Jane S. Jaquette is Emeritus Professor of Politics and of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College. A specialist in international relations and Latin America, Dr. Jaquette did her undergraduate degree in Political Science at Swarthmore College (1964) and her Ph.D. in International Relations at Cornell University (1971), writing her dissertation on the politics of development in Peru. She began teaching at Occidental College in 1969 and, shifting her focus to women’s issues, edited a comparative anthology on women and politics (1974), while continuing to do research and publish articles on Peru. From 1979 to 1981 she worked as a policy analyst in the Women in Development (WID) Office at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC. Dr. Jaquette has edited seven books and published more than fifty articles on topics ranging from Peruvian politics to international feminism, with a special emphasis on women’s movements and democratization in Latin America.