Danielle K. Scherer
215.204.4283
Temple University
663 Gladfelter Hall
1115 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
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Current Position
Temple University
Assistant Director and Undergraduate Advisor of the Global Studies Program, 2015 – Present
Wikistrat
Contributing Analyst, 2015 - Present
Education
Temple University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
PhD in Political Science(Expected 2016)
MA in Political Science, 2010
Dissertation Title: Return to the First Image: A Place for Peoples in International Relations
Dissertation Committee: Professors Mark Pollack (Chair), Orfeo Fioretos, and Jane Gordon
Exam Fields: International Relations and Political Theory
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
BA in Political Science and Philosophy with a Minor in Theology, 2007
Magna Cum Laude
Conference Papers and Presentations
“Variations in Identity and Institutional Negotiation: the Case of the Palestinians”
Presented at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Philadelphia, March 20-21, 2015
Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 16-19, 2015
“From Acceptable Loss to Unacceptable Harm: How Norm Entrepreneurs Co-opted the Human Rights Discourse”
Co-Authored with Taylor Benjamin-Britton
Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 16-19, 2015
Presented at Temple University, April 28, 2015
Presented at the Social Practice of Human Rights Conference, Dayton, October 1-3, 2015
“Game of Drones: the Consequences of Technological Proliferation and the Changing Nature of Conflict”
Co-Authored with Arnold Kim
Presented at International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 18-21, 2015
Presented at the Strategic Studies Symposium at the National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs, Fort Bragg, May 14-15, 2015
Precarious Labor and the Academy
Panel Participant at Critical Geography Conference, Temple University, November 7-9, 2014
“Identity and Institutional Negotiation in Europe: the Case of the Roma”
Presented at Temple University, May 6, 2014
Presented at International Studies Association in Toronto, March 26-29, 2014
Presented at European Studies Conference, October 3-5, 2013
“Palestinian Identity Transformation: A Study in International Law and Identity Negotiation”
Presented at Midwest International Studies Association in St. Louis, November 7-10, 2013
Politics of “Deviant” Sexuality
Chairperson/Moderator for Women, Gender, and Sexualities Conference at Temple University, April 27, 2013
“Recognition and Negotiation in Eritrea: An Exploration of Identity and Sovereignty Negotiation Between a People and International Institutions”
Presented at Temple University, April 19, 2013
Presented at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association in Harrisburg, PA, April 5-6, 2013
Presented at the Center for Humanities at Temple at Temple University, April 2, 2013
“On Recognition”
Presented at Temple University March 30, 2012
“Competitive Legal Statuses in a Fragmented (Legal) World”
Presented at the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, January 12-14, 2012
Organized and sat on panel: International and Domestic Dimensions of Legalizations in Human Rights Regimes
“The Power of Recognition: International Law and Identity (Re)formation”
Presented at the International Studies Association North East in Providence, Rhode Island, November 4-5, 2011
“Recognition and Identity (Re)formation in International Law”
Presented at Temple University, May 3, 2011
A Critique of Elizabeth Cohen’s ‘Sovereignty of Time in Citizenship’
Discussant at Temple University’s Political Theory Workshop, November 17, 2010
“The Newness and Constraints of Serial Bilateralism”
Presented at Global Temple Conference at Temple University, November 16, 2010
Fellowships, Recognitions, and Awards
Teaching
William Allen Jones Award for Excellence in Teaching, Spring 2015
Graduate Teaching Fellow with Temple University’s Teaching and Learning Center, 2011-14
Research
Lynn Miller Writing Grant from the Department of Political Science at Temple University
Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016
Senior Scholar Fellow with the Center for Humanities at Temple University, 2013
Research Award from the Center for Humanities at Temple University, 2013
Research Award from the Department of Political Science at Temple University, 2013
Travel
Travel Award from Temple University College of Liberal Arts, Fall 2011,Spring 2015, Fall 2015
Professional Development Travel Award from International Studies Association, Spring 2014
Travel Award from the Department of Political Science at Temple University
Summer 2013, Fall 2014, and Spring 2014
Prestage-Cook Travel Award from the Southern Political Science Association, January 2016
Other
University Leadership Award, Saint Louis University, 2006 and 2007
Research Experience
Summer 2015Research Assistant to Professor Mark Pollack
Summer 2014Research Assistant to Professor Hillel Soifer
Fall 2013 – PresentProject & Research Assistant to Professor Orfeo Fioretos
Editorial Assistant for International Institutions and Politics in Time (Forthcoming from Oxford University Press)
Editorial Assistant for The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism (Forthcoming 2016)
Organized Contemporary Politics and Historical Legacies: a Conference on Historical Institutionalism in Political Science at Temple University and University of Pennsylvania, October 25-26, 2013
Spring 2011 – 12Project & Research Assistant to Professor Mark Pollack
