Cynthia Boaz

Dr. Cynthia Boaz is assistant professor of political science at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, CA. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science (Comparative Politics) from the University of California at Davis. Her areas of expertise include civil resistance and nonviolent struggles, political development and quality of democracy, and political communication with an emphasis on media coverage of war. Her work has appeared in numerous venues, including Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, Feminist Media Studies, Comparative Political Studies, and Sojourners Magazine. Boaz is an affiliated scholar at the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy MA Program in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies in Castellon de la Plana, Spain. She is an Academic Advisor to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and is on the Board of Directors for the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education. Boaz has recently been published, referenced, or interviewed by various media about strategic nonviolent conflict, especially Burma's "Saffron Revolution", including by the BBC Radio Newshour, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)'s radio show "Counterspin", WHEC News 10 NBC (Rochester, NY affiliate), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the Toronto Star, Common Dreams, Truthout, the Huffington Post, and International Herald Tribune. Boaz is currently working on a two book projects - one about nonviolent women's rights movements against oppression and another about the role of leadership in the era of global citizenship.