EDUCATION
(in progress) PhD
Program in Political Science, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
Major in International Relations; Minor in
Comparative Politics
(2002) MA in Political Science, York University,
Toronto
Graduate Diploma in Refugee and Migration Studies
Graduate Diploma in German and European Studies (w/
Free University of Berlin)
(2000) BA (Hons) in International Relations,
University of Toronto (with distinction)
Specialist in International Relations; Minor in
German Language and Literature
PUBLICATIONS
“Democracies and
International Human Rights: Why is There No Place
for Migrant Workers?” The International Journal of
Human Rights (forthcoming, Vol. 11, No. 4, December
2007)
“Why Did Canada
Sit Out the Iraq War: One Constructivist Analysis,”
Canadian Foreign Policy/La Politique
étrangère du Canada,
Vol. 13, No. 1, December 2006,
pp. 133-53.
“From Southern to Southeastern Europe: Any Lessons
for Democratisation Theory?” Southeast European
Politics, Vol. 5, Number 2-3 (December 2004), pp.
115-141
“Identity is a Joking Matter: Intergroup Humor in
Bosnia,” Spaces of Identity: An Interdisciplinary
Journal, Vol. 3, Number 2 (July 2004), pp. 1-28
“Political Corruption and Peacekeeping: the Bosnia
Case,” South-East Europe Review for Labour and
Social Affairs, Issue 03/2002 (Fall 2002), pp. 65-80
(non-refereed)
“Traditional vs. Societal Security and the Role of
Securitization” (Review Article), Southeast European
Politics, Vol. 3, Number 1 (June 2002), pp. 71-76
“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe as a
Security Community-building Institution?” Southeast
European Politics, Vol. 2, Number 2 (October 2001),
pp. 109-134; Reprinted in Aleksandar Fatić (ed.),
Security in Southeastern Europe. Belgrade: Security
Policy Group: 2004, pp. 53-72
BOOK REVIEWS
Peter W. Singer. Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the
Privatized Military Industry. Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 2003, Small Wars and Insurgencies,
Vol.14, No.2 (Summer 2004), pp. 199–212
Franke Wilmer. The Social Construction of Man, the
State, and War: Identity, Conflict, and Violence in
the Former Yugoslavia. New York: Routledge, 2002,
Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. Vol.4,
No.1 (January 2004), pp. 67-71
Nerzuk Ćurak. Geopolitika kao sudbina. Slučaj Bosna:
postmodernistički ogled o perifernoj zemlji
(Geopolitics as Destiny, The Case of Bosnia: a
Postmodern Reflection on a Peripheral Land).
Sarajevo: FPN. 2002. Balkan Academic News (September
2003)
Heinz-Jürgen Axt and Christoph Rohloff (eds.),
Frieden und Sicherheit in (Südost-) Europa:
EU-Beitritt, Stabilitätspakt und Europäische
Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. München:
Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, 2001. Balkan Academic
News (June 2002)
“Traditional vs. Societal Security and the Role of
Securitization” (Review Article), Southeast European
Politics (SEEP), Vol. 3, Number 1 (June 2002), pp.
71-76
Richard Connaughton, Military Intervention and
Peacekeeping. The Reality. London, Ashgate: 2001.
Balkan Academic News (April 2002)
André Gerolymatos, The Balkan Wars. Myth, Reality,
and the Eternal Conflict. Toronto: Stoddart, 2001.
Balkan Academic News (February 2002)
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
"Empire, Venezuela and Origins of 'Anglo' Identity
in International Relations," 48th International
Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention,
Chicago, IL, February 28-March 3, 2007
"Why Did Canada Sit
Out the Iraq War: One Constructivist Analysis," 47th
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual
Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-5, 2006
"Ten Years of
Dayton: Peacebuilding Lessons from Bosnia," 8th
Annual Society for Military and Strategic Studies
(SMSS) Conference on War and Security, University of
Calgary, February 10-11, 2006
"Democracies and International Human Rights: Why is
There No Place for Migrant Workers?" International
Studies Association (ISA) 1st Global Conference,
Istanbul, August 24-7, 2005
"Illegal Migration in the Balkans: Whose Security
Concerns?" Annual Conference, Centre for Democratic
Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland,
November 1-3, 2004
“Identity is a Joking Matter: Intergroup Humour in
Bosnia,” 6th International Seminar: “Democracy and
Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies,” Institute
for Democracy, Konjic, Bosnia, July 7-11, 2003
“When Migration is a Security Threat: Europe’s War
on Human Trafficking/Smuggling,” 11th Annual
International Summer Seminar on Conflict Resolution:
“The New International Crisis: Implications for
International Politics,” Institute of International
Relations (IDIS), Hydra, Greece, July 1-5, 2002
“When Migration is a Security Threat: Europe’s War
on Human Trafficking/Smuggling,” 6th Young Scholars
Conference, The Masaryk Centre, University of
Economics, Prague, May 30-31, 2002
“Migration, Citizenship, and (In)Security in the EU
after Nice,” Graduate Student Conference: “European
Identity and Nationalism,” Centre for Russian,
Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), Rutgers
University, NJ, 11-13 May 2001
“Asylum and Immigration in the EU after Nice,”
Graduate Student Workshop on Transnational Policy
Making and European Integration, Centre for European
Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, 7-8 May 2001
“Political Corruption and Peacebuilding in Bosnia,”
