Diane Rubenstein

Professor Emerita

Government (Cornell University)

Diane Rubenstein is a professor of Government and American Studies at Cornell University. She is also in the French Studies program there.

Professor Rubenstein’s research and teaching addresses the critical interaction between continental theory (primarily French, German, and Italian) and contemporary manifestations of ideology in Franco-American political culture. Her research focus is political rhetoric and she has investigated the media disclosure of the covert operation in France (Rainbow Warrior — Greenpeace) and American (Iran–Contra), which have been published in anthologies.