September 2012

CURRICULUM VITAE JOHN T. ISHIYAMA

OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Political Science

1155 Union Circle #305340 Wooten Hall 166

University of North Texas, Denton TX, 76203-5340

Ph: 940-565-4326

Office Phone: E-MAIL:

john.ishiyama@unt.edu

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

2012- present, University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

2012- present, Lead Editor, American Political Science Review

2011-present, Faculty Associate, Castleberry Peace Institute, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

2010-present, Director, UNT National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Program on Conflict Management and Peace Science

2008 – present, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

2003-2008 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Truman State University

2004-2012 Editor in Chief, Journal of Political Science Education

2004-2008, Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Truman State University.

2002- present, Research Fellow University of Kansas, Center for Russian and East European Studies

1995- 2004 Research Coordinator, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Truman State University.

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1995-2003 Associate Professor of Political Science, Division of Social Science, Truman State University.

1996-1997 Interim Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Truman State University.

1990-1995 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Truman State University.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1992 Michigan State University, Department of Political Science.

M.A., 1985 University of Michigan, Center for Russian and East European Studies.

B.A., 1982 Bowling Green State University, Department of Political Science and Department of History.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS- (6)

2011 Comparative Politics: Principles of Democracy and Democratization. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

2010 Political Science in the 21st Century: A Reference Handbook (editor with Marijke Breuning). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

2009 Assessment in Political Science (editor with Michelle Deardorff and Kerstin Hamann) Washington DC: American Political Science Association

2002 Communist Successor Parties of Central and Eastern Europe (editor with Andras Bozoki) Armonk New York: ME Sharpe.

1999 Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist Politics (editor) Carmack, NY:Nova Science Publishers.

1998 Ethnopolitics in the New Europe (with Marijke Breuning). Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (109)

2012 “Civil Wars and Party Systems” Social Science Quarterly (accepted/forthcoming) 2012 “Elite Volatility and Change in North Korean Politics: 1997-2010” Journal of Asian and African Studies (accepted/forthcoming)

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2012 “Foreign Aid and Semi Authoritarianism” (with Tatyana Kelman) Journal of East European and Asian Studies (accepted/forthcoming)

2012 "Political Parties, Independents, and the Electoral Market in Sub Saharan Africa" (with Anna Batta and Angela Sortor) Party Politics (accepted/forthcoming) Published online before print July 14, 2011, DOI: 10.1177/1354068811410362

2012“Frequently used active learning techniques and their impact: A critical review of existing journal literature in the United States” European Political Science (accepted/forthcoming) 2012 “Do Graduate Student Teacher Training Courses Affect Placement Rates?” (with Christine Balarezo and Tom Miles) Journal of Political Science Education (accepted/forthcoming) 2012 “Explaining Ethnic Bloc Voting in Africa” Democratization 1(4): 761-788. 2012 “Environmental Degradation and Genocide” (with Anna Pechenina) Ethnopolitics 11(2): 141-158. 2012 “The Emergence of Dominant Political Party Systems in Unrecognized States” (with Anna Batta) Communist and Post Communist Studies 45:123–130.

2012 “Educational Access and Peace Duration in Post Conflict Countries” (with Marijke Breuning) International Interactions 38(1): 58-78

2012 “The Politics of Appeasement? Politics and Federal Financial Disbursements: The Case of Ethiopia” Publius: the Journal of Federalism 42(1):1-25 2011 “Rebel Organizations and Conflict Management in Post Conflict Societies 1990-2009" (with Anna Batta) Civil Wars 13(4):437-457. 2011 “Reconciliation and Conceptual Complexity: The Case of Post Conflict Kenya” (with Jeremy Backstrom) African and Asian Studies 10:366-386 2011 “Orphans and Political Instability” (with Marijke Breuning) Social Science Quarterly 92(4) 1002-1020 2011 “Swords into Plowshares: Rebel legacies, electoral competition and the transformation of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist),” (with Anna Batta) Communist and Post Communist Studies 4(4): 369-379. 2011 “What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and democratic development in post communist politics” (with Marijke Breuning) Party Politics 17(2): 223–241 2011 “The Constitutional Courts and Democracy in the Early Years of Post Communist Eastern European Politics” (with Shannon Smithey) Journal of East European and Asian Studies 2(1): 41-60. 2010 “Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 16 (4): 290-310

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2010 “Training the Next Generation of Teaching Professors: A Comparative Study of Ph.D. Programs in Political Science (with Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo) PS: Political Science & Politics 43:515-522. 2009 “The Politics of Intercountry Adoption: Explaining Variation in the Legal Requirements of Sub-Saharan African Countries” (with Marijke Breuning) Perspectives on Politics 7:89-101. Winner of the 2010 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for Best Article 2009 “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red Brown Vote in Post Communist Politics” Communist and Post Communist Studies 42:485-504

2009 “Do Ethnic Parties Promote Minority Ethnic Conflict?” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 15:56-83.

2009 “Alternative Electoral Systems and the 2005 Ethiopian Parliamentary Election” African Studies Quarterly 10(4): 37-56

2009 "Explaining ‘Minor’ Party Nominations in Sub Saharan Africa: The Cases of Ethiopia, Zambia, and Malawi" Journal of Asian and African Studies 44 (3): 319-339

2009 “What Became of the Women’s Parties in Post Communist Politics?” (Que sont devenus les partis de femmes dans la politique post-communiste?) Chronique Feministe 102: 22-27

2008 “Foreign Aid and Democratization in Post-conflict Societies” (with Kathryn Sanders [undergraduate student] and Marijke Breuning) Midsouth Political Science Review 9:19-34. 2008 “Is there a Monadic Authoritarian Peace? Authoritarian Regimes, Democratic Transition Types and the First Use of Violent Force” (with undergraduate students Katherine Haggans and Ryan Conway) African Journal of Political Science and International Relations 2(3): 31-37 2008 “Political Party Development and Party “Gravity” in Semi Authoritarian States: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Taiwan Journal of Democracy 4:33-53.

2008 “Assessing Assessment: Examining the Assessment Plans at 50 Political Science Departments" PS: Political Science and Politics 41: 167-170

2007 (2003 continuing series) “Electoral Systems, Ethnic Fragmentation and Party Systems Volatility in 31 Sub Saharan African Countries” Northeast African Studies 10 (2): 203-220.

2007 “Nominations and Party Development in Ethiopia: The Opposition and the 2005 Parliamentary Election” African and Asian Studies 6 (1& 2): 81-105.

2007 “Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Conflict Societies” (with Marijke Breuning) Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 6 (1&2): 82-91.

2007 “Surveying Capstone Courses in Political Science” (with Paul Parker, John Quinn, Candace Cartright Young) Academic Exchange Quarterly 11 (4):76-82.

