Department of Political Science Office phone: (604) 822-4359 University of British Columbia Fax: (604) 822-5540 1866 Main Mall, Buchanan C425 antje.ellermann@ubc.ca Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada http://antjeellermann.wordpress.com ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Professor University of British Columbia 2012-present Assistant Professor 2005-12 University of British Columbia EDUCATION Ph.D. in Political Science & Social Policy (2005), Brandeis University Dissertation: "Contested Sovereignty: State Capacity and the Comparative Politics of Deportation Committee: George Ross, Jytte Klausen, Steven Teles, Jeffrey Prottas M.A. in Political Science (2002), Brandeis University Diploma in Social Work (1997), University of Bath B.Sc. in Sociology and Social Work, First Class Honours (1997), University of Bath AWARDS 2016 Best Paper Award (with Agustín Goenaga), Organized Section for Migration and Citizenship, American Political Science Association 2015 2014 Teaching Evaluations placed in top 10% of instructors within UBC Faculty of Arts 2014 Best Article Award, Organized Section for Migration and Citizenship, American Political Science Association 2006 Early Career Scholar, UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies 2005 Nominee, Gabriel Almond Prize for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association
PUBLICATIONS Books 2009. States Against Migrants: Deportation in Germany and the United States. New York: Cambridge University Press. Peer-reviewed articles and chapters 2015. Do Policy Legacies Matter? Past and Present Guest Worker Recruitment in Germany." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(8), 1235-1253. 2014. The Rule of Law and the Right to Stay: The Moral Claims of Undocumented Migrants, Politics & Society, 42(3), 293-308. 2013. When Can Liberal States Avoid Unwanted Immigration? Self-Limited Sovereignty and Guestworker Recruitment in Switzerland and Germany," World Politics, 65(3), 491-538. 2012. (With Matthew Gravelle & Catherine Dauvergne) Studying Migration Governance from the Bottom-Up. In: The Social, Political, and Historical Contours of Deportation. Bridget Anderson, Matthew Gibney & Emanuela Paoletti (eds.). New York: Springer. 2010. Undocumented Migrants and Resistance in the Liberal State, Politics & Society, 38(3), 408-429. 2008. The Limits of Unilateral Migration Control: Deportation and Interstate Cooperation, Government and Opposition, 43(2), 168-189. 2006. Street-level Democracy? How Immigration Bureaucrats Manage Public Opposition," West European Politics, 29(2), 287-303. Reprinted in Immigration Policy in Europe: The Politics of Control. 2007. Virginie Guiraudon and Gallya Lahav (eds.). New York: Routledge, 93-109. 2005. Coercive Capacity and the Politics of Implementation: Deportation in Germany and the United States, Comparative Political Studies, 38(10), 1219-1244. Book reviews The Political Economy of Managed Migration: Nonstate Actors, Europeanization, and the Politics of Designing Migration Policies, Georg Menz. 2010. Comparative Political Studies, 43, 156-160. Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany, Triadafilos Triadafilospoulos. Forthcoming. Canadian Journal of Political Science. Commentary Fairness Lost in Immigration Reform." The Vancouver Sun, January 24, 2013. 2
WORK IN PROGRESS Book manuscript The Comparative Politics of Immigration Policy: Policy Choices in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland (60% completed). Under contract with Cambridge University Press. Working papers Race, Gender, Class, Disability, and the Ethics of Immigrant Selection (with Agustín Goenaga) (Winner of the Best Paper Award of the Organized Section for Migration and Citizenship, American Political Science Association) GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS External Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2014-2016), Partnership Development Grant (Co-Applicant) (CAN $191,092) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2013-17) Insight Grant (CAN$194,748) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2010) Research Visit Grant (CAN$5,700) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2008-13) Standard Research Grant (CAN$94,649) Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, John Holmes Fund (2005) Policy development and research grant (CAN$50,000) Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellow (2001-02) International Migration Program (US$18,000) Marie Curie Fellow (2001) EU Programme for Research and Technological Development Dissertation research grant at Sussex Centre for Migration Research, UK (declined) University of British Columbia Martha Piper Research Fund (CAN$25,000) (with Catherine Dauvergne, Faculty of Law) (2007-08) Early Career Scholar Award, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (2006-07) Brandeis University Dissertation Year Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2003-04) University Prize Instructorship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2003) Graduate Fellowship, Center for German and European Studies (1999-2001, 2002-03) 3
