Nikole Hotchkiss came to Kenyon in 2009, after receiving her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersection of law, politics, and culture, specifically regarding national security and counterterrorism development. Her disserttion was entitled, Taking Aim: A Comparative Study of Target Group Construction and the Formation of Contemporary Counterterriorism Policies in France and the United States. Her current work focuses on media discourse of national security, the construction of terrorist threat, and a comparison of hate crime and terrorism law and enforcement.

Education

M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A., University of Denver

Selected Publications

Hotchkiss, Nikole. Forthcoming. "Globalizing Security? Media Framing of National Security in France and the United States from the Cold War to Post-9/11." International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

Brooks, Clem, Kyle Dodson, and Nikole Hotchkiss. 2010. "National Secuirty Issues and U.S. Presidential Elections, 1992-2008." Social Science Research 29: 518-526.

Courses Taught

SOCY 245 Cultural Sociology
SOCY 291 Political Sociology
LGLS 110 Introduction to Legal Studies
LGLS 291 Law and the Construction of Social Problems
LGLS 291 Justice for all? Race and Gender in the American Legal System
LGLS 491 Senior Seminar: Legal Responses to Terriorist Threat