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Roberta Rice
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Short Biography:
Roberta Rice received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico, USA in 2006. She holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from York University. Dr. Rice is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Her book The New Politics of Protest: Indigenous Mobilization in Latin America’s Neoliberal Era (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012) was nominated for the 2014 Comparative Politics prize by the Canadian Political Science Association. Her work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latin America Research Review, Comparative Political Studies, and Party Politics. She is currently working on a comparative project on Indigenous rights and representation in Canada and Latin America funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her cases include Yukon and Nunavut alongside Ecuador and Bolivia.
Full Biography:
Roberta Rice received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico, USA in 2006. She holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from York University. Dr. Rice is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Her book The New Politics of Protest: Indigenous Mobilization in Latin America’s Neoliberal Era (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012) was nominated for the 2014 Comparative Politics prize by the Canadian Political Science Association. Her work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latin America Research Review, Comparative Political Studies, and Party Politics. She is currently working on a comparative project on Indigenous rights and representation in Canada and Latin America funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her cases include Yukon and Nunavut alongside Ecuador and Bolivia.
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