Sachar Grant for pre-dissertation summer research, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1999) Graduate Fellowship, Heller School for Social Policy and Management (1997-99) SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Council for European Studies, 2012, 2002 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, 2011, 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research, 2009 Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, 2004 Biennial Meeting of the European Union Studies Association, 2009, 2003 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003 SELECT INVITATIONS TO SPECIALIZED CONFERENCES AND INVITED TALKS University of Osnabrück (accepted), Lund University (accepted), Sussex Centre for Migration Research (2015), UCLA (2014), Politics & Society (2012), UCSD (2010), Humboldt University (2010), Oxford University (2009, 2007), University of Victoria (2008, 2005), Boston College (2004), Social Science Research Council (2004) RESEARCH POSITIONS Research Associate, Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia (2005) Principal investigator on project examining crossborder cooperation between Canada and the U.S. on immigration controls. Funded by the John Holmes Fund of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Consultant, Pew Charitable Trust (2002) Authored report Immigrant Integration in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands: the Role of Religion in Social Service Provision and Education, commissioned by PI Peter Skerry, Claremont McKenna College. Archival Assistant, Robert D. Farber Archive, Brandeis University (1998) Created inventory of documents of U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform (1990-97) and Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy (1979-81). Research Assistant, Center on Women and Aging, Brandeis University (1997-98) Helped design coding scale and coded data for national study on women s financial planning for retirement. Research Assistant, Center for Human Resources, Brandeis University (1997-98) Helped design survey for Boston-based project on the experiences of single mothers leaving welfare. 4
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION Courses The State in Comparative Perspective (graduate seminar) Honours Thesis Seminar Gender and Public Policy The Comparative Politics of Immigration (with Community Based Experiential Learning placements) Introduction to Comparative Politics Supervision Ph.D. supervision In progress: Sandra Schinnerl (co-supervisor), Conrad King, Salta Zumathova Completed: Stewart Prest (co-supervisor) Ph.D. dissertation committee membership In progress: Serban Dragulin, Camille Desmares, Daniel Westlake Completed: Grace Lore, Agustin Goenaga Orrego, Jan Boesten, Konrad Kalicki, Charles Breton, Erin Penner, John Ferguson (Law), Joe Sulmona (Geography) M.A. supervision In progress: Anthony Ellis Completed: Miaofeng Zhang, Tania Sawicki Mead, Forrest Barnum, Margery Pazdor, Lisa Stark Honours theses supervision Completed: Delphine Ho Thanh, Klaudia Wegschaider, Zachary Swannell, Aman Mann, Justin Shoemaker, Madeleine Lyons EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Politics & Society (2014-present) (2012-present) SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES American Political Science Association Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship Best Article Award Committee, chair (2015) Executive Council, member (2012-2014) 5
Newsletter Editor (2012-2014) Panel organizer, APSA 2013, APSA 2015 External examiner, Simon Fraser University (2013) Peer Reviewing: Cambridge University Press, Toronto University Press, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Politics & Society, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Foreign Policy, Canadian Foreign Policy, Citizenship Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration Review, International Migration, Migration Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Journal of Population Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Swiss National Science Foundation Discussant: Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, 2009 Annual Meeting of the European Consortium of Political Research, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, 2009 Biennial Meeting of the European Union Studies Association, 2009 SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY Honours advisor (2013-2014) Asian Public Policy Hiring Committee, co-chair (2013-2014) Organizer and presenter, faculty retreat on Gender and the Profession (2013) University examiner (2014, 2012) Executive Committee, elected member (2015-2016, 2012-13, 2008-09) Graduate Program Committee, member (2014-15, 2012-13) Comparative Politics Field Chair (2010-13) Ad Hoc Governance and Workload Committee, member (2012) President s Advisory Committee on the Selection of a Head, elected member (2015-2016, 2011-12) Graduate Admission Committee, member (2011-12, 2006-07) U.S. Politics Hiring Committee, member (2010-11) Awards Committee, member (2014-15, 2010-11) Canadian Politics Hiring Committee, member (2008-09) Dean of Arts, Ad Hoc Committee on Criteria for Evaluation of Political Science Departments, member (2007) Steering Committee, Institute for European Studies, member (2006-07) Equity Committee, member (2015-2016, 2013-2014, 2006-2007) PROFESSIONAL AND VISITING AFFILIATIONS Visiting Scholar, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (2016-2017) Visiting Scholar, Berlin Graduate School of the Social Sciences, Humboldt University (2009-2010) Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia (2006-present) American Political Science Association, Member (2005-present) Faculty Associate, Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia (2005-present) 6
Visiting Scholar, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (2001) 7