Education: Rutgers University

Anja Vojvodic [email protected]

Education: Rutgers University PhD Student, Major: Women and Politics, Minor: Comparative Politics Degree Expected 2018, Recipient of Excellence Fellowship

New York University M.S. in Global Affairs, Concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance, May 2011, With Distinction (Summa Cum Laude) Master’s Thesis: From Foe to Friend: Reconciliation in the Western Balkans Other Honors: Dean’s Circle Award for Academic Excellence, Dean’s Scholarship

CUNY Queens College B.A. in Political Science, September 2005, Cum Laude

Fellowships and Grants:

United States Fulbright Research Scholar to Serbia, 2011-2012 Project Title: Women in Politics: Progress and Impact in the Serbian Context Research focused on the attainment of key leadership positions of women in Serbia.

Presentations and Conferences:

April 2016, New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers Second Year PhD Graduate Conference, Presenter, “Not in Our Name: The Feminist Anti-War Movement of Yugoslavia”

April 2016, New York, NY ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities) Annual Conference, Discussant, Panel: EU Enlargement Policy

April 2016, New York, NY ASN Annual Conference, Presenter, “Where Are They Now: The Feminist Movement of Yugoslavia”, Panel: Yugoslavia 25 Years Later

November 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Fulbright Association Conference, Presenter, “The Path to Quotas: The Case of Serbia”

April 2015, ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities), Discussant, Panel “Post-Conflict Regionalism and Autonomy”

April, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece, Fulbright Enrichment Conference, Presentation “Women in Politics, Serbia”

Teaching Experience:

Spring 2017, Teaching Assistant to Professor Stephen Bronner, Course: Nature of Politics, Political Science 101 Fall 2016, Teaching Assistant to Professor Andrew Murphy, Course: Nature of Politics, Political Science 101

Fall 2016, Honors College Seminar Instructor at Rutgers University, Theme: Rutgers 250th Anniversary and The Role of the Modern University

Spring 2016, Honors College Seminar Instructor at Rutgers University: Theme: Sister Republics The Netherlands and America

Fall 2015, Honors College Seminar Instructor at Rutgers University Theme: Tracy Kidder’s Strength in What Remains

Consultancies/Temporary Positions:

May 2016, Program Associate, Habitat for Humanity NYC

2015-2016, Freedom House, Survey Team Freedom in the World 2016 and 2017

March 2015, Downtown Alliance, Consultant, Assessment Fee Project

Winter 2013, Development Associate, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Educational Service:

2015-2016, Vice President, Rutgers University Political Science Graduate Student Association

January 2012, Member of Selection Committee for State Department IREX UGRAD Program, Belgrade, Serbia

Work Experience:

12/15-present Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Research Assistant to Professor Mona Lena Krook

09/14-present Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), New Brunswick, NJ Research Assistant to Professor Kira Sanbonmatsu

07/07-07/11 The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY Development Coordinator Internships:

03/11-6/11 U.S. Fund for UNICEF, New York, NY Volunteer and Community Partnership Intern

03/05-07/05 City Council of New York, Middle Village, NY Assistant to Chief of Staff

06/02-06/03 The Peter F. Drucker Foundation/(presently)The Frances Hesselbein Institute, New York, NY Program Assistant

Languages Fluency: English (native), Serbo-Croatian (fluent), Spanish (conversant)