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Elizabeth Heger Boyle

Protrait: Elizabeth Heger Boyle

Professor and Associate Chair
Ph.D. 1996 Stanford University
J.D. 1987 University of Iowa
Room 948 Social Sciences
Phone: 612-624-3343
Email: boyle014@umn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Interest Areas

Sociology of Law; Globalization; Immigration; Human Rights.

Current Research

“The Cost of Rights or the Right Cost? The Impact of Global Economic and Human Rights Policies on Child Well-Being Since 1989.” 2009-2011. NSF, Law and Social Sciences Program.

“The Impact of International Law on the Eradication of Female Genital Cutting,” with Wenjie Liao.

“Integration of Demographic and Health Survey Data: A Pilot Using Female Genital Cutting Rates.”

Selected Publications

"Law and Culture in a Global Context: The Practice of Female Genital Cutting," with Amelia Corl. Forthcoming 2010. Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

“Women and Economic Development.” Forthcoming 2010. In Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by George Ritzer. New York: Sage Publications.

“Achieving Success in Business: A Comparison of Somali- and American Born Entrepreneurs in Minneapolis,” with Shannon Golden and Yasin Jama. 2010. The CURA Reporter 40(1-2):43-51.

“International Human Rights Law, Global Economic Reforms, and Child Survival and Development Rights,” with Minzee Kim. 2009. Law and Society Review 43(3):455-490.

“Culture, Structure, and the Refugee Experience in Somali Immigrant Family Transformation," with Ahmed Ali. 2009. International Migration 48(1):47-79.

“Young Refugees.” 2009. Pp. 89-94 in Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas, edited by A. Furlong. New York: Routledge.

“Female Genital Cutting.” 2008. Pp. 366-368 in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by V. Parrillo. New York: Sage Publications.