PRISCILLA ANN LAMBERT

Department of Political Science

Western Michigan University

1903 West Michigan Avenue

Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5346

Phone: 269-387-5693

e-mail: priscilla.lambert@wmich.edu

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University

Fall 2004 to present

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Japanese politics, social policy, women and politics, family policy, comparative political economy

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Primary Field: Comparative Politics with regional focus on Japan.

Second field: International Relations.

Dissertation: Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent in the Policy-making Process.

Chairs: Peter Gourevitch and Ellis Krauss

M.A. Political Science, University of California, San Diego

M.A. Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Disciplinary emphasis: Labor Economics.

B.A. Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Study Abroad: Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan

Languages: Fluent in spoken and written Japanese; good Spanish.

PUBLICATIONS

Priscilla Lambert and Druscilla Scribner. “A Politics of Difference vs. a Politics of Equality:

Do Constitutions Matter?” Comparative Politics. (Forthcoming).

“Comparative Political Economy of Parental Leave and Child Care: Evidence from 20

OECD Countries.” Social Politics. 15 (4) (Forthcoming, January 2009).

Merike Blofield and Priscilla Lambert. “Parental Leave and Childcare Policy and the Fertility

Crisis in Familial Welfare States: A Comparison of Italy, Spain and Japan.” US-

Japan Women’s Journal. (Forthcoming).

“The Political Economy of Postwar Family Policy: Economic Imperatives and Electoral

Incentives.” Journal of Japanese Studies. (Winter 2007).

Ellis Krauss and Priscilla Lambert, “The Press and Japan’s Attempts at Political and

Administrative Reform.” Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics. (Winter 2002).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Review of Managing Women: Disciplining Labor in Modern Japan by Elyssa Faison. Labor History. Vol. 49, No. 2. May 2008.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Book manuscript, “Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent in the Policy-

making Process”

TRANSLATIONS

Abe, Masahiro and Souichi Ohta. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert). “Fluctuations in

Unemployment and Industry Labor Markets.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. Vol. 15, No. 4. (December) 2001.

Mori, Masumi. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert). “Gender Discrimination in Wages and

Employment Practices in Japan.” US-Japan Women’s Journal. No. 16, 1999.

Higuchi, Yoshio. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert) “The Effect of Income Tax and Social

Security Policy: Married Women in the Japanese Labor Supply,” US-Japan Women’s Journal. No. 13, 1997.

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Research Development Award (RDA), Western Michigan University, May 2007

International Education Faculty Development Fund, Western Michigan University, May 2006

University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, Doctoral Dissertation

Fellowship, September 2003-June 2004.

UC San Diego, Dean’s Travel Grant, June 2002.

SSRC Annual Japan Studies Dissertation Workshop, December 2000.

Japan Ministry of Education, Research Scholarship, October 1999-March 2001.

Japan Ministry of Education, Research Scholarship, October 1991-March 1995.

PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

Paper presentation of “Gender Matters: A Case Study Analysis of Constitutional

Provisions.” Co-authored with Druscilla Scribner. Western Political Science

Association Meeting. San Diego, March, 2008.

Paper presentation of “Gender and Constitutions: Implications for Women’s

Empowerment.” Co-authored with Druscilla Scribner. American Political Science

Association Meeting. Chicago, August, 2007.

Paper presentation of “The Comparative Political Economy of Parental Leave and Child

Care.” Mid-West Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, April 2007.

Informal roundtable, Mid-West Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, April 2007.

Paper presentation of “A Politics of Equality vs. a Politics of Difference: Do Constitutions

Matter?” Co-authored with Druscilla Scribner. Western Political Science Association

Meeting, March 2007.

Invited speaker, Soga Japan Center Speaker Series, Western Michigan University,

October 12, 2006.

Paper presentation of “Gender and Politics in Japan: Family Policy and Women’s

Employment.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. San Diego,

March 22-25, 2006.

Paper presentation with Merike Blofield of “Comparative Political Economy of Family Policy

in Southern Europe and the Southern Cone.” Latin American Studies Association

Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.

Invited speaker, Noon Lecture Series, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan

January 26, 2006

Paper Presentation of “Woman and Children First? The Comparative Political

Economy of Family Policy.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political

Science Association in Chicago, 2005.

Paper Presentation with Merike Blofield of “Family Policies and the Fertility Crisis in

Conservative Countries: A Comparison of Italy, Spain and Japan.” Annual

Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association in Chicago, 2005.

Paper presentation of “Family Policy and Business Consent in Japan: A Case Study

of the Parental Leave Law.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science

Association in Oakland, 2005.

Guest Lecture, “Family Policy in Japan.” University of Michigan, Japanese Politics,

November 2004

Paper presentation of “The Comparative Political Economy of Family Policy: The Effect

of Business, Labor, and Institutions on Policy Outcomes.” Institute of Labor and

Employment Graduate Student Research Conference February 20-22, 2004.

Paper presentation of “Women and Children First? The Comparative Political

Economy of Family Policy.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, 2003.

Paper presentation of “Women and Children First? The Political Economy of Family

Policy.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association in Denver, 2003.

Paper presentation of “Child Care Leave on the LDP Agenda 1979 and 1991: How

Family Policy Changes.” East Asian Studies Hokkaido International Conference, September 28-29, 2002.

Invited participant to Symposium on “The Ways Some Japanese Live Now.” University

of Michigan, January 11-13, 2002.

Poster presentation of “Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent and

Constraint in the Policy-Making Process.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, 2001.

Paper presentation of “Mothers Against the LDP: Family Policy and the Japanese

Welfare State.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Atlanta, September 1999.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Field Research, Tokyo, Japan. May 2006

Dissertation Field Research, Institutional Affiliation at Tokyo University, Law and Politics

Department, October 1999-April 2001

Research Assistant to Professor Ellis Krauss, University of California, San Diego, October

1997-April 1998.

Research Assistant to Professor Kaare Strom, University of California, San Diego, July

1997-October1997.

Researcher, JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Los Angeles, January-

September, 1996.

Freelance Marketing Researcher, International Data Corporation, Summer 1998.

Intern, Financial Attaché’s Office, US Embassy, Tokyo, 1993-1994.

Researcher, Keio University, Human Resource Management Research Workshop,

1994-5.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Western Michigan University

Undergraduate courses: Capitalism and Democracy, Introduction to International

Relations, Japanese Politics, Women and Politics

Graduate Courses: Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Economy

University of San Diego, California

Adjunct Professor, Fall 2001

Course: Introduction to International Politics.

University of California, San Diego

Teaching assistant for the following courses: Introduction to Comparative Politics,

International Political Economy, US Supreme Court, Voting and Elections,

Introduction to International Relations, First Year Writing Seminar