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Abidjanov, Alisher
Associate Professor, Department of Political Philosophy, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Research: Goverment-Organized Nongovernmental Organizations, Civity Society and Democracy: The Case of Uzbekistan
Johns Hopkins University--School of Advanced International Studies, Central Asia-Caucacus Institute, Washington, DC, c/o Prof. S. Frederick Starr
September 2009 - June 2010

Agyemang, Solomon
Lecturer, Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, Castries, St. Lucia
Research: Consolidated Democracies in Developing Countries. The Eastern Caribbean Experience
University of Florida, Center for Latin American Studies, Gainesville, FL, c/o Prof. Philip J Williams
July 2010 - September 2010

Al-Rfouh, Faisal
Chair, Political Science Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Research: Jordan-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation and Nonproliferation in the Middle East
Eastern Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Ypsilanti, MI, c/o Dr. Judith Kullberg
September 2009 - May 2010

Aprasidze, Davit
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Ilia Chavchavadze State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Research: U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Small States: Case of Georgia
Duke University, Department of Political Science, Durham, NC, c/o Dr. Erik Wibbels
October 2009 - June 2010

Bassey, Celestine
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Lecturing: Conflict Resolution, Politics of War and Peace, International Relations and Comparative Religion
William Penn College, William Penn University, College of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies, Oskaloosa, IA, c/o Dr. Allen Frederick
August 2009 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Biglieri, Paula
Researcher, Center of Studies of Sociopolitical Identities and Discourse Analysis, National University of San Martin, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: On the Subject of Contemporary Politics: The Debate Around People and Multitude
Northwestern University, School of Communication, Evanston, IL, c/o Dr. Ernesto Laclau
January 2010 - April 2010

Bow, Brian
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Research: Neighborhood or Community?: Identity Politics and Regional Integration in North America
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Canada Institute, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. David Biette
December 2009 - August 2010

Bozhinova, Daniela
Executive Director, Bulgarian Association for the Promotion of Citizens� Initiative, Bourgas, Bulgaria
Research: Empowering Civil Society in Bulgaria for Direct Decision-Making Based on Initiative and Referedum Best Practice From the United States
The Democracy Foundation, Arlington, VA, c/o Mr. Mike Gravel
November 2009 - March 2010

Cakir, Armagan
Lecturer, European Union Institute, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Research: Hands Across the Sea: United States Involvement in European Union-Turkey Relations
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. David Cuthell
January 2010 - July 2010

Chami, Georgina
Researcher, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated, Cunupia, Trinidad and Tobago
Research: U.N. Peacekeeping in a New Era
Nova Southeastern University, Graduate Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Fort Lauderdale, FL, c/o Prof. Neil Katz
September 2010 - November 2010

Cosar, Hatice
Faculty, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bashkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Lecturing and Research: Women, Islam and Global Media: Reconstructing the Ideal Muslim Woman in a Television Serial Drama
Northern Michigan University, Department of Communication and Performance Studies, Marquette, MI, c/o Prof. Louise Bourgault
August 2009 - December 2009

Estrada Centelles, Gabriela
Teacher, Department of Humanities, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico City, Mexico
Lecturing: United States-Mexico Regional Meeting Through History of Mexico Review
Bellevue Community College, Center for Liberal Arts, Bellevue, WA, c/o Ms. Star Rush
September 2009 - June 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Fallas-Santana, Agustin
Senior Researcher, Observatorio del Desarrollo, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Research: Macro-Cycles of Global Economic Growth: The Dynamics of State and Market Strategies of Development
University of California--Santa Barbara, Department of Political Science, Santa Barbara, CA, c/o Prof. Benjamin Jerry Cohen
September 2010 - December 2010

Ghanmi, Elyes
Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated, Brussels, Belgium
Research: The Institutionalization of European Union-U.S. Relations: The Evolution of a Cooperation
University of Pittsburgh, European Union Center of Excellence, Pittsburgh, PA, c/o Dr. Alberta M. Sbragia
January 2010 - June 2010