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2007 “Expectations and Perceptions of Undergraduate Research Mentoring: Comparing First Generation, Low Income White/Caucasian and African American Students” College Student Journal 41:510-520

2007 “Marketing the International Studies Major: Claims and Content of Programs at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions in the Midwest” (with Marijke Breuning) International Studies Perspectives 8:121-133

2006 “A Century of Continuity and (Little) Change in the Undergraduate Political Science Curriculum” (with Marijke Breuning and Linda Lopez) American Political Science Review 100:659-665.

2006 “What Affects the Strength of Partisan Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa?” (with undergraduate student Krystal Fox) Politics and Policy 34: 748-773. 2006 “Globalization, Political Institutions and Ethnic Assertiveness: An Empirical Study of Thirty-two Developing Countries.” Ethnopolitics 5:167-182. 2006 “African Phoenix? Explaining the Electoral Performance of the Formerly Dominant Parties in Africa” (with John James Quinn) Party Politics 13:317-333.

2006 “Europeanization and the Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist Politics” Politics and Policy 31:1-23

2006 “How 'International' Are Undergraduate Political Science Programs at Liberal Arts and Sciences Colleges and Universities in the Midwest?” PS: Political Science and Politics 39: 257-271.

2005 “The Former Marxist Leninist Parties in Africa after the End of the Cold War” Acta Politica 40, 459-479

2005 “Globalization and the Development of Left Parties in Central and Eastern Europe” Globalization 5:1-10.

2005 “The Sickle and the Minaret: The Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan after the End of the Cold War” Middle East Review of International Affairs 9:7-29

2005 "The Structure of an Undergraduate Major and Student Learning: A Cross-Institutional Study of Political Science Programs at Thirty-two Colleges and Universities" Social Science Journal 42: 359-366

2005 “Examining the Impact of the Wahlke Report: Surveying the Structure of the Political Science Curricula at Liberal Arts and Sciences Colleges and Universities in the Midwest” PS: Political Science and Politics 38:72-75.

2004 "The Formerly Dominant Marxist-Leninist Parties in the Developing World after the Collapse of Communism" Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 20:42-60.

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2004 “Political Performance, Electoral Rules and the Rhetorical Strategies of the Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Eastern European Politics” Acta Politica 39:179-202.

2004 “International Studies Programs: For what purpose and for whom?” International Studies Perspectives 5:400-403.

2004 "Structuring International Studies Majors: A Survey of Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in the Midwest" (with Marijke Breuning) International Studies Perspectives 5:134-146. 2004 “Assessment in Political Science.” PS:Political Science and Politics 37(3):483-485.

2003 “Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Conflict?” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 9:1-23

2003 “Donor Characteristics and the Dispersion of Foreign Assistance” International Politics (with Marijke Breuning) 40:249-268

2003 "Women's Parties in Post Communist Politics" East European Politics and Societies 17:266-304

2003 "Judicial Activism in Post Communist Politics" Law and Society Review (with Shannon Smithey) 36: 719-734

2003 “Examining differences between first generation and continuing generation college students at a public liberal arts university” (with Sharon Squires) MKN Journal 1(1): 1-12.

2003 “Management Issues in TRIO: A Study of McNair Programs” (with Emmanuel Nnadozie and Jane Chon) MKN Journal 1(1): 47-58.

2003 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research Affect Political Science Students?" (with Marijke Breuning) Politics and Policy 31:163-180.

2003 "Assessing the Impact of a Graduate School Preparation Program on First-Generation, Low-income College Students" (with Valerie Hopkins) Journal of College Student Retention 4:393-405

2003 "Sequential or Flexible? The Impact of Differently Structured Political Science Majors on the Development of Student Reasoning" (with Stephen Hartlaub) PS: Political Science and Politics 36:83-86

2002 "Explaining Change in Communist Successor Parties: Political Environment versus Party Organization" American Review of Politics 23: 319-336.

2002 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Politics: A Comparative Perspective" Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 19:29-40

2002 "Regionalism and the Nationalization of the Legislative Vote in Post Communist Russian Politics" Communist and Post Communist Studies 35:155-168

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2002 "Does the Wording of Syllabi Affect Student Course Assessment in Introductory Political Science Classes?" (with Stephen Hartlaub) PS: Political Science and Politics 35:

2002 "Does Early Participation in Undergraduate Research Benefit Social Sciences and Humanities Students?" College Student Journal 36: 381-387

2001 "Party Organization and the Political Success of the Communist Successor Parties" Social Science Quarterly 82:844-864.

2001 "Superpresidentialism and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan" Europe-Asia Studies (with Ryan Kennedy) 53: 1177-1191

2001 "Ethnopolitical Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Eastern Europe" Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 7:25-45

2001 “Adaptation and Change: Characterizing the Survival Strategies of the Communist Successor Parties” (with Andras Bozoki) Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 17:32-51

2001 “Candidate Recruitment and the Development of Russian Political Parties, 1993-1999" Party Politics 7:387-412

2001 "Writing Rights: Factors Influencing the Strength of Rights Clauses in Post-Communist Constitutions" with Ryan Kennedy (senior political science major) Journal of Political Science 29:1-26

2001 "Undergraduate Research and the Success of First-generation Low-income College Students" Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 22 (1):36-41

2001 “The Last Laugh: Skill Building through a Liberal Arts Political Science Curriculum” (with Marijke Breuning and Paul Parker) PS: Political Science and Politics 34:657-661.

2001 "Faculty Personality Characteristics and the Use of Student-Centered Teaching Strategies" (with Stephen Hartlaub and Mark Hartlaub) Illinois Political Science Review 7(1):

2001 “Liberal Undergraduate Education and Reasoning Styles: Using Political Scenarios in Student Assessment” (with former students Caroline Hernandez, Shirley Arteaga, and Keri Wingo) The Social Science Journal 38(1):125-135.

2001 "Assessing the Impact of the McNair Program on First Generation Low Income College Students at a Public Liberal Arts University" with Valerie Hopkins (McNair scholar) Opportunity Outlook: Journal of the Council for Opportunity in Education April: 20-24

2001 “Undergraduate Research Internships and Graduate School Success” (with Emmanuel Nnadozie and Jane Chon) Journal of College Student Development42(2): 145-156.

2000 “Candidate Recruitment, Party Organization and the Communist Successor Parties: the Cases of the MSzP, the KPRF and the LDDP ” Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet Studies) 52: 875-896.

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2000 “Party Identity in Post-Communist Politics: The Cases of the Successor Parties in Hungary, Poland and Russia.” (with Sahar Shafqat) Communist and Post Communist Studies 33: 439-455.

2000 “Institutions and Ethnopolitical Conflict in Post-Communist Politics” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 6: 51-67.

2000 “Judicious Choices: Designing Courts in Post-Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey) Communist and Post Communist Studies 33:163 -182.

2000 “Social Identity and Party Development in Post-Soviet Politics: The Case of the 'Women of Russia'” (with former student Sarah Kuntz), American Review of Politics 21:43-68.

2000 “The Communist Successor Parties and Party Identity Change in Post-Communist Politics” Political Chronicle 12: 33-47.

2000 “Communists after Communism: Adaptation, Electoral Performance and the Successor Parties in Comparative Perspective” Illinois Political Science Review 6: 50-65.

2000 “Undergraduate Research Internships and Student Success in Graduate School: a Summary Report”(with Emmanuel Nnadozie and Jane Chon) Opportunity Outlook: Journal of the Council for Opportunity in Education December: 9-11

1999 “The Communist Successor Parties and Party Organizational Development in Post- Communist Politics” Political Research Quarterly 53: 87-112.

1999 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Comparative Perspective” Democratization 6:52-73.

1999 “Political Parties and Candidate Recruitment in Post-Soviet Russian Politics” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 15: 41-69.

1999 “Aiding the (Former) Enemy: Testing Explanations for Foreign Assistance to Eastern Europe and the FSU Republics” (with Marijke Breuning) International Politics 36:357-371.

1999 “Political Integration and Political Parties in Post Soviet Russian Politics” Demokratizatsiya 7: 121-138.

1999 “Representational Mechanisms and Ethnic Partisan Conflict: the Evidence from New Democracies in Eastern Europe” East European Quarterly 33:251-266.

1999 “Critical Thinking Disposition and Locus of Control as Predictors of Evaluations of Teaching Strategies” College Student Journal (with former students Michelle McClure, Holly Hart and Julie Amico) 33: 269-276.

1998 “Presidential Power and Democratic Development in Post-Communist Politics” Communist and Post-communist Studies (with former student Matthew Velten) 31:217-234

1998 “Red versus Expert: Candidate Recruitment and Communist Party Adaptation in Post-Soviet Politics” Party Politics 4:297-318

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1998 “Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity” (with David Williams, Marilyn Young, Michael Launer and Irina Likachova) Argumentation and Advocacy 34: 90-115.

1998 “Strange Bedfellows: Explaining Political Cooperation between Communist-successor Parties and Nationalists in Eastern Europe” Nations and Nationalism 4: 61-85

1998 “The Rhetoric of Nationalism: The Volksunie and Vlaams Blok in Belgian Politics” (with Marijke Breuning) Political Communication 14: 5-26.

1997 “The Sickle or the Rose?: Previous Regime Types and the Evolution of the Ex-Communist Parties in Post-communist societies” Comparative Political Studies 30: 299-330.

1997 “Transitional Electoral Systems in Eastern Europe.” Political Science Quarterly. 112:95-116.

1997 “Opportunities, Constraints and Ethnopolitical Party Behavior: The Cases of Bulgaria and Slovakia, 1991-1996" with Marijke Breuning American Review of Politics 18: 41-75.

1997 “The Role of Public Argumentation in Emerging Democracies” (with David C. Williams and Marilyn Young) Argumentation 11: 179-194.

1997 “Political Argumentation of the Parties in the Elections to the Duma.” Politiea (with Marilyn Young, Michael Launer, David Williams and Irina Likachova) 2:1-20

1996 “Red Phoenix? The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Politics.”Party Politics 2:147-175.

1996 “The Dialogue between Comparative Politics and International Relations.” (with Marijke Breuning). International Studies Notes 21: 34-44.

1996 “The Russian Proto-parties and the National Republics” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 29:395-411

1996 “Structural Experimentation and Political Party Development in the 'New' Eastern Europe.” East European Quarterly 29:

1995 “Communist Parties in Transition: Structures, Leaders and Processes of Democratization in Eastern Europe.” Comparative Politics 27:147-166.

1994 “Electoral Rules and Party Nomination Strategies in Ethnically Cleaved Societies: The Estonian Transitional Election of 1990.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 27:177-191.

1993 “Founding Elections and Transitional Party Development: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 26:277-299.

BOOK CHAPTERS (16)

2012 “Graduate Student Teacher Training Courses, Job Placement, and Teaching Awards in the United States” (with Alexandra Cole, Angela Nichols, Kerstin Hamann, and

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Kimberly Mealy) ” in Eszter Simon and Gabriela Pleschová, editors Improving Teaching in Higher Education: The Challenges of Creating Effective Instructional Development Programs London: Routledge (forthcoming)

2010 “Marxism” (with Michael D’Amore) in John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

2010 “Ethnic and Identity Politics” (with Dwight Vick) in John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

2010 “Models of Democracy” (with Tatyana Kelman and Anna Pechenina) in John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

2009 “Comparing Learning Assessment Plans in Political Science” in Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama eds Assessment in Political Science Washington, DC: American Political Science Association

2009 “The Critical Portfolio: Facilitating the Reflective Political Science Student in the Experiential Environment” (with Veronica Donahue) in Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama eds. Assessment in Political Science Washington, DC: American Political Science Association

2009 “Introduction” (with Michelle Deardorff and Kerstin Hamann) in Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama eds Assessment in Political Science Washington, DC: American Political Science Association

2008 “Learning to Lose (and Sometimes Win): The Neocommunist Parties in Post Soviet Politics” in Joseph Wong and Edward Friedman Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to Lose London:Routledge

2002 “An Unfinished Story: Toward Explaining the Transformation of the Communist Successor Parties” in Andras Bozoki and John Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY: ME Sharpe

2002 “A Typology of Successor Parties: An Overview” in Andras Bozoki and John Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY: ME Sharpe

2002 “Introduction and Theoretical Framework” in Andras Bozoki and John Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY: ME Sharpe

2001 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Comparative Perspective” in Paul Lewis ed Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-Communist Europe London: Frank Cass.

2001 “Neopatrimonialism and the Prospects for Democratization in the Central Asian Republics” in Sally Cummings,ed Power and Change in Central Asia London: Routledge

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1999 “Discussion and Conclusions” in John Ishiyama, ed Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.

1999 “What Kinds of Parties Are Emerging? Patterns of Successor Party Organizational Development” in John Ishiyama, ed Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.

1999 “Introduction and Theoretical Framework” in John Ishiyama, ed Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.

SPECIAL ISSUE JOURNAL EDITOR

2011 “Ethnic Parties” Party Politics Volume 17, No. 2 2006 “Post-Authoritarian Parties” Party Politics Volume 12, No. 3

REFEREED PROCEEDINGS (1)

1995 “The Role of Public Argumentation in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12 Elections in the Russian Federation.” (with David C. Williams and Marilyn Young). Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Argumentation. Amsterdam: International Society for the Study of Argumentation

ENCYCLOPEDIC ENTREES (2)

2006 “Slovakia” in Scribner’s Encyclopedia of Europe 1914-2004 Detroit: Gale Publishers (Thompson Learning Inc.)

2006 “Alexander Dubcek” in Scribner’s Encyclopedia of Europe 1914-2004 Detroit: Gale Publishers (Thompson Learning Inc.)

REPRINTED ARTICLES (5)

2010 “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red Brown Vote in Post Communist Politics” Minkenberg, Michael (ed.) Historical Legacies and the Radical Right in Post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe Berlin: Ibidem Verlag.

2005 "Superpresidentialism and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan" Europe-Asia Studies (with Ryan Kennedy) in Howard Wiarda ed. Critical Concepts in Political Science London:Taylor and Francis.

2001 “The Sickle or the Rose?: Previous Regime Types and the Evolution of the Ex-Communist Parties in Post-communist societies” in Stephen White and Daniel Nelson, eds The Politics of the Postcommunist World : From Communist to Postcommunist Politics (The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) Burlington VT: Ashgate

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2001 “Transitional Electoral Systems in Eastern Europe” in Stephen White and Daniel Nelson, eds The Politics of the Postcommunist World : From Communist to Postcommunist Politics (The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) Burlington VT: Ashgate

1999 “Partii preemnitsi kommunisticheskikh i organizatisionnoe razvitie partii v postkommunisticheskoi politike” (Communist successor parties and organizational development in post communist politics) Polis 148:

REVIEW ESSAYS (2)

“Political Parties in Post Communist Politics” in Comparative European Politics (Reviews of Redeeming the Communist Past: The Regeneration of the Communist Parties in East-Central Europe by Anna M. Grzymala-Busse Political Parties in the Russian Regions. By Derek S. Hutcheson, Political Parties after Communism. By Tomáš Kostelecký Political Parties in New Democracies: Party Organization in Southern and East Central Europe. By Ingrid Van Biezen)

"Democratization and Democratic Consolidation in Post Communist Politics" in International Politics (Reviews of: Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy by Richard D. Anderson Jr., M. Steven Fish, Stephen E. Hanson, Philip G. Roeder; Transition: The First Decade by Mario I. Blejer and Marko Skreb Editors Framing Democracy: Civil Society and Civic Movements in Eastern Europe by John K. Glenn III "Democratization" by Jean Grugel)

BOOK REVIEWS (25)

2012 Review of Paul Lewis and Radoslaw Markowski Europeanizing Party Politics Slavic Review. 2010 Review of Marilyn Rueschmeyer and Sharon Wolchick Women in Power in Post Communist Parliaments Russian Review 2009 Review of Henry E. Hale, Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism and the State. Nationalities Papers 2009 Review of Ian Peleg Democratizing the Hegemonic State: Political Transformation in the Age of Identity, Journal of Politics 2008 Review of David Turton, ed. Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in a Comparative Perspective, Africa Today 2007 Review of John E. Jackson, Jacek Klich, Krystyna Poznanska, The Political Economy of Poland’s Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments Perspectives on Politics 2007 Review of Joanna Birnir Ethnicity and Electoral Politics, Comparative Political Studies 2007 Review of David White. The Russian Democratic Party Yabloko: Opposition in a Managed Democracy. Russian Review

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2007 Review of Attila Melegh On the East-West Slope: Globalization, nationalism, racism and discourses on Central and Eastern Europe Slavic Review . 2006 Review of Andrew Wilson Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World. Governance 2006 Review of Richard Matland and Kathleen Montgomery Women’s Access to Political Power in Post Communist Europe Party Politics 2004 Review of M.A. Mohamed Salih ed. African Political Parties: Evolution, Institutionalization and Governance. International Politics

2004 Review of Tomáš Kostelecký, Political Parties after Communism. Slavic Review

2003 Review of Gwendolyn Sasse, Territory and Ethnopolitics in the Former Soviet Union Slavic Review

2002 Review of Geoffrey Pridham, The Dynamics of Democratization: A Comparative Approach in Acta Politica

2002 Review of Sarah Birch, Democratization in Ukraine in the American Political Science Review

2002 Review of Valerie Sperling, ed. Building the Russian State: Institutional Crisis and the Quest for Democratic Governance in Europe-Asia Studies and Review of Steven Smith and Thomas Remington The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma in Europe- Asia Studies

2002 Review of Steven Smith's and Thomas Remington's The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma in International Politics

2001 Review of Pal Kolsto’s Political Construction Sites: Nation Building in Russia and the Post-Soviet States in Slavic Review

2000 Review of Richard Rose, et al Democracy and its Alternatives in Comparative Political Studies.

1998 Review of Jacques Levesque The Enigma of 1989: The USSR and the Liberation of Eastern Europe in Political Science Quarterly.

1998 Review of Paul Lewis' Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe in Slavic Review.

1998 Review of Matthew Wyman's Public Opinion in Postcommunist Russia in Europe Asia Studies.

1996 Review of Robert Orttung's From Leningrad to St. Petersburg in Journal of Politics.

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1996 Review of Graeme Gill's The Collapse of a Single Party State in Journal of Politics.

OTHER NON REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (4)

2011 “Ethnic Parties: their emergence and political impact” (Introduction to special issue in Party Politics. 2007 “Constitutional Engineers” in The Political Science Educator (Newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association) 2007 “Getting Started Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” (with Jeffrey Bernstein) in The Political Science Educator (Newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association) 2004. “APSA Teaching and Learning Conference: A Summary of Four Tracks (Track Three: Assessment)” PS: Political Science & Politics 37:483-85

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (1993-present) (124)

2012 “Civil Wars and the Electoral Performance of Rebel Political Parties” (with Michael Widmeier) Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois. 2012 “Politics of Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Mexico under PAN” with Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago Illinois. 2012 “Institutions and Ethnic Unrest in Emerging Democracies” (with Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego CA. 2012 “Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Political Science Classes” (with Wendy Watson) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington DC, February 2012 “Political Culture and Color Revolutions” (with Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA January. 2011 “Civil Wars and the Electoral Performance of Former Rebel Political Parties” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St Louis MO. November 2011 “Elite Volatility and Change in North Korean Politics: 1997-2010” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St Louis MO. November 2011 “Candidate Recruitment and Former Rebel Parties” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle Washington September

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2011 “Teaching as Learning: The Transformational Effect of Teaching on Graduate Instructors” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle Washington September 2011 “Explaining Federal Disbursements in Putin’s Russia: A Case of Recentralization?”(with Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 2011 “Explaining Ethnic Bloc Voting in Africa” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April. 2011 “Swords into Plowshares: Explaining the Organizational Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April. 2011 “Education and Peace Duration” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal Canada, March. 2011 “Reconciliation, Parliamentary Debates, and Conceptual Complexity: The Case of Post Conflict Kenya” (with Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans LA, February 2010 “Political Violence, Secession and the Development of Political Parties” at Conflict as an Instrument in Internal Political Struggles: Secession Crises in the Post Soviet Era. Humboldt University, Berlin Germany, December. 2010 “Explaining Concentrated Ethnic Partisanship in Africa” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis MO, November 2010 “Swords into Plowshares: Explaining the Organizational Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Washington DC September 2010 “Higher Education and Peace Duration” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Washington DC September 2010 “What is the impact of in class active learning techniques? A meta analysis of the existing literature” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Washington DC September 2010”The Politics of Appeasement? Politics and Federal Financial Disbursements: The Case of Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. 2010 “Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. 2010 “Foreign Aid and Semi—Authoritarianism” (with Tatyana Kelman) Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, Houston TX April 2010 “Rebel Political Organizations and the Duration of the Peace in Post Conflict Societies 1990-2009” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans LA, February

