Areas of Specialization
Ethnic politics, democratization, and international intervention in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet states
Background
She has worked as an analyst on Eastern Europe and as a political officer in Turkmenistan for the State Department. She has also served a human rights officer for the Organization for Security in Cooperation in Europe in Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan, 2001; B.A. in International Relations, Stanford University, 1989.
Freshman Seminar: Nationalism in the Balkans
Politics of Eastern Europe
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Russian/Post-Soviet Politics
Publications
Her book, The Ground Floor of Peacebuilding: Grassroots Influence in the Balkans, will be published by Cornell University Press in 2007.
Recent publications include "Generating Bridging Social Capital in the Balkans," in Ethnic and Racial Studies,, 29/1 January 2006, as well as chapters in Feldman, Martha, Jeannine Bell, and Michele Berger, eds., Gaining Access: The Inside Story, and in Keridis, Dimitris, ed., New Approaches to Balkan Studies.
Several works in progress includes: "Explaining political moderation after inter-ethnic violence in the Balkans," and "The Impact of Lessons Learned about Western Intervention for Political Moderation in the Balkans."
Research
Ethnic politics, particularly in the Balkans; post-conflict reconstruction; democratization in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet Central Asia; and refugee politics.