Life/work

photo of barb howeBarb Howe teaches political philosophy and international relations at the University of South Florida.  She has an MA in Political Science from the University of Florida and is completing a PhD in Politics and International Affairs at the the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her areas of expertise include propaganda and populism, and how both those impact democracy.

Here is Barbara Howe’s YouTube channel which includes video tutorials about IR theory, critical security studies, and political philosophy.

Ms Howe’s background is eclectic. She has worked and traveled all over Latin America, did an internship with Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica and Chile and lived and worked on an international multi-lingual team in Colombia 2003-2004.

Barbara Howe spent about ten years working in nonprofit communications in Washington DC, first for a national farmworkers’ rights group, then as Digital Communications Manager for a federal budget watchdog group. For many years she managed the website for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Ms Howe also writes articles and op-eds on a variety of subjects, and does research on how states use social media.

But if you really want to know who Barb Howe is check out her Goodreads profile because you are what you read!