Profession
Leadership Positions, International Studies Association, International Studies Association, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Studies (ENMISA)
Program Committee Chair, 2023-24
Member at Large, 2020-22
Steering Committee member, Communications Director, 2017-19
Award Committee Member, ENMISA
Emerging Scholar Award, 2022-2023
Outstanding Paper Award 2021-22
Distinguished Book Award, 2019-20 (Chair)
Graduate Student Paper Award, 2016-17
Scientific Expert, Latvian Council of Science, 2014-Present
External Program Reviewer, Russian and Eurasian Studies MA Program, Rīga Stradiņš U., Latvia 11.2020
Reviewer
Journals: International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review, International Studies Perspective, British Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Nationalities Papers, Polity, STAIR: St. Anthony’s International Review, United Nations Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Journal of Political Science Education, New England Journal of Political Science
Presses: Cambridge U.P., Yale U.P, Oxford U.P., CQ Press, De Gruyer, Pearson, Bristol U.P.
Grant/Research Proposals: Oxfam, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (HERA), Latvian Council of Science, Poland’s National Science Center
Professional Affiliations & Memberships (present & past)
International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, Latvian Political Science Association, European Consortium of Political Research, European International Studies Association
Serving on Thesis Committees
Doctoral: Rīga Stradiņš University: Mārtiņš Daugulis, Valērijs Bodnieks (2022)
University of Latvia: Ieva Daniela Beineroviča, Kristīne Zaidi (2022); Ivo Rollis (2021); Juris Kanels (2020); Rihards Bambals (2019); Didzis Kļaviņš (2015)
Undergraduate: Marist College (honors theses): Izabella Bolczak (2024); Alexandria Sanatore (2022); Kaylee Russell (2021); Sabrina Rehfeld (2020); Lucan Sanchez, Gabriela Conlan (2019); Amber Kelly, Eric Seltzer, Jacquelyn Desjardins (2017); Gabrielle Revis (2016); Danielle Villa (2015)
Washington College: Amanda Davis, Dakota Poe, Alexander Insel (2012)
Co-Chair, Programs Committee, World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, 2016-17
Board Member, World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, 2014-17
Co-Chair, Marist Undergraduate Research Conference (Celebration of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (CURSCA)) Committee, 2019-present
Chair, Global Studies Committee, 2021-2023
Member, Fellowships and Prestigious Grants Committee, 2014-present
Chair, Visiting Comparative Politics Assistant Professor Search Committee, 2022
Chair, Peer Review Committee, Political Science Department, 2020 Spring
Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure Requirements, 2018
Webmaster, Political Science Departmental, 2014-2018
Member, Comparative Politics Assistant Professor Search Committee, 2016-17
Member, Sabbatical and Research Grants Committee, 2014-17
Select Service to the University of Latvia
Member, the Doctoral Program Council, 2021-2024