Jennifer A. Widner

Jennifer Widner "is Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace & Justice, and Director of the Woodrow Wilson School Program on Institutions for Fragile States. Before joining the Princeton faculty in 2004-5, she taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan.  Her current research focuses on constitution writing and constitutional design, as well as institutions and service delivery in developing countries, especially Africa. Her most recent book is Building the Rule of Law (W. W. Norton), a study of courts and law in Africa and other developing country contexts.  She has published articles on a variety of topics in Democratization, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Development Studies, Current History, Daedalus, the American Journal of International Law, and other publications. Ph.D. Yale 1987. " CV

She is the author of The Rise of the Party State in Kenya, 1992, University of California Press.


 * Director, Princeton in Africa
 * Executive Committee, Program in African Studies
 * Executive Committee, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance

Awards and Fellowships:

 * 2003, Bellagio Scholar Award
 * 2000, LS&A Award for Excellence in Research
 * 2000 January-July, Visiting Fellow, World Bank
 * 1999, University of Michigan Career Development Award
 * 1997-8,	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Award
 * 1995-6, Fulbright Senior Research Scholar
 * 1990, The World Bank, McNamara Fellowship

Grants:

 * 2003, Smith Richardson Foundation, $36,000 for database on constitutional provisions
 * 2002, U.S. Institute of Peace $40,000 for database on constitution writing (supplemental grant in 2003)
 * 1998, The Ford Foundation, $150,000 for Enhancing African Studies (university)
 * 1997, U.S. Institute of Peace Writing Grant
 * 1992, The Ford Foundation, $10,000 for conference on political change in Africa
 * 1989, Milton Fund Grant, Harvard University
 * 1988, Social Science Research Council
 * 1985, National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant