LISA CONANT

Department of Political Science Email [email protected] 2000 Asbury Avenue # 466 University of Denver Denver, CO 80208

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Department Chair (Elected, three-year term) Department of Political Science, University of Denver, 1 August 2017 – present (extending normal term by one academic year), 1 August 2009 – 31 August 2012, and as Interim Chair: 1 January – 31 August 2008.

Professor Department of Political Science, University of Denver, 1 September 1, 2016 – present. For online bios, see http://portfolio.du.edu/conant https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/lisa-conant and http://www.du.edu/ahss/polisci/facultystaff/conant_lisa.html

Associate professor Department of Political Science, University of Denver, 1 September 2004 – 31 August 2016.

Assistant professor Department of Political Science, University of Denver, 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2004. Department of Political Science, Ohio University, 1 September 1998 – 30 June 2000.

EDUCATION AND HONORS

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Washington, August 1998 Dissertation: “Contained justice: The politics behind Europe’s rule of law”

Dissertation Advisors: James Caporaso (chair), Christine Ingebritsen, and John T. S. Keeler

Awarded Overall Distinction for General (Comprehensive) Examination in the Fields: Comparative politics, European politics, and international relations

M.A., Political Science, University of Washington, June 1993 Master’s Essay of Distinction: “Bowing to the European Court: Shame, shelter, and institutional innovation”

B.A., International Relations, Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, July 1990 John E. Turner Award for the Best Undergraduate Thesis in the College of Liberal Arts: “Those who throw stones: A theoretical study of the sustenance of the Intifadeh”

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Honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa, University of Denver faculty chapter, June 2017

PUBLICATIONS

Book Justice contained: Law and politics in the European Union (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002).

Journal articles and peer-reviewed book chapters Conant with Andreas Hofmann, Dagmar Soennecken, and Lisa Vanhala, “Patrolling the boundaries of belonging? Courts, law, and citizenship,” in Law and courts research handbook series, eds. Susan Sterett and Lee Walker, Edward Elgar (October 2019).

“Missing in action? The rare voice of international courts in domestic politics,” in International courts and domestic politics, ed, Marlene Wind, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018), 11-42.

Conant with Andreas Hofmann, Dagmar Soennecken, and Lisa Vanhala, “Research agenda: Mobilizing European law,” Journal of European Public Policy 25, 9 (May 2017), 1376- 1389 available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1329846

“Who files suit? Legal mobilization and torture violations in Europe,” Law & Policy 38, 4 (October 2016), 280-303.

“Compelling criteria? Human rights in the European Union,” Journal of European Public Policy 21, 5 (May 2014), 713-729.

“The politics of legal integration,” Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 45 Annual Review of the EU (August 2007), 45-66.

“Individuals, courts, and the development of European social rights,” Comparative Political Studies 39,1 (February 2006), 76-100.

“Contested boundaries: Citizens, states, and supranational belonging in the European Union,” in Boundaries and belonging: States and societies in the struggle to shape identities and local practices, ed. Joel Migdal, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 284-317.

“Europeanization and the courts,” in Transforming Europe: Europeanization and domestic change, eds. Maria Green Cowles, James Caporaso, and Thomas Risse, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001), 97-115.

Book chapters and working papers “Court of Justice of the European Union,” in Handbook on EU crisis: Crises, resilience, and the future of the EU, eds. Akasemi Newsome, Marianne Riddervold, and Jarle Trondal (London: Palgrave Forthcoming December 2020).

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“Whose agents? The interpretation of international law in national courts,” Interdisciplinary perspectives on international law and international relations: The state of the art, eds. Jeffrey Dunoff and Mark Pollack, (Cambridge University Press 2013), 394-420.

“Compliance and what EU member states make of it,” Compliance and European law, ed. Marise Cremona, from the series Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law. (Oxford University Press, 2012), 1-30.

“Rights and the limits of transnational solidarity in Europe,” Globalizing justice: Critical perspectives on transnational law and the cross-border migration of legal norms, eds. Michael Tolley, Donald Jackson, and Mary Volcansek, (SUNY Press, 2010), 141-159.

“Regional legal frameworks for human rights and social policy in Europe,” Human rights and social policy: A comparative analysis of values and citizenship in OECD countries, ed. Ann Nevile, (Edward Elgar press, 2010), 47-64.

“Law and justice,” Handbook of European studies, ed. Chris Rumford, (Sage, 2009), 155-172.

“Courts,” European politics, eds. Colin Hay and Anand Menon, (Oxford University Press, 2007), 256-68.

“Judicial politics,” Handbook of European Union politics, eds. Knud Erik Jørgensen, Mark Pollack, and Ben Rosamond, (Sage, 2007), 213-229.

“Europe’s no fly zone? Rights, obligations, and liberalization in practice,” in State of the European Union volume 6: Law, politics and society, eds. Rachel Cichowski and Tanja Börzel, (Oxford University Press, 2003), 235-250.

“European judicial review and national institutional change,” in Altered states: International relations, domestic politics, and institutional change, eds. Andrew Cortell and Susan Peterson, (Lanham: Lexington Press, 2002), 27-62.

“Contested boundaries: Citizens, states, and supranational belonging in the European Union,” EUI Working Paper RSC No. 2001/27 (2001), 1-38.

Articles in progress “Failing forward until it falls apart? EU citizenship, the Court of Justice, and Brexit,” part of an accepted proposal for a special issue with the Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP) on the “Failing Forward” framework to explain the process of European integration, with special issue editors Professors Sophie Meunier, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Erik Jones. Article manuscript submitted for peer review on 2 September 2020 (each contribution must independently clear peer review for inclusion).

“Canaries in the mine? European legal mobilization and its implications for democracy,” article manuscript near completion after presentation at the APSA meeting in

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August/September 2019, with plans to finalize and submit to the journal International Organization or submit with the research network project “Activism in International Courts,” funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant, for a special issue proposal to a journal.

Book reviews and short invited articles Book note of The European Court of Justice & the policy process: The shadow of case law, Susanne Schmidt, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, in Public Administration (20 August 2018), DOI: 10.1111/padm.12536.

“When courts decide: Foreigners’ rights and social citizenship in Europe and the US,” European Political Science 7,1 (March 2008), 43-51.

“Courts and the Americanization of social rights in Europe?” European Politics and Society Newsletter, American Political Science Association (Fall/Winter 2007), 8-12.

Book note of EC Membership and the judicialization of British Politics, Danny Nicol, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 6,3 (December 2004), 311-313.

“Instituting justice? Organizational capacity and access to EU rights,” European Politics and Society Newsletter, American Political Science Association (Winter 2004).

Book note of Establishing the supremacy of European law: The making of an international rule of law in Europe, Karen J. Alter, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 in EUSA Review 15,2 (Spring 2002), the quarterly publication of the European Union Studies Association.

Book note of The European Court of Justice, Renaud Dehousse, New York: St. Martin’s, 1998 in International Politics 37, 2 (2000).

“The politics behind judicial policy innovation,” Diplomacy (Spring 1995) University of California, Berkeley.

Book note of The European Community: To Maastricht and beyond, ed. Pierre-Henri Laurent, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1994) in the European Community Studies Association Newsletter (Autumn 1994).

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND STUDY (Extended periods)

Collaborator in International Research Network “Activism in International Courts,” Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant (2019-2022). Principal Investigator: Lisa Sundstrom, University of British Columbia, with network information available at https://lmic.arts.ubc.ca

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Visiting Researcher European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France (February 2013, November 2008, February 2006).

Visiting Researcher Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiesole, European University Institute (EUI), Italy (May 2012, January – February 2006, September 2004).

Postdoctoral Fellow European University Institute (EUI), San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy (2000-2001). I participated in the European Forum: “Between Europe and the Nation-State: The Reshaping of Interests, Identities, and Political Representation.”

Doctoral Fellow Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Federal Republic of Germany (1995-96). I conducted over one hundred elite interviews and engaged in research at libraries and press archives in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, and Paris.

Teacher of English as a Second Language Maoming Education College, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, under the auspices of the World Teach program based at Harvard University (1990-1991). I taught English conversation and listening courses to students training to be English teachers.

Rotary Exchange Student Stätische Gymnasium Oerlinghausen, Federal Republic of Germany (1986-87). I completed liberal arts course work in a German high school and lived with German host families.

EXTERNAL FUNDING

Research Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant. Co-funding of my travel and accommodation expenses to participate in a workshop on “Activism in International Courts,” organized by the SSHRC Principal Investigator Professor Lisa Sundstrom of the University of British Columbia and hosted locally by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen of the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Canada and Denmark, 7 – 8 October 2019.

Princeton University, Institute for International and Regional Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop organized by Professors Sophie Meunier, R. Dan Kelemen, and Erik Jones to prepare a special issue on “Failing forward in European integration,” New Jersey, 13 September 2019.

University of British Columbia, Research cluster grant. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop organized by Professor Lisa Sundstrom in preparation for future collaboration on a research network on activism in international human

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rights courts, Vancouver, Canada, 15 – 18 November 2018.

University College London, Global Engagement Office. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to enable participation in a research and joint writing workshop with hosting Professor Lisa Vanhala and two further co-authors, United Kingdom, 17 – 19 December 2016.

York University and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in the workshop “Legal mobilization in Germany and Europe,” organized by Professor Dagmar Soennecken, Toronto, Canada, 14 – 15 February 2015.

Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order (Pluricourts), Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume International courts and domestic politics, organized by Professors Andreas Føllesdal and Marlene Wind, Norway, 29 – 30 January 2015.

Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume International courts and domestic politics, organized by Professor Marlene Wind, Denmark, 11 – 12 September 2014.

Rutgers University, European Union Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Funding to cover my travel and accommodation expenses to participate in a workshop to prepare a special issue on processes of widening and deepening in the EU, organized by Professor R. Daniel Kelemen, New Jersey, 4 –5 May 2012.

Temple University, School of Law. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume, Interdisciplinary perspectives on international law and international relations: The state of the art, organized by Professors Jeffrey Dunoff and Mark Pollack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 – 14 May 2011.

University of Washington, European Union Center of Excellence and Center for West European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop on “Migration and the new citizenship in the EU,” Seattle, organized by the Center for West European Studies, 1 April 2010.

McGill University and the University of Montreal, Institutes for European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop on “Courts and social policy in the European Union and Canada: Legal mobilization and policy outcomes,” organized by Professor Christine Rothmyr Allison, Canada, 30 November 2007.

University Association for Contemporary European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to deliver the keynote Journal of Common Market Studies annual review lecture, invited by JCMS guest editors Professors Uli Sedelmeier and Alasdair Young, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 3 – 5 September 2007.

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University of California-Berkeley, Institute of European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to give a research talk, invited by Professor Nicholas Ziegler, California, 5 October 2006.

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, and University of Victoria, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to give a research talk at both institutions, Canada, invited by Professors Ljiljana Biukovic and Martha O’Brien, 15 – 16 March 2006.

American Political Science Association (APSA) Small Research Grant of $2252 awarded April 5, 2005 to cover travel expenses associated with research on the project “Patrolling the Boundaries: Courts, Democracy, and Citizenship” in January 2006. Selected as one of eleven funded projects from an applicant pool of 107.

University of Victoria, Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in the Consortium’s second annual conference, organized by Professor Jeremy Webber, Canada, 30 September 2005.

University of Washington, European Union Center of Excellence. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare a special issue on courts and democratic participation for Comparative Political Studies, invited by Professor Rachel Cichowski, Seattle, 14 May 2004.

World Affairs Council. Funding to cover my travel to give lectures on the European Union’s origin, evolution, and future to the World Affairs Council membership and faculty and students at Milliken University, Springfield and Decatur, Illinois, 26 – 27 February 2004.

Jean Monnet Fellowship, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. Postdoctoral research fellowship with monthly stipend, Florence, Italy, September 2000 – June 2001.

University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodation to participate in the “Boundaries and Belonging” workshop to prepare an edited volume, invited by Professor Joel Migdal, Seattle, 20 September 2000.

University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodation to participate in the “Boundaries and Belonging” workshop to prepare an edited volume, invited by Professor Joel Migdal, Seattle, 21 July 1999.

European University Institute. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume Transforming Europe, organized by Professors Thomas Risse, Maria Green Cowles, and James Caporaso, Florence, Italy, 19 June 1998.

University of Pittsburgh, Center for West European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume Transforming

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Europe, hosted by Professor Alberta Sbragia, Pennsylvania, 8 November 1997.

Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowship (FLAS), Department of Education. Dissertation writing fellowship for extensive use of German materials, including a monthly stipend and tuition waiver, September 1996 – June 1997.

European University Institute. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in a workshop to prepare the edited volume Transforming Europe, organized by Professors Thomas Risse, Maria Green Cowles, and James Caporaso, Florence, Italy, 21 – 22 February 1997.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies. Dissertation fellowship for field research, including a monthly stipend and travel budget, Germany, April 1995 – March 1996.

Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowship (FLAS), Department of Education. Fellowship to complete advanced course work and field research in French, including a monthly stipend and tuition waiver, September 1994 – June 1995.

Harvard University, Center for European Studies. Funding to cover my travel and accommodations to participate in the graduate student workshop, “Governing Europe: Power, Process, and Legitimacy after Maastricht,” organized by Mark Pollack and Karen Alter, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2 – 4 December 1994.

European Community Studies Association. Dissertation grant, May 1994.

Teaching University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my service on the dissertation committee of Jessica Thierry-Sampson (PhD supervisor Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen), Denmark, 5 December 2018 – 8 March 2019.

University of Duisburg-Essen, Jean Monnet Chair in European integration and politics. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my academic consultation on an article- based dissertation by Julia Schmälter and guest lecture at the “Mid-day Forum” colloquia, invited by Professor Michael Kaeding, Germany, 13 – 17 June 2016.

European University Institute, Department of Social and Political Sciences. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my service on the dissertation committee of Costanza Hermanin (PhD supervisor Adrienne Heritier), Florence, Italy, 20 December 2011 – 24 April 2012.

University of Victoria, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my guest lecture in European Studies 300, invited by Professor Amy Verdun, Canada, 12 March 2012.

European University Institute, Academy of Law. Stipend and funding to cover travel and

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accommodations for my three lectures in a summer session course on “Compliance and the European Union,” invited by Professor Bruno De Witte, Florence, Italy (3 – 10 July 2009). University of Victoria, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my guest lectures in Law 374 and European Studies 300, invited by Professor Martha O’Brien, Canada, 15 – 17 March 2006.

University of Victoria, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my guest lecture in European Studies 300, invited by Professor Amy Verdun, 16 November 2004.

University of Oklahoma, European Union Center. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for two University of Denver tutorial students and myself as faculty advisor during a Model European Union, invited by Professor Mitchell Smith, hosted by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 22-23 April 2004.

Leiden University. Funding to cover travel and accommodations for my guest lecture in the Honours Course in Public Administration and Political Science, invited by Professor Karen Anderson, Netherlands, 2 April 2004.

University of Oklahoma, European Union Center. Stipend and travel funding to participate in a faculty development seminar on teaching the European Union, invited by Professor Mitchell Smith, 23-25 July 2003.

INTERNAL GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY

Research (University of Denver, unless otherwise noted) Rosenberry grant ($1,300), February 2020 for presentation of my “Failing forward” paper on a two-panel symposium for a special issue project with the Journal of European Public Policy at the Conference of Europeanists meeting that was originally scheduled for June 2020. Because this conference has been re-scheduled for June 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and my participation would be identical to the project that was granted funding, I hope that this Rosenberry grant can be transferred to June 2021.

Internationalization travel grant, fall 2019.

Internationalization travel grant, winter 2017.

Rosenberry grant to fund conference travel, spring 2015.

Internationalization travel grant, spring 2015.

Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty (PROF) grant of $10,200 awarded April 18, 2013 to cover summer salary for the research project: “Race to judgment? Human rights and the limits of constitutional democracy in Europe” 2013.

Sabbatical enhancement of $2500 awarded spring 2012 to support sabbatical research in 2013.

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Humanities Institute and Rosenberry grant to fund conference travel, spring 2013.

Internationalization travel grant, spring 2011.

Humanities Institute grant to fund conference travel, spring 2011.

Faculty Research Fund grant, summer 2008.

Rosenberry grant to fund conference travel, spring 2008.

Internationalization travel grant, spring 2007.

Humanities Institute grant to fund conference travel, spring 2007.

Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty (PROF) grant of $11,480 awarded April 25, 2005 to cover travel expenses and summer salary associated with the research project: “Patrolling the boundaries: Courts, democracy, and citizenship” in academic year 2005/06.

Sabbatical enhancement of $2500 awarded April 18, 2005 to support sabbatical research in 2006.

Internationalization grant, fall 2004.

Faculty Research Fund grant, fall 2003 for use in fall 2004.

Rosenberry grant to fund conference participation, spring 2004 for use in fall 2004.

Rosenberry grant to fund conference participation, spring 2003.

Internationalization grant and Rosenberry grant to fund conference participation, spring 2002.

University of Washington, travel grant for dissertation research, James Caporaso’s Bloedel Chair of Political Science, 1996.

University of Washington, Department of Political Science, research assistantship, Spring 1992.

University of Washington, Department of Political Science, J. Allen Smith Fellowship, Winter 1992.

Teaching (University of Denver, unless otherwise noted) Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching. All eight modules completed by 11 September 2020.

Office of Teaching and Learning Faculty Training, “Team approach to supporting students in navigating crisis,” 17 October 2019.

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Internationalization Innovation grant, September 2017 and October 2019, to develop Global Masters program in political science with Lund University.

First-year seminar training, 1 September 2016.

First-year seminar training, 1 September 2015.

Advanced seminar/First-year seminar advanced faculty workshop and stipend to develop writing pedagogy, 15 – 18 June 2015.

Advanced seminar faculty assessment workshop and stipend to evaluate ASEM learning outcomes, 19 June 2014.

Teaching online workshop and grant to develop a hybrid version of my former Core 2414, now ASEM 2414, “Wealth, Power, and Justice in the European Union,” spring (workshop) and fall (teaching the hybrid course) 2012.

Service learning faculty scholars program workshop and stipend to integrate service learning assignments into major and FSEM curriculum, 1 – 2 December 2011.

First-year seminar curriculum development grant for an accepted proposal to teach “Schools on Trial: The Politics of Education Reform,” for fall 2011.

Disability Services and Learning Effectiveness Programs. Curriculum development grant to integrate an approach based on “Universal Design for Learning” into my new FSEM “Schools on Trial,” June 2011.

Curriculum development grant for the writing-intensive core course: “Politics of Rights,” and the best Core proposal award for this proposal, spring 2009.

Core travel grant to support my participation in the Western Political Science Association meeting, March 2009.

Writing Center stipend to support curriculum development in a writing-intensive Core course, June 2008.

Core travel grant to support my participation in the Law and Society Annual Meeting in Montreal, May 2008.

Core travel grant to support my participation in the European Union Studies Association Biennial Meeting in Montreal, May 2007.

First-year seminar curriculum development grant for an accepted proposal to teach “Transnational Justice and the Boundaries of Rights,” for fall 2007.

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Center for Teaching and Learning, Cooperative Learning workshop and curriculum development grant to incorporate cooperative learning in SOCS 1610 for fall 2006.

Center for Teaching and Learning, Cooperative Learning workshop and curriculum development grant to incorporate cooperative learning in Core 2414 for fall 2005.

Marsico initiative curriculum development grant to develop a quantitative reasoning component in Law, Politics, and Society (PLSC 2001) for spring 2005.

Marsico initiative curriculum development grant to develop a writing intensive core course for winter 2005 (CORE 2414).

Marsico initiative grant to fund travel for tutorial students and myself as faculty advisor to participate in a Model European Union hosted by the University of Arkansas and sponsored by the European Union Center of the University of Oklahoma, 22 – 23 April 2004.

Marsico initiative curriculum development grant to develop a writing intensive foundations of social science course, July 2003.

Marsico initiative curriculum development grant to develop a tutorial for the core course: “Wealth, Power, and Justice in the European Union,” July 2003.

Curriculum development grant for the core course: “Wealth, power, and justice in the European Union,” September 2001.

University of Washington, Department of Political Science, teaching assistantships, Fall 1991, Fall 1992 – Spring 1994, Winter 1995, Spring 1996.

Administrative and other development activity Global Masters program development for a joint BA and MS in political science, University of Denver and Lund University in Sweden, September 2017 – present.

“Trail back to campus” training on procedures related to Covid-19 mitigation, completed on 5 September 2020.

“Undergraduate advisor training.” September – October 2020.

“Canvas training for Chairs: Accreditation visit” due by 10 October 2020.

Office of Teaching and Learning (Christina Paguyo), University of Denver, “Assessment meet- up,” 1 November 2019.

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Chairs and Directors Training, University of Denver, “Supporting faculty with a focus on underrepresented groups,” 15 August 2018.

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Office of Teaching and Learning (Christina Paguyo), University of Denver, “Writing assessment reports with friends, 7 December 2017.

Center for Multi-cultural Excellence (Debra Mixon-Mitchell) “Training in best practices for diversity and inclusive excellence during faculty searches,” 11 September 2017.

Departmental Chairs Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 1 September 2017.

Media training for faculty, University of Denver, 18 May 2017.

Departmental Chairs training, University of Denver, 28 April and 26 May 2017.

