R U S A K O V S K A Y A U L I T S A, 2 9, A P T. 6 5, M O S C O W, R U S S I A, 1 0 7 1 1 3 P H O N E + 7 ( 9 8 5 ) - 8 2 9-7 5 6 6 E - M A I L I M 2 2 1 9 @ C O L U M B I A. E D U W E B S I T E : I S R A E L M A R Q U E S. C O M EDUCATION Ph.D Columbia University (February 2016) I S R A E L M A R Q U E S Dissertation: Political Institutions and Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-communist World Committee: Timothy Frye (Chair/Advisor), Isabela Mares (Sponsor), Andrew Nathan, Thomas Remington, Jack Snyder Fields: Comparative Politics, Methods M.A. and M.Phil, Columbia University Political Science Department, (Oct. 2008, Oct. 2010) B.A Cum Laude, Dartmouth College (June 2007) Majors: Government (International Relations) and History Modified ACADEMIC POSITIONS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia (October 2015 Ongoing) Topic: Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State Research Fellow, International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia (May 2011 Sept 2015) PUBLICATIONS Substituting Growth for Money: Intergovernmental Transfers and Electoral Support in the Russian Federation, 2000 2008 (with E. Narullaeva and A. Yakovlev). Forthcoming at Economics and Politics ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW Russian Federation, Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 46. (with A. Govorun and W. Pyle) revise and resubmit Business and Politics The Reform Of Skill Formation In Russia: Regional Responses, Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 19/PS/2014 (with T. Remington) under review Socio-Economic Review CURRENT PROJECTS AND WORKING PAPERS Firm Level Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc: Evidence from Russia, Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 87/EC/2014 Institutional Quality and Individual Preferences for Social Policy Public-Private Partnerships and Vocational Education Reform: Evidence from Russia s Regions (with T. Remington and V. Bazavluk) "Through Thick and Through Thin: Economic Shocks, Transfers and Strategic Priorities in Russia" (with D. Ivanov, T. Frye, E. Nazrullaeva, and A. Yakovlev) The Foundations of Social Policy Support: Experimental Evidence on How Institutional Quality Affects Redistributive Preferences (with Joby Schaffer and Sarah Wilson Sokhey) 1
DATA PROJECTS Database of Russian Federal and Regional Elites (International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, National Research University Higher School of Economics) Project Manager for database of the career trajectories of Russian federal and regional executive branch officials. Database of Public-Private Partnerships in Russian Vocational Education (International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, National Research University Higher School of Economics) Co-principal Investigator for a database of public-private contracts between firms, vocational education facilities, and Russian regional governments. CONFERENCES AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS The Reform Of Skill Formation In Russia: Regional Responses, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 3 5, 2015. Institutional Quality and Individual Preferences for Social Policy, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 3 5, 2015. Firm Level Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc: Evidence from Russia, First World Congress of Comparative Economics, Rome, Italy. June 25, 2015. Firm Level Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc: Evidence from Russia, Invited talk for the BOFIT Seminar Programme, Helsinki, FI. April 14, 2015. Institutional Quality and Individual Preferences for Social Policy, XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, NRU Higher School of Economics, April 08, 2015. Firm Level Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc: Evidence from Russia, American Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. San Antonio, TX. November 20, 2014. Firm Level Preferences for Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc: Evidence from Russia, invited talk at CLMS-LLMS Seminar, NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RU. November 11, 2014. Substituting Growth for Money: Elites, Voters, and Intergovernmental Transfers in the Russian Federation, 2000-2008, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. August 28, 2014. Preferences for Social Policy in Poorly Institutionalized Settings: Survey Evidence from Russian Firms, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. August 28, 2014. "School of Hard Knocks: Economic Shocks, Transfers, and the Strategic Priorities of Autocrats" Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 5, 2014. Institutions, Mass Preferences, and the 2001 Russian Pension Reform. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 03, 2014. The Political Roots of Intermediated Lobbying: Evidence from Russian Firms and Business Associations, Association for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, Boston, Ma. 22 November, 2013. Who Wants to Level the Field? Democracy, Autocracy, and Preferences for Redistribution, Harriman Working Paper Seminar, New York, NY, 17 September, 2013. Russian Federation, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il. August 29, 2013. "School of Hard Knocks: Economic Shocks, Transfers, and the Strategic Priorities of Autocrats" American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il. August 29, 2013. Russian Federation, International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development June Conference, Moscow, Russia. June 27, 2013. 2
"School of Hard Knocks: Economic Shocks, Transfers, and the Strategic Priorities of Autocrats", International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development June Conference, Moscow, Russia. June 27, 2013. Making the Best of Bad Institutions: Firm Preferences, the Welfare State, and Institutional Quality, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 12, 2013. Russian Federation, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 11, 2013. Making the Best of Bad Institutions: Firm Preferences, the Welfare State, and Institutional Quality, XIV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 04, 2013. Who Wants to Level the Field: Democracy, Autocracy, and Redistribution, Ronald Coase Institute Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Santiago, Chile, December 9-15, 2012 Federation (with E. Nazrullaeva and A. Yakovlev), European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Paisley, Scotland, September 08,2012. Federation (with E. Nazrullaeva and A. Yakovlev), International Society for New Institutional Economics Annual Conference, Los Angeles, June 15 th, 2012. Federation (with E. Nazrullaeva and A. Yakovlev), Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 12 th, 2012. Opportunity Makes a Thief: Political Opportunity Structures and Constitutional Revisionism in Semi-Presidential Systems, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 1 st, 2011. Who Wants to Level the Field: Democracy, Autocracy, and Redistribution, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. April 23 rd, 2010. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Curator for International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development Junior Grant Program (2012 2013, 2013 2014, 2015 2016) Supervised one student project each year on topics including public goods provision in Russia s regions, Russian vocational education and reform, and public-private partnerships in vocational education in Russia s Regions. Co-instructor, Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia) Comparative Political Economy (Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, Spring 2015) Graduate level seminar. Teaching Assistant, Columbia University (New York, NY) W3704: Data Analysis and Statistics for Political Science Research (Spring 2014) Grading, recitation, research project development consultations. V1501: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall 2009, Fall 2013) Seminar sections and grading. W3585: Political Economy of Development (Spring 2011) Seminar sections, grading, research project development consultations. V3675: Russia and the West (Fall 2010) Grading and Facilitation of simulation exercise. V3401: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe (Spring 2009, Spring 2010) Seminar sections, grading, guest lecture on Eastern Europe. V1611: Introduction to International Politics (Fall 2008) - Seminar sections and grading. Teaching Assistant, Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) 3
Claflin Jewelry Studio (Fall 2003 Spring 2007) Hands on instruction and project consultations Engineering 005: Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21 st Century (Spring 2006) Grading 1 st Year Portuguese (Winter 2006) Recitation Sections HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 2015 BOFIT Visiting Researcher (March April 2015) 2014-15 Harriman Institute Junior Fellow (Fall 2014, Spring 2015) 2013-14 Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics (INCITE) (Fall 2013 Fall 2014) 2012 2013 IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunity Grant (Fall 2012, Spring 2013) Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Diversity Summer Fellowship (Summer 2010, 2011) Columbia University Teaching Fellowship (Fall 2008 Spring 2012) Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace, Middlebury Summer Language Institute (Summer 2009) Columbia University Faculty Fellowship (2007-2008) James O. Friedman Presidential Scholar, Dartmouth College (2007) Dartmouth Government Department Honors Program (2006-2007) Thesis: Crisis of Confidence: Legitimation, the People, the Party, and the Military in Communist Regimes, 1978-1991 Thesis committee: John Carey, William Wohlforth, Martin Dimitrov, and Michael Herron, Office of Residential Life and Class of 1989 Senior Scholar, Dartmouth College (2006-2007) Richter Memorial Grant, Dartmouth College (Summer 2006) Presidential Scholars Research Fellow (Summer 2005, Winter 2006) College Honor List, Third Honor Group (top 35% of class) for 2003 through 2006 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Coordinator of the Comparative Politics Graduate Student Workshop (2011) Member of Columbia Political Science Graduate Student Council (2009-2010) Student coordinator for Columbia Political Science Department s Comparative Politics Seminar (2009-2010) LANGUAGES AND SKILLS Fluent in Portuguese. Proficient in French, Russian, and Spanish. Computing: R, Stata, Excel 4
REFERENCES Timothy M. Frye Marshall D Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Columbia University 420 W. 118 th Street, Mail Code: 3345 New York, NY 10027 212-854-6213 tmf2@columbia.edu Thomas Remington Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science Emory University 1555 Dickey Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30322 404-727-6566 polstfr@emory.edu Isabela Mares Professor Columbia University 420 W. 118 th Street, Mail Code: 3320 New York, NY 10027 212-854-9778 im2195@columbia.edu 5