Lillian C. Frost Department of Political Science lfrost@gwu.edu 2115 G Street, N.W. +001 757 207 3743 Monroe Hall 440 +962 079 299 3213 Washington, D.C. 20052 http://lillianfrost.weebly.com/ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Harvard University, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, 2018 19 Maastricht University, Junior Visiting Fellow Centre for Citizenship, Migration, and Development, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Spring 2018 EDUCATION George Washington University Ph.D. Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Political Science, July 2019 (Expected) Dissertation: Beyond Citizenship: Protracted Refugees and the State Committee: Nathan Brown (Chair), Marc Lynch, Harris Mylonas, and Henry Hale M.A. Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Political Science, 2016 Comparative Politics Major, Quantitative Methods Minor University of Virginia M.P.P. Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy Public Policy, 2012 Capstone: Evaluating ANERA s Work in Ein el-helweh Refugee Camp B.A. College of Arts and Sciences Political and Social Thought Major and Foreign Affairs Major, 2011 Awarded with High Distinction Thesis: How Al-Jazeera Arabic Influences Jordanian Attitudes and Identities? Thesis Advisors: William Quandt, Daniel Lefkowitz, and Michael Joseph Smith
ACADEMIC WRITING, INTERESTS, AND PRESENTATIONS Publications Frost, Lillian and Musa Shteiwi. Syrian Refugees and Citizenship. In The Middle East in Transition: The Centrality of Citizenship, edited by Roel Meijer and Nils Butenschøn. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018. Frost, Lillian. Tipping Points for U.S. Involvement in Arab National Uprisings. Virginia Policy Review Spring Ed. (2012): 24 31. Frost, Lillian. How Does Al-Jazeera Arabic Influence Jordanian Political Attitudes and Identities? The Wilson Journal of International Affairs Spring Ed. (2012): 15 29. Working Papers Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women s Nationality Law Reform. Protracted Refugees and the State: Unpacking the Concept of Noncitizenship. Barriers to Entry: How Protracted Refugees Impact Host State Citizenship Still Guests? Assessing Jordan s Citizenship Policies to 1967 Displaced Palestinian Refugees. Research Interests Comparative citizenship, forced migration, nationalism, identity, gender, Middle East politics Conference Presentations 2018: Beyond Citizenship: The Impact of Non-Citizens on State-Society Relations, Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, November. Conceptualizing Citizenship, Noncitizenship, and Rights Regimes, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Dissertation Workshop, August. Barriers to Entry: How Protracted Refugees Impact Host State Citizenship, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August. Beyond Citizenship: Explaining Jordan s Relations with Syrian Refugees, French Institute for the Middle East in Amman, Forced Migration and Social Integration in Jordan and the Middle East Conference, April. 2017: Unequal Citizens: A Global Assessment of Gender-Discriminating Nationality Laws, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August. 2016: Redefining Co-Nationals: Variations in Jordan s Citizenship Policies since 1950, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April. Unequal Citizens: Variations in States Citizenship Policies toward Women, Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Meeting, April. Page 2
2015: Redefining Jordanians: Variations in Jordan s Citizenship Policies toward Palestinians over Time, Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Meeting, April. 2011: How Does Al-Jazeera Arabic Influence Jordanian Political Attitudes and Identities? Association for the Study of the Middle East Annual Meeting, November. How Does Al-Jazeera Arabic Influence Jordanian Political Attitudes and Identities? Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting, March. Workshop Presentations 2018: Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women s Nationality Law Reform, George Washington University Political Science Dept., Comparative Politics Workshop, October. Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women s Nationality Law Reform, Harvard Department of Government, MENA Politics Workshop, September. Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women s Nationality Law Reform, United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Migration Seminar Series, April. Unequal Citizens: State Resistance to Women s Nationality Law Reform, Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, MiLifeStatus Seminar Series, April. Unequal Citizens: A Global Assessment of Gender-Discriminating Nationality Laws, University of Pennsylvania Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism Graduate Workshop Series, February. Unequal Citizens: The Persistence of Gender-Discrimination in Nationality Laws, College of William and Mary Government Department Colloquium, February. 2017: Malleable Rights: Deciphering Divergences between Formal and Informal Policies toward Protracted Refugees, American Center of Oriental Research in Amman Research Fellow Talks, December. Still Guests? Examining How Host States Determine Citizenship Policies toward Protracted Refugees, Fulbright Researcher Enrichment Seminar in Rabat, March. 2015: Redefining Co-Nationals: Variations in Jordan s Citizenship Policies over Time, GWU Institute for Middle East Studies Ph.D. Workshop, November. Redefining Jordanians: Variations in Jordan s Citizenship Policies toward Palestinians over Time, GWU Institute for Middle East Studies Ph.D. Workshop, March. Page 3
