About me
I am Professor of Sociology, International Studies, and Gender Studies at a small liberal arts college in Oregon. I teach and research about gender, race, class and colonialism; international relations; Pan-Africanism; education; and human rights activism.
As a teacher and researcher, I am committed to expanding access to higher education, serving first-generation college students, learning antiracist and collaborative pedagogies, and radically rethinking teaching and learning (especially in the field of international relations).
In collaboration with students, I learn from abolitionist, Indigenous, anticolonial/decolonial, and transnational feminist thought.
How I got here
Other things
I was born in the UK and grew up there. I speak Dutch and English fluently, and several other languages very poorly.
Jonneke is a Dutch name. In English, it sounds like Yonika. I use she/her pronouns.
Employment
2021 -
Professor, Willamette University, Sociology
Affiliations in International Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
2009 - 2021
Assistant and Associate Professor, WIllamette University, Politics and Sociology
Affiliations in International Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Education
2001 - 2009
PhD Political Science (International Relations and Comparative Politics), University of Minnesota, USA
1997 - 2000
BA (Hons) Politics with International Studies, University of Warwick, UK
Awards
2022
2020
Fulbright Award, Suriname
Mortar Board, Professor of the Year, Willamette University