{"id":2745,"date":"2018-02-08T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=2745"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:34:28","slug":"pauline-rankin","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/people\/pauline-rankin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Rankin"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Pauline researches and teaches in the area of gender and politics. She is co-author of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Politics-Women-Mattered-Political-Committee\/dp\/0802058507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Politics As If Women Mattered: A Political Analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women<\/i><\/a>&nbsp;(1993), editor of a 2004 collection on gender and public policy (published in Ukrainian), and co-editor of a forthcoming collection tentatively titled&nbsp;<i>The Legacy of \u2018We Demand\u2019: Sex Activism in Canada<\/i>. She is the author of articles and chapters on various aspects of women\u2019s movements in Canada, nationalism, gender mainstreaming, and gender and nation branding.&nbsp; Pauline also has extensive experience as a gender consultant for several international development projects. She has delivered seminars and training workshops in Russia, Ukraine, China, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Tunisia, South Africa, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Her current research is part of multi-disciplinary initiative at Carleton University,&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/gem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gender Equality Measurement<\/a>,<\/i>&nbsp;focused on examining the \u2018measurement turn\u2019 in public policy and the questions related to epistemology, political change, policy innovation and feminist activism that arise from assumptions that equality can be quantified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pauline is a past Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women\u2019s Studies (2000-2005) and a former Director of the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies (2005-2007). She served as Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Acting Director of the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies (2013-2014). She is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>women\u2019s movements and feminist activism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gender and leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gender and nation branding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gender mainstreaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gender equality measurement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"recent-graduate-supervisions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Graduate Supervisions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lyndal Neelin, \u201cThe Importance of Being Shawville: The Role of Particularity in Community Resilience\u201d Ph.D thesis, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, 2012.\u00a0(Co-supervisor with Dr. Donna Patrick)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ha Nguyen, \u201cFresh for the Weekend\u201d M.A. research essay, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blake MacMillan, \u201cActor Network Theory in Westboro\u201d M.A. thesis, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, 2009. (co-supervised with Herb Stovel).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grace Irving, \u201cIn (Search of) Passing\u201d M.A. thesis, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, 2009. (co-supervised with Patrizia Gentile).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hana Lodin, \u201cCanada\u2019s Gender Equality Efforts in Afghanistan\u201d M.A. research essay, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"recent-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin, L. Pauline. \u201cAssessing the Impact of Transnational Activism on Women\u2019s Movements at Home\u201d in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fernwoodpublishing.ca\/book\/mind-the-gaps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mind the Gaps: Gender and Politics in Canada&nbsp;Roberta Lexier and Tamara A. Small<\/a> (eds.) Halifax: Brunswick Books, 2013: 87-101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1057\/pb.2012.18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rankin, L. Pauline. \u201cGender and Nation Branding in the True North Strong and Free<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;Place Branding and Public Diplomacy&nbsp;8:4 (2012): 257-267.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bazhum.muzhp.pl\/media\/\/files\/TransCanadiana\/TransCanadiana-r2012-t5\/TransCanadiana-r2012-t5-s41-54\/TransCanadiana-r2012-t5-s41-54.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rankin, L. Pauline. \u201cMeasure, Excess and the Canadian Women\u2019s Movement\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;Transcanadiana:&nbsp;Polish Journal of Canadian Studies&nbsp;5 (2012): 41-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin, L. Pauline and Jennifer Stewart.&nbsp;Progress in Inches, Miles to Go: A Benchmarking Study of Women\u2019s Senior Leadership in Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University and Deloitte Canada, 2012. 49 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruhl, Jeffrey and L. Pauline Rankin. \u201cEmbracing our Creative Instability: Reflections on the Decennial of the Trent-Carleton Joint Doctoral Program in Canadian Studies\u201d in Christl Verduyn and Jane Koustas (eds.)&nbsp;Canadian Studies: Past, Present, Praxis&nbsp;Halifax: Brunswick Books, 2012, pp. 300-315.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haussmann, Melissa and L. Pauline Rankin. \u201cFraming the Harper Government: \u201c\u2019Gender-Neutral\u2019 Electoral Appeals while being Gender-Negative in Caucus\u201d in Allan Maslove (ed.)&nbsp;Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction \u2013 How Ottawa Spends 2009-10&nbsp;Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press, 2009, pp. 241-262.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nimijean Richard and L. Pauline Rankin. \u201cCan Movements \u2018Move\u2019 On-Line?: Canadian Women\u2019s Movements and On-Line Activism\u201d in Marie Hammond-Callaghan and Matthew Hayday (eds.)&nbsp;Mobilizations, Protests and Engagements: Canadian Perspectives on Social Movements&nbsp;Halifax: Fernwood Books, 2008, pp. 62-80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"awards-honours\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards\/Honours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/faculty-resources\/awards\/teaching-achievement-awards\/previous-teaching-achievement-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching Achievement Award, Carleton University, 2002<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching Excellence Award, Carleton University Students\u2019 Association, 1994<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching Excellence Award, Carleton University Students\u2019 Association, 1993<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8361,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Pauline","cu_people_last_name":"Rankin","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[51],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-2745","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-canadian-studies"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor and University Provost","cu_people_degree":"B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"pauline.rankin@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"2355","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8362,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2745\/revisions\/8362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}