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ELIZABETH RADZISZEWSKI

15 Golf View Drive

Princeton, NJ 08540

908-829-4009;

EMPLOYMENT

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, 2012-

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Visiting Scholar, the European Union Center, 2011-2012

Yeshiva University, New York, NY

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2007-2011

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Ph.D. Department of Political Science, October 2007

Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics

Dissertation: “Social Networks, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy”

Committee: Paul F. Diehl & Robert Pahre (chairs), William Bernhard, James Kuklinski

Field work experience conducting interviews with Polish Prime Minister and the delegation responsible for negotiating Polish accession to the EU; Ethnographic research in villages and cities;Created the first data set on interpersonal conversations about the EU and the War in Iraq in the East European context; Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award for Excellence in Survey Research

M.A. Department of Political Science, May 2003

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Creativity, Innovation, and Change; Certificate of Course Completion, Fall 2013

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Program in Quantitative Analysis, Summer 2004

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

B.A. High Honors, May 2001

Majors: History/Political Science; Journalism and Media Studies (highest honors in both majors)

Class of 1876 Best Undergraduate Paper Award in Political Science

Henry Rutgers Scholar, Thesis: “Fractured Opposition: Independent Media in Poland, 1976-1980”

Paul Tillet Award for best thesis on civil liberties

CURRENT RESEARCH

BOOK & RELATED TALKS

  • Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union, Routledge Press, June 2013.
  • Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies Lecture Speaker, The Institute of World Politics: “Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union,” Washington, DC, 2013
  • Featured in Kommunen, Danish newspaper
  • European Union Center Lecture Series Speaker, University of Illinois:

“From Social Dynamics to Individual Support for the EU: the Case of Poland,” Urbana-Champaign, 2011

ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

  • “The Effects of Rivalry on Rivalry: Confrontations and the Strategic Management of Threats,” with Seden Akcinaroglu and Paul F. Diehl, forthcoming in Foreign Policy Analysis.
  • “Private Military Companies, Opportunities, and Termination of Civil Wars in Africa,” with Seden Akcinaroglu, TheJournal of Conflict Resolution, 57(5):795-821, 2013.
  • “Interpersonal Discussions and Attitude Formation on Foreign Policy: the Case of Polish Involvement in the Iraq War,” Foreign Policy Analysis, 9(1):103-123, 2013.
  • “Polish Opposition to the War in Iraq,” in Public Opinion & International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War, Richard Sobel, Peter Furia, and Bethany Barrett (eds.), with Wojtek M. Wolfe, Potomac Press, 2012
  • “Avalanches and Olive Branches: A Multi-Method Analysis of Disasters and Peacemaking in Interstate Rivalries,” with Seden Akcinaroglu and Jonathan DiCicco, Political Research Quarterly, 64(2): 260-275, June 2011.
  • “Euroskeptic Voting in National and European Elections,” with Robert Pahre, Council for European Studies, 2006, online:
  • “Expectations, Rivalries, and Civil War Duration,” International Interactions, with Seden Akcinaroglu, 31(4): 349-374, December 2005.
  • “Social Networks, Public Opinion and EU Membership: the Case of Poland,” European Union Center Research Paper Series, 4(5): 1-36, June 2004, University of Illinois
  • “Fractured Opposition: Independent Media in Poland, 1976-1980,” Médiakutató, Journal of Media Research, 4:140-151, September 2001.

WORKS UNDER REVIEW & IN PROGRESS

  • Competition, Market Accountability, and Private Military Industry in Civil Wars, book manuscript solicited by Cambridge University Press, under review, with Seden Akcinroglu.
  • “Web of Links: Rival Connectedness and the Management of Threats,” with Seden Akcinaroglu, revise and resubmit at Defence & Peace Economics.
  • “Ripe Moments for Terror Attacks: Opportunity and Reputation Tradeoff,” with Seden Akcinaroglu,” under review.
  • “Third-Party Interventions: Bluffing and Adaptive Expectations in Civil Wars,” with Seden Akcinaroglu and Sebnem Bora, under review.
  • “Spillover Effects from Natural Disasters and State Responses in Civil Wars, with Seden Akcinaroglu and Ilan Kelman.

