Cathy Schneider

Cathy Lisa Schneider is an American author and professor emerita of democracy and dictatorship; comparative social movements; political violence; and policing. She is a professor emerita at the American University School of International Service.

Education

Schneider completed a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at the University at Albany, SUNY. She earned a Master of Arts and Ph.D. at Cornell University.

Career Schneider writes and teaches on democracy, dictatorship and resistance, political violence and social movements. Her research and publications are based on ethnographic research in Latin America, the United States and Europe. She is a professor at American University School of International Service.