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2010 “Talking it over: Parliamentary Debates, Conceptual Complexity and Post Conflict Kenya” (with Marijke Breuning and Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans LA, February 2010 “ Orphans and Political Stability” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans LA, February 2010 “Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, January 2009 “Talking it over: Parliamentary Debates and Post Conflict Kenya” (with graduate student Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest , St. Louis, MO November. 2009 “Political Parties and the Duration of the Peace in Post Conflict Societies” (with graduate student Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September. 2009 “Do Graduate Student Teacher Training Programs Affect Placement Rates?” (with graduate students Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September. 2009 “Political Parties and the Closing of the Electoral Market in Sub Saharan Africa” (with graduate students Angela Sortor and Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. 2009 “Training the Next Generation of Political Science Teachers: A Comparative Study of Ph.D. programs in Political Science” (with graduate students Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April. 2009 “What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and democratic consolidation” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, New York, February 15-18. 2009 “Training the Next Generation of Political Science Teachers” (with graduate students Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, MD February. 2008 “Environmental Degradation and Genocide/Politicide, 1958-2007” (with undergraduate student Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest , St. Louis, MO November. 2008 “Political Party Development and Party “Gravity” in Semi Authoritarian States: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston MA, August 28-31. 2008 “A Journal, a Conference, and the Teaching and Learning Movement in APSA” Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ACPB) Sao Paolo, Brazil, July 28-31

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2008 “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red-Brown Vote in Post Communist Politics” Workshop: “The Radical Right in Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe – the Role of Legacies” New York University, April 24-26. 2008 “What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and democratic development in Eastern Europe” (with Jeff Justice and Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 2008 “The International Studies Minor in Practice: Program Offering and Student Choices at a Liberal Arts University” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, March 2008 “Who Produces the Great Teachers? Ranking Graduate Political Science Programs via Teaching Awards” (with Alexandra Cole) Annual Meeting of the Teaching and Learning Conference, American Political Science Association, San Jose, California, February. 2007 “Political Party Development and Party ‘Gravity’ in Semi Authoritarian States: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November. 2007 “The Role of De Facto Judicial Independence in Democratic Consolidation” (with student Alyssa Mayer) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November. 2007 “Explaining Escalation from Ethnic Conflict to Genocide: Comparing Rwanda with Darfur” (with student Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November. 2007 “Do Ethnic Parties Detract from or Promote Ethnic Conflict?” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois September 2007 “The Politics of Intercountry Adoption: Explaining Variation in the Legal Requirements of Sub-Saharan African Countries” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois September 2007 “Examining the 2005 Ethiopian Parliamentary Election Results Under Alternative Electoral Rules” 4th International Conference on Ethiopian Development Studies (4th ICEDS) THE CHALLENGES OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA & THE HORN OF AFRICA, August 3-5, 2007, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 2007 “Nominations and Political Party Development in Sub Saharan Africa” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 2007 “Do Ethnic Parties Promote Ethnic Conflict? A Comparative Exploration” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago Illinois, March 2007 “The Capstone Course in Political Science: A Survey Study of 301 Undergraduate Political Science Programs” Annual Meeting of the Teaching and Learning Conference, American Political Science Association, Charlotte NC, February.

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2006 “A Journal, a Conference, and the Promotion of SOTL in Political Science” Annual Meeting of the International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Washington DC, November 2006 “Constitutional Engineers: Problem Based Learning in Comparative Politics” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA September 2006 “Foreign Aid and Democratization in Post Conflict Societies” (with Kate Sanders) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri, November 2006 “Strength of Partisanship in Sub Saharan Africa” (with Krystal Fox) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri, November 2006 “Candidate Recruitment in New Democracies - the 2005 Ethiopian Election” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 2006 “Europeanization, Electoral Institutions and Party Development in Post Communist Politics.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 2006 Learning to Lose (and Sometimes Win): The Neocommunist Parties in Post Soviet Politics Paper prepared for presentation at the LEARNING TO LOSE: ADAPTING TO DEMOCRACY IN ONE-PARTY DOMINANT SYSTEMS, Workshop sponsored by the European Institute and Asian Institute at the University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada 31 March- April1 2006 2006 Communists after Communism: Explaining what happened to the Formerly Dominant Parties in One Party Marxist Leninist States? Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta GA, January. 2006 "Assessing Assessment:" Examining the Assessment Plans for Political Science at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta GA, January. 2005 Democratic Transition Types and the First Use of Violent Force (with Ryan Conway) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. October 2005 What Affects Partisan Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa? (with Krystal Fox ) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. October 2005 "Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Conflict Societies" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September 2005 "The Communist Successor Parties in Africa after the End of the Cold War" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September 2005 “How “international” are undergraduate political science programs at liberal arts and sciences colleges and universities in the Midwest?” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September 2005 “Electoral Systems, Ethnic Conflict, and Party Systems Volatility in Africa: Implications for Ethiopia”, Paper presented at the Third International Symposium on Ethiopian Development Studies Saba Hall, Ghion Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 18-19, 2005

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2005 “Globalization Electoral Laws and Ethnic Conflict' Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association . Chicago Ill. April 2005 The Evolution of the Former Dominant Parties in Marxist Leninist Regimes in Sub Saharan Africa Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association . Chicago Ill. April 2005 “Characteristics of International Studies Programs: Trends Towards a Common Core Curriculum?” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu Hawaii, March 2005 “Globalization, Electoral Laws, and Ethnic Conflict” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu Hawaii, March 2004 “Europeanization and Left Parties in Post Communist Politics” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston MA, December 2004 “Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Conflict Societies” (with Marijke Breuning) Paper presented by Marijke Breuning) at the International Conference on African Conflicts: Management, Resolution and Post–Conflict Recovery and Development, the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) 29 November - 1 December 2004, United Nations Conference Center (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2004 “Regime Types, Transitions and Conflict Proneness of Authoritarian States 1950-2002” (with Katherine Haggans) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. November 2004 “The Communist Successor Parties in Sub Saharan Africa” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO 2004 “African Phoenix? Explaining the Electoral Performance of the Formerly Dominant Parties in Africa” (with John Quinn) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, September 2004 “The Sickle and the Minaret: Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan after the End of the Cold War” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association . Chicago Ill. April 2003 “Europeanization and the Communist Successor Parties: A Proposed Framework” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Toronto CA, November.

2003 “Phoenix from the Ashes: The formerly dominant parties in new democracies in Africa” (with John J. Quinn) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO

2003 "Reforming the Structure of the political science curriculum: A survey of liberal arts an sciences colleges and universities in the Midwest" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA.September

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2003 "The formerly dominant Marxist Leninist Parties in the Developing World" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association , Chicago Illinois, April.

