Crystal Whetstone is an Assistant Professor at Sam Houston State University's Political Science Department. Her research focuses on international relations and comparative politics with a focus on gender, war and civil society. Her work has been published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFJP), Third World Quarterly and The Conversation and she has a forthcoming pieces in the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Feminist Studies. She has presented at annual conferences of the International Studies Association, National Women's Studies Association, American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association and IFJP.