Identity and War: What the Russian War on Ukraine Teaches Us about the Causes of War
Yoshiko Herrera
Yoshiko M. Herrera is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research on Russian politics: nationalism, identity, and ethnic politics; political economy and state statistics (national accounts); and international norms, has been published with Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Analysis, Journal of Peach Research, Social Science Quarterly, Post-Soviet Affairs, and other outlets.
At UW–Madison, Herrera teaches courses on comparative politics, the Russian War on Ukraine, social identities and diversity, and post-communist politics. In 2021, she was a recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at UW-Madison.
Herrera received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Before arriving in Madison in 2007, Herrera was the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in the Government Department at Harvard University (1999-2007).
Professor Herrera's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at CMC.