Dmitry P. Gorenburg

Dmitry P. Gorenburg

178 Richardson Dr.AAASS

Needham, MA 024928 Story St

Office Tel:617-496-9412Harvard University

Home Tel:781-559-3114Cambridge, MA 02138

Fax:617-495-8319E-mail:

Current Positions

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Executive Director, 2005 - present

Manage national scholarly association with 2700 members.
Direct oversight of five staff members.
Work with Board of Directors in planning new initiatives for the organization.

Harvard University, Lecturer, 2005-present

Taught Government Department lecture course on Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (Fall 2005).
Will teach Government Department lecture course on Russian Politics (Spring 2007).

CNA Corporation, Research Consultant, 2004-present

Conducted research on Black Sea security issues and Russian security policy.
Currently researching Russian government decision-making.

Education

Harvard University, Ph.D., Political Science, June 1999, M.A., Political Science, 1995.

Dissertation: “Nationalism for the Masses: Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Russian Federation.”

Princeton University, A.B., cum laude, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1992

Certificate in Russian Studies

Professional Experience

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 2003 - 2004

Began research project on the evolution of Soviet policies toward minority ethnic groups in the 1953-1991 period and the impact of these policies on ethnic identities in the region during and after the Soviet collapse.

CNA Corporation, Director of Russian and East European Programs, 2001 - 2003

Responsible for overseeing research on FSU and Eastern Europe.
Designed and managed specific research projects, including staff selection, budgeting, research design, and briefing project sponsors.
Participated in research on the future of global security and the transformation of American war-
fighting strategy.

CNA Corporation, Research Analyst, 2000 - 2001

Conducted research on Russia’s role in the future of European security and the history of US military operating patterns, 1970-2000.
Responsible for developing cooperative programs with Russian academic institutes.

Harvard Cold War History Project, Research Associate, 1998 - 2000

Created project to analyze Soviet policies toward minority ethnic groups during the Cold War.
Responsible for content editing of book series.
Developed educational materials for CNN Cold War documentary.

Awards and Fellowships

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship1999-2000
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship 1997-1998
Institute for the Study of World Politics Dissertation Completion Fellowship1997-1998
International Research Exchange Board (IREX) Research Resident Fellowship1995-1996
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship 1995-1996
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship 1993-1997

Other Teaching Experience

Harvard University Teaching Fellow.

Sophomore Tutorial in Government. Sole Instructor for eight sophomores. Responsible for leading two-hour weekly tutorial, running a writing workshop, and all grading. Received a score of 4.29 out of 5 on student evaluations. Fall 1998

Introduction to Comparative Politics.Spring 1997

Publications

Book

2003Nationalism for the Masses: Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Russian Federation. Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles

2006 “Russia Confronts Radical Islam.” Current History, October 2006.

2006“Rethinking Interethnic Marriage in the Soviet Union.” Post-Soviet Affairs 22 (2).

2005“Tatar Language Policies in Comparative Perspective: Why Some Revivals Fail and Some Succeed.” Ab Imperio (1).

2001“Nationalism for the Masses: Popular Support for Nationalism in Russia’s Ethnic Republics.” Europe-Asia Studies 53 (1).

2000“Not with One Voice: An Explanation of Intragroup Variation in Nationalist Sentiment.” World Politics 53 (1).

1999“Identity Change in Bashkortostan: Tatars into Bashkirs and Back.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 22 (3). (Russian language version published in Vestnik Evrazii#1 2004)

1999“Regional Separatism in Russia: Ethnic Mobilization or Power Grab?” Europe-Asia Studies 51 (2). (Russian language version published in Bashkortostan v Politicheskom Prostranstve, Ufa 2004)

Book Chapters

2007“Tatar Identity and the 2002 Russian Census.” Forthcoming in The Census and the Construction of Identity in the Russian Federation (working title), edited by Dominique Arel and David Kertzer.

2006“Assimilation and Soviet Nationalities Policy,” in Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine, edited by Blair Ruble and Dominique Arel. Woodrow Wilson Center Press.

2005“Tatars as Meso-Nation,” in Emerging Meso-Areas in the Former Socialist Countries: Histories Revived or Improvised?, edited by Kimitaka Matsuzato.

