V. Spike Petersonis a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona, where she holds courtesy affiliations in the Department of Gender and Womenrsquo;s Studies, the Institute for LGBT Studies, and International Studies. Her books includeGenderedStates(1992) andA Critical Rewriting of Global Political Economy(2003).Anne Sisson Runyanis a professor in and former head of the Department of Womenrsquo;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where she holds affiliations with the Department of Political Science and the Taft Research Center. Hernbsp;publications includeGender and Global Restructuring(2000).