Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
University of New Orleans, PhD in Political Science
Concentration: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Non-State Actors in International Relations,
Third-party Interventions in Civil Wars
Transnational Advocacy Networks
Dissertation: Private Diplomats, Mediation Professionals, and Peace Activists: Can Non-governmental Actors Bring Peace to Civil Wars?
Committee co-chairs: Dr. Michael Huelshoff, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Richard Frank, Australian National University
University of New Orleans, M.A. in Political Science
The New School, M.S. in International Affairs
Concentration: Security Studies
Master’s Project: “Taking the Initiative – Somaliland’s Regional
Opportunities for International Recognition”
Federal Polytechnic University of Public Administration,
School of Foreign Affairs, Bruehl/Germany, Diploma (Bachelor degree equivalent)
OTHER RELEVANT EDUCATION
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer Training Program
Workshop in Social Network Analysis
New York University, School of Continuing Professional Studies
Certificate in International Affairs
CURRENT POSITION
Tulane University, New Orleans, Senior Professor of Practice, Political Science
Department Major Advisor and Internship Advisor
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tulane University, New Orleans
Courses: International Relations, Causes and Prevention of International War, Politics of Civil Wars, Peace Studies and Conflict Management, Interest Groups, Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Women and War, Conflict Management in the Arab-Israeli Context, Engaging the United Nations
University of New Orleans, Instructor
Course: Introduction to World Politics
PUBLICATIONS
“Tweeting in Echo Chambers? Analyzing Twitter Discourse Between American Jewish Interest Groups,” with Megan Osterbur, Journal for Information Technology and Politics, 2020.
"Chicken Dance(off): Competing cultural diplomacy in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2020.
“LGBT Issues and Intergovernmental Organizations,” with Jamie Campbell, in Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy, 2019.
"Pink Links: Visualizing the Global LGBTQ Network," with Megan Osterbur, in: Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess and Cricket Keating (ed.) LGBTQ Politics, A Critical Reader, NYU Press, 2017
“A Hegemon Fighting For Equal Rights: the Dominant Role of the COC Nederland in the LGBT Transnational Advocacy Network,” with Megan Osterbur, Global Networks, 2016
"Swan Song: Transnational Advocacy Networks and Environmental Policy in Chile – The case of the Cisnes de Cuello Negro" with Michael Huelshoff, Interest Groups and Advocacy, Vol 1 Issue 2 October 2012
"How Transnational Advocacy Networks Mobilize: Applying the Literature on Interest Groups to International Action",
Josef Korbel Journal of Advanced International Studies, Volume 3, Summer 2011
CONFERENCES, recent
“Culture in Conflict: Contextualizing Palestinian Cultural Diplomacy,” Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, 2023
“'Cultural Diplomacy in Conflict: The Arab Capitals of Culture Program as a Tool for Cultural Diplomacy for Palestine,” Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference, New York, 2023 (AAAE Best Presentation Award)
“The Eurovision Song Contest as a Battleground of Israel’s Public Diplomacy” Middle East Dialogue, Washington DC, 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT (ID) New York
United Nations Representative
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
- German Embassy North Korea, Pyongyang
- Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, New York
- German Embassy Belarus, Minsk
- German Embassy Israel & German Representative Office Palestinian Authority
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Tulane University
2022- Middle East North Africa Studies Program, Affiliated faculty
2021-2022 Fulbright Campus Committee
2020- Proud TU BE First Mentor
2020- Newcomb Fellow
2019- Internship and Study Abroad Advisor
2018- Faculty Advisor for Tulane Organization for Global Affairs (Model UN)
2017 Faculty Mentor, Honors Department
2015-2023 Co-director, Mandel-Palagye Summer Program for Middle East Peace
2015- Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Political Science
University of New Orleans
UNO Founding President, Political Science Graduate Student Association
Other Relevant Information
Languages: German, French, Russian (some)
Memberships:
American Political Science Association (APSA), International Studies Association (ISA) - sections, Peace Science Society, Middle East Studies Association
2014-2019 New Orleans World Affairs Council, Board of Directors