2004“The Bashkir Community in Russia,” in The Ethnopolitical Encyclopaedia of Europe, edited by Karl Cordell and Stefan Wolff. Palgrave Macmillan.

1993“The Roots of Violence in South Africa,” In Beyond a Political Solution to Apartheid, edited by Evan Lieberman, Center of International Studies Monograph Series #4, Princeton University.

Working Papers, Policy Memos, and Other Publications

2006“Where Are We Going? What Is To Be Done?” (with Ron Suny), AAASS NewsNet 46 (4).

2006“Great Promise Unfulfilled: How Russia Lost its Way after Independence” (with H.H. Gaffney), Insight Turkey 8(1). Also published as CSIS PONARS Working Paper #26, February 2006.

2005“The Failure of Tatar Language Revival” PONARS Policy Memo #379, December 2005.

2005“CNA’s Russia Program, 1991-2004: A Valedictory” (with H.H. Gaffney, CNA Information Memorandum D0012804.A3, August 2005.

2005“The Trajectory of ‘The Gap’ into the Future” (with H.H. Gaffney), CNA Information Memorandum D0012724.A1, July 2005.

2004“The View of Russian Electoral Reforms from Russia's Ethnic Republics” PONARS Policy Memo #338, November 2004.

2004“The American Way of War and its Transformation in the post-Cold War Period, 1989-2003” (with H.H. Gaffney, Eugene Cobble and Michael McDevitt), CNA Research Memorandum D0008607.A1, February 2004.

2004“The Future of Russia and the Russian Navy” (with H.H. Gaffney), CNA Information Memorandum D0009376.A1, January 2004.

2003“The 2002 Russian Census and the Future of the Russian Population” PONARS Policy Memo #319, November 2003.

2003“For the Record: All U.S. Forces’ Responses to Situations, 1970-2000” (with H.H. Gaffney and Eugene Cobble), CNA Information Memorandum D0008414.A1, June 2003.

2003“Sustaining U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations” (with H.H. Gaffney, Eugene Cobble, and Malia Dumont), CNA Information Memorandum D0008302.A1, May 2003.

2002“Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Final Report” (with Melissa Henton, Susan McArver, Debra Roepke, and Daniel Whiteneck), CNA Research Memorandum D0006917.A2, October 2002.

2002“Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Country Profiles and Recommendations” (with Melissa Henton, Susan McArver, Debra Roepke, and Daniel Whiteneck), CNA Research Memorandum D0006918.A2, October 2002.

2002“The Expansion of NATO into the Baltic Sea Region: Prague 2002 and Beyond” (with Melissa Henton, Debra Roepke, and Daniel Whiteneck), CNA Research Memorandum D0006161.A2, May 2002.

2002“U.S.- Russian Cooperation after September 11, 2001” (with H.H. Gaffney), CNA Information Memorandum D0005645.A1, January 2002.

2001“European Security & Russia: A Workshop at CNAC, 13 April 2001” (with H.H. Gaffney and Daniel Whiteneck), CNA Information Memorandum D0004282.A1, July 2001.

2001“Achieving Balance between the Navy’s Cooperation and Disclosure Policies: An Examination of the Navy’s Personnel Exchange Program” (with Susan McArver, Mark Rosen, Caroline Lane, and Patrick Roth), CNA Research Memorandum D0003604.A1, March 2001.

2001“The Future of National Security: A Report on Workshops in Four Cities” (with H.H. Gaffney), CNA Research Memorandum D0003321.A1, February 2001.

2000“U.S. Naval Responses to Situations, 1970-1999” (with H.H. Gaffney, Eugene Cobble, Adam Moody, Richard Weitz, and Daniel Whiteneck), CNA Research Memorandum D0002763.A2, December 2000.

2000“Renewing the US-Russian Strategic Partnership: Conference Report,” CNA Information Memorandum D0002407.A1, November 2000.

Book Reviews

2005Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe and Understanding Ethnic Violence: Fear, Hatred and Resentment in Eastern Europe, by Roger D. Peterson, Journal of Cold War Studies 7 (2).

2005 Nation-building and Common Values in Russia, edited by PålKolstøandHelge Blakkisrud, Slavic Review 64 (1).

2004Regiony Rossii: Khronika i Rukovoditeli, volumes 7&8, edited by Kimitaka Matsuzato, Ab Imperio (1).

2003 Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: A Basic Contradiction?, by Walter A. Kemp, Journal of Cold War Studies 5 (3).

2003 Na Puti k Perepisi, edited by ValeriiTishkov, Nationalities Papers 31 (3).

2001Massovye Besporiadki v SSSR pri Khrushcheve i Brezhneve, by V.A. Kozlov, Journal of Cold War Studies 3 (1).

2000The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective, by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Europe-Asia Studies 52 (7).

1999The Tatars of the Crimea: Return to the Homeland, 2nd ed, edited by Edward Allworth, Ethnic & Racial Studies 22 (4).

Academic Participation

Association for the Study of Nationalities 2003-present

Member of Annual Convention Program Committee
Responsible for organizing Russia and North Caucasus sections, including selecting conference papers, recruiting keynote speakers, and organizing panels based on individual paper submissions.

Census and the Construction of Identity in the Russian Federation 2002-2005

Watson Institute, Brown University

Participant in multinational project to observe the 2002 Russian census and the politics that surround it.

Program on Eurasia in Transition2002-2005

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Participant in new program designed to examine the future of the countries that formerly comprised the Soviet Union.

Multicultural Legacies in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus2002-2004

Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Participant in multidisciplinary workshop that addresses the effects of ethnic legacies on the present situation in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Workshop on Ethnicity and Nationalism in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia1997-1998

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Co-organizer

Developed and ran a bi-weekly workshop designed to bring together members of the Harvard scholarly community working on ethnicity and nationalism.

Academic Presentations

“Language Revival Programs in Russia's Ethnic Regions: Why Russian Still Rules”

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.March 2006
Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. March 2006

“Tatar Language Policies in Comparative Perspective: Why Some Revivals Fail and Some Succeed”

University of Ottawa Conference on language policies.March 2005
Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. April 2005
Mershon Center, Ohio State University Conference on Post-Soviet In/Securities.October 2005
Published in Ab Imperio, 2005.

“Tatar Language Revival: A Grand Failure?”December 2004

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

“Tatar Identity: A United, Indivisible Nation?”

Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. April 2003
Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido, Japan.January 2004

“The 2002 Russian Census”March 2003

Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

“The Census in Tatarstan”October 2002

Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

“Assimilation and Soviet Nationalities Policy”

Kennan Institute Workshop on Multicultural Legacies, Washington, DC.April 2002
Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. April 2004

“Who goes first? Sequencing of Ethnic Mobilization in Russia”September 1999

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Published in World Politics, 2000.

“Comparing Ethnic Mobilization in Russia’s former Autonomous Republics”

Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. April 1999
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.September 1999
Published in Europe-Asia Studies, 2001.

“Center-Periphery Relations in Russia: The Case of Khakassia”December 1998

Joint State Department and National Intelligence Council conference on “Federalism in Russia: Is It Working?” Washington, DC.

“Nationalism for the Masses: Minority Ethnic Mobilization in Russia”

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. September 1998
Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY. April 1998

“Organizing Nationalists in Russia’s Republics: The Effect of Political Context” August 1997

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

“Identity Change in Bashkortostan: Tatars into Bashkirs and Back” April 1997

Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Convention, New York, NY.
Published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1999.

“Regional Separatism: Ethnic Mobilization or Power Grab?”November 1996

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Published in Europe Asia Studies, 1999.

“Native Language Education in the Volga Republics”March 1996

UNESCO International Conference on National School Development. Kazan, Russian Federation.

Professional Memberships and Service

Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (PONARS)

American Political Science Association

Association for the Study of Nationalities

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Reviewer for: World Politics, Political Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Cold War Studies.

International Election Observer, Russian Federation State Duma Elections, December 1995

Languages and Quantitative Methods

Native ability in Russian, reading comprehension of French, Ukrainian, and Belarusian.

Experience with statistical analysis using SPSS, Gauss, and MS Excel.