INTERESTS

International Relations: Conflict Dynamics (Intrastate & Interstate), Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Comparative: Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, European Union, Poverty Alleviation

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Visiting Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2012-

  • Spies, Lies, and Allies: the Dark Side of American Foreign Policy, Fall 2013
  • African Politics, Fall 2012
  • International Relations of Europe, Fall 2012 & 2013
  • Conflict Resolution, Spring 2013
  • American Foreign Policy, Spring 2013, Summer 2013

Assistant Professor, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, 2007-2011

  • African Politics, Fall 2009, Spring 2011
  • Conflict Resolution (Honors), Spring 2009
  • Civil Wars and Genocide, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2010
  • American Foreign Policy, Fall 2007 & Fall 2008
  • Introduction to International Relations, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011
  • Causes of War, Spring 2008 & Fall 2009

Student Research Mentor, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, 2007-2011

  • Michael Goon, Project: Developing a Board Game to Illustrate the Challenge of Post-Conflict PeaceManagement (published inInternational Studies Perspectives, 2011, top 10 most downloaded papers at the APSA conference, 2010)
  • Ariella Zoltan, Project: Explaining Variation in Muslim-Related Violence in France, Germany, and England (winner of the Kressel Research Scholarship—first ever awarded to the Political Science Department; now at Cardozo Law School)
  • Jane Kitaevich, Project: Media Coverage of Identity Issues in Georgia (winner of the KresselResearch Scholarship, now at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
  • Contributor to Yeshiva University’s Social Justice Student Society

Instructor, RESPECT University (Refugee Education Sponsorship Program: Enhancing Communities Together), Kitgum and Kempala, Uganda, 2006-present

  • Democratic Development and Consolidation (designed a correspondence, college-level course for refugees in Uganda)
  • Conflict Resolution (correspondence, college-level course for refugees in Sierra Leone)
  • Assisted in expanding the organization’s recruitment of volunteers to teach advanced courses

Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University, The Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, South Orange, NJ, 2005-2006

  • Comparative Foreign Policy (graduate), Spring 2006
  • Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate), Fall 2005

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, 2001-2002

  • International Law, Fall 2002
  • Comparative Politics of Developing Countries, Spring 2002
  • American Government, Fall 2001

Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

  • “Post-Conflict Security,” Model UN Conference, November 2004
  • “Environmental Degradation, Migration and Conflict,” Causes of War Seminar, Summer 2001

Training and Certificates

  • Teaching Using On-line Resources, Seton Hall University Winter Academy, 2006
  • Graduate Teaching Certificate, University of Illinois, 2002
  • Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois, 2002

Teaching Competencies

  • International Relations: Introduction to IR, IR Theory, Africa’s Civil Wars, Ethnic Conflict and Genocide, Conflict Resolution, U.S. Foreign Policy, Comparative Foreign Policy, Public Opinion & Foreign Policy, Terrorism, International Security/Causes of Wars, International Relations of Europe
  • Comparative Politics: Introduction to Comparative Politics, African Politics, Democratic Transitions, Comparative Politics of Developing Countries,East European Politics, EU Politics, Development
  • Research Methods: Introduction to Research Design and Methods, Survey & Field Research

GRANTS AND AWARDS

TEACHING

  • Co-winner of the UN’s Online Volunteering Team of the Year Award for work that brings post-secondary education to refugees in Africa’s conflict zones, 2007
  • List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois, 2002

RESEARCH (SELECTED)

  • Interdisciplinary Research Grant (Project: Computer-Aided Prediction of Terrorist

Attacks), with S. Akcinaroglu and David Liu, Binghamton University, 2010

  • Junior Scholars Grant, East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center and

American Council of Learned Societies, 2007

  • Graduate College Dissertation Grant, Field Research (Poland), University of Illinois, 2006
  • Runner-up, Best Graduate Paper Presented at the International Studies Association Conference, 2005
  • Nelle M. Signor Fellowship, Field Research (Poland), University of Illinois, 2004
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Field Research (Poland), Council for European Studies, 2004
  • European Union Center Grant, Field Research (Poland), University of Illinois, 2003
  • University Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2001-2004

