Jóhanna Kristín Birnir

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1 Jóhanna Kristín Center for International Development and Conflict Management University of Maryland 0145 Tydings Hall College Park MD, (301) and (716) Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow. The National Academies Research Council. National Center for the Study of Terrorism, and the Center For International Development and Conflict Management University of Maryland Spring Visiting Research Fellow. Center for International Development and Conflict Management. University of Maryland present. Assistant Professor. Department of Political Science. State University of New York at Buffalo. Education: 2001 PhD, Political Science. University of California, Los Angeles. Dissertation: Party System Stabilization in New Democracies: The Effect of Ethnic Heterogeneity on Volatility of Electoral Preferences. (Chair: Barbara Geddes) 1998 M.A., Political Science. University of California, Los Angeles B.A. Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Irvine Non degree, Courses in Spanish and History. Universidad de Guanajuato, México. 1

2 Books: 2007 Ethnicity and Electoral Politics. Cambridge University Press. (Romania case studies from chapters 4 and 6 reprinted with permission in Sfera politicii, nr , Anul XIV.) Articles in peer reviewed journals/edited volumes: 2006 Disunity in Diversity: Party System Fragmentation and the Dynamic Effect of Ethnic Heterogeneity on Latin American Legislatures. Forthcoming. (With Donna Lee Van Cott). Latin American Research Review. Vol. 42(1) Public Venture Capital and Party Institutionalization. Comparative Political Studies. 38(8): Technological Development and Political Stability: Patenting In Latin America And The Caribbean, (with David M. Waguespack and Jeff Schroeder). Research Policy. 34(10): Foreignness and the Diffusion of Ideas. (With David M. Waguespack). Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. 22(1-2): Stabilizing Party Systems and Excluding Segments of Society? The Effects of Formation Costs on Representation in Latin America. Studies in Comparative International Development. 39(3): Institutionalizing the Party System. In Henry Carey ed. Romania since 1989; Politics, Economics and Society. (Lexington books. Lanham: 2004.) Book reviews: 2005 Review of Steven Wilkinson s Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 6(20):6-11. Under review: Work in progress: Book manuscripts: Divergence in Diversity? The Dissimilar Effect of Cleavages on Electoral Politics in New Democracies. R&R at the American Journal of Political Science. "Where are the disgruntled voters? Testing the voter-parties relationship implication of the Cartel party model." Democracy At Risk? Political Competition, Electoral Institutions and Ethnic Conflict. (With Steven Saideman and David Lanoue.) 2

3 Papers/chapters: Presentations: "Party Regulation in Eastern Europe and Latin America:The effect on minority representation and propensity for conflict." In Per Nordlund and Ben Reilly eds. Political Party Development/Regulation in Conflict Prone Democracies. "Economic Policy and Relevant Ethnic Groups. (With David Waguespack) Religious Minorities and Violence (With Nil Seda Şatana.) Legislative Coalitions and Religious Minorities (With Nil Seda Şatana.) "The Paradox of Political Terrorism in Democracy and Institutional Alternatives." 2006 "Party Regulation in Eastern Europe and Latin America." Invited conference on Political Party Development in Conflict-Prone Societies. The Clingendael Institute in The Hague Organized panel: "The Power of Religion." Paper: Religious Minorities and Violence (With Nil Seda Şatana.). American Political Science Association "Where are the disgruntled voters? Testing the voter-parties relationship implication of the Cartel party model.". American Political Science Association 2006 "Economic Policy and Relevant Ethnic Groups. (With David Waguespack). Midwest Political Science Association Economic Policy and Relevant Ethnic Groups. (With David Waguespack). Latin American Studies Association Conference Invited roundtable. Recent highlights in the literature on democratization. CENTRA Washington D.C Organized panel: "Party Formation Barriers and their Effect on Ethnic Party Building and Success in New Democracies." Paper: Formation Rules in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics: The Roma. American Political Science Association The Ethnic Effect book manuscript workshop organized by the Baldy center. University at Buffalo. Commentators: David Laitin and G. Bingham Powell Disunity in Diversity: Party System Fragmentation and Ethnic Heterogeneity in Latin America. (With Donna Lee Van Cott). Latin American Studies Association Conference Intellectual Property Policy Stability. (With David Waguespack). Latin American Studies Association Conference. 3

4 2004 Testing the Party Model. Midwest Political Science Association Legislative Coalitions, Religious Minorities and Violence, with Nil Seda Satana. International Studies Association University and the World Lecture Series. University at Buffalo. The "Ethnic Effect": Ethnic Politics in New Democracies 2003 Patents and Political Stability, with David M. Waguespack. Latin American Studies Association Conference Ethnic Politics and Access. American Political Science Association The Ethnic Effect. American Political Science Association The Effect of Institutional Exclusion of Ethnic Groups. The case of Peru. Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE). Lima, Peru Structural Sources of Volatility: State Funding and Party Systems in Eastern Europe The Case of Romania. American Political Science Association The Effect of Inclusion on the Stabilization of the Andean Political Party Systems Latin American Studies Association Conference Latent Stability of Electoral Preferences through Institutional Changes: Ecuador and Representation of Indigenous Communities American Political Science Association Explaining Party Consolidation in Central Eastern Europe. Association For the Studies of Nationalities Explaining the Consolidation of Party Systems in Eastern Europe. Western Political Science Association. Recent Fellowships and Awards: National Academies Research Council. Department of Homeland Security Resident Research Associateship at the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism. University of Maryland Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Leave Program. University at Buffalo Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Grant for data work for the paper on Formation Rules in Eastern Europe: The Roma Julian Park Fund. University at Buffalo. Grant for manuscript development Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Grant for field research in Peru. 4

5 Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Grant for research assistance to complete the remaining data work for Ethnicity and Electoral Politics Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender, University at Buffalo. Grant for research assistance and course development Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Grant for research assistance to gather data about minority participation in legislative coalitions. Ethnicity and Electoral Politics Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Grant for field research in Romania. Other Professional Activities: Service: 2006 Board Member. Latin American Political Institutions Section. Latin American Studies Association. Conferences: 2006 Discussant. Ethnicity and Institutions. Midwest Political Science Association Chair. "Actors and Processes in Economic Policy Making." Latin American Studies Association Discussant. Mobilizing Conflict or Cooperation: The Impact of Political Competition Upon Ethnic Conflict. American Political Science Association Chair. Mobilizing Conflict or Cooperation: The Impact of Political Competition Upon Ethnic Conflict. American Political Science Association Discussant. The Effects of Micro-Nationalist Movements on Electoral Institutions and Party Strategies. Midwest Political Science Association Discussant. Ethnic Parties and Voters in Comparative Perspective. American Political Science Association Chair. The Romanian Studies Association Panel. American Political Science Association Discussant: Roundtable on Economic and Political Developments in Romania since 1996 American Political Science Association. Articles, book manuscripts and grant proposals reviewed: Comparative Politics, Journal of Politics, National Science Foundation, Routledge, American Political Science Review, Politics and Policy, Wadsworth Press, CQ Press, Comparative Political Studies, American Journal of Political Science. 5

6 University at Buffalo: Department of Political Science: Comparative Recruitment Committee Graduate Admissions Committee Comparative Field Examination Committee (Chair) Methods Field Examination Committee Comparative Recruitment Committee Graduate Admissions Committee Methods Field Examination Committee Comparative Field Examination Committee Methods Field Examination Committee Comparative Field Examination Committee Graduate Admissions Committee Comparative Reform Committee Comparative Reform Committee Graduate Admissions Committee Comparative Recruitment Committee Graduate Admissions Committee. College of Arts and Sciences: Graduate Grievance Committee Graduate Grievance Committee Graduate Grievance Committee Graduate Grievance Committee. Teaching and advising: Chair 2 dissertation committees (N. Şatana Co-chair with Frank Zagare, R. Davtian) 5 dissertation committees for a Political Science Graduate Students (B.Chou, A. Hasan, S. Jurek, Z. Liu, F. Lane) 8 written and oral comprehensive exam committees for Political Science Graduate Student (L. Danish, C. Kang, N. Şatana, W. Koch, Z. Liu, E. French, J.M. Lee, R. Davtian) 9 masters committees for a Political Science Graduate Student (A. Berkowitz, J. Graber, M. Guinn, N. Stachowski, S. Ali, X. Liu, N. Xie, N. Şatana, R. Davtian). Teaching advisor to 2 Political Science Graduate Students (B.J. Han, Z. Liu) General Advisor to 2 Political Science Graduate Students (T. Placito, R. Davtian) Undergraduate Honors advisor to 2 Political Science Honors Students (A. Staszak, J. Novak) Courses taught: PSC502 Introduction to Political Inquiry. (Graduate Research Methods). PSC503 Comparative Politics. (Field Survey). PSC200 Empirical Political Science. (Undergraduate Research Methods). PSC100 Enduring Issues in Political Science. (Undergraduate, Comparative Survey). 6

7 PSC670 Independent Study on topics (Modernization and economic Development Z. Liu; Game theory T. Placito) Field Research Experience: Spring 2001 August 2000, March 1999 July-September 1998 January-June 1997 and July-September 1996 Bolivia and Peru. International Foundation for Election Systems, Washington D.C. Ecuador and Chile. Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. Languages (in order of fluency): Icelandic, English, Spanish, Romanian, Swedish. References: Barbara Geddes 3373 Bunche Hall University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA John B. Londregan Bendheim 217 Princeton University Princeton, NJ G. Bingham Powell Jr. Harkness Hall 313 University of Rochester Rochester, NY