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1 Curriculum Vitae Education Washington, DC Department of Political Science Doctoral Candidate Comparative Politics (Minor Field: Methodology) 2013-present Washington, DC Department of Political Science Master of Arts in Political Science Washington, DC Elliott School of International Affairs Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, Summa Cum Laude Additional Abroad Coursework, Professional Development, & Certificates Münchener Volkshochschule Munich, Germany Spring 2018 Deutsch Integrationskurse, A1.2 & A2.1 Berliner Volkshochschule, Berlin, Germany Fall 2017 Deutsch Integrationskurse, A1.1 & A1.2 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Syracuse, New York Summer 2016 International Centre of Slavic Studies Kyiv, Ukraine Summer 2014 Ukrainian as a Foreign Language, A1 Certification Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University Saint-Petersburg, Russia Fall 2012 ACTR Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University Ufa, Russia Summer 2012 CLS Russian - Russian Language & Literature Program Professional Experience Parliamentary Recruitment and Patronalism in Eurasia Projects Research Assistant for Dr. Henry E. Hale Political Efficacy in Eastern Europe Project Summer 2016 Research Assistant for Dr. Sharon Wolchik Peasant Uprisings in the Russian Empire Project Summer 2014; Summer 2015 Research Assistant for Dr. Evgeny Finkel Presidential Election Rules in Latin America Project Summer 2014 Research Assistant for Dr. Cynthia McClintock Project on New Approaches to Research and Security (PONARS) in Eurasia Summer 2013 Program Research Assistant Dimensions of Social Fractionalization in Africa Project Summer 2013 Research Assistant for Drs. Henry E. Hale and Gina M.S. Lambright Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization Jan August 2013 Deputy Editor 1

2 Research & Teaching Interests Political institutions (parliaments, political parties, party systems, electoral systems) in electoral authoritarianism. Democratization and regime dynamics in the post-soviet space and Eastern Europe. Peer-Reviewed Publications Constitutional Courts and Political Uncertainty: Constitutional Ruptures and the Rule of Judges, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 14:4 (Oct. 2016), pp (with Dr. Nathan J. Brown) - Winner of the 2017 I CON Best Paper Prize Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Separatist Role of the Republika Srpska. The Globe: GWU Undergraduate Academic Journal, 4:2 (Spring 2013), pp Fundamental Pragmatism: A Historical Analysis of Nixon s Detente. The Globe: GWU Undergraduate Academic Journal, 3:2 (Spring 2012), pp Other Publications Personalisierung und die Gefahr geschwächter autoritärer Institutionen: Putins Zentralisierung und die Krise institutioneller Politik in Russland. Russland-Analysen, No. 346, (Dec. 2017). The Early Run-Up to the Russian Election. ZOiS-Spotlight, November 2017 [link here] - In German as Die Wahl rückt näher [link here] Re-setting the Game: The Logic and Practice of Official Support for Alexei Navalny s Mayoral Run. Russian Analytical Digest, No. 136 (Sept. 2013), pp Work Under Review & In-Progress Mimicking the Mad Printer: Legislating Homophobia in the Post-Soviet Space, under review. Dominant Parties and Legislatures in Non-Democratic Regimes: Evidence from Russia, (with Dr. Henry E. Hale), in-progress. Regional Political Machines after Regime Change: Separatism, Protest Mobilization, and Quiescence in Southeastern Ukraine, working paper. Popular Perceptions and the De Facto Role of Political Parties in the Euromaidan Protests of , working paper. Electoral Manipulation in the Post-Soviet Context: The Importance of Engineering Formal Rules in Hybrid Regimes, working paper. 2

3 Dissertation Project Working Title: Beyond the Rubber Stamp: Explaining Parliamentary Activity in Electoral Authoritarianism Summary: This dissertation unpacks the black box of parliamentary bodies in multiparty electoral authoritarian regimes, explaining when and why legislatures become sites of opposition obstruction, inter-elite contestation, or loyalist policymaking. The project engages in a multi-method approach, combining detailed analyses of microlevel intra-parliamentary data from the Russian Federation s State Duma, accounts of legislative development in a series of process-tracing shadow cases of disparate dominant-party authoritarian regimes, and a broad statistical analysis of all electoral authoritarian legislatures from the post-wwii period to the present day. Dissertation Committee: Dr. Henry E. Hale, Dr. Michael K. Miller, Dr. Adam Ziegfeld Reviews Review of David James Meadows The Effects of Political-Culture on Divergent Patterns of Post-Soviet Political-Economic Transformation: A Comparison of the Experiences of Latvia and Belarus Since 1991 (Doctoral dissertation). In Dissertation Reviews, Dec 1, Conferences & Presentations Authoritarian Consolidation and the Evolution of the Russian Parliament, paper presentation at Research Colloquium Forschungstelle Osteuropa Bremen, May 18, 2018 Bremen, Germany Authoritarian Consolidation and the Evolution of the Russian Parliament, paper presentation at Forschungskolloquium Osteuropa - LMU München, Feb 9-10, 2018 Munich, Germany Copycat Legislation and the Determinants of Illiberal Diffusion in the Post-Soviet Space: Lessons from the Kyrgyz and Kazakh Parliaments, paper presentation at 4 th Interdisciplinary Central Asia Day - Universität Hamburg, November 17 th, 2017 Hamburg, Germany Mimicking the Mad Printer: Isomorphic Diffusion in Contemporary Post-Soviet Legislation, paper presentation at Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies annual conference, November 12 th, 2017 Chicago, IL Moscow After Trump s Victory: Hopes, Fears, and A New Era, public presentation at Rockport Women s March Symposium, August 10 th, 2017 Rockport, MA Popular Perceptions and the De Facto Role of Political Parties in the Euromaidan Protests of , seminar presentation at HSE Research Seminar on Diversity and Development, June 6 th, 2017 Moscow, Russia Uncertain Elites and Loyalist Policymaking: Preliminary Findings from an Authoritarian Parliament, paper presentation at Trajectories of Change Annual Conference, April 21 st, 2017 Berlin, Germany 3

4 Building a Proper Presidential Majority: Federal and Regional Executive Preference for Russian SMD Candidates, paper presentation at British Association for Slavic and East European Studies annual conference, April 1 st, 2017 Cambridge, UK Moscow, Fall 2016: Hopes, Fears, and the Fallout of the U.S. Election, invited talk at Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, February 21 st, 2017 Washington, DC Regional Political Machines after Regime Change: Separatism, Protest Mobilization, and Quiescence in Southeastern Ukraine, paper presentation at Midwest Political Science Association annual conference, April 9 th, 2016 Chicago, IL Mimicking the Mad Printer: Isomorphism in Controversial Post-Soviet Legislation, paper presentation at Graduate Student Mid-Atlantic Conference for Eurasian Studies, April 2 nd, 2016 Washington, DC Perceptions of Parties in the Euromaidan research presentation at Workshop on Survey Research in Ukraine, January 21 st, 2015 Washington, DC Awards, Honors, & Positions Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Spring 2018 Visiting Scholar, Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) Fall 2017 Visiting Researcher, ISCID (Higher School of Economics) ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant (ASEEES) Spring 2017 Hoffman Dissertation Fellowship (IERES) Fall 2016 Bucerius Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius) Fall 2016 Duty-Free Graduate Fellowship (GWU) Spring 2016 Doctoral Student Fellow, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) William and Helen Petrach Program on Ukraine Grant (IERES) Summer 2014 Role of Political Parties in the Euromaidan Protests of , Student Investigator Elliott School Undergraduate Research Grant (GWU) Summer 2013 New Political Forces in Ukraine, Research Assistant for Dr. Robert Orttung National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Scholarship (DoD) Fall 2012 Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University Saint-Petersburg, Russia Critical Language Scholarship (US Department of State) Summer 2012 Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University Ufa, Russia Phi Beta Kappa Society Alpha Chapter April 2012 Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society April 2012 University Honors Program Honors Scholar (GWU) Board of Trustees Scholarship (GWU) University and Alumni Award (GWU) Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Award for Excellence

5 Teaching Experience Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant for Dr. Eric Kramon, Development Politics Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Harris Mylonas, Nationalism Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum, Comparative Politics of W. Europe Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Bruce Dickson, Intro to Comparative Politics Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Kimberly Morgan, Intro to Comparative Politics Fall 2013 Professional Activities and Affiliations DC Area Postcommunist Politics Social Science Workshop (PPSSW) DC-Area Comparative Workshop Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity Eta Chapter Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Affairs Council Judge for George Washington University Research Days American Political Science Association (APSA) Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) British Association for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (BASEES) Reviewer for Communist & Post-Communist Studies and International Journal of Constitutional Law Languages Russian Advanced High (official ACTFL ranking) Ukrainian Basic reading, speaking, writing, listening ability (dictionary required) German Basic reading, speaking, writing, listening ability (dictionary required) References Dr. Henry E. Hale Professor of Political Science and International Affairs 1957 E St., NW, Suite 412, Washington, DC (202) hhale@gwu.edu Dr. Peter Rollberg Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies 1957 E St., NW, Suite 412, Washington, DC (202) rgpeter@gwu.edu Dr. Michael K. Miller Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Monroe Hall 415, 2115 G St., NW, Washington, DC (202) mkm2@gwu.edu Dr. Adam Ziegfeld Temple University Assistant Professor 454 Gladfelter Hall 1115 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA (202) awz@temple.edu 5