CONFERENCES & TALKS

  • International Security Studies Section of ISA:
  • “Opportunity-Reputation Tradeoff and the Timing of Terrorist Attacks,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Washington, DC, 2013
  • Peace Science Society:
  • “Spillover Effects from Natural Disasters and State Responses in Civil Wars,” with S. Akcinaroglu and I. Kelman, Savannah, GA, 2012
  • “Private Military Companies, Reputation, and the Duration of Civil Wars in Africa,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
  • “Web of Links: Rival Connectedness and the Management of Threats,” with S. Akinaroglu, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009
  • “Avalanches and Olive Branches: Natural Disasters and Peacemaking Between Interstate Rivals,” with S. Akcinarolgu and J. DiCicco, Claremont, CA, 2008
  • International Studies Association:
  • “Mercenaries and the Duration of Civil Wars,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Montreal, 2011
  • “The Durability of Peace Agreements,” with S. Akcinaroglu, March 2011
  • “Rival Confrontations and Strategic Management of Conflicts,” with S. Akcinaroglu and Pau F. Diehl, New York City, 2009
  • “Leaving out the Public: Polish Media Coverage and Policymaking on the War in Iraq,” with W. Wolfe, San Francisco, 2008
  • “Social Networks, Fluctuations in Public Opinion, and Policymaking,” San Francisco, 2008
  • “Avalanches and Olive Branches: Natural Disasters and Peacemaking Between Interstate Rivals,” with S. Akcinaroglu and J. DiCicco, Chicago, 2007
  • “Social Networks, Public Opinion and EU Expansion,” Honolulu, 2005
  • “NGOs and Accountability,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Honolulu, 2005
  • “Diversionary Theory of War: Evidence from Latin America,” Northeast section of the ISA, Albany, 2000
  • Yeshiva University:
  • Chair, Panel on the Arab-Israeli Arena, International Conference on Arab-Israel Relations in the Obama-Netanyahu Era, New York City, 2009
  • Chair, Panel on International Organizations, Conference on the Responsibility to Protect: a Framework for Confronting Identity-Based Atrocities, New York City, 2008
  • Conference of the Council for European Studies:
  • “Social Interactions or Economic Factors: What Drives Public Opinion on EU Membership?” Fellows Roundtable, Chicago, 2006
  • “Euroskeptic Voting in National and European Elections,” with R. Pahre, Chicago, 2006
  • American Political Science Association:
  • “Third Party Intervention: Bluffing and Adaptive Expectations in Civil Wars,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Philadelphia, 2006
  • “Social Networks, Issue Salience, and Public Opinion on Foreign Policy,” Philadelphia, 2006
  • “Alliances, Specific Threats, and Spirals to War, 1816-2000,” with T. Walker,

Philadelphia, 2006

  • “Repeat After Me: Communal Violence and the Politics of Rumors,” with R. Bhavnani, Philadelphia, 2003
  • Midwest Political Science Association
  • “NGOs and Accountability,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Chicago, 2004
  • “Interstate Rivalry and Duration of Civil Wars,” with S. Akcinaroglu, Chicago, 2003

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Reviewer, Routledge Publisher; Oxford University Press;Journal of Peace Research; British Journal of Political Science; International Security;Security Studies; Foreign Policy Analysis; Conflict Management and Peace Science; International Interactions; Global Change, Peace & Security

POLICY-ORIENTED TRAINING

U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., December 2005-November 2007

  • Training in conflict resolution

OTHER TRAINING

American Political Science Association, Course on Qualitative and Field Research Methods,Philadelphia, August 2006

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Political Science Association
PeaceScience Society
International Studies Association /

RESEARCH SKILLS

Statistical Analysis
Survey Design
Field Research
Social Network Analysis
Polish (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
Slovak (basic reading)

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

Professor Paul F. Diehl
Department of Political Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
361 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-9356; / Professor Robert Pahre
Department of Political Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
361 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-2851;
Professor Andrew J. Enterline
Department of Political Science
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #305340
Denton, Texas76203-5017
(940) 453-2187; / Professor Jack S. Levy
Department of Political Science
Rutgers University
89 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1411
(732) 932-1073;

Dr. Ilan KelmanProfessor Henri Barkey

Center for International Climate &Department of International Relations

Environmental ResearchLehigh University

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