Nicholas R. Micinski Curriculum Vitae 365 Fifth Ave, Suite 5203 New York, NY 10016 231-383-0215 nmicinski@gradcenter.cuny.edu nickmicinski@gmail.com www.nickmicinski.com EDUCATION 2018 (expected) Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York Political Science (Concentrations: International Relations, Comparative Politics) Advisor: Thomas G. Weiss; Committee: John Torpey and Zachary Shirkey Dissertation Title: Coordination, Collaboration and Delegation in EU Migration Management 2017 M.Phil., The Graduate Center, City University of New York Political Science 2016 M.A., The Graduate Center, City University of New York Political Science 2014 American School in Tangier Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. State Department Summer Arabic Language Program 2004-2008 B.A., Michigan State University International Relations, Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy Phi Beta Kappa 2006 American University in Cairo Intensive Arabic Language Training RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015-present Research Associate at European Union Studies Center, New York 2013-present Project Coordinator at the Project on Peacebuilding, Prijedor, Bosnia 2017-2018 Writing Across the Curriculum Fellow, Lehman College, New York 2014-2018 Managing Editor at Routledge Global Institutions (book series), New York 2014-2018 Research & Editorial Associate at Ralph Bunche Institute, New York 2010-2013 Communications & Policy Officer at Migrants Organise, London 2008-2010 Research Coordinator at UnLtd- The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, London 1
PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 2018 Refugee Policy as Foreign Policy: Iraqi and Afghan Refugee Resettlements to the United States, Refugee Studies Quarterly 37, no. 3 (2018). 2018 Are You A Terrorist? Comparing Security Screening for Iraqi Asylum Seekers in the United States and Sweden, International Migration (2018): 1-17. 2017 "The Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951-2001," VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 28, no. 3 (2017): 1301-1325. 2016 NGO Frequent Flyers: Youth Organisations and the Undermining of Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Journal of Peacebuilding & Development 11, no. 1 (2016): 99-104. Book Chapters 2018 Global Migration Governance: Beyond Coordination and Crises, in The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence, 2017 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2018). With Thomas G. Weiss. 2018 Dual Citizenship and Youth Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe: Beyond Ethnicity, eds. Tamara Pavasovic Trost and Danilo Mandic (London: Routledge, 2018). With Jasmin Hasić. 2012 Celebrating Miss Muslim Pageants and Opposing Rock Concerts: Contrasting the Religious Authority and Leadership of Two Muslim Women in Kazan, Women, Leadership and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority, eds. Masooda Bano and Hilary Kalmbach (London: Brill, 2012). Policy Briefs & Reports 2016 International Organization for Migration and the UN System: A Missed Opportunity, Future United Nations Development System Briefing 42, September 2016. With Thomas G. Weiss. 2016 The European Migrant Crisis: Can Development Agencies Do Better? Future United Nations Development System Briefing 37, January 2016. With Thomas G. Weiss. Public Commentary The Global Compact On Migration Is Not About Sovereignty, Huffington Post, 12/2017 The Unraveling of Asylum, World Policy Institute, 2/2016 More Security Databases Won t Make Us Safer, Huffington Post, 11/2015 The EU Needs a Migration Human Rights Watchdog, World Policy Institute, 9/2015 Seven key proposals to ease the Syrian refugee crisis, The New Internationalist, 9/2015 Bosnia: small victories in a place on the edge, The New Internationalist, 6/2013 Cherry pickers, Blue Cards and the U.S. Congress, Detroit News, 8/2013 Systemic Failures Leave Children Destitute, Huffington Post, 2/2013 Please UKBA, Can We Have Some More, Huffington Post, 12/2012 Three Better Ideas for ESOL, Huffington Post, 10/2012 2
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2018-2019 Ralph Bunche Dissertation Fellowship 2014-2019 National Endowment for Democracy 2014-2017 Provost s Office University Fellowship 2016 Doctoral Student Research Grant 2016 Early Research Initiative Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship 2014-2016 Advanced Research Collaborative Student Fellow 2013-2018 Graduate Center Fellowship 2015 CLS Alumni Development Grant 2014 Critical Language Scholarship 2014 Dr. Louis Rabineau Memorial Award 2013 Humanity in Action Alumni Grant 2010 Humanity in Action Fellowship INVITED LECTURES & ROUNDTABLES 2018 Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis in an Uncertain World: A Roadmap for Action, Expert panelist at National Model United Nations Conference 2018, 3/21/2018. 2017 Confronting Islamophobia in Our Communities, Guest speaker at Humanity in Action Fellowship in Detroit, 7/27/2017. 2016 "The Mediterranean Dimension of the Refugee Crisis: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation," Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to USA, 9/16/2016. 2016 "The Next Secretary-General of the United Nations," UN System Design Solution Retreat at Yale University, 4/28/2016. 2016 "The Current State of the Refugee 'Crisis' in Europe," Center for Worker Education, City College of New York, 4/9/2016. CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS (SELECTED) 2018 Diaspora Organizations and Citizenship Rights, workshop for edited volume on Diaspora Organizations in International, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 9/2018. 2018 Delegating EU Migration Governance to International Organizations, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 8/2018. 2018 Political Cartoons and the EU 'Refugee Crisis' 2015-2017, workshop on Narrating International Relations: Exploring Narrative as Concept and Method, University of Hamburg, Germany, 8/2018. 2018 Refugee Expulsion as Foreign Policy: The Politics of Hospitality, Threats, and Bad Neighbors, International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 4/2018. 2018 "Coordination, Collaboration, and Failure in EU Migration Management," Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, 3/2018. 3
