CV

"After the Party, the After-Parties? The Effect of Communist Successor Parties on Economic Reform in Central and Eastern Europe," forthcoming in Europe-Asia Studies

"Von der Avantgarde zu den Verlierern der Transformation: Gewerkschaften im Prozess der Restrukturierung der Stahlindustrie in Mittel- und Osteuropa," ["From Vanguard to Losers of Transformation: Unions and Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Central and Eastern Europe"] (with Vera Trappmann), Industrielle Beziehungen (German Journal of Industrial Relations), Vol. 17, No.2 (2010), p. 170-191

"Between Apprehension and Support: Social Dialogue, Democracy, and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe," Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2010), p. 30-56

"The State-Led Transition to Liberal Capitalism: Neoclassical, Organizational, World Systems, and Social Structural Explanations of Poland's Economic Success" (with Lawrence P. King), American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 112, No. 3 (2006), p. 751-801

"Effects of EU Accession on the Politics of Privatization – The Steel Sector in Comparative Perspective," in Amelie Kutter and Vera Trappmann (eds.), Das Erbe des Beitritts. Mittel- und osteuropäische Gesellschaften nach dem Beitritt zur EU, [The Legacy of EU Accession – Central and Eastern European Societies after EU Accession], Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2006, p. 209-231

Book review of Grigore Pop-Eleches, From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009; Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 42, No. 10 (2009), p. 1363-1366

"From Behemoths to Subsidiaries: The Politics of Steel Sector Restructuring and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe," Economic Sociology – the European Electronic Newsletter, Vol. 8, No.3 (2007), p. 57-58

Book Manuscript

From Behemoths to Subsidiaries: The Rise of Transnational Capitalism in East Central Europe's Heavy Industry (tentative title), in preparation

Paper Manuscripts

"State Infrastructural Power, External Pressures and Varieties of Convergence on Liberal Capitalism in Postcommunist Europe's Heavy Industry," in preparation for publication

"Labor Union Regeneration in Central and Eastern Europe: Overcoming Postcommunist Weakness through External Pressures?" (with Vera Trappmann), in preparation for publication

"Testing Dependent Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Economic Crisis and Covergence?" in preparation for publication

"Masters and Commanders: The Politics of Managerial Non-Cooperation in Heavy Industry Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe," working paper

"Still Restructuring? The Politics of the Steel Sector Restructuring in Poland and the Effects of EU Accession," working paper

Politics of economic reform, especially of privatization and industrial restructuring
Comparative political economy
Industrial relations
Effects of EU enlargement
State reform and state capacity

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, presented papers: 2003, 2005, 2007 (co-organized panel "Diverse Uniformities"); presented a poster and served as discussant and chair for a panel, August 2008; presented a paper and served as discussant for a panel, 2010; will serve as discussant for a panel in 2011

Council for European Studies (CES) 16th International Conference, presented two papers, organized panel "Belaboring Integration: Social Consequences and Labor Responses to Europeanization and Globalization in Europe", March 2008; CES 17th International Conference, presented a paper, April 2010; will present a paper at CES 18th International Conference, June, 2011

Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, presented papers: 2005, 2007 (and served as panel chair), 2008 (two papers), 2010 (two papers), 2011 (and served as a discussant)

European Union Studies Association Twelfth Biennial International Conference, presented a paper, Boston, March 2011

"Varieties of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe – the Steel Sector Perspective," paper presented at the Restructuring, Redundancy and Sustainable Employment: the Challenges of the Contemporary Economic Crisis Workshop, Dept. of Political Science, University of Milan, July 2010

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics 22nd Annual Meeting, presented two papers and served as session moderator, June 2010

"Steel Sector Restructuring: the U.S. and Enlarged EU in Comparative Perspective," paper presented at the Restructuring, Redundancy and Sustainable Employment: the Challenges of the Contemporary Economic Crisis Workshop, University of Leeds Business School, November 2009

International Studies Association Annual Convention, presented a paper, February 2009

Forum of Sociology, sponsored by the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain; presented a paper, September 2008

Goucher College, Department of Political Science and International Relations, gave an invited lecture, Baltimore, MD, October 2007

Columbia University, Harriman Institute, presented a paper entitled "Is the Party Over? The Effect of Communist Successor Parties on Economic Reform in Central and Eastern Europe,"
May 2007

Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference of the AAASS, served as discussant for the "Economics and Politics" panel, March 2007

Democratic Governance in Central and Eastern Europe Workshop, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, presented an invited paper, April 2006

European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, delivered an invited lecture as part of lecture series: "The Legacy of EU Accession – Assessing the Effects for Central and Eastern European Societies," June 2005

Globalization and Social Stress Conference, organized by Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (TIGER) and Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Warsaw, Poland, discussant for a panel entitled "Migration, Labor Markets and Human Development," October 2003

Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, presented papers: 2001, 2002

Center for Comparative Research Annual Graduate Student Retreat, presented papers: 2001 (Yale University), 2002 (Central European University, Budapest, Hungary)

Summer School on Analytical Approaches to European Union Policy Making, organized by the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Konstanz, Germany, presented paper "Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union: Between Actors and Institutions," September 2000

17th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University, presented awarded paper, "Agricultural Politics of EU Enlargement – the Case of Polish Application," March 2000

U.S. Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference, presented paper, April 1997

Supplemental Instructor, Language Lab Monitor, and Tutor in French, Academic Center for Excellence, Goucher College, Spring 1997 and 1998-99 academic year

Follow-up fieldwork in Poland and Romania, July 2010

Affiliated research fellow at the Central European Labor Studies Institute (CELSI, Slovakia), 2008-

Follow-up fieldwork in Czech Republic and Poland, June 2008

Fieldwork in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania, consisting of library and archival research, as well as of over 100 open-ended interviews with enterprise managers, trade union leaders, civil servants (national and EU-level), former ministers, academics, consultants, journalists, as well as sectoral business organization leaders in the steel sector of the respective countries, May 2003-June 2004

Preliminary dissertation library research in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, Summer 2002 (4 months)

Research assistant to Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, Fall and Spring 2002, Summer 2004

Coordinator of fieldwork in Poland: arranging and translating interviews with enterprise managers and government officials for Professor Lawrence P. King, Yale University, Summer 2001

Library research at EU institutions and interviews with EU and Polish civil servants and politicians regarding EU environmental policy development and impact on EU enlargement preparations (original research for Honors Senior Thesis), 1996-1998

Attended Faculty Seminar in Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, sponsored by the Office of International Education, University of Richmond, May 2009

Attended the Institute on Qualitative Research Methods, organized by the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, January 2005

Center for Comparative Research Junior Fellow, Yale University, 2000-2006

Participated in the Central European University summer course: The Politics of Market Making and Industrial Relations in Europe, Budapest, Hungary, July 2002

Pursued independent study of Romanian through the Yale University Directed Independent Language Study Program, September 2002 – March 2003

Participated in the Romanian language summer course, organized by the University of Bucharest, Predeal, Romania, August 2002

Participated in the Summer School on Analytical Approaches to European Union Policy Making, organized by the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Konstanz, Germany, September 2000

University of Oxford, Mahoney Scholar, 1997-1998

Université de Paris, Sorbonne, Study Abroad, Fall 1996

Hansard Scholars Programme participant, London, UK: an internship with a Member of British Parliament combined with courses at the London School of Economics; wrote a research paper entitled: "Developments in British Water Policy: Actors and Influences," Summer 1997

Internship with Carole Tongue, Member of European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, Summer 1996

Internship at the Maryland International Division; experience included traveling to Poland and discussing possibilities of cooperation with Polish doctors, nurses, and film makers, Summer 1995. Work on programs initiated during the 1995 internship continued during the January 1996 internship.

Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research Member, Fall 2009-
Presidential College Associate and Faculty Advisor to the Explore UR World Program, Richmond College, 2008-2010
Honors Committee Member, School of Arts and Sciences, 2009-2010
May Evans Scholarship Committee Chair, Department of Political Science, 2009-2010; Member, 2008-2009
Best Senior Paper Award Committee Member, Department of Political Science, 2009-2010
Website Committee Member, Department of Political Science, 2009-2010
University Library Committee Member, Fall 2008

Reviewer for Slavic Review
Invited to serve as manuscript reviewer at Princeton University Press
Invited to serve on the editorial board of a new e-journal, Employment and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe

American Political Science Association
Council for European Studies
Midwest Political Science Association
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics