico: Impact on Federal and State Water Policy.” In Tortajada, Cecilia, ed. Women and Water Management: The Latin American Experience. New Delhi:Oxford University Press, 2000. |
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