2018 Civil Society and European Union Migration Management, Civil Society Workshop, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, New York, NY, 4/2017. 2018 Delegating Responsibility: The Outsourcing of Migration Governance in the EU to International Organizations, Comparative Politics Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 4/2017. 2017 Migration Management in the EU: Competition and Cooperation between Regional and Global Governance, Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention, Columbia University, New York, NY, 5/2017. 2017 Refugee Policy as Foreign Policy: Comparing Iraqi and Afghan Refugee Resettlements to the United States, Comparative Politics Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 3/2017. 2017 The Politics of Neighbors: Comparing Iraqi and Afghan Refugee Resettlements to the United States, International Studies Association, Baltimore, MD, 2/2017. *Received the Joseph Murphy Award for best conference paper in 2017 2016 Financing the European Border: Understanding How EU Funding Impacts Asylum, Migration With(out) Boundaries conference at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 10/2016. 2016 Migrants, Human Rights And Democracy, Summer School on Exiled lives, University of Palermo, 6/2016. 2016 The Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951-2003, International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, 3/2016. 2015 Are You A Terrorist? Comparing strategies for screening for suspected terrorists during refugee status determination in the U.S. and Sweden, Comparative Politics Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 11/2015. 2015 Are You A Terrorist? Comparing strategies for screening for suspected terrorists during refugee status determination in the U.S. and Sweden, International Studies Association West, Pasadena, CA, 9/2015. 2015 NGO Frequent Flyers: Youth Organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Transatlantic Summer Workshop,, and Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, 8/2015. 2014 Youth Organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Safe Spaces or Covert Agendas? Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention, Columbia University, 4/2014. 2013 Creative Commons: Engaging Youth through Art to Come to Terms with the Past in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Conference on Historical Justice and Memory: Questions of Rights and Accountability in Contemporary Society at Columbia University, 11/2013. 2012 Online Learning, Offline Inequalities: The Obstacles and Lessons of Teach Digital Activism with Migrants in London, Conference on Digital Crossroads: Media, 4
Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective organized at Utrecht University, 6/2012. 2009 Celebrating Miss Muslim Pageants and Opposing Immoral Rock Concerts: Contrasting the Religious Authority and Leadership of Two Muslim Women in Kazan, Conference on Women, Leadership and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority organized at University of Oxford, 10/2009. TEACHING CUNY Graduate Student Teaching Award (2018) Baruch College Introduction to Comparative Politics, Instructor (Spring 2017) Introduction to American Government, Instructor (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016) Project on Peacebuilding, Prijedor, Bosnia (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH Introduction to International Relations Introduction to Comparative Politics Introduction to American Government United Nations and Peacebuilding The Politics of Immigration in Europe Democracy & Post-Conflict Politics in Bosnia and Hertzegovina Refugees in Global Politics SERVICE Departmental Service Alumni Committee, 2017-19 Admissions Committee, 2016, 2017 Comparative Politics Workshop Organizing Committee, 2014-2017 Referee Global Society, New Diversities PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Western Political Science Association, 2017 American Political Science Association, 2016 Academic Council on the United Nations System, 2015 International Studies Association, 2015 Association for the Study of Nationalities, 2014 Phi Beta Kappa, 2008 Sigma Iota Rho, 2008 Phi Beta Delta, 2007 5
REFERENCES Prof. Thomas G. Weiss Presidential Professor of Political Science 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203 New York, NY. 10016 tweiss@gc.cuny.edu Prof. John Torpey Professor of Sociology and History Director, Ralph Bunche Institute 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203 New York, NY. 10016 jtorpey@gc.cuny.edu Dr. Patrizia Nobbe Associate Director, EU Studies Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203 New York, NY. 10016 pnobbe@gc.cuny.edu Prof. David Jones* Professor of Political Science Department Chair Baruch College One Bernard Baruch Way New York, NY 10010 david.jones@baruch.cuny.edu *Teaching Reference 6