Bethany Barratt: key obituary facts
Is Bethany Barratt dead? Yes. Bethany Barratt died on September 28, 2026, at age 54.
Cause of death: Bethany Barratt's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bethany Barratt known for?
She was an American political scientist.
More about Bethany Barratt
Born: 18 August 1972.
Gender: female.
Nationality: United States.
Employer: Roosevelt University.
Bethany Barratt, an American political scientist and author, died on September 28, 2026, aged 54.
She taught political science at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where she also directed the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project. Barratt’s work examined human rights and their effects on foreign policy, and she wrote on topics ranging from human rights and foreign aid to public opinion and international intervention.
Her books included Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money?, Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War, The Politics of Harry Potter and Human Rights in the Post-9/11 World: A Sourcebook. She also co-organized Roosevelt University’s 2011 photographic exhibit The Innocents: Headshots, which highlighted wrongful convictions.