1 Carla B. Abdo-Katsipis Bates College Lewiston, ME Department of Politics Email: cabdokat@bates.edu Phone: 301-979-1519 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Bates College Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Politics Lewiston, ME Present Brandeis University 2016-2017 Visiting Research Scholar Crown Center for Middle East Studies Waltham, MA EDUCATION University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 2010-2016 Doctorate in Government and Politics Emphasis in Comparative Politics and Research Methodology Dissertation: The Demobilized Body: Transgressions of Personal Space and Political Participation Dissertation Summary: Developed and designed own poll pertaining to American presidential elections; poll was executed across 1,268 persons. Compared this data to datasets examining Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen. Conducted elite interviews in Lebanon and the United States University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 2010-2013 Master of Arts in Government and Politics Emphasis in Comparative Politics and Political Methodology American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 2008-2010 Master of Arts in Political Studies Emphasis in Comparative Politics Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon 2003-2007 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/International Affairs Emphasis in Consular and Diplomatic Service
2 PUBLICATIONS Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (). Book Review: New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe. Journal of North African Studies. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387..1465509 Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (). Personal Security and Electoral Demobilization: A Comparative Analysis. Digest of Middle East Studies. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dome.12130 Abdo-Katsipis, C. B. (2017). Women, Political Participation, and the Arab Spring: Political Awareness and Participation in Democratizing Tunisia. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, (38)4: 419-429 Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (August 2017). Islamists in Power and Women s Rights: The Case of Tunisia. Middle East Brief, No. 112, Crown Center for Middle East Studies: Brandeis University. Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (2017). Party Politics and Domestic Violence Laws in Tunisia and Morocco. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy: Rice University. Access: http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2017/02/party-politics-and-domestic-violence-laws-in-tunisiaand-morocco/ Abdo, C.B. (2016). The Future of Female Mobilization in Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen after the Arab Spring. Project on Middle East Political Science: George Washington University. Access: https://pomeps.org/2016/04/13/the-future-of-female-mobilization-in-lebanon-moroccoand-yemen-after-the-arab-spring/ WORKS IN PROGRESS Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (In Progress). The Rise of Human Trafficking Among Syrian Refugees. Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (In Progress). The Legal Limbo of Survivors of Sex-Trafficking: The Syrian-Lebanese Context Abdo-Katsipis, C.B. (In Progress). The Utility of Gender Quotas: The case of Iraq
3 GRANTS AND AWARDS Faculty Development Fund, Department of Politics, Bates College 2017 Crown Center for Middle East Studies Travel Grant, Brandeis University 2016 Department of Government and Politics Travel Grant, UMD 2016 Dean s Research Initiative Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, UMD 2015 GVPT Women s Group Research Grant, UMD 2015 Graduate Writing Fellowship, UMD 2015 Full Assistantship at Minor in Law and Society Program, UMD 2015 Research grant by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, UMD 2014 Department of Government and Politics Travel Grant, UMD 2013 Full Assistantship at the Department of Government and Politics, UMD 2010 Full Assistantship at the American University of Beirut, AUB 2008 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics Global Environmental Politics Short Term GS/PT 302: Gender, Sexuality and Conflict Present PLTC 218: Statistics for Political Analysis Present PLTC 205: State Society Relations in the Modern Middle East Fall PLTC 260: Nationalism and Nation Building Fall University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Graduate Assistant at the Minor for Law & Society Program 2015-2016 Supervisor for the Anti-Human Trafficking Internship Program at MLAW Instructor for GVPT 306: Global Environmental Politics 2015 Teaching Assistant, (Department of Government and Politics) (Facilitated classroom discussions, graded assignments, exams, and term papers) Courses: GVPT 419B: Advanced Environmental Policy 2014 GVPT 273: Introduction to Environmental Politics 2014 GVPT 354: Peace-building, Post-Conflict Reconstruction & International Development 2013 GVPT 360: International Negotiations 2013 GVPT 100: Scope and Methods for Political Science Research 2010; 2012
