Rose is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Purchase. Before SUNY Purchase, she was the Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Theory at The New School for Social Research.

Her work is situated at the intersection of feminist political theory, theories of violence, and the study of social movements. In her first book project, Feminist Violence, she shows how feminist theorists and activists transformed the concept of violence in the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on her research, she has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on feminist political thought, violence, reproductive justice, and U.S. politics.

Rose holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a BA from Wellesley College. The Mellon Foundation and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago have supported her research. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Political Theory, New Political Science, Contemporary Political Theory, and Emancipations. She recently received the Okin-Young Award for the best article in Feminist Political Theory from the American Political Science Association.

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