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1 Page 1 of 7 Saltanat Liebert, Ph.D. Scherer Hall, Office 313 PO Box W. Franklin Street Richmond, VA Phone: (804) sliebert@vcu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Public Administration (2007) Department of Public Administration & Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, D.C. Dissertation: Interaction of Formal and Informal Institutions: The Case of Low- Wage Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan to the United States. Dissertation Committee: Louise I. Shelley, David H. Rosenbloom, Christine Chin. Master of Public Administration (2000) Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. B.A. in English Language and Literature (1998) Kyrgyz State National University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Virginia Commonwealth University, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Fall 2007 Present. Teach graduate-level courses in Comparative Public Administration, Principles of Public Administration, Human Resource Management, Immigration & Public Policy, Program Design and Evaluation; Developed an online course on HR Management with the use of new technological tools such as Camtasia, podcasting, Wikis, etc. Books PUBLICATIONS Liebert, Saltanat Irregular Migration from the Former Soviet Union to the United States, New York: Routledge. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov, Editors Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. ASPA Public Administration and Public Policy Book Series, CRC Press. Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (Note: publications prior to 2008 appear under my maiden name, Saltanat Sulaimanova.)

2 Liebert Page 2 of 7 Liebert, Saltanat The role of Informal Institutions in U.S. Immigration Policy Implementation: the Case of Illegal Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan. Public Administration Review, Vol. 70, No. 3 (May/June). Sulaimanova, Saltanat. "Unintended Consequences of Globalization: The Case of Trafficking of Women from Central Asia," The Journal of Central Asian Studies 6, No. 2 (2002), pp Editor-reviewed Journal Articles Sulaimanova, Saltanat. Irregular Labor Migration from Central Asia to the United States, Central Eurasian Studies Review 4, No.1 (Winter 2005), pp Contributions to Edited Volumes Liebert, Saltanat and Medet Tiulegenov Public Administration in Kyrgyzstan. Book chapter in Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov, Editors. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov Introduction: Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States Common Legacy and Challenges of the Post-Communist Era. Book chapter in Public Administration in Post- Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov, Editors. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov Conclusion: Publlic Administration in Former Soviet States Two Decades of Different Ways. Book chapter in Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. Liebert, Saltanat, Stephen Condrey and Dmitry Goncharov, Editors. Sulaimanova, Saltanat. Incentives for Criminality in Migration. In Mansoor, Ali M., and Bryce Quillin, Eds Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Washington, DC: World Bank. Sulaimanova, Saltanat. Trafficking in Women from the Former Soviet Union for the Purposes of Sexual Exploitation. In Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry, Karen D. Beeks and Delila Amir, Eds. (Lexington Books), February 2006, pp Sulaimanova, Saltanat. "Migration Trends in Central Asia: The Case of Trafficking of Women." In In the Tracks of Tamerlane: Central Asia's Path to the 21 st Century (National Defense University Press), 2004, pp Assigned as required reading in courses at Georgetown University, George Mason University, and Carleton University (Canada). Encyclopedia Entries Sulaimanova, Saltanat. Sex Workers in Central Asia. In Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures 4 (Brill Academic Publishers), Technical Reports