1st Annual Nathanson Centre Multi-Disciplinary
Graduate Workshop on Issues Related to Transnational
Crime, Organized Crime, and Corruption, York
University, 6 April 2001
“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the
Quest for Regional Security,” Borders Conference:
Issues and Prospects for Successor States of the
Former Yugoslavia, Centre for Russian and East
European Studies (CREES), University of Toronto,
30-31 March 2001
“Staying the Course: German Security Policy and the
Balkan Stability Pact,” Graduate Student Colloquium
in German Studies: “Germany in the European
Context,” York University/University of Toronto,
16-17 March 2001
“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the
Quest for Regional Security,” 8th Annual YCISS
Conference, York Centre for International and
Security Studies (YCISS), York University, 1-2
February 2001
TEACHING (INCL. TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS)
2002-present Ohio State, Department of Political
Science: PS145 Introduction to Global Politics,
PS551 UN System (TA; Alex Thompson), PS628 Politics
of European Integration (TA, Christina van
Wijnbergen), POL555 Post-Soviet Foreign Policies
(TA, Ted Hopf), and POL686 Intermediate Regression
Analysis (TA, Brian Pollins)
2004 ICPSR,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Regression
Analysis II (TA, Brian Pollins)
RESEARCH (INCL. RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS)
2005 Inventory of Security Sector Reform Initiatives
in South Eastern Europe, York Centre for
International Security Studies, York University:
field research (covering 10 countries), data
compilation, online database maintenance, report
drafting (w/ Tim Donais, Political Science,
University of Windsor)
2002-2004 Ohio
State, Department of Political Science (Christina
van Wijnbergen, Daniel Verdier, Ted Hopf, Jennifer
Mitzen): research in multiple sources of knowledge,
data compilation, report drafting
2001-2002 FU
Berlin, New Economy Research Group (Kurt Hübner):
interviews and field research, report drafting
1999-2001
University of Toronto, Department of History (Robert
Bothwell); Department of German (Ute Lischke-McNab),
general research assistance
SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC TRAINING
2006 Training
Institute on Qualitative Methods, Consortium on
Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM), Arizona State
University, Tempe, January 3-14 [my review in
PDF]
2005 Summer
University, Central European University (CEU-SUN),
Budapest, July 11-23, Course: “Globalization,
Governance and International Relations Theory”
2004 (8 weeks)
Inter-University Consortium on Political and Social
Science Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, coursework (MLE, Rational Choice) and
TA-ship (Regression II)
2003 (5 weeks)
Summer Seminar in Bulgarian Studies, International
Center for Bulgarian Studies, St Cyril and St
Methodius University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2001-2 (2
semesters) Free University of Berlin, coursework
(various) and research
2001,
Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute, Midwest Centre for
German and European Studies, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, July 7 -28, Course: “Germany
in the Century of Soviet and American Power”
2001 Summer Course
on Refugee Issues, Centre for Refugee Studies, York
University, June 16-24
2001 (2 weeks)
Canadian Centre for German and European Studies
(CCGES) Summer Seminar, York University,
Course:
“Was
ist deutsch?”
2000 Transatlantic
Summer Academy (TASA), Centre for European
Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn,
Germany, 25 June – 28 July, Course: “Europe Facing
the 21st Century: Defining the Key Issues"
1999 (8 weeks)
CAUTG German-Canadian Work-Study Summer Program,
Peine, Niedersachsen
ACADEMIC AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 Presidential
Fellowship, Graduate School, Ohio State
2007 Honorable Mention, Alexander George Award,
International Studies Association
2006 Office International of Affairs Research Grant,
Ohio State
2006 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and
Scholarship, Ohio State
2006 Aumann Dissertation Writing Grant, Political
Science, Ohio State
2006 Mershon Center Graduate Student Research Grant,
Mershon Center, Ohio State
2002 "As Prime Minister" Essay Contest Finalist,
Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund
2001 DAAD Fellowship (German Academic Exchange
Service), for study at FU Berlin
2000 Security and Defence Forum MA Scholarship,
Dept. of National Defence, Canada
2000 John C Wilson Memorial Scholarship, Victoria
College, U of Toronto
2000 Provost of Trinity College Award, Trinity
College, U of Toronto
1999 Regents Scholarship, Victoria College, U of
Toronto
1998 Canada Millennium Scholarship, Government of
Canada
1996 York University Entrance Scholarship (declined)
COMMUNITY AWARDS
1999 Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Government of
Ontario
1998 Students’ Administrative Council (SAC)
Participation Award, U of Toronto
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association; British
International Studies Association; Canadian
Political Science Association; International Studies
Association
ACADEMIC REFERENCES
Ted Hopf, Jennifer
Mitzen, and Alex Wendt (as committee members) & many
others at Ohio State
Thomas Risse, FU Berlin
David Dewitt, York U
Arthur Rubinoff, U of Toronto