Assistant Professor of Political Science

Office: Humanities 250N
Phone: 410-617-2544
Email: mklynch@loyola.edu

Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Background

• Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Political Science
• M.A. University of Minnesota, Political Science
• B.A.  Miami University of Ohio, Interdisciplinary Studies

Research

Transitional justice, human rights, norms and institutions, democracy and democratization, civil war, international law

Publications

• Lynch, Moira. 2015. “A Theory of Human Rights Accountability and Emergency Law: Bringing in Historical Institutionalism,” The Journal of Human Rights 14(4): 504-524.
• Lynch, Moira and Bridget Marchesi. 2015. “The Adoption and Impact of Transitional Justice,” in Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience, Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lynch, Moira. 2013. “Transitional Justice Methods, Processes and Practices: Purges,” in The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lynch, Moira. Review of Ellen L. Lutz and Caitlin Reiger (eds.). 2010. Prosecuting Heads of State. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Law and Politics Book Review 20(7): 287-291.

Teaching

• PS 350 Comparative Politics
• PS 352 Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict
• PS 360 Transitional Justice
• PS 365 International Politics
• PS 101 Politics
• PS 101 Honors Politics
• PS 101 Messina: The Good Life? The Politics of Power, War and Peace

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

• Peace and Justice Studies Course Development Grant, 2016
• Summer Research Grant, Loyola University Maryland, 2015
• Summer Research Grant, Loyola University Maryland, 2013
• Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2010-2011            
• Scholarly Travel Grant, University of Minnesota, Fall 2010/Spring 2012    
• Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Summer 2010
• Visiting Scholar, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Gipuzkoa, Spain, Summer 2010
• Best Graduate Student Paper Award, International Studies Association-West Conference, San Francisco, California, 2009
• Transitional Justice Institute Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota Law School/University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, Summer 2009
• Foreign Language Area Studies Association Fellowship, Arabic Study, University of Minnesota. Summer 2007
• Wimmer Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Summers 2007 – 2009, 2011