Dr. Martha Lee

Professor and Associate Dean, Academic and Student Concerns, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Email: leema@uwindsor.ca
Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2353, or ext 2029
Office: Chrysler Hall North 1136; Chrysler Hall Tower 110
Winter 2011 office hours: Mon and Wed 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; or by appointment or via email

Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1994
M.A., University of Calgary, 1987
B.A., University of Calgary, 1985

Courses taught
45-252 Modern Political Thought
45-371 Millenarianism
45-461 Seminar in Theories of International Relations
45-500 Scope and Approaches to Political Science
45-551 Contemporary Political Theory (Fall 2011)

Research
My research interests focus on millenarianism, political theory, and women and the military.  My current research project explores the rise of conspiracy theories as a mode of explanation in North American political discourse.  While some people might see conspiracy theories as harmless eccentricities, this way of thinking embodies an ideological structure that paradoxically fosters both extremism and apathy, two tendencies that are dangerous for democracies.

Principal publications

Books

2011.  Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life (Westport, CT: Praeger).

2000.  Millennial Visions: Essays on Twentieth Century Millenarianism (Westport, CT: Praeger).

1995. Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press).

1989.  The Nation of Islam: An American Millenarian Movement (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press).

1996. Revised paperback edition (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press).

Refereed Journal Articles
2010.  “Christian Exodus: A Modern American Millenarian Movement,” Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-23. (with Joanna Sweet)

2009.  “The Reporting of International News in Canada:  Continuity and Change, 1988-2006,” American Review of  Canadian Studies, Vol. 39, No.2, pp. 131-146.  (with John Sutcliffe, Walter Soderlund, and Kai Hildebrandt)

2007.  "American Millenarianism and Violence: Origins and Expression," Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 107-127. (with Herb Simms)

2005.  "Women and Crisis Reporting: Television News Coverage of Political Crises in the Caribbean," The Harvard Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 99-124. (with John Sutcliffe and Walter Soderlund)

2005.  "Nesta Webster: The Voice of Conspiracy" Journal of Women's History, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 80-104.

Chapters in Books
2011. "Violence and the Nation of Islam," In Violence and New Religious Movements, James Lewis, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 295-306).

2007.  “The Bavarian Illuminati,” In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, William Darrity, ed. (Farmington Hills: Gale Publishing).