Gottschalk, Keith
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
Lecturing: Introduction to Africa and (South) African Politics
Oakland University, Department of Political Science, Rochester, MI, c/o Dr. Paul Kubicek
August 2009 - April 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Hall, Rosalie
Associate Professor, Division of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Iloilo, Philippines
Research: Democratic Governance of the Armed Forces Under the Post 9/11 Philippine-U.S. Military Relations
Loyola University Chicago, Department of Political Science, Chicago, IL, c/o Dr. John Allen Williams
September 2009 - February 2010

Hu, Rong
Professor, Department of Sociology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Research: Local Governance in the United States and Its Implication for Political Reform in China
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Lily Tsai
October 2009 - August 2010

Ijabs, Ivars
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Research: Politics of Memory and Democratization: The Role of Civil Society
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick, Department of Political Science, New Brunswick, NJ, c/o Dr. Jan Kubik
January 2010 - July 2010

Johansson, Jon
Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Lecturing: Constitutional Conversations: Republican Discourse in Revolutionary America
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Alan Tidwell
August 2009 - January 2010

Karasek, Tomas
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Reluctant Peacekeeper? Analyzing U.S. Motives for Participation in Peace Operations After the Cold War
Columbia University, Barnard College, Department of Political Science, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Severine Autesserre
September 2009 - June 2010

Kernic, Franz
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Lecturing and Research: Lecturing in Political Science
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Political Science, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Prof. Raymond Duvall
September 2009 - December 2009

Kim, Jae Chun
Associate Professor, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Research: United States War Against Terror From Perspective of Clausewitz
George Washington University, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Washington, DC, c/o Prof. Shawn McHale
September 2009 - February 2010

Koeppel, Johann Guenter
Professor, Head of Environmental Assessment and Policy Research Group, School of Planning Building Environment, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Research: Comparing Policies in Renewable Energy Deployment in the U.S. and Germany
University of Washington, School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Clare Ryan
April 2010 - October 2010

Kukeyeva, Fatima
Department Head and Director, Department of International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research: Democracy Promotion as a Main Factor in U.S. Foreign Policy
East - West Center, Research Program, Honolulu, HI, c/o Dr. Shabbir Cheema
January 2010 - April 2010

Lafleur, Jean-Michel
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Research: The Political Participation and Representation of Migrants in the Era of Transnationalism
CUNY--Bernard M. Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, New York, NY, c/o Prof. Johnathan Engel
September 2009 - June 2010

Lee, Jun Han
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea
Research: Presidential Popularity in the United States: Economics, War or Scandals?
California State University--Sacramento, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Government, Sacramento, CA, c/o Dr. James Cox
September 2009 - April 2010

Marcos Antonio Rodrigues, Gilberto
Professor and Chair, International Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Research: Responsibility to Protect (RtoP): Latin American Views
University of Notre Dame, The Law School, Notre Dame, IN, c/o Dr. Douglass Cassel
January 2010 - April 2010

Monteleone, Carla
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Rights and Society, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Research: International Security, Multilateral Interventions and Legitimacy: The Role of U.S.-European Union Cooperation
Columbia University, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Department of Political Science, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Alexander Cooley
Georgetown University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Government Department, Washington, DC, c/o Prof. Kathleen R. McNamara
November 2009 - June 2010

Muskhelishvili, Marina
Professor, Department of Social and Political Science, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Research: Democratization is Over, Democracy is Still Ahead: Search for the New Policy Paradigm in Georgia
Washington University, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, St. Louis, MO, c/o Prof. Itai Sened
October 2009 - June 2010

Nagell, Hilde
Director, National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, Oslo, Norway
Research: Political Ethics and Responsibility: Ethical Management of the Government Pension Fund-Global
Princeton University, Department of Philosophy, Princeton, NJ, c/o Prof. Michael Smith
September 2009 - August 2010

Naydenov, Nikolay
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research: Law as the Last Shelter of Corruption: Comparative Analysis of Bulgarian and American Law
George Mason University, School of Pubilc Policy, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, Fairfax, VA, c/o Prof. Louise Shelley
September 2009 - January 2010