Organized Jean Monnet Workshop on the US, the EU, and International Law at Temple University, June 1, 2012
Organized Jean Monnet Workshop on Transatlantic Relations under Obama: A Research Workshop at Temple University, May 18, 2012
Organized Jean Monnet Workshop on Antidiscrimination Law and Policy in the European Union at Temple University, April 13, 2012
Summer 2010Research Assistant to Professor Robin Kolodny
Fall 2008Research Assistant to Professor Heath Fogg-Davis
Spring 2008Research Assistant to Professor Gary Mucciaroni
Research Assistant to Professor Carol Gould
Summer Schools and Workshops
Pay It Forward: A Workshop of Women Helping Women in International Relations at the International Studies Association, March 25, 2014
Gregynog Ideas Lab II: Summer School in PostInternational Politics
Participant and Presenter at Summer School in Gregynog, Wales, July 15-20, 2013
Planning for Qualitative Research: Design, Analysis and Software Integration
Participant at Research Talk Methods Conference hosted by Temple University, January 16-18, 2013
Working Papers
“The Business of Being Good: How it Pays to Be a Humanitarian State”
“Ethical Framing and the Campaign for Human Rights Protections in Times of War” *R&R at Public Integrity
“Game of Drones: The Consequences of Technological Proliferation and the Changing Nature of Conflict” *Under Review
“From Acceptable Loss to Unacceptable Harm: How Norm Entrepreneurs Co-opted the Human Rights Discourse” *Under Review
“Modern Attempts at Damnatio Memoriae and Symbolic Violent Cleansing”
“What is Dead May Never Die: The Fate of Decaying International Organizations”
Book Reviews
Forthcoming: 2016. Review of Women and Power in Postconflict Africa, by Aili Mari Tripp (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015) in Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
2015. Review of The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators, by Sarah Sunn Bush (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015) in Strategic Visions 15 (1).
Teaching Experience(at Temple University unless otherwise specified)
Primary Instructor
Spring 2016Introduction to Global Studies (Writing Intensive)
Fall 2015Introduction to Global Studies (Writing Intensive)
Summer 2015War and Peace (Online)
Fall 2012Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Summer 2012Contemporary Politics of Europe
Spring 2012Comparative Public Policy
Spring 2012Contemporary Perspectives (Writing Intensive) at Philadelphia University
Fall 2011Introduction to Political Philosophy (Writing Intensive)
Spring 2011The Making of American Society
Summer 2009Introduction to Political Philosophy (Writing Intensive)
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2010Quantitative Literacy in the Social Sciences with Professor Kevin Arceneaux
Spring 2010World Affairs with Professor Mark Pollack
Fall 2009Making of American Society with Professor Robin Kolodny
Fall 2009Quantitative Literacy in the Social Sciences with Professor Kevin Arceneaux
Fall 2008Introduction to International Politics with Professor John Masker
Spring 2008Development and Globalization with Professor Alistair Howard
Grader
Spring 2011U.S. Supreme Court with Professor Conrad Weiler
Spring 2010Latin American Politics with Professor Hillel Soifer
Spring 2009Civil Rights and Civil Liberties with Professor Conrad Weiler
Professional Memberships
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, International Studies Association
Member, Midwest Political Science Association
Member, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
University Service
Swarthmore College
External Honors Examiner, Department of Political Science, Spring 2013
Philadelphia University
Member of Selection Committee for Pfaltzgraff Paper Prize, Spring 2012
Temple University
International Relations Search Committee, Member Fall 2014
Center for Humanities at Temple
Co-Organized CHAT Conference on The Future of Knowledge, April 17, 2013
Internship Coordinator for the Political Science, Summer 2011
Graduate Committee Member for the Political Science Department, 2010-12
Member of the Political Science Graduate Student Association, 2008-Present
President, 2009-11
Temple University Graduate Student Association,Member 2008-Present
Lead Negotiator 2013-14
Staff Organizer, 2012-2015
Co-President, 2011-12
Steward for Political Science Department, 2009-10
The Teaching and Learning Center
Facilitator for New Teaching Assistant Orientation
Facilitating Meaningful Discussion in the Classroom, August 2011-14
Inclusive Teaching Strategies, August 2010
Facilitator for Instructor Workshop Series
Acknowledging and Overcoming Language Barriers in the Classroom, March 2012
Engaging with and Accommodating ESL Students, February 2012
Textual Engagement – Getting Your Students to Read,October 2011
Constructive Learning Models for Teaching through Discussion,October 2011
Increasing Student Engagement in the Classroom, September 2011
Skills
Statistical AnalysisStata, SPSS, R
Qualitative AnalysisAtlasTi, NVivo
Online TeachingWimba, Blackboard Collaborative, Voicethread
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Dr. Mark Pollack
Temple University
Department of Political ScienceProfessor
Jean Monnet Chair
215-204-7782
Dr. Orfeo Fioretos
Temple University
Department of Political Science
Undergraduate Chair and Associate Professor
215-204-8919
Dr. Kevin Arceneaux
Temple University
Department of Political Science
Graduate Chair and Associate Professor
215-204-6950
Dr. Robin Kolodny
Temple University
Department of Political Science
Professor
215-204-7709
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