People
Melanie Hughes , PhD
The Ohio State University, 2008 
Title: Assistant Professor
Campus Address: 2611 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Tel:
412-383-9488
E-mail: hughesm@pitt.edu
Fields
Gender and politics; intersectionality; transnational political sociology; quantitative methods
Teaching
Social Research Methods; Research Practicum; Graduate Quantitative Methods
Selected Publications
Forth. Hughes, Melanie M., Lindsey Peterson, Jill Ann Harrison, and Pamela Paxton. “Power and Relation in the World Polity: The INGO Network Country Score, 1978-1998.” Social Forces.
2009 Hughes, Melanie M. “Armed Conflict, International Linkages, and Women’s Parliamentary Representation in Developing Nations.” Social Problems 56(1):174-204.
2009 Paxton, Pamela, Matthew Painter, and Melanie M. Hughes. “Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women’s Statehouse Representation.” Social Science Research 38:86-102.
2007 Paxton, Pamela and Melanie M. Hughes. Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
2006 Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes, and Jennifer Green. “The International Women’s Movement and Women’s Political Representation, 1893-2003.” American Sociological Review 71(6):898-920.
Selected Honors/Awards
2009 James Coleman Award for the best article published in the field of the Sociology of Education, American Sociological Association.
2009 Third-Term Research Award, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
2007 P.E.O. Scholar Award, P.E.O International.
2007 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.
Projects
Minority women in politics globally; Muslim women’s political representation; social networks and international organizations; armed conflict in Africa; gender quotas