RESEARCH AREAS
Photo: Tim Chapman, Miami Herald
APPOINTMENTS
2014 - 2015
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Residential Fellow
2006 - 2014
University of Florida
Assistant Professor of Political Science
2003 - 2006
University of Florida
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
2002 - 2003
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Postdoctoral Fellow
2001 - 2002
Pennsylvania State University
Lecturer in Political Science
CONSULTING
2003 - 2004
Soros Foundation Latvia Public Policy Fellowship Program
Project consultant, “Latvian Sustainable Development Policy in the EU Context”
1995 - 1996
WWF International-Latvia Program
United Nations Development Program
National Human Rights Office of Latvia
(Riga, Latvia)
EDUCATION
1983 - 1987
Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges
B.A. English & American Literature
1987 - 1988
Western Michigan University
Minor degree, Latvian Studies
1980 - 1983
Cleveland Hts.-University Hts. High School
Cleveland, Ohio
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
1990 - 1991
American Latvian Association
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Rockland, MD)
1989 - 1990
Office of Senator Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
Legislative Fellow for Baltic Affairs
(Washington, DC)
1988 - 1989
California Public Interest Research Group
Assistant Campaign Director
(Berkeley, CA)