Publications, Invited Talks, and Conference Papers

Research Monographs

Zones of Twilight: Judicial decision making in times of war. Lexington Books: Baltimore, Maryland, 2010.

Edited Volumes

DiPaolo, Amanda and Jamie Gillies. The Politics of Twin Peaks. Baltimore, Maryland:  Lexington Books, 2019. 

Refereed Journal Articles

DiPaolo, Amanda, “If Androids Dream are they More than Sheep?: Westworld, Robots and Legal Rights.” Dialogue: Interdisciplinary Journal of Pedagogy and Popular Culture, August 2019, Vol. 6, No. 2: 1-13.   

 

DiPaolo, Amanda and Jamie Gillies, “Parliamentary and Judicial Implications of Americanizing Canada's Counter-Terrorism Initiatives.” Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, March 2017, Issue 11: 21-39.  

 

DiPaolo, Amanda and Karen Petersen, Jacksons Zone of Twilight: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and federal court decision making.”Homeland & Natl Security Law Review, 2015, Volume 3, Issue 1: 33-66.      

             

“Procedure vs. Substance: Supreme Court rationales for adjudicating security related cases in Canada and the United States.” International Journal of Human Rights. Volume 13, No. 4 (September 2009).

 

DiPaolo, Amanda, “Battle for State Control. Lessons from Violent Non-state Actors Imitating the State: Columbia, Nicaragua and Lessons for Iraq.” World Affairs. Spring 2005, Volume 167, Issue 4: 163-174. 

Articles and Book Chapters

DiPaolo, Amanda. “The Politics and Use of Nostalgia in Twin Peaks: Is it Future or is it Past?” in The Politics of Twin Peaks. Eds. Amanda DiPaolo and Jamie Gillies. Baltimore, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019.   

 

DiPaolo, Amanda and Jamie Gillies. “Introduction” in The Politics of Twin Peaks. Eds. Amanda DiPaolo and Jamie Gillies. Baltimore, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019.   

 

DiPaolo, Amanda. “Mad Men’s Tell-Tale Heart of Racism.” in Mad Men: The Death and Redemption of American Democracy. Eds. Sara MacDonald and Andrew Moore. Baltimore, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2016.                

 

“Presidential Leadership in Times of War” chapter in the Ashgate Reader on Political Leadership. Joe Masciulli et. al., ed. Ashgate, 195-218 (2009).

Book Reviews

DiPaolo, Amanda. “Review of Gender in Post 9/11 American Apocalyptic TV: Representations of Masculinity and Femininity at the End of the World.” in Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, July 2019, Volume 39, Issue 2 

 

DiPaolo, Amanda.  “Review of The Colombia Guide to the Vietnam War.” in Armed Forces & Society, January 2009, Volume 35, Issue 2: 413-414. 

 

DiPaolo, Amanda. “Review of On the Ethics of War and Terrorism.in Law and Politics Book Review. May 2008, Vol. 18, No. 5: 432-434. 

 Opinion Editorials

DiPaolo, Amanda.  “Canada Must End its Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S.” The Globe and Mail. June 20, 2018.  

 

DiPaolo, Amanda.  “Rights for Some Need to be Rights for All.”   The Daily Gleaner. January 26, 2017.  

Invited Talks

2019:  Keynote address – Saint Mary’s University Symposium on Teaching Address on Effective Teaching (November 14, 2019 – Halifax, N.S.)   

 

2019: Atlantic University Teaching Showcase (October 19, 2019 -Charlottetown, P.E.I.) 

Conference Presentations

“Harrison Bergeron Revisited: The dangers of technology and speech in the age of Trump.” American Core Texts and Curriculum Conference. Dallas, Texas. April 20-23, 2017. 

 

 “A Right to Anonymity Anymore?: Constitutional and Societal Implications of Bills C-13, C-44 and C-51.”  American Political Science Association (APSA).  Annual Conference.  San Francisco,  California.  September 2-6, 2015. 

 

 “What does Shelley’s Frankenstein teach us about inclusion?” American Core Texts and Curriculum Conference, Plymouth, MA, April 9 – 12, 2014. 

 

DiPaolo, Amanda. Jackson’s Youngstown framework lives on: Wartime decision making at the district and circuit court levels.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 29-September 1, 2013. 

 

“Civil Liberties and Wartime Judicial Decisionmaking: The Iinfluence of congress on the courts” with Karen Petersen, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2010.

“Procedure vs. Substance: Deciding national security cases in Canada and the United States.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2009.

“Levels of Scrutiny: A framework for deciding wartime rights-based litigation.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-30, 2008.