Kathleen Staudt (born September 8, 1946) is a former professor of political science at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she held an endowed professorship for western hemispheric trade policy studies.
Her courses focused on topics such as public policy, borders, democracy, leadership and civic engagement, and women and politics.
[7] In the early to mid 90s she created a research team to survey neighborhoods in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez in order to understand economic and gender disparities in various households.
"[3] The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute wrote "This book is important for exploring how to find answers to the endemic violence against women in this borderland city along the US‐Mexican frontier.
"[17] Political Science Quarterly in reviewing Hope for Justice and Power (2020) wrote that she "offers interesting analytical insight to tell the story of broad-based community organizing in the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation.