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Marko Papic The University of Texas at Austin Home Phone: (512) 905-3091 Department of Government Office Phone: (512) 232-7245 One University Station A1800 Fax: (512) 471-1061 Austin TX 78712-0119 E-mail: [email protected] ------EDUCATION 2006- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Austin, Texas Currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science (IR and Comparative Politics) 2004-2006 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, Canada M.A. in European Studies from the UBC Institute for European Studies Thesis: “Divesting Power – EC Comitology, GMO Approvals, and the Abdication of Power by Member States” 2000-2004 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, Canada B.A. in Political Science (honors) and History Major

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

“‘Rolling Up the Sleeves’ – How and why EU policy towards Serbia and Montenegro acts as the glue that holds the State Union together” Review of European and Russian Affairs, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  Advisor to the Canadian Department of Defense on the Crisis in Darfur (Fall 2005): - Wrote a policy recommendation paper entitled “Entrenching Human Security in Policy”, which was reviewed by the Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham, - Received positive feedback from the Canadian Department of Defense.  Reviewer/Editor: Topics in European Studies (2005-2006).  Editor-in-chief: UBC Journal of International Affairs 2004 (Fall 2004).  Coordinator: UBC Delegation to the National Model United Nations Conference (2004-2005). - Responsible for the correspondence with the Foreign Affairs Department of Canada, - In total raised, personally, over 17,000CAD in funding for the delegation from government and corporate sponsors, - In charge of the training of delegates.

ACADEMIC WORKS IN PROGRESS “Crisis of Democratic Governance and Centrifugal Forces in the EU: The Struggle Between Periphery and Center over the Governance of Genetically- Modified Organisms”, with Dr. Yves Tiberghien, planned submission for March 2007 to the Comparative Political Studies. “Abdicating Power – EC Comitology and GMO Approvals”, planned submission for May 2007 to the Journal of European Public Policy. “The Impact of Minority-Majority Districts in Non-American Contexts: Evidence from Russia”, with Dr. Robert Moser, planned submission for October 2007 to the Journal of Politics.

Marko Papic Page 1 of 3 Curriculum Vitae

“Ethnic Voting in Post-Communist Countries: Raion-Level Analyses of Russian and Ukrainian Elections”, with Dr. Robert Moser, planned submission for October 2007 to Comparative Politics.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION, PAPERS AND INVITED TALKS April 2007 “Endogenous Institutional Change – Case of EC Comitology”, presented at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

March 2007 “Abdicating Power” presented at the 2007 Southwest Political Science Association Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

March 2007 Chair – Panel on “The Role of International Organizations.”

June 2006 “Crisis of Democratic Governance and Centrifugal Forces in the EU: The Struggle over GMOs”, co-presented with Dr. Yves Tiberghien at the 2006 Canadian Political Science Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario. June 2006 “Divesting Power: EC Comitology, GMO Approvals, and the Abdication of Power by Member States”, presented at the 2006 Canadian Political Science Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario. May 2006 “Rolling Up the Sleeves – How and why EU policy toward Serbia and Montenegro acts as the glue that holds the State Union together”, presented at the European Community Studies Canada Young Researchers Network Conference at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. May 2006 EU and Serbia, invited talk at the University of British Columbia Institute for European Studies – Transformation of Europe Series, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005-2006 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Austin, USA Department of Government Teaching Assistant  GOV 336M – Politics and Government of Russia (Fall 2006) 2003-2004 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, Canada Department of Political Science Lecturer in a credit-bearing student directed seminar – POLI 370: Diplomacy and Negotiations in Theory and Practice

ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, University of Texas – Austin Dr. Terri Givens’ book project on Immigration in the European Union. January 2007 – present.

Paper Collaboration, University of Texas – Austin Research with Dr. Robert Moser on minority voting patterns in Russia and Ukraine.

Research Assistant, University of British Columbia Dr. Yves Tiberghien’s Global Biotechnology Regulation Project, 2003-2006.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS Research: Comparative post-conflict democratization, European Union integration processes, European Union Common Foreign Security Policy, Eastern European security, conflict resolution, minority voting.

LANGUAGE SKILLS Serbian: Native Speaker English: Advanced French: Advanced Croatian: Advanced Russian: Intermediate Bulgarian: Intermediate Spanish: Beginner

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Midwest Political Science Association Southwest Political Science Association Canadian Political Science Association

COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Office, SPSS, Dreamweaver MX 2004

REFERENCES:

Terri Givens, Vice-Provost, University of Texas at Austin, Office Phone: (512) 232-7245, e-mail: [email protected] Kurt Weyland, Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, Office Phone: (512) 232-7253, e-mail: [email protected] Yves Tiberghien, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Office Phone: (604) 822-4358, e-mail: [email protected] Richard Johnston, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, email: [email protected] Robert Moser, Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, Office Phone: (512) 232-7278, e-mail: [email protected] Sima Godfrey, Director of the UBC Institute for European Studies, Professor, University of British Columbia, Office Phone: (604) 822-8723, email: [email protected] Richard Price, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Office Phone: (604) 822-3021, e-mail: [email protected]