Nedumpara, Jose
Chair, Department of Political Science, Prajyoti Niketan College, Kerala, India
Lecturing: Preferential Treatment and Social Mobility of the Scheduled Castes (Dalits) in India and African Americans in the United States: A Comparative Study
Central Connecticut State University, Department of Anthropology, New Britain, CT, c/o Dr. David Kideckel
August 2009 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Nouaydi, Abdelaziz
Barrister, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated, Rabat, Morocco
Lecturing: The Political and Institutional Environment in the Maghreb and the Arab World
Bowling Green State University, Office of Sponsored Programs and Research, Bowling Green, OH, c/o Dr. Deanne Snavely
September 2009 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Oklestkova, Ivana
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Chinese Energy Security
Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Myron L. Cohen
September 2009 - June 2010

Pazdnyak, Vyachaslau
Director, International Internet Portal "Wider Europe", International Internet Portal "Wider Europe", Minsk, Belarus
Research: Development of Nuclear Safety Culture in the Post-Soviet States Since Chernobyl: Issues and Trends
Monterey Institute of International Studies, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, c/o Dr. William C. Potter
August 2009 - December 2009

Peng, Bo
Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Research: Democracy and Civic Participation in Policy Process: A Sino-U.S. Comparison
Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Myron L. Cohen
September 2009 - August 2010

Poli, Sara
Lecturer, Department of Public Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Research: The European Union's External Action to Strengthen the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Pennsylvania State University--Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA, c/o Mr. Philip J. McConnaughay
January 2010 - April 2010

Purkayastha, Rakhal
Lecturer and Head, Department of Political Science, St. Anthony College, Shillong, India
Lecturing: Social, Technological, Economic and Political Transformation of India
College of Wooster, Department of Physics, Wooster, OH, c/o Dr. Shila Garg
January 2010 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Ren, Junfeng
Associate Professor, Department of Politics, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research: Township Politics and the Dynamics of the American Federalism
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Cambridge, MA, c/o Prof. Jane Mansbridge
September 2009 - July 2010

Salat Zakarias, Levente
Associate Professor, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Research: The Relationship Between Diversity, Democracy and Social Capital
University of Maryland--College Park, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, Department of Government and Politics, College Park, MD, c/o Dr. Jonathan Wilkenfeld
February 2010 - June 2010

Taran, Makar
Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries, Faculty of History, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research: USA - China Relations and the Taiwan Issue in the Post-Cold War Period
Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Tempe, AZ, c/o Dr. Stephen MacKinnon
January 2010 - July 2010

Ter-Matevosyan, Vahram
Deputy-Head and Head of the Analytical Center, Ministry of Defense, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Yerevan, Armenia
Research: Review Prospects of National Security Strategies in the South Caucasian Republics
University of California--Berkeley, Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Jeffrey A. Pennington
August 2009 - March 2010

Tintori, Guido
Visiting Researcher, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Research: Terror Attacks and Their Impact on the Migrant Integration Policies in the United States and in the European Union
New York University, Department of Politics, New York, NY, c/o Prof. Martin A. Schain
September 2009 - March 2010

Tunsjoe, Oeystein
Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo, Norway
Research: China Hedging Against Energy Dependency: New Dynamics and Old Dilemmas
Harvard University, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Robert S. Ross
January 2010 - May 2010

Wanyama, Fredrick
Senior Lecturer, School of Development and Strategic Studies, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya
Lecturing: Globalization, Development and Human Rights Within the Nations of Africa
Arcadia University, Program of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Glenside, PA, c/o Dr. Warren Haffar
January 2010 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Yamada, Atsushi
Professor, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan
Research: Restructuring the Immigration Policy Toward the Highly-Skilled Workers: What Can Japan Learn From Silicon Valley?
University of California--Berkeley, Berkeley Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center, Berkeley, CA, c/o Mr. Vinod K. Aggarwal
September 2009 - August 2010

Yanik, Lerna
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Turkey in the American "Mirror": The Politics of Location, Identity and Foreign Policy
CUNY--Graduate School and University Center, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Anny Bakalian
September 2009 - February 2010

Zohidov, Ochil
Professor, Political Science Department, Tajik State University of Law, Business and Policy, Khujand, Tajikistan
Research: Comparative Politics and Central Asian States
University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies, Herber J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Jamie Mayerfield
September 2009 - May 2010