JOANNE S. GOWA

 

Joanne Gowa is the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War at Princeton University. Her area of concentration is international relations, with subspecialties in international political economy and the relationship between democracies and international disputes. Before joining Princeton in 1990, she taught for ten years at the University of Pennsylvania. She spent the academic year 2001-2002 at the University of Pennsylvania as the holder of the Walter H. Annenberg Chair in the Social Sciences.

Dr. Gowa is the author of several books, including Ballots and Bullets: The Elusive Democratic Peace; Allies, Adversaries, and International Trade; and Closing the Gold Window: Domestic Politics and the End of Bretton Woods. Her writings encompass subjects such as international institutions, trade and monetary policy, and democracy and disputes. She has been a member of the Governing Council and the editorial board of the American Political Science Association, and she currently serves on the editorial boards of International Organization and World Politics.

Dr. Gowa received a National Science Foundation Grant for Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Engineering and two grants from the MacArthur Foundation, a grant for research and writing, and a Fellowship in International Peace and Security Studies.

Dr. Gowa received a B.A. from Tufts University in 1972, an M.P.A. from The Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1974 and a Ph.D. from Princeton in 1980. She was elected to the Tufts Board of Trustees in 2000. She is former Chair and current member of the Academic Affairs Committee and also serves on the Honorary Degree Committee.

Last updated: December 7, 2007