4 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor at Bates College Traveled to Jordan and conducted interviews with members of the Jordanian sextrafficking police unit, NGOs that deal with Syrian refugees, supervisors of female refugees in an assistance center, the supervising members of the human rights bureau at the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to write a comparative chapter in book manuscript The Legal Limbo of Survivors of Sex Trafficking: The Syrian-Lebanese Context Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Women s Studies in the Arab World 2017 at the Lebanese American University of Beirut Conduct interviews with members of a sex-trafficking ring released from prison, members of General and Internal Security Forces, lawyers, judges, investigative journalists, and Non-Governmental Organizations to collect data for book manuscript The Legal Limbo of Survivors of Sex Trafficking: The Syrian- Lebanese Context Visiting Research Scholar at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies 2016-2017 at Brandeis University Develop policy brief Islamists in Power and Women s Rights: The Case of Tunisia Gather archival data and develop book manuscript The Legal Limbo of Survivors of Sex Trafficking: The Syrian-Lebanese Context Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD Translated Rio+20 speeches from Arabic to English for 2013 Dr. Jennifer Hadden Developed a dataset on interstate wars, civil wars, and 2012-2011 territorial disputes with Dr. Paul Huth Performed content analysis on American presidential speeches for 2011 Dr. Sarah Croco SKILLS Survey Design and quantitative data analysis. Competent and familiar with all standard computer applications and statistical software, including STATA, SPSS, and R. Ethnographic methods for fieldwork research. LANGUAGES English (Native/Bi-lingual fluency), Arabic (Native/Bi-lingual fluency), and French (proficient).
5 PRESENTATIONS Presenting manuscript Sex-Trafficking in Jordan and Lebanon: The Uncertain Status of Syrian Refugees at the annual American Political Science Association Conference as organized by APSA, Boston, MA Presenting manuscript The Rise of Human Trafficking Among Syrian Refugees at the annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference as organized by MPSA, Chicago, IL Discussant for the Gender in the Middle East panel at the annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference as organized by MPSA, Chicago, IL Discussant for the Islamist Party Politics panel at the annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference as organized by MPSA, Chicago, IL Panelist for Roundtable Nationalism and Social Movements at Bates College Panelist for Roundtable The #metoo campaign: A comparative analysis at Bates College Presented Women in Conflict in the Contemporary Middle East at the Gonsen Lecture Series as organized by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA 2017 Presented manuscript Secularists, Islamists, and the State in post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia at the annual Southwest Annual Political Science Association Conference as organized by SWPSA in Austin, TX 2017 Chaired the Foundations of Democracy panel at the annual Southwest Annual Political Science Association Conference as organized by SWPSA in Austin, TX 2017 Presented Human Trafficking of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and Turkey at the event Understanding Syria: A Teach-In at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2017 Presented manuscript Personal Space and Electoral Demobilization in Lebanon and Morocco at the MENA at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2016 Presented manuscript Bodily Transgressions, Interpersonal Relationships, and Political Participation in the United States at the annual Midwest Political Science Association
6 Conference as organized by MPSA, Chicago, IL 2016 Presented article The Future of Female Mobilization in Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen after the Arab Spring, at the Women and Gender Politics Workshop hosted by the Project for Middle East Political Science at George Washington University, Washington D.C. 2016 Presented manuscript Personal Space and Electoral Demobilization in Lebanon and Morocco at the International Conference on Women s Political Participation and Leadership in the Developing World hosted by Rice University and New York University at New York University, Abu Dhabi. 2016 Presented poster Personal Space and Political Pace: Female Voting and Public Policy in Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen at the Annual Political Science Association, Washington D.C. 2014 Presented manuscript Women, Political Participation, and the Arab Spring: Political Awareness and Participation in Democratizing Tunisia at the annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference as organized by MPSA, Chicago, IL 2013 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Midwest Political Science Organization American Political Science Organization Northeast Middle East Scholars Working Group Middle East Studies Association 2013-Present 2014-Present 2017-Present Present PEER REVIEWER FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS Third World Quarterly European Political Science Review Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy