Research

Book

Terman, Rochelle. 2023. The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works–and when it Backfires. Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, Princeton University Press.

Peer Reviewed Articles 

Rochelle Terman and Pete Cuppernull. Forthcoming. “The Language Barrier to Human Rights Information: A Global Analysis of Google Search Results.”  International Studies Quarterly.

Becker, Jordan, Sarah Kreps, Paul Poast and Rochelle Terman. 2024. “Transatlantic Shakedown: Does Presidential ‘Naming and Shaming’ Affect NATO Burden Sharing?” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 68 (2-3), 195-229.

Argyle, Lisa, Rochelle Terman and Matti Nelimarkka. 2022. “Religious Freedom in the City Pool: Gender Segregation, Partisanship, and the Construction of Symbolic Boundaries.” Politics and Religion, 15 (4), 700-721.

Terman, Rochelle and Joshua Byun. 2022. “Punishment and Politicization in the International Human Rights Regime.” American Political Science Review, 116 (2), 385-402.
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Terman, Rochelle and Zoltán Búzás. 2021. “A House Divided: Norm Fragmentation in the International Human Rights Regime.”  International Studies Quarterly, 65 (2).
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Terman, Rochelle. 2020. “The Positive Side of Negative Identity: Deviance and Stigma in Backlash Movements.” British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 22 (4): Symposium on Backlash Politics in Comparison.

Terman, Rochelle and Erik Voeten. 2018. “The Relational Politics of Shame: Evidence from the Universal Periodic Review.” Review of International Organizations, 13 (1).
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Terman, Rochelle. 2017. “Islamophobia and Media Portrayals of Women’s Rights: A Computational Text Analysis of U.S. News Coverage” International Studies Quarterly, 61 (3).
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Terman, Rochelle. 2016. “Islamophobia, Feminism, and the Politics of Critique” Theory, Culture & Society, 33 (2).

  • Best Graduate Student Paper, ISA Feminist Theory & Gender Studies Section, 2014

Terman, Rochelle. 2010. “Piety of Public Participation: The Revolutionary Muslim Woman in the Islamic Republic of Iran” Politics, Religion, and Ideology, 11 (3).

Terman, Rochelle. 2010. “To Specify or Single Out: Should We Use the Term ‘Honor Killing’?” The Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 7 (1).

Working Papers (Email me for copies)

“The Nations in Our Minds: Historical Representations of Countries in Google Books.” With James Evans, Shilin Jia and Max Zhu.

“The Politicization Paradox: Rethinking How Norms Matter in International Politics”

“Rewarding Resistance: Theorizing Defiance to International Shaming.” (Dormant.)

Other Writing

Terman, Rochelle. 2026. “Book Review: The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach. By Anette Stimmer.” International Affairs, 102 (1): 278–280.

Terman, Rochelle. 2025. “Book Review: Shame: The Politics and Power of an Emotion. By David Keen.” Perspectives on Politics, 23 (1). (Part of a Critical Dialogue)

Terman, Rochelle. 2024. “The Shame Weapon.” Foreign Affairs. March 27.

Cuppernull, Pete and Rochelle Terman. 2022. “‘Text as Data’ in R.” Joseph Huddleston, Tom Jamieson, and Patrick James (eds.) Handbook of Research Methods in International Relations. Edward Elgar.

Terman, Rochelle. 2021. “Why “Naming and Shaming” Is a Tactic That Often Backfires In International Relations.” Public Seminar. March 11.

Terman, Rochelle. 2017. “Researching Gender & Women in Muslim Contexts: Beyond Orientalism?” in Matt Golder and Sona Golder (eds.) CP: Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association, 27 (1): 1-109.

Terman, Rochelle. 2017. “The News Media Offer Slanted Coverage of Muslim Countries’ Treatment of Women.” The Monkey Cage. Washington Post. May 5.