PLENARY OR KEYNOTE ADDRESSES GIVEN AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Panellist of four former students of James Caporaso for his Lifetime Achievement in European Studies, Biennial International Meeting of the European Union Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 5 – 7 March 2015.

“United in Diversity? National courts and international law,” Keynote presented at the “International Courts and Domestic Politics” conference hosted and sponsored by the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-12 September 2014.

“The Politics of Legal Integration,” presented as the Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Review Lecture in the plenary session of the Annual Conference of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 3 – 5 September 2007.

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Covid-19 cancellation of “Failing Forward until it Falls Apart? Incomplete Political Rights and the Disenfranchisement of EU Citizens,” paper accepted as part of a two-panel symposium on the “Failing forward” framework of European integration, International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 22 – 24 June 2020.

“Canaries in mine: Legal Mobilization and its Discontents,” paper presented as part of a panel organized by the Research Network “Activism in International Courts” at the virtual meeting Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, (Covid-19 led to the virtual conversion of an originally planned “in-person” meeting intended to take place in Denver, Colorado), 28 – 31 May 2020.

“Canaries in the Mine? Legal Mobilization and its Discontents,” paper presented for the “Activism in International Courts” Workshop, Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, 7 – 8 October 2019 and also at the

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Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 29 August – 1 September 2019.

“Failing Forward until it Falls Apart? EU Citizenship, the Court of Justice, and Brexit,” paper presented for the “Failing Forward or Falling Apart? Crisis and Patterns of European Integration” Workshop, Princeton University, New Jersey, 13 September 2019.

Chair and discussant of the panel, “Courts in the European Union,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 29 August – 1 September 2019.

Discussant for the panel, “Effectiveness of Oversight in the European Union,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 29 August – 1 September 2019.

Chair of the round-table panel, “Author Meets Critics: The European Court of Justice and the Policy Process,” at the 16th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Denver, Colorado,11 May 2019.

“Stampede for Justice? Legal Mobilization before European Courts,” paper presented at the 16th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, 10 May 2019.

Chair and Discussant for the panel, “Protecting Rights through EU Law,” at the 16th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, 9 May 2019.

“Research agenda on human rights legal mobilization in Europe,” short paper presented at the workshop, “Activists in International Courts” at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 15 November 2018.

“Getting out from under those judges? What Brexit conflicts over the Court of Justice reflect about EU and British Politics,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association British Politics Group Short course: “Brexit and Beyond,” Boston, Massachusetts, 29 August 2018 – 2 September 2018.

Chair for the panel, “Lost Legitimacy at the International Level,” for the conference, “Fostering Inclusive Responses to the Liberal Order’s ‘Crisis,’” Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, 8 – 9 March 2018.

Discussant for the panel, “Legitimacy of International Law and Courts,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 31 August – 3 September 2017.

“Canaries in the Mine? European Legal Mobilization and its Implications for Democracy,” paper presented on the panel “How Legal Mobilization by Citizens Varies across Legal Systems,”

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24th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12 – 14 July 2017.

Discussant for the panel, “Legal Mobilization by EU Institutions and Member States,” 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12 – 14 July 2017.

Chair for the panel, “Micro-level Explanations of Legal Mobilization by Private Actors: Bringing Agents Back In,” 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12 – 14 July 2017.

Roundtable panellist discussing two books: “Law and Politics: The Court of Justice of the European Union in Context,” 15th Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Miami, Florida, 4 – 6 May 2017.

Invited senior discussant for a “First book manuscript workshop,” discussing a manuscript that analyses the democratic legitimacy of judicial review by comparing its “counter-majoritarian” features to counter-majoritarian procedures that characterize “veto points” in branches of government with elected representatives, Annual meeting of the Association for Political Theory, Boulder, Colorado, 22 – 24 October 2015.

“United in Diversity? National Courts and European Law,” paper presented as part of a three- panel symposium, “The Role of Domestic Institutions in European Judicial Governance,” 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and Sciences Po, Paris, France, 8 – 10 July 2015.

“Stampede for Justice? Legal mobilization before the European Court of Human Rights,” paper presented as part of a two-panel symposium, “Legal Mobilization in Europe,” 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and Sciences Po, Paris, France, 8 – 10 July 2015.

Roundtable panellist discussing two books: “Roundtable: Reforming Social Europe in Times of Crisis,” 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and Sciences Po, Paris, France, 8 – 10 July 2015.

Discussant for the panel, “Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: The EU and Beyond,” Biennial International Meeting of the European Union Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 5 – 7 March 2015.

“Who Files Suit? Legal Mobilization and Access to European Justice,” paper presented at the “Legal Mobilization in Germany and Europe” conference hosted by York University and sponsored by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Toronto, Canada, 12 – 14 February 2015.

“United in Diversity? National Courts and International Law,” paper presented at the “Conference on International Courts and Domestic Politics” conference hosted and sponsored

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by the Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order (Pluricourts), Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway, 29 – 30 January 2015.

“Stampede for Justice? Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Legal Mobilization in Europe,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C. 28-31 August 2014, and the 21st International Conference of Europeanists, Washington DC, 14-16 March 2014.

“Human Rights, Democracy, and Legal Mobilization in Europe,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, 3-6 October 2013.

“Who Measures Up? Human Rights in an Enlarging European Union,” revised paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 3 – 6 April 2013 and at the Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-11 May 2013.

“Who Measures Up? Human Rights in an Enlarging European Union,” draft paper project prepared for the Jean Monnet Research Workshop, “Enlargement and Integration in the European Union: Wider and Deeper?” Center for European Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 4 – 5 May 2012.

“Whose Agents? The Interpretation of International Law in National Courts,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, 1 – 4 April 2012.

“Who Measures Up? Human Rights in the Old, New, and Aspiring EU Member States,” paper presented at the Eighteenth International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Barcelona, Spain, 20 – 22 June 2011.

Chair and discussant for the panel: “International and EU Legal Developments,” Eighteenth International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Barcelona, Spain, 20 – 22 June 2011.

“Whose Agents? The Interpretation of International Law in National Courts,” paper presented at the “International Law and International Relations Interdisciplinary Research” workshop organized by Jeffrey Dunoff and Mark Pollack, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 – 14 May 2011.

“Attack of the Clones? Non-compliance and the Litigation Explosion before the European Court of Human Rights,” poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. 1 – 4 September 2010.

“Rights and the Limits of Solidarity in Europe,” paper presented at the “Migration and the New Citizenship in the European Union” conference of the European Union Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, 1 – 2 April 2010.

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“Attack of the Clones? Non-compliance and the Litigation Explosion before the European Court of Human Rights,” draft presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada 3 – 6 September 2009.

“Transnational Dispute Resolution, Public Law Litigation, and Compliance: The Consequences of Legalization in Europe” revised draft presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Denver, Colorado, 28 – 31 May 2009 and the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, Canada 19 – 21 March 2009.

“Transnational Dispute Resolution, Public Law Litigation, and Compliance: The Consequences of Legalization in Europe” draft presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 28 – 31 August 2008.

“Rights and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity in Europe” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings, Montreal, Canada, 29 May – 1 June 2008.

“Rights and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity in Europe,” presented at the workshop, “Courts and Social Policy in the European Union and Canada: Legal Mobilization and Policy Outcomes,” Institutes for European Studies at McGill University and the University of Montreal, Canada, 30 November 2007.

“Transnational Dispute Resolution, Public Law Litigation, and Compliance: The Consequences of Legalization in Europe” early outline of the project presented at the Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 17 – 19 May 2007.

Chair and discussant for the panel: “The ECJ as a Dynamic Policy Actor,” Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 17 – 19 May 2007.

Chair for the panel: “Dimensions of European Citizenship,” Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 17 – 19 May 2007.

“Rights, Citizenship, and EU law,” presented at “The Future of Europe: Renewing the Project” Launch Conference of the new Centre for the Study of Europe and the World, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 9 March 2007.

“When Courts Decide: Foreigners’ Rights and Social Citizenship in Europe and the US” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 August – 3 September 2006.

“Rights and the Limits of Solidarity in Europe’s Supranational Political Community,” presented at the Second Annual Conference of the Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism, University of Victoria, Canada, 30 September – 2 October 2005.

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“Individuals, Courts, and the Development of European Social Rights,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1 – 4 September 2005.

“Individuals, Courts, and the Expansion of European Social Rights,” presented at the Pan- European International Relations Conference, The Hague, the Netherlands, 9 – 11 September 2004.

“Diversity within Unity? The Europeanization of Social Rights in Courts,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2 – 5 September 2004.

“Comparing the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice,” presented at the workshop on Courts, Civil Society, and International Governance, West European and EU Centers, University of Washington, Seattle, 14 May 2004.

“Europe’s No Fly Zone? Rights, Obligations, and Liberalization in Practice,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 28 - 31 August 2003; and at the Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, 27 – 29 March 2003.

“A Federalized System of Legal Protection? The Dilemmas and Promise of Multi-level Judging in the European Union,” presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, 27 – 29 March 2003.

Discussant for the Panel: “Cities, Local Governments, and Regions,” Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, 27 – 29 March 2003.

“Contested Boundaries: Citizens, States, and Supranational Belonging in the European Union,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 29 August – 1 September 2002; and at the Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, 30 May – 1 June 2002.

Roundtable panellist: “Roundtable on Federal Relations: Lessons of the US for the EU,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 29 August – 1 September 2002.

Poster Presentation: “Official Obedience as Enduring Evasion? National Governments and the European Court of Justice,” presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 30 August – 2 September 2001.

Discussant for the Panel: “The Construction of European Rights,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 30 August – 2 September 2001.

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“Transnational Citizenship? Boundaries and Belonging in the European Union,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., 31 August – 3 September 2000; and at the Boundaries and Belonging Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, 20 – 23 September 2000.

Poster Presentation: “Law, Economics, and the Liberalization of Public Service in the European Union,” presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., 31 August – 3 September 2000.

“Europeanization and the Courts,” presented at the Twelfth International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, Illinois, 30 March – 2 April 2000.

“Courts, Politics, and the Variable Reach of the Law in the European Union,” presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 – 5 September 1999.

“Enduring Borders: National Discrimination and Individual Rights under European Law,” presented with an honorarium at the Boundaries and Belonging Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, 21 – 23 July 1999.

“Law and Politics in the European Union: The Europeanization of Market Regulation and its Discontents,” presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Community Studies Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 3 – 5 June 1999.

Discussant for the Panel: “Legal Policies and the Court,” Biennial Conference of the European Community Studies Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 3 – 5 June 1999.

“Contained Justice: Institutional Constraints on the Rule of Law in Europe,” presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 3 – 6 September 1998.

“Contested Legal Boundaries: The Impact of Europeanization on Judicial Transformation in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom,” presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 3 – 6 September 1998; and at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 19 – 20 June 1998.

“Contested Legal Boundaries and Institutional Adaptation: The Europeanization of the Law in France, Germany, and the UK,” presented at the Biennial Conference of the Council for European Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, 26-28 February 1998; and at the Center for West European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 8 – 9 November 1997.

“Enduring Borders: The Politics Separating Law from Policy on National Discrimination,” presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Community Studies Association, Seattle, Washington, 29 May – 1 June 1997.

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“Fragmented Governance: Europe’s Variable Rule of Law,” presented at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 21 – 22 February 1997.

“A European Rule of Law? The Fate of Judicial Policy on the Political Front,” presented at the International System in a Grotian Moment Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 25 – 26 October 1996.

“From Jurisprudence to Policy: Law, Politics, and Liberalization in the European Union,” presented at the 1996 Annual International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, California, 16 – 20 April 1996.

“Rights in Law and Practice,” presented at the Contested Communities – Critical Legal Perspectives Conference, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 8 – 10 September 1995.

“The Scope of Judicial Authority in the European Community,” presented at the Governing Europe: Power, Process, and Legitimacy after Maastricht Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2 – 4 December 1994.

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“Brexit: The United Kingdom’s Vote to Leave the European Union,” invited University College Enrichment Lecture Series, University of Denver, 2 and 9 April 2020, which got robust enrollment but had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. Now scheduled as an online video-conference, 12 and 19, November 2020.

“Brexit and the United Kingdom’s national elections of December 2019,” guest lecture in the Political Science introductory course in comparative politics taught by Jing Sun, 27 January 2020.

“Multi-level Administration in Europe: Is EU Law What National Courts Make of It?” guest lecture in European Governance Masters seminar, Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, 9 October 2019.

“Trumped Up? Nationalist Populism and Immigration in Europe,” presented to the “Great Decisions” chapter lecture series, Denver, Colorado, 19 February 2019.

“Special Political Relationship: Anglo-American Security Cooperation,” UK-US Special Relationship panel, Organized by the British Consul of Denver, Denver Film Festival, Colorado, 8 November 2018.

“Nationalist populism in Europe,” guest lecture in the Political Science Capstone seminar taught by Elizabeth Sperber, University of Denver, January 2018.

“Trumped Up? Nationalist Populism and its Impact on Europe and Beyond,” Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Denver, Colorado, 6 June 2017.

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“Trumped Up? Prospects for the Radical Right in Western Europe, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Denver faculty chapter, 1 March 2017.

Panel speaker presenting “America’s New Place in the World: Bringing us Back to 1919 Again?” for the session titled “America’s Place in the World Under President Trump,” Sturm Hall 286, University of Denver, 26 January 2017.

Panel speaker for “The Politics of Brexit,” presenting “Why Law Cannot Overturn the Vote,” International Law Society, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver, 15 September 2016.

Panel speaker on a Brexit Roundtable, “Brexit briefing,” International Business Circle (IBcircle), City Stacks, Denver, Colorado, 28 June 2016. Subsequently invited by this organization to a “Global Garden Party with British Consuls at the Governor’s Residence,” in celebration of the Queen’s 90th year, Denver, Colorado, 25 August 2016.

“Brexit, Now what?” Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Denver, Colorado, 14 July 2016.

“Brexit and the European Union,” WorldDenver, Dorsey and Whitney Law Firm, Denver, Colorado, 23 June 2016 (Referendum day).

“Who Files Suit? Legal Mobilization and Torture Violations in Europe,” presented to the “Mid- day Forum: Political Decisions in Context” at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, 15 June 2016.

“International Migration and its Discontents,” presented to the “Great Decisions” chapter lecture series at the Highlands Ranch Public Library, Colorado, 6 April 2016.

“Brexit and the European Union,” Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Denver, 4 April 2016.

Panel speaker with two other University of Denver faculty: “The Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and its Implications for Europe and the World,” Inspiring Minds speaker series (external community), Denver, Colorado, 7 October 2015.

“Schools on Trial: The Politics of Education Reform,” invited University College Enrichment Lecture Series, University of Denver, 29 September 2015.

Panel speaker with four other University of Denver faculty members: “Europe’s Refugee Crisis and the Middle East: Conflict, State Collapse, and the Consequences for the West,” Lindsay Auditorium, University of Denver, 17 September 2015.

“Compelling Criteria? Human Rights in the EU”, guest lecture in Scott Phillip’s SOCI 2120, Methods of Socio-legal Inquiry, University of Denver, winter 2015.

“Stampede for Justice? Legal Mobilization before the European Court of Human Rights,” Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 September 2014.

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“European Law and What States Make of It,” in the course European Studies 300, The Politics, Economics, and Law of European Integration, University of Victoria, Canada, 12 March 2012.

“Franco-German Dyarchy in the European Union,” guest lecture in Victor Castellani’s Core course, University of Denver, spring 2010.

“Rights and the Limits of Solidarity in Europe,” lecture presented at the Faculty-Graduate Student Research Seminar Series, Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, 27 January 2010.

“Social Democracy in Europe,” guest lecture in Spencer Wellhofer’s First-year seminar on “Democracy and Capitalism,” University of Denver, November 2009.

“Perspectives on Compliance from Political Science,” presented as a specialized graduate course on Compliance and the European Union, Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 3 July 2009.

“Compliance and Administrators, Judges, and Legislators,” presented as a specialized graduate course on Compliance and the European Union, Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 6 July 2009.

“Compliance in the Context of Enlargement,” presented as a specialized graduate course on Compliance and the European Union, Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 7 July 2009.

“Germany and European Integration,” guest lecture in Victor Castellani’s Core course, University of Denver, March 2009.

“Patrolling the Boundaries: Courts, Rights, and Citizenship in Europe” to the faculties of law at the University of Victoria, Canada, 15 March 2006, and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 16 March 2006.

“The Politics of Legal Integration: Social Rights and Citizenship” to the following two courses at the University of Victoria, Canada: Law 374, The Law of the European Union, 15 March 2006; and European Studies 300, The Politics, Economics, and Law of European Integration, 17 March 2006.

“Patrolling the Boundaries: Courts, Rights, and Citizenship in Europe,” to a seminar of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy, 7 February 2006.

“Patrolling the Boundaries: Courts, Rights, and Citizenship in Europe,” to a colloquium sponsored by the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 5 October 2005.

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“Patrolling the Boundaries: Courts, Democracy, and Citizenship,” to a colloquium sponsored by the Comparative Law and Society Studies and European Union Centers, University of Washington, Seattle, 18 February 2005.

“Law, Courts, and Citizenship in the European Union,” in the course European Studies 300: The Politics, Economics, and Law of European Integration, University of Victoria, Canada, 16 November 2004.

“Margaret Thatcher and British Politics,” VIVA course for senior citizens, Denver, Colorado, 27 September 2004.

“Current and Future Developments in European Legal Integration,” in the course Law, Societies & Justice 367: Comparative Law and Courts, University of Washington, Seattle, 13 May 2004.

“The Future of Legal Integration in Europe,” Honours Course in Public Administration and Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 2 April 2004.

“The European Union: Its Origin, Evolution, and Future,” presented to the World Affairs Council, Springfield, Illinois and Milliken University, Decatur, Illinois, 26 and 27 February 2004.

“Justice Contained: Law and Politics in the European Union,” Humanities Institute Talk, University of Denver, 14 November 2002.

Discussant for the European Forum seminar presentation by Mitchell Smith, “States of Liberalization: Redefining the Public Sector in Integrated Europe,” Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 10 May 2001.

Discussant for the European Forum seminar presentation by Ken Endo, “Subsidiarity and Its Enemies: To What Extent is Sovereignty Contested in the Mixed Commonwealth of Europe?” Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1 March 2001.

“Contested Boundaries: Citizens, States, and Supranational Belonging in the European Union,” presented as a European Forum seminar, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1 February 2001.

“Decline of the Nation-State in the European Union? Perspectives on the Post Cold War International System,” presented for a graduate seminar of the Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University, Athens, 22 February 2000.

Roundtable panellist for a discussion on “Free and Fair Trade,” Ohio University, Athens, 10 February 2000.

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“Law and Telecommunications Liberalization in the European Union,” presented for a seminar in Communications Systems Management, Ohio University, Athens, 31 January 2000.

“Economic Influences on National Security and Foreign Policy,” presented for the Air Force ROTC Program, Ohio University, Athens, 18 January 2000.

“Approaches to European Legal Integration,” presented for a graduate seminar in the philosophy of social science, Department of Political Science, Ohio University, Athens, 25 October 1999.

“European Justice? Law and Politics in the European Union,” presented for the Faculty Forum of the International Studies Program, Ohio University, Athens, 15 October 1999.

“Is Monetary Union a Precursor to Political Union?” presented for the Cutler Scholars Program, Ohio University, Athens, 25 May 1999.

“Evolution of the European Union: Motivations for Integration in the Postwar Era,” presented for the Cutler Scholars Program, Ohio University, Athens, 20 April 1999.

“Evolution of the European Union: Motivations to Integrate from the Pre-World War II Era,” presented for the Cutler Scholars Program, Ohio University, Athens, 13 April 1999.

“Human Rights Protection in the European Union,” presented at Justice in Action: a Conference on Global Human Rights, Ohio University, Athens, 6 March 1999.

“A Rule of Law or a Law of the Jungle? The Reach of Judicial Authority in the European Community,” presented at the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies: Fellows Research Colloquia, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 6 November 1995.

CONFERENCE, PANEL, AND SPEAKER ORGANIZATION

Local host for the Pre Law & Society Association Workshop of the “Activists in International Courts Research Network,” where I took many steps in collaboration with network colleagues to organize an all-day workshop to discuss and provide feedback on a select set of research papers related to activism in international courts (we had reviewed submissions and selected participants), with primary funding from a Partnership Development Grant from the SSHRC of Canada and supplemental funding from the Department of Political Science at the University of Denver, Colorado, with the intended workshop date of 27 May 2020, which had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coordinator of a collaborative presentation developed by Department of Political Science faculty (March 2018) and presenter of “Political Targeting of Faculty in the Contemporary US,” to the Chairs and Directors meeting of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Denver, 4 April 2019.

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Moderator and joint-organizer (March – May 2019) of an inter-disciplinary University of Denver faculty panel to the campus and local community, “Contesting Hate: A Critical Response to Christchurch,” University of Denver, 30 May 2019.

Organizer and Chair of the panel, “Adenauer 101: Panel Discussion on the German Elections,” for the University of Denver campus community, with my introductory commentary and panel participants from the governing Christian Democratic Party, Department of Political Science and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, University of Denver, 23 October 2018.

Co-organizer with Andreas Hofmann, Dagmar Soennecken, and Lisa Vanhala of a symposium titled “Explaining Variations in European Legal Mobilization” with three related panels for the 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12 – 14 July 2017.

Chair and organizer for the panel: “Rights Mobilization in a Global Age,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C. 28 – 31 August 2014.

Chair and organizer for the panel: “Courts and the Politics of International Human Rights Protection,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 28 – 31 August 2008.

Host to Professors Thomas Risse and Tanja Börzel of the Free University Berlin for guest lectures to the University of Denver campus community and an undergraduate course on European integration, funded by the “Marsico Visiting Scholars” program, University of Denver, 7 – 9 March 2007.

Host to Professors Amy Verdun and Paul Schure of the University of Victoria for guest lectures to the University of Denver campus community, an undergraduate course on European integration, and a graduate course in economics, funded by the “Marsico Visiting Scholars” program, University of Denver, 12 – 15 February 2005.

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Print Interviewed for the Christian Science Monitor, “EU rules on headscarves at work” by Gretel Kauffman (15 March 2017).

“Who Files Suit” article published by Law & Policy in October 2016 was featured in the “Worth Reading” section of War Crimes Prosecution Watch 11,19 (28 November 2016) published by PILPG: A Global Pro Bono Law Firm.

Radio Interviewed live about the “Brexit” referendum campaign concerning the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union for “Weekend Wake-up” on KNUS in Denver (23 April 2016).

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Television Interviewed live via Skype about parallels between the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union and support for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in the US for “Evening Edition, The Line-up – Part 2” of i24 news, Israel (25 August 2016).

Interviewed about the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union for the local affiliate of ABC Channel 7 news, Denver (24 June 2016).

Interviewed about the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union for the local affiliate of NBC Channel 9, Denver (23 June 2016).

Interviewed about the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union for the local affiliate of CBS Channel 4 news, Denver (23 June 2016).

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate (2xxx courses are upper-division at the University of Denver) ASEM 2414 Wealth, power, and justice in the European Union (conventional and hybrid) ASEM 2490 Politics of rights CORE 2414 Wealth, power, and justice in the European Union (now ASEM 2414) FSEM 1111 Schools on Trial: The Politics of Education Reform FSEM 1111 Transnational Justice and the Boundaries of Rights SOCS 1610 Political science: power and justice SOCS 1650 Political science: power and justice – Honors PLSC 1810 Introduction to law and society (Introduction to socio-legal studies) PLSC 2001 Law and Politics PLSC 2460 Re-inventing Europe PLSC 2703: Topics in Law and Politics – Brexit PLSC 2815 Comparative courts PLSC 2840 International law and human rights PLSC 2880 Taming tyranny? How constitutions frame freedom PLSC 2050 Anarchy or order? World politics PLSC 3290 Politics of immigration and citizenship (comparative Europe and the US) PLSC 3290 Politics of EU citizenship and immigration PLSC 3290 Transnational justice and the boundaries of rights International political economy (Ohio University) International relations (Ohio University) Politics of West Europe (Ohio University) The European Community (Ohio University) Europe in world politics (University of Washington)

Honors Theses, Independent Study, Internships, Undergraduate research direction PLSC 3990 Honors Theses: 19 (including two at Ohio University) PLSC 3991 Independent Study Marsico Tutorials: 2 Independent research projects PLSC 3991 Independent Study Marsico Tutorials: 6 Model EU participants PLSC 3991 Independent Study: 2 (Winter 2011 and Fall 2012)

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PLSC 3991 Independent Study Internship at the state legislature: 4 (Winter 2018) PLSC 3985 Legal internships: 6 (2001-2007) Direction of two undergraduate “work-study” students’ coding of official documents, 2017- 18.

Individualized Honors Tutorials for Undergraduate Students at Ohio University Comparative public law European integration International political economy International relations

Graduate committee participation and graduate assistant supervision PhD dissertation, External committee member for Jessica Sampson-Thierry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 December 2018 – 8 March 2019. Oral defence dissertation chair for Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, 3 January 2019 – August 2019. Oral defence dissertation chair for Mel Korsmo, PhD, Korbel School of International studies, University of Denver, spring 2017 Consulted with doctoral student, Julia Schmälter, on her dissertation examining human rights in the European Union, upon invitation by Professor Michael Kaeding, Universität Duisburg- Essen, Germany, 11 – 17 June 2016 External chair for Kyleanne Hunter, MA thesis, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, winter 2014 PhD dissertation, External jury (committee) member for Costanza Hermanin, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, December 2011 – May 2012 Supervision of graduate teaching assistant for PLSC 1810, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, fall 2012 External reader for Andy Brienzo, MA thesis, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, spring 2012 External reader for Audrey Crain, MA thesis, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, fall 2010 External reader for Danny Lambert, MA thesis, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, spring 2010 Direction of graduate “work-study” student in tabulating data on pilot judgments at the European Court of Human Rights, 2008-09. Supervision of a PhD research assistant, Joint Doctoral program in the Study of Religion, University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology, spring 2008 Supervision of a PhD teaching assistant for SOCS 1610 course, Joint Doctoral program in the Study of Religion, University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology, fall 2006 LLM Thesis, External examiner for David Hosking, University of Victoria, December 2005. Supervision of MA teaching assistants for International Relations, Fall of 1998 and 1999 (Ohio University)

Graduate courses (University of Denver offers only the BA in political science) “Compliance and What EU Member States Make of it,” a specialized graduate course on Compliance and the European Union, Academy of European Law, European University

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Institute, Florence, Italy, 3 – 7 July 2009. Seminar in comparative politics (Ohio University) International political economy (Ohio University)

SERVICE IN THE PROFESSION

External Reviewer for Competitive Grants and Fellowships External reviewer of a grant proposal on “Relevance of judicial trust for the legal integration of the European Union,” Independent Research Fund Denmark, June 2020.

External reviewer of a research proposal for the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, November 2019.

External expert referee for a grant proposal on “Legal Mobilisation in the Service of Values: Analysis of the Croatian Conservative Movement,” Croatian Science Foundation, September 2019.

External expert referee of a proposal on “Rebalancing the Single Market,” for the Austrian Science Fund for a grant for 150,496 euros for a team of two researchers in Austria and Germany, September 2018.

External expert referee of a proposal on “Determinants of ‘Mobilisation’ at Home and Abroad: Analysing the Micro-foundations of Out-Migration & Mass Protest,” for the German Research Foundation grant for 789,818 euros (this is in excess of US $ 800,000) for a cross- national team of seven researchers in four European countries, April – May 2018.

External expert referee of a proposal on “Effects of EU Soft Law across the Multilevel System,” for a French National Research Agency grant in excess of 280,000 euros for an international research team of 4 investigators in France and Germany and 6 further partners in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, and Hungary, August 2017.

External expert referee of a proposal on “Effects of EU Soft Law across the Multilevel System,” for a German Research Foundation grant in excess of 310,000 euros for an international research team of 4 investigators in France and Germany and 6 further partners in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, and Hungary, May 2017.

External expert referee of a proposal on "Legal mobilization and policy change in Europe: Comparing Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom" for a (Belgian) Fund for Scientific Research grant to fund 5 years of full-time research by a principal investigator at the University of Liége, April 2017.

External expert referee of a proposal on “Irregular Migration and the City” for a Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research grant in excess of 600,000 euros for a joint project among faculty in the Netherlands and United Kingdom, July 2015.

External expert referee of a proposal on transnationalization and judicialization of welfare for

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a “New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe” (NORFACE) “Welfare States Futures” grant in excess of one million euros, for an international research team of professors in 4 European states, February 2014.

External expert referee of a proposal on dissents in international judicial opinions for an internal seed grant of the Faculty Senate, Temple University, January 2013.

External expert referee of a proposal on dissents in international judicial opinions for an internal seed grant of the Faculty Senate, Temple University, Spring 2012.

National Science Foundation (NSF) expert reviewer for a $500,000 Law and Social Sciences Proposal, 6 April 2011, program officer: Scott Barclay.

Expert referee for an Exploratory Workshop Proposal, “Rights, Legal Mobilization, and Political Participation in Europe,” European Science Foundation, July 2008.

External rapporteur for an end of award report on the grant, “Suing for Europe: Adversarial Legalism and European Governance,” Economic & Social Research Council, United Kingdom, September 2007, evaluation administrator: Kay Heuser.

Fulbright-Hays Member of the National Screening Committee for fellowships to Germany, 28 November 2006, assistant director of US Student Programs: Jody Dudderar.

National Science Foundation (NSF) expert reviewer for a $250,000 Law and Social Sciences Proposal, 15 October 15 2003, program officer: Christopher Zörn.

National Science Foundation (NSF) expert reviewer for a $500,000 Career Grant Proposal, 5 October 2001, program officer: Paul Wahlbeck.

External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotions Referee for promotion to Professor for Lisa Vanhala, from “Reader/Associate Professor,” University College London, United Kingdom, February 2019.

Referee for promotion to “Reader” for Lisa Vanhala, from “Senior Lecturer,” University College London, United Kingdom, January 2017. Both ranks fall within the North American rank of “Associate Professor” but Reader requires greater scholarly productivity and has been part of the typical trajectory on the path toward Professor in many UK universities.

Referee for contract renewal at the third year for Heidi Haddad, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College, Claremont, California, July 2015.

American Political Science Association (APSA) Law and Courts Section, Nominations Committee, winter 2012.

Chair, selection committee to award the Corwin prize for the best Ph.D. dissertation in public law, 2008-09.

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Selection committee to review proposals and award grants for the APSA Small Grant program, winter 2009.

Council for European Studies (CES) Ad hoc advisory committee member exploring potential avenues of scholarly publication linked to CES, such as a book series with an academic press, new journal, specialized journal outlet devoted to organized special issues in European studies, or a journal-like Annual Review of European Studies. January – June 2019.

Selection committee to award the biennial best book prize fall 2015 and winter 2016.

European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Program committee to select papers and panels for the section on “Law and Public Policy” at the biennial 2009 EUSA meeting in Los Angeles, fall 2008.

Selection committee to award best paper from the biennial 2003 EUSA meeting in Nashville, fall 2004.

European Union Centers of Excellence Collaboration Participant at the workshop, “Comparing Democracies: Colorado, Get to Know Europe” sponsored by the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado- Boulder and the Center for Education in Law and Democracy, 28 February 2011.

Fellow for Regional Outreach, European Union Center of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2001-2004.

Manuscript Reviewer American Political Science Review British Journal of Political Science Comparative Politics Comparative European Politics Comparative Political Studies Cornell University Press Current Politics and Economics of Europe Edward Elgar European Journal of International Relations European Journal of Political Research European Law Journal European Political Science Review European Union Politics Global Studies in Culture and Power Human Rights Review Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power International Studies Perspectives International Studies Quarterly

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Journal of Common Market Studies Journal of European Public Policy Journal of Law and Courts Law & Policy Law & Social Inquiry Law & Society Review Research and Politics Oxford University Press Religion, State, and Society Representation University of Pennsylvania Press West European Politics

Endorser on book jacket Andreas von Staden, Strategies of Compliance with the European Court of Human Rights: Rational Choice within Normative Constraints, University of Pennsylvania Press (2018).

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, An Ever More Powerful Court? The Political Constraints of Legal Integration in the European Union, Oxford University Press (2015).

Professional Memberships American Political Science Association Council for European Studies European Union Studies Association Law and Society Association

DIVISIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Committee Memberships (University of Denver) Phi Beta Kappa selection committee, Spring 2018 Library liaison committee, March 2016 – Fall 2017 Social Sciences Divisional Tenure and Promotion Committee, Winter 2017 Elected Social Sciences Faculty Committee, Fall 2013 – Spring 2015 Ad hoc committee convened to rename the divisions of “AHSS,” Spring 2012 Faculty library committee convened by the Provost, June 2011 “Integrative communities” sub-committee of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences “Directions” process, Winter 2011 First-year seminar elected Committee to approve course proposals, Fall 2009 – Spring 2011 Divisional Tenure and Promotion Committee, Winter/Spring 2009 Marsico Visiting Scholars Committee for the Social Sciences, Fall 2006 – Spring 2009 Divisional Tenure and Promotion Committee, Winter 2008 PROF Peer Review Committee for the Social Sciences, Winter quarter 2007 Personnel Committee, Faculty Senate, 2002– 2005 Awards Sub-Committee, Faculty Senate, 2005 Elected Social Sciences Faculty Committee, 2003 – 2005 Sabbatical Leave Sub-Committee, Faculty Senate, 2002 – 2004

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Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, 2003 – 2004 Divisional Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching, 2004 PROF Peer Review Committee for the Social Sciences, Winter quarter 2004 Divisional Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2003

Other University Service (University of Denver) Faculty mentor in “Dialogues and Destinations” new student orientation, 2008, 2009, 2011 – 2016 Mentor to new faculty member Chiara Piovani, 2011 – 2012 Faculty registration room shift for “Discoveries” to cover a colleague, 2010 Interviewed students for 2 days in Minneapolis for the Ammi Hyde program, December 2007 Interviewed students for 2 days in Seattle for the Ammi Hyde program, February 2008 Mentor to new faculty member Bonnie Adrian, 2006 – 07 Director of European Studies, Fall 2003 – Spring 2009 Interviewed students for 2 days in Seattle for the Ammi Hyde program, February 2005 Mentor to new faculty member Sarah Pessin, 2004 – 2005 Faculty participant in "Dialogues" new student orientation, 2003. Pre-law advisor for all students and alumni, 2001 – 1/2004 Faculty friend, Student residential life, 2002 – 2003

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Committee Memberships (University of Denver unless otherwise noted) Global Masters Program Selection Committee Chair, Fall 2018 – present Recruitment Committee Co-chair for one tenure-track search, Spring – Fall 2020. Recruitment Committee Chair to hire an Assistant to the Chair, due to recently hired Assistant departing to start a doctoral program in political science at CU-Boulder, August – September 2020. Recruitment Committee Chair to re-hire one Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor and hire a second Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor, February – August 2020. Third-year review Committee Chair of one junior colleague, Winter 2020 Recruitment Committee Chair to hire an Assistant to the Chair, November 2019 Recruitment Committee Chair to hire a Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor for 2019/20, March – July 2019 Recruitment Committee Chair to hire a Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor for 2018/19, March – May 2018 Recruitment Committee Chair to hire an Assistant to the Chair, January – May 2018 Recruitment Committee Chair for one tenure-track search