Kathy Teghtsoonian

Professor Kathy Teghtsoonian, Ph.D (Stanford) Office: HSD Bldg. Room B242 Phone: 250-472-4431 Fax: 250-472-4109 email: ktex@uvic.ca

Profile:
Trained as a political scientist, Kathy Teghtsoonian teaches courses on the connections between policy and practice in the human services, critical approaches to policy analysis, and critical perspectives on mental illness/health. Her scholarly agenda flows from an engagement with feminist and other critical literatures; it reflects her interest in the multiple ways in which neoliberalism and advanced liberal technologies of rule have shaped public and organizational policies in Canada and elsewhere. She has undertaken research on women’s policy agencies and gender mainstreaming initiatives within government, focusing on developments in British Columbia and in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In earlier research, she analyzed child care policy debates in Canada and the United States with particular attention to the discursive construction of women, families and women's caregiving work. Most recently, her research has involved a critical analysis of initiatives aimed at addressing depression in the workplace and as a public health issue.

Courses Taught Recently:
SPP 501 - Organizational Context of Policy and Practice (Summer 2011) - Course Outline
SPP 530 - Critical Perspectives on Mental Illness and Mental Health (Fall 2009) - Course Outline
SPP 531 – Critical Approaches to Policy Analysis ( Spring 2012) - Course Outline
SPP 550 - Advanced Thesis Seminar (Fall 2009/Spring 2010) - Course Outline
SPP 580 - Special Topics: Critical Approaches to Policy Analysis (Spring 2009) - Course Outline
SPP 510 - Policy Context of Practice (Fall 2005) - Course Outline

Selected Publications:
2010 - with Jennifer Curtin, “Analysing Institutional Persistence: The Case of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Aotearoa/New Zealand,” Politics and Gender, Vol. 6 No. 4 (December), 1-28.                     

2010 - with Marie Campbell, “Aid Effectiveness and Women’s Empowerment: Practices of Governance in the Funding of International Development,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 36 No. 1 (Autumn), 177-201.

2009 - “Depression and Mental Health in Neoliberal Times: A Critical Analysis of Policy and Discourse,” Social Science & Medicine, Vol 69. No. 1 (July), 28-35.

2009 - “Social Policy in Neo-liberal Times” pp. 309-29 in Michael Howlett, Dennis Pilon and Tracy Summerville, eds., British Columbia Politics and Government. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications.

2008 - “Managing Workplace Depression: Contesting the Contours of Emerging Policy,” pp. 69-89 in Pamela Moss and Katherine Teghtsoonian, eds., Contesting Illness: Processes and Practices. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2008 - with Pamela Moss, “Signalling Invisibility, Risking Careers? Caucusing as an SOS,” pp. 199-207 in Diane Driedger and Michelle Owen, eds., Dissonant Disabilities: Women with Chronic Illnesses Explore Their Lives. Toronto: CSPI/Women’s Press.

2008 - with Louise Chappell, “The Rise and Decline of Women’s Policy Machinery in British Columbia and New South Wales: A Cautionary Tale,” International Review of Political Science, Vol. 29 No. 1 (January), 29-51.

2007 - with Michael J. Prince, “The Harper Government’s Universal Child Care Plan: Paradoxical or Purposeful Social Policy,” pp. 180-99 in Bruce Doern, ed., How Ottawa Spends 2007/08. Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

2005 - "Disparate Fates in Challenging Times: Women's Policy Agencies and Neoliberalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand and British Columbia," Canadian Journal of Political Science. Vol. 38, No. 2 (June), 307-34.

2004 - "Neoliberalism and Gender Analysis Mainstreaming in Aotearoa/New Zealand," Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39, No. 2 (July 2004), 267-84.

2003 - "W(h)ither Women's Equality? Neoliberalism, Institutional Change and Public Policy in British Columbia," Policy, Organisation and Society, Vol. 22, No. 1 (June), 26-47.

2001 - with Joan Grace, "'Something More Is Necessary': The Mixed Achievements of Women's Policy Agencies in Canada," pp. 235-69 in Amy G. Mazur, ed., State Feminism, Women's Movements, and Job Training: Making Democracies Work in a Global Economy. New York: Routledge.

2000 - "Gendering Policy Analysis in the Government of British Columbia: Strategies, Possibilities and Constraints," Studies in Political Economy, No. 61 (Spring), 105-27.