Life/work

photo of barb howeBarb Howe has a PhD in Politics and International Affairs from the the University of South Florida in Tampa where she taught political philosophy and international relations for four years, and an MA in International Relations from the University of Florida.  Her areas of expertise include propaganda and populism, and how both impact democracy.

Before rejoining academia, Ms Howe worked in nonprofit communications in Washington DC on issues ranging from farmworkers’ rights to the federal budget. She also has extensive experience living and working in Latin America, carrying out a study on the impact of housing on various communities in Chile during an internship with Habitat for Humanity, and from 2003 to 2004, she lived and worked on an international violence reduction team in Colombia.

For many years she managed the website for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

Barbara’s YouTube channel includes video tutorials about political science, critical security studies, and philosophy.

In her free time she enjoys gardening, painting, and writing articles about Florida history for a local newspaper called The Chronicle. She can be reached through the Contact Me form on this website.