Guest Lectures 2018: Refugees and Citizenship in Jordan, Government and Politics of the Middle East Political Science Course POLS 7376, Professor Denis Sullivan, November. Nationalism and Self Determination Movements, Nationalism Political Science Course 2338.10, Professor Harris Mylonas, June. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS For Writing Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2018 2019 Maastricht Univ. Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Dev., Visiting Fellowship, Spring 2018 For Research Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 2016 2017 CAORC-ACOR Fellowship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Fall 2017 Institute for Middle East Studies Research Grant, George Washington Univ., Fall 2017 Political Science Department Research Grant, George Washington Univ., Fall 2017 Institute for Middle East Studies Research Grant, George Washington Univ., January 2016 Stephanie Jean-Charles Research Grant, Batten School of Leadership & Pub Pol, Jan. 2012 Ingrassia Family Echols Scholars Research Award, Echols Scholars Program, January 2011 For Study Graduate Assistantship Award, George Washington University, 2013 Present Graduate Academic Fellowship, Batten School of Leadership & Pub Pol, 2011 2012 Murphy Fund for International Study, UVa College of Arts & Sciences, Summer 2009 Fary Memorial Scholarship, Fary Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2007 2011 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, U.S. Department of Education, 2007 2011 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Teaching and Research Assistantships Research Assistant, Dr. Nathan Jensen, U.S. Firm Incentives and Job Creation, 2014 2015 Teaching Assistant, Dr. Marc Lynch, The Middle East in International Affairs, Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant, Dr. Kimberly Morgan, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fall 2013 Professional and Methods Training Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, June 2015 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research, May 2015 Nonlinear Regression Models Course, Spring 2015 Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Course, Fall 2014 Linear Regression Course, Spring 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant Certification Course, Fall 2013 Page 4
Foreign Languages Arabic: Near native proficiency in reading and speaking as well as advanced proficiency in writing Modern Standard Arabic; advanced proficiency speaking Jordanian dialect. Proficiencies based on travel, research, work, and six years of study. French: Advanced proficiency in reading, as well as intermediate proficiency in speaking and writing, French through seven years of prior coursework. Academic Service Fulbright Co-Organizer, Nina Brekelmans Running Camp and Race for Girls, Fall 2016 Present Panel Organizer, Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 2018 Conference Assistant, EGAP Metaketa Evidence Summit, June 2017 Discussant/Panel Organizer, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Aug. 2017 Member, GWU Political Science Graduate Student Caucus, August 2015 May 2016 Discussant, GWU Comparative Politics Workshop, December 2015 Discussant, Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Meeting, April 2015 Mentor, GWU Political Science Mentoring Program, August 2014 June 2016 Coordinator, GWU Middle East Political Science Workshops, August 2014 June 2016 HONORS GWU Duty-Free Semesters, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018 Awarded full funding without research/teaching assistant duties for strong performance. Raven Society, March 2010 Present Accepted into UVa s oldest honor society; served as Batten School Chair in 2011 2012. Press-Featured M.P.P. Graduate, May 2012 Selected as the featured Batten School graduate for the graduate profiles in UVa Today; http://news.virginia.edu/content/class-2012-batten-graduate-finds-dividends-middle-eastfocus. UVa Echols Scholar, June 2008 May 2011 Selected for being in top 8.5% of first-year students in the College of Arts & Sciences. UVa Humanities Research Award, April 2011 Presented my undergraduate thesis and won the top prize in the humanities category. UVa Lawn Resident, August 2010 May 2011 Elected to live on UVa s historic lawn one of the highest honors awarded to students. Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, Spring 2011 Invited at UVa to join the nation s oldest academic honor society. Page 5
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Adam Smith International, Middle East & North Africa, Consultant, Aug. 2017 March 2018 During university breaks, reviewed policy papers on economic issues in Jordan. World Bank, Social Protection/Labor Global Practice, Consultant, July 2013 March 2017 During university breaks, wrote and reviewed reports and project documents on social assistance in the Middle East; worked on teams focusing on Iraq, Kuwait, and Oman. World Bank, Human Development, MENA, Consultant, Aug. 2012 June 2013 Organized and reviewed research and reports in English and Arabic on social protection in the Middle East; participated in work missions to Jerusalem and Kuwait City. Just World Books, Publishing Assistant, Fall 2010 Summer 2013 Acted as a resource on Arabic language and culture, revised manuscripts, edited web content, and assisted with marketing campaigns by organizing events and writing articles. Dr. R.K. Ramazani, Publishing Associate, Aug. 2011 Aug. 2013 Organized, edited, formatted, and helped prepare Dr. Ramazani s last book Independence without Freedom: Iran s Foreign Policy for publication, across every phase of publication. American Near East Refugee Aid, Graduate Student Consultant, Nov. 2011 May 2012 Researched and wrote a policy analysis on improving an urban-agriculture project in Ein el-helweh Palestinian refugee camp based on fieldwork in Lebanon and cost-benefit analyses. REFERENCES Nathan Brown Professor, The George Washington University nbrown@gwu.edu Marc Lynch Professor, The George Washington University mlynch@gwu.edu Harris Mylonas Associate Professor, The George Washington University mylonas@gwu.edu Henry Hale Professor, The George Washington University hhale@gwu.edu Page 6