3 Liebert Page 3 of 7 Liebert, Saltanat, Carl Ameringer, Cynthia Cors, and Mona Siddiqui. Latino Immigrants and Access to Healthcare in the Greater Richmond Area. Prepared for the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, November Under Review: Liebert, Saltanat and Carl Ameringer. Immigrants and Access to Healthcare under the Affordable Care Act. Under review at Public Administration Review. (submitted in April 2012) Liebert, Saltanat. Challenges of Reforming the Civil Service in the Post-Soviet Era: The Case of Kyrgyzstan. Under review at Review of Public Personnel Administration. (submitted in February 2012) PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 15-19, Conference paper Immigrants and Access to Healthcare in the Greater Richmond Area. (first author; co-authored with Carl Ameringer and Cynthia Cors). Columbia University, New York, NY. Conference Labor Migration in the Post-Soviet World, March 2-3, Conference paper Irregular Labor Migration from Central Asia to the United States. Invited as part of a small group of 16 academics from around the world. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 2-6, Discussion Circle presentation Reforming Human Resource Management Systems in Post-Communist Countries: the Case Study of Kyrgyzstan. Institute for Public Policy, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, July 21, Invited panellist at a roundtable entitled How to Stop the Brain Drain from Kyrgyzstan. (In Russian.) American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 11-15, Conference paper Development of Public Administration in Kyrgyzstan. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 11-15, Conference paper Immigration and Public Education: The Case of Three Counties in the Washington Metropolitan Area. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, San Jose, CA, April 9-13, Discussion Circle Presentation Public Administration and Immigration: The Case of Two Immigrant Communities in Washington Metropolitan Area. Virginia Commonwealth University, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Faculty Research Series, Research Presentation Public Administrators Response to Immigration: The Case of the Washington Metropolitan Area, February 17, American University, School of Public Affairs Alumnae Book Author Spotlight event, Featured Author, November 12, University of Richmond, Faculty Seminar Abroad Program. Presentation on labor migration from Central Asia to the United States, April 15, 2009.

4 Liebert Page 4 of 7 U.S. Congressional Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission). Provided a briefing on labor migration and trafficking in Central Asia to senior staff members of the Commission (April 3, 2009). American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Miami, FL, March 20-24, Discussion Circle Presentation Exporting American Public Personnel Management: the Case Study of Kyrgyzstan. Columbia University, Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies, March 3, Public lecture Irregular Labor Migration from Central Asia and the Caucasus to the United States. Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, March 4, Guest lecture to a graduate course Migration and Population Change in Contemporary Central Asia (REGN U ). American Society for Public Administration 70th Annual Conference, Miami, FL, March 20-24, Discussion Circle Presentation Exporting American Public Personnel Management: The Case of Kyrgyzstan. Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, October 28, Public lecture Illegal Labor Migration from Central Asia to the United States." Virginia General Assembly, Commission on the Prevention of Human Trafficking, October 20, Expert testimony Human Trafficking in Virginia: What Can be Done to Combat It. Central Eurasian Studies Society Ninth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, September 18-21, Conference paper Integration of Post-Soviet Migrants in the United States. Organized a panel entitled Migration in Central Asia in an Era of Globalization. Public Administration Theory and Teaching Conference, Richmond, VA, May 29-June 1, Presentation Using Technology for Teaching PA Online: Screencasting with Camtasia. American University, School of Government and Public Affairs. Guest lecture on human trafficking in the former Soviet Union, (course: JLS 445-Topics in Criminology: Human Trafficking), May 16, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of World Studies. Guest lectured to an undergraduate class of 80 students on trafficking in women from the former Soviet states, April 15, Midwest Political Science Association 66th Annual Conference, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL. Conference paper The Role of Informal Institutions in U.S. Immigration Policy Implementation. Open World Leadership Program. Rule of Law: U.S. Response to Human Trafficking (program sponsored by the Library of Congress). Lecture (in Russian) entitled Russia- Kyrgyzstan Human Trafficking Links to a group of law enforcement and NGO officials from Kyrgyzstan. Hosted by George Mason University s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Public Policy, March 28, 2008.

5 Liebert Page 5 of 7 American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, March 7-11, Conference paper The Role of Informal Institutions in U.S. Immigration Policy Implementation: The Case of Illegal Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan. Virginia Commonwealth University, February 20, Guest lecture on ethics of researching human trafficking. Course: WMNS (20040), Feminist Research and Methods. Open World Leadership Program. Rule of Law: U.S. Response to Human Trafficking (program sponsored by the Library of Congress). Lecture (in Russian) entitled Migration and Human Trafficking in Central Asia delivered to a group of law enforcement officials from Russia. Hosted by George Mason University s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Public Policy, December 14, Virginia Political Science Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, December 1, Conference paper International Faculty in Public Affairs Education. Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 15-17, Conference paper The Role of Informal Institutions in Policy Implementation: the Case of Illegal Immigration into the United States. Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, October 19-21, Conference paper Interaction of Formal and Informal Institutions: The Case of Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan. The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Meeting, October 11-13, 2007, Seattle, WA. Conference paper International Professors as Agents of Diversity and Globalization: Preparing International Doctoral Students in Public Affairs and Administration for Careers in U.S. Academia. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, Conference paper The Interaction between Formal and Informal Institutions: The Case of Irregular Migration. Served as a discussant at a panel #3-12 International Migration. American University, 2007 Greenberg Teaching Seminar orientation, Invited Speaker. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., November 16-19, Presentation on the implications of labor migration for women and children in the former Soviet republics. Students Stopping the Trafficking in People Annual Conference, Georgetown University, October 27-28, Presentation on the nexus between human trafficking and labor migration in the post-soviet states. Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University, Washingon, D.C., April 12, Presented findings of fieldwork on irregular labor migration from Central Asia to the United States at a faculty forum. Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference, Bloomington, IN, October 14-17, Conference paper on irregular labor migration from Central Asia. The paper was chosen for publication in the Central Eurasian Studies Review.

6 Liebert Page 6 of 7 Northeastern Political Science/International Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 6-8, Conference paper on developing theoretical approaches to studying human trafficking. Conference Trafficking & Trade: The Impact of Globalization on Women. University of Colorado at Denver, March 14-15, Conference paper on human trafficking from the former Soviet Union. The paper was chosen by conference organizers to be published in Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry, Lexington Books (2006). American University, School of International Service Graduate Forum, March 28, Presentation to an audience of about 100 students on trafficking in women. Georgetown University, Security Studies Program, July 31, 2003 and August 2, Guest lectured to graduate-level classes on trafficking in women from Central Asia. American University, Justice, Law and Society Program. Guest lectured to graduate-level classes on trafficking and smuggling of human beings, 2003, MEDIA INTERVIEWS Voice of America, invited expert commentary on the then newly-adopted SB 1070, Arizona s strict immigration law that made illegal immigration a misdemeanor and required local police to check the immigration status of individuals who cause reasonable suspicion. Other experts invited to comment on the law included Kris Kobach of University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law and Donald Kerwin of the Migration Policy Institute. The article including my commentary was published online in Russian on May 4, 2010: html Voice of America, Russian Language Broadcast, Washington, D.C., September 9, Author interview Irregular Migration from the Former Soviet Union to the United States. The interview was published on the website of Voice of America on October 5, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Article Under the Radar, Migrants from Central Asia, Georgia Head to U.S., by Richard Solash (based on my book and presentation at Columbia University.) Voice of America, Russian Language Broadcast, Washington, D.C., September 29, Featured speaker at a call-in radio program with world-wide audience on migration from Central Asia to the United States. The program was also broadcasted as a TV interview in all of the former Soviet republics. Voice of America, Russian Language Broadcast, Washington, D.C., February 15, Served as an expert at a call-in radio program with world-wide audience on integration of migrants in the U.S. The program was also broadcasted as a TV interview. BBC World Service, September 14, Gave an interview on irregular labor migration from Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Kyrgyz Language Broadcast. Gave an interview on human trafficking in Central Asia, July 14, 2003.

7 Liebert Page 7 of 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Kyrgyz Language Broadcast. Gave two interviews on human trafficking in Central Asia, December 18, AWARDS Received a research grant ($23,307) from Richmond Memorial Health Foundation to conduct a study Immigrants and Access to Healthcare in the Greater Richmond Area (coinvestigator). Grant approved in February American University Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level (2007), one of the two awards given at the University level. American University School of Public Affairs Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level (2007), one award given at the School level. American University Multicultural Affairs/International Student Academic Award (2007), one of the two awards given at the University level. American University Neil and Ann Kerwin Dissertation Fellowship, American University Hall of Nations Scholarship, Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network. Global Supplementary Grant to Support Doctoral Education, US Information Agency, Edmund S. Muskie/Freedom Support Act Fellowship for Graduate Study in the United States, American Society for Public Administration Central Eurasian Studies Society PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS LANGUAGES English equivalent of native fluency, Russian - native, Kyrgyz - native, French advanced.