Neil Vander Most Mailing Address: 306 S. Prairie Street, #1, Champaign, IL, 61820 Office: 316 Armory Building, 505 E. Armory Avenue, Champaign, IL, 61820 Fax: (217) 244-5712 Home: (217) 721-1284 Email: vanderm1@illinois.edu EDUCATION University of Illinois: Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL expected Ph.D in Political Science (In Progress) 2015 Current GPA: 3.82 Area of Concentration: Comparative Politics Minor: European Union Studies University of Illinois: Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL 2010 M.A. in Political Science Area of Concentration: Comparative Politics Thesis: Far Right Parties, Anti-Immigration, and Morality in the Netherlands and in Europe University of California: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2008 B.A. in Political Science Graduated Cum Laude and with College Honors DISSERTATION Title: Rethinking Integration: What We Can Learn from Social Psychology Committee: Carol Skalnik Leff (Chair), Robert D. Pahre, James H. Kuklinski, Thomas J. Rudolph Abstract: The integration of vast numbers of migrants into European countries from North Africa and the Middle East continues to be a problem for policy makers. The many differences between these immigrants and the native population can make assimilation difficult. In order to increase trust and social cohesion between citizens and migrant populations, various forms of multicultural and assimilatory policies have been enacted with mixed success. This study challenges the usefulness of the current way people think about integration ideologies, namely as a choice between assimilation and multiculturalism. I hypothesize that by thinking about integration in terms of a three by three typology, new and more effective ideologies for integration can
be entertained as policy options. In my field research, I will conduct surveys with native-born citizens in the Netherlands and Belgium to gather information about the appeal and usefulness of these new integration ideologies. This study believes that policies informed by the more moderate ideologies of interculturalism and liberalism as identity will create stronger feelings of trust towards immigrants and will be viewed as more desirable to the respondents than the current more extreme policies informed by multiculturalism and assimilation. PUBLICATIONS Vander Most, Neil. The Netherlands Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 13 th ed. 2012. Whalley, Lucy et al. 2011. CREATE: Pre-Intervention Analytical Framework. Construction Engineering Laboratory Technical Note ERDC/CERL TN-DRAFT. Champaign, IL: US Army Engineer Research and Development Center. WORK IN PROGRESS Identity Cubed: The Relationship Between European, National, and Sub-National Identities and Political Attitudes On the Relationship of Pride and Religiosity Regarding Childbirth in Europe National Identity and Identity-Based Trust in New and Traditional Countries of Immigration CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Seeing oneself and the other: How National Identity impacts Opinions on Immigration in the Netherlands and Belgium Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April) 2013
Determinants of Identity-based Trust in Ten Western European Countries Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April) 2012 Failure of multiculturalism? Rise of far-right, anti-immigration political parties in Europe Presented at the UIUC European Union Center: Summer Curriculum Workshop (June) 2011 Far Right Parties, Anti-Immigration, and Social Conservatism in the Netherlands and Europe Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April) and at the Western US Graduate Research Workshop on the European Union (May) 2010 AWARDS KU Leuven University of Illinois Faculty and Ph.D Candidate Exchange Program 08/2013-11/2013 Ferber Sudman Dissertation Award Honorable Mention 07/2013 - Attended Summer Dutch courses at the Universities of Antwerp and Amsterdam 06/2012-08/2012 - Attended Summer Dutch courses at the Universities of Groningen and Antwerp 06/2010-08/2010 - Attended the Summer Dutch Institute at the University of Indiana, Bloomington 05/2009-08/2009
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Primary Instructor University of Illinois: Urbana Champaign - Foundations of Political Science Research Assistant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Teaching Assistant University of Illinois: Urbana Champaign - Introduction to American Politics - Introduction to Comparative Politics - The [American] Presidency - Introduction to Political Theory* - Introduction to Political Science* * Listed as a teacher ranked as excellent by their students Research Assistant Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) 06/2013-08/2013 09/2011 06/2012 09/2008 Present 09/2007 12/2007 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS English native language Dutch read, write, and speak at an intermediate level Spanish read, write, and speak at an introductory level Computer literate in: Datadesk, R and SAS Programming Languages, MediaLab, Microsoft Office Package, Windows operating systems XP 7.
REFERENCES Robert Pahre. Professor: Dept. of Political Science, UIUC. (217) 333-2851, pahre@illinois.edu Carol Leff. Assoc. Professor: Dept. of Political Science, UIUC. (217) 493-9139, leffc@illinois.edu Thomas Rudolph. Professor: Dept. of Political Science, UIUC. (217) 244-2885, rudolph@illinois.edu