[4] In addition, her scholarship has contributed to the normative understanding of peace building, and the exercise of discipline and punitive power in international affairs, including in the global political economy of sexual violence and armed conflict, and its gendered dimensions.
Leatherman attended Manchester University in Indiana,[6] graduating summa cum laude with a BA in Spanish and in Peace Studies.
During that time she was recipient of a 1985–1986 West German Government post-graduate fellowship sponsored by the University of Tübingen’s Peace Research Group (Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung/AGFF) at the Institute of Political Science.
From 1992–1997, she was a visiting fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the University of Notre Dame, where she collaborated with colleagues on projects related to conflict early warning and prevention in consultation with Catholic Relief Services.
[23] Leatherman’s publications include Leatherman has received a number of awards recognizing her work in curriculum and teaching, including the 2010 International Education Faculty Achievement Award,[citation needed] recognizing extraordinary achievement in curriculum development and teaching to prepare world citizens, conferred by the International Association of University Presidents.