Alana Tiemessen
Profile
Professor Tiemessen`s teaching spans global issues, including international relations, conflict, human rights, and justice. Her prior scholarship on the International Criminal Court analyzed the political influences and effects of international justice. Her current research agenda addresses the strategic motives and means of "cultural genocide." On campus, Professor Tiemessen is the faculty advisor for our Political Action Committee and Model United Nations team.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts in Political Science, The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African Studies, McGill University
Courses
POL110 World Politics
POL310 Gender and Politics
SST 201 Global Risk
CJ354 International Justice
POL489/490 Senior Research and Thesis
Accomplishments
Publications
Tiemessen, A. (2023). Cultural Genocide in Law and Politics. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.762
Tiemessen, A. (2016). The International Criminal Court and the Lawfare of Judicial Intervention. International Relations, 30(4), 409-431. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117815601201
Tiemessen, A. (2014). The International Criminal Court and the Politics of Prosecutions. The International Journal of Human Rights, 18(4-5), 444-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2014.901310
- Transnational Advocacy and Accountability: From Declarations of Anti-Impunity to Implementing the Rome Statute (with Michael Schroeder) in Implementation and World Politics: How International Norms Change Practice. Alexander Betts and Phil Orchard (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014: 50-67.
- Judicial and Non-Judicial Mechanisms in Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- After Arusha: Gacaca Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda in African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2004).