2003 "The Structure of the Political Science Major and Student Learning: A Cross-Institutional Study of 32 Colleges and Universities" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association , Chicago Illinois, April.

2002 “Structuring International Studies Majors: A Survey of Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in the Midwest” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. November

2002 “Globalization and the Communist Successor Parties”Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. November

2002 “Political Parties and Civil Society in Post Communist Politics” Annual Meeting of the Central Slavic Conference, University of Missouri Columbia, October.

2002 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research Affect Political Science Students?" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston MA.

2002 "Globalization and the Development of Left Parties in Post Communist Eastern European Politics" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association , Chicago Illinois, April.

2002 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research Affect Political Science Students?" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April

2002 "Rhetorical Strategies, Performance and Electoral Rules in Post Communist Politics" Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, March

2001 "Explaining the Evolution of Formerly Dominant Marxist-Leninist Parties in the Developing World after the Collapse of Communism" Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association - Midwest, St. Louis MO, November

2001 "Promoting Undergraduate Research in International Studies" Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association - Midwest, St. Louis MO, November

2001 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Russian Politics: A Comparative Perspective"Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, September.

2001 "The Constitutional Courts and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Eastern European Politics" (with Shannon Smithey) Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Budpest Hungary, July

2001 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Russian Politics: A Comparative Perspective" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.

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2001 "Does the Wording of Syllabi Affect Student Course Assessment in Introductory Political Science Classes? " (with Stephen Hartlaub)Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.

2000 “The Exercise of Judicial Power in Post Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey) Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta GA, November.

2000 “Mixed Electoral Systems, Super Presidentialism, Candidate Recruitment and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan” (with current student Ryan Kennedy) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, St Louis MO, October.

2000 “Judicial Activism in Post-Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August.

2000 “Structured or Flexible: The impact of differently structured majors on student reasoning” (with Stephen Hartlaub) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August.

2000 “Ethnopolitical Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post Communist Eastern Europe” Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Seattle WA. July.

2000 “Party Organizational and Identity Change in Post-Communist Politics: The Communist Successor Parties after the‘Second Generation’ Elections.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.

1999 “The Development of Judicial Power in Post-Communist Politics” (with current student Holley Hanson) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest Des Moines Iowa, October.

1999 “Aid Diversification and Recipient Dependence” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest Des Moines Iowa, October.

1999 “Judicious Choices: Designing Courts in Post-Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey).Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta GA September.

1999 “Thinking Critically About Teaching: Faculty Characteristics and the Use of Student-Centered Teaching Strategies”(with Stephen Hartlaub and Mark Hartlaub) Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta GA September.

1999 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Comparative Perspective” Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago Ill. April.

1999 “Candidate Recruitment, Party Organization and the Communist Successor Parties” European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Workshops. Mannheim Germany, March.

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1998 “Communists after Communism: Adaptation and Electoral Success of the Successor Parties in Comparative Perspective” Annual meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, Chicago Ill, November.

1998 “How Much Have they Changed? The Evolution of the Rhetorical Strategies of the Communist Successor Parties” Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston: MA September.

1998 “How Much Have they Changed? The Evolution of the Rhetorical Strategies of the Communist Successor Parties” Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago Ill. April.

1997 “Political Parties and Nomination Strategies in Post Communist Politics.” Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Seattle, WA November.

1997 “Aiding the (former) Enemy: Foreign Aid to Post-communist States 1991-96" (with Marijke Breuning and former student Matthew Velten).Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest.

1997 “Political Party Development and Candidate Recruitment in Post-Soviet Russian Politics 1993-1995.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,DC, August-September.

1997 “Party Organization and Post Communist Politics: The Evidence from the Communist Successor Parties.”Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.

1997 “Presidential Power, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Communist Politics” (with former student Matthew Velten). Annual Meeting of the Central Slavic Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. April.

1997 “The Women of Russia Movement in Post Soviet Politics” (with former student Sarah Kuntz). Annual Meeting of the Central Slavic Conference, University of Kansas, KS. April.

1996 “The Politics of Inequality at Home and Abroad: Belgian Nationalist Parties and Development Cooperation” (with Marijke Breuning). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August-September.

1996 “The Rhetoric of Nationalism: The Volksunie and Vlaams Blok in Belgian Politics” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Vancouver, Canada, July.

1995 “Democratization in Post-Communist Russia” Annual conference on Democracy and post- communist states. Moscow, June.

1994 “Bringing People Together and Pulling Them Apart: Nationalism, Integration, and Disintegration in the 'New Europe.'”(with Marijke Breuning). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, New York.

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1994 “Political Communication and Democratization: Toward a Culture of Democratic Communication in Russian.” (with David C. Williams). Russian-American Conference on Language Persuasion and Political Behavior, St.Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

1994 “The Role of Public Argumentation in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12 Elections in the Russian Federation.” (with David C. Williams and Marilyn Young) Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1993 “The Nationalization of the Vote and Organizational Change in Parties: Columbia, Venezuela and Uruguay.” (with Jonathan E. Monroe). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.

1993 “Structural Experimentation and Political Party Development in the 'New' Eastern Europe.” Second Annual Russian-American Seminar on Democratic Institutions, St. Petersburg, Russia.

1993 “Founding Elections and Transitional Party Development: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia.” Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1993 “The Political Dimensions of AIDS Containment Strategies: A Comparative Analysis.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.

CONFERENCE CHAIR/DISCUSSANT

Note: for brevity I have not included chair/discussant for conference panels, although I have served over 65 times in either or both capacities.

COURSES TAUGHT

At University of North Texas PSCI 1040 -Introduction to American Government PSCI 4100 -Political Parties PSCI 3600-Comparative Government and Politics PSCI 3700 -Central Asian Politics PSCI 4700-Post Communist Politics PSCI 4700- Politics of North Korea PSCI 4820- Democracy and Democratization PSCI 5610- Graduate Proseminar in Comparative Politics At Truman State University Pol 171- Introduction to Political Science Pol 300- Political Science Methodology Pol 315- Principles of Comparative Politics Pol 370- East Asian Politics Pol 460- Senior Seminar in Political Science Pol 461- European Politics Pol 470- Post Soviet Politics

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EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FUNDING AND HONORS (total funding = $3,169,865.00)

2012 University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science (University of North Texas) 2012 Charn Uswachoke International Development Grant ($3000) 2011 Contract for American Political Science Review ($1,660,269.00 for 2012-2016) PI with Co-PIs Marijke Breuning, Steven Forde, Valerie Martinez-Ebers (MOU finalized December 2011). 2011 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site (with J. Michael Greig) ($347,000 for 2011-2013) 2010 UNT -Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) Research Seed Grant ($5000) 2010 UNT Learning Enhancement Grant ($5000, with Wendy Watson) 2010 UNT Undergraduate Research Program Award ($8000) 2010 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for best article in an APSA journal (Perspectives on Politics)

(with Marijke Breuning) 2010 APSA Political Science Education Section Award for Best Paper (with Tom Miles and

Christine Balarezo) 2010 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site

(with J. Michael Greig) ($80,000) 2009 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award. International Studies Association

2009 UNT Undergraduate Research Program Award ($8000)

2008 Nominated, Robert Foster Cherry Award for University Teaching, Baylor University

2008 University or North Texas Research Infrastructure Grant ($16,600)

2008 Nominated as 2008 Research Mentor of the Year, Truman State University

2007-2011 Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Grant, Truman State University ($1,020,036 over four years)

2007 Researcher of the Year Award from Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society) Kirksville Chapter.

2006 James B. Hamilton Research Scholar Award from the MidAmerica Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)

2006 Educator of the Year Finalist

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2005 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)

2005 Educator of the Year Finalist

2004 US Professor of the Year (Missouri) Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education

2004 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)

2004 Educator of the Year Finalist

2003 Missouri Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence

2003 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)

2003 Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship for Faculty Excellence

2003-2004 Carnegie Scholar Award

2002 Margaret G. Hermann Award for Best Paper Using Text Analysis, awarded by International Studies Association Midwest.

2002 -present Research Fellow, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Kansas

2001-2002 APSA Small Research Grant ($1960.00) Project title "Party Discipline and Legislative Voting Behavior in Post Communist Politics: The Cases of Hungary, Lithuania and Russia"

2002 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University

2001 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University

2000 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University

1999 William O'Donnell Lee Advising Award (Academic Advisor of the Year)

1999-2000 Who's Who in the World

1998 Who's Who Among America's Teachers

1996 Educator of the Year Semi Finalist, Truman State University

1995 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).

1994 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).

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1993-1994 Faculty Research Grant (Academic Year). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00)

1992 Educator of the Year Nominee

1992 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).

1991 Educator of the Year Nominee

1991 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).

1980 Truman Scholar from Ohio.

INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND CONSULTING

2012 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Central Oklahoma 2012 “Civil Wars and Party Systems” Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) February 2011 “Politics and Fiscal Federalism: the Case of Ethiopia” Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) May

2011 “Cooperation or a New Cold War? Understanding US-Russian relations in the Post Soviet period” Brookhaven College, April 20.

2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Central Missouri. April

2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, College of St Benedict-St. Johns University, March

2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of International Studies, California State University-Long Beach, February 2010 Keynote Address “Assessing Assessment” 3rd Annual meeting of the British Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Group Conference, De Montfort University, Leiceister, UK

2010 Consultant 2009-2011 to Georgetown University Law School Legal team and wrote affidavits in support political asylum for three cases from Ethiopia.

2010 APSA Presidential Address 2010 Southwest Political Science Association (I was the stand-in speaker in place of President Henry Brady) title: “Teaching Politics in Hard Times.”

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2010 Speaker “Teaching Politics in Hard Times” (with panelists APSA President Henry Brady, Rogers Smith, and Erin Williams) 7th Annual Meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference

2009 “The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years Ago” Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN) and University of North Texas (interactive videoconference for Texas 6th grade students)

2009 “The Teacher Scholar Model as a Survival Strategy in Political Science” Quincy Wright Award Address, International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November 7.

2009 “Promoting Active Learning in the Political Science Classroom: Lessons from the Current Literature on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Political Science” Department of Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 4.

2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, Denison University, Granville Ohio, November

2009 Panelist, “SOTL in Disciplinary Journals” International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington Indiana (Indiana University), October

2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant Michigan, October

2009 “The Russian Constitution in Comparative Perspective” Brookhaven College, September 16, 2009.

2009 External Program Reviewer, Political Science Program Texas A & M University- Corpus Christi, June

2009 Keynote Speaker Future is Now Conference, Salem State College, Salem MA. May 13

2009 Panelist on Ethnic Parties, Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, New York, April 23

2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, SUNY Geneseo, March

2009 Speaker, ISA ALIAS Working group Workshop “Getting Started in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” New York, New York.

2009 Opening Welcome, 2009 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, February, Baltimore MD.

2008 Speaker “Asian Americans and the 2008 Elections” Asian Pacific American Empowerment Conference (APAEC) University of North Texas, November

2008 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC November

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2007 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC November

2007 “Getting Started Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” Center for Civic Engagement, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Florida, October

2007 External Program Reviewer, General Education Program, University of Central Arkansas, Conway Arkansas

2005 Parliamentary Election Observer/Monitor (invited by Azerbaijan Central Election Commission), Baku Azerbaijan, December

2005 “Globalization, Electoral Laws and Ethnic Conflict” Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, April

2003 Presentation on Undergraduate Research at Preparing Future Faculty Workshop, University of Missouri- Columbia, November

2002 "Civil Society, Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Eastern and Central Europe" The Center for the Study of Democracy, St Mary's College of Maryland, April

1999-2001 & 2005-2006 National Science Foundation Reviewer for Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

1999 “Electoral Institutions and the Containment of Ethnic Conflict in Post-Communist Europe” International Studies Lecture Series, Illinois Wesleyan University, November, March.

1999 “Identity Change and the Communist Successor Parties: A Preliminary Analysis” Department of Political Science Colloquium, Central European University (CEU) Budapest Hungary, April.

1998-99 Member of Dissertation Committee for Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, University of Illinois-Chicago.

1998 “Russia Beyond the Ring Road” University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, June.

1998 “Russia Beyond 2000” University of Kansas, March

1997 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, April.

STUDENT RESEARCH MENTORING (UNT ONLY) Graduate Students MA. Advisory Committee: Jennifer Dague (Chair), Asmara Saleemi (Chair); Ross Lancaster (Chair) Steven Miles (Interdisciplinary Studies)

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Ph.D. Advisory Committee: Tatyana Kelman (Chair) Michael Marshall (Chair), Anna Pechenina (Chair); Michael Widmeier (Chair); Yen-Hsin Chen (Chair); Christina Case, Israel Stephens, Christine Balarezo.

MA Thesis committee: Jennifer Dague (Chair), Thesis successfully defended October 21 2011 Asmara Saleemi (Chair) Thesis successfully defended October 14, 2011, Ross Lancaster (Chair), Angela Sortor (member) Erik Case (member, graduated 2009)

Ph.D. Dissertation Committee: Anna Batta (Co-Chair), Chris Williams (Chair) Kelan Lu, Jun Deh Wu

Undergraduate Students I coordinated the Department of Political Science Undergraduate Research Program 2009-2010 (funded by the Provost’s office for $8000) and coordinated the program for the 2010-2011 (funded again by the Provost’s office for $8000). Six undergraduate student participants presented research posters at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago Illinois April 22-25. The student participants were:

• Eliza Kelly “ICTY and Rape: The Impact of Female Witnesses on

Sentencing Outcomes” • Ross Lancaster “The Curious Results of ICTY Sentencing” • Henry Pascoe “Legitimacy and Participation: A Longitudinal Analysis of

Public Opinion in Costa Rica, 2004-2008” • Kory Redding “When the Chief Dissents: Examining the Effect of

Institutional and Administrative Responsibilities, 1946-2008” • Christopher Wall “Strategic Trade Disputes: The Impact of the WTO on

Democratic Gains” • Jennifer Williams “External Financing and Extremist Group Viability: A

Human Capital Perspective on Egypt’s Al-Gama’a and Islamic Jihad” For the 2010-2011 the participants were: • Sara Adams, “Si Se Puedé: Discrimination and the Mobilization of

Latinos” • Kelly Brooks, “The New “Hermit Kingdom”: Leadership Volatility from

1997-2009” • Harold Brown, “Access to Education and the Duration of Peace in Post-

Conflict African Societies” • Tahirah Dean, “Popular Resistance, Leadership Attitudes, and Turkish

Accession to the European Union” • Oluwagbemisol Laoye, “Explaining Judicial Independence in Africa”

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• Kory Redding, “Cross-National Constitutional Provisions for Human Rights”

NSF REU students mentored; Jacqueline Rojas (2010 “Globalization and Indigenous Group Violence in Latin America” Odilia Coffta (2011)“Inca Sí, Indio También: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Conflict in

Latin America” Minh Mai (2010)“The Relationship Between Central Banking Independence and the

Onset of Civil Conflicts” Melissa Martinez (2011) “Explaining Peace Duration through Foreign Aid” Amber Smith (2011)“Education and Civil Unrest”

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2011-2012—Comparative Political Behavior Job Search Committee Chair 2010-13—UNT Faculty Senate 2010- present Faculty Advisor Pi Sigma Alpha 2010 – present Member of UNT Scholars Day Planning Committee 2010 Political Science Methodology Job Search Committee Chair 2009- present Member of Advisory Committee, UNT Ronald E. McNair Program 2009-11 Member of Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas 2008-present Chair Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas 2008 -09 Member Advancement Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas 2008 Chair Truman State University Upward Bound Program Assistant Director Search Committee 2007 Member Truman State University Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee 2007 Member Truman State University Upward Bound Program Assistant Director Search Committee 2007 Member University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Committee 2006-present Founder and Chair University Faculty Research Caucus

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2005-present Member University Strategic Planning Advisory Committee 2001-present Member Truman State University Assessment Committee 2002, 2007 Member of William O’Donnell Lee Advising Award Committee 2000 Member of Social Science Division Grants Guidelines Committee 2000 Member of Kohlenberg Lyceum Series Committee 2000 Principal Investigator for Department of Education Student Support Services Grant (did not receive grant) 1999-2002 Faculty Advisor for Political Science Society 1999-2002 Member of Undergraduate Research Stipend Selection Committee in Social Science 1995, 1996 Member of Truman Scholarship Committee 1993-97 Faculty Associate, Residential Colleges of Truman State University. 1992-1996 Social Science Division Alternate Representative Council on Teacher Education

OTHER SERVICE

2012 - present Lead Editor, American Political Science Review 2011-2013 Co- Chair APSA Asian Pacific American Caucus 2011-Member of NSF Committee of Visitors (independent review panel reviewing NSF grant review procedures) 2011- Member Advisory Board, APSA Distinguished Teaching Award 2011- Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award Committee 2011- Member Best Paper Selection Committee, APSA Political Science Education Section 2011- Member APSA Task Force/Ad Hoc Working Group on Assessment 2010- present Member Executive Committee Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honorary Society (this is top leadership committee made up of five people) 2010 –present Member, APSA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assessment 2010 Member Board of Editorial Consultants The Encyclopedia of Political Science (CQ Press) 2010-2013 Member Midwest Political Science Association Executive Council 2010-present Manning Dauer Award Committee Southern Political Science Association

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2010- present Nominations Committee Pi Sigma Alpha 2009- present Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Studies Perspectives 2009- present Member of Advisory Board, Soomo Publications, Asheville NC. 2009- Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award Committee, Pi Sigma Alpha 2009- Malcolm Jewell Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Southern Political Science Association 2009-present Member, Nominations Committee, American Political Science Association 2010 Southern Political Science Association Conference Program Committee 2008-present Editorial Board Member, Social Science Quarterly 2008-present Editorial Board Member, Opportunity Matters journal of the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education

2008-present Member, Nominations Committee, International Studies Association

2008-present Member, Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project Advisory Board

2007-2009 Member APSA National Executive Council (member of council’s Administrative Committee)

2007-present Editorial Board Member, The Open Political Science Journal

2007 Conference Co-Chair, 11th Annual Heartland McNair Research Conference

2006-2007 President, International Studies Association-Midwest

2005- present—Co-Director Research and Evaluation Institute, Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)

2005-2006 President Elect and Conference Chair, International Studies Association-Midwest

2005- 2007- Member APSA Teaching and Learning Standing Committee

2003, 2004, 2005- Program Committee APSA Teaching and Learning Conference

1999-2002; 2004-present Reviewer NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

2004- present Editor in Chief, Journal of Political Science Education, journal of the Undergraduate Education Division of the American Political Science Association

2002-2005 Chairperson, Undergraduate Education Section of American Political Science Association

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2002-2008 Elected Member of Social Science Council of Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR)

2001- present Editorial Board Member of journal Party Politics

2001- present Editorial Board Member of journal Controversia

2000-2004 Book Review Co-Editor International Politics

2002- 2005 Editor, Political Science Educator (newsletter)

2001-2005 Co-Chair of Research and Evaluation Committee, Mid America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)

2000-2004 Member of the Governing Board for Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska (MOKANE) Chapter of Mid America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP), Chair of Research and Evaluation Committee

1995-2006 Editor, McNair Scholarly Review of Truman State University (Undergraduate Research Journal)

1996-1999 Director, Truman State University Chapter of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation.

1993-97 Faculty Associate, Residential Colleges of Truman State University.

1992-96 Assistant Director, Truman State University Chapter of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation.

Reviewed manuscripts for the journals Acta Politica, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Controversia, Democratization, Demokratizatsiya, Equity and Excellence in Education, Europe-Asia Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, International Politics, International Studies Perspectives, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics; Naval War College Review, Polity, The Open Political Science Journal, Opportunity Matters, Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Party Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, Politics and Gender, Politics and Policy, Publius, Slavic Review, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Studies in Comparative International Development and Southeastern Political Review.

Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation

Reviewed book manuscripts for Houghton-Mifflin, Lynne Rienner, Palgrave, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Sage, University of British Columbia Press, Wadsworth.

Numerous radio, newspaper, and television interviews on various international political topics

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association Southwestern Political Science Association International Studies Association African Studies Association American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies The Council for European Studies International Society for Political Psychology Truman Scholars Association Council on Undergraduate Research European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism ECPR Standing Group on Central and East European Politics

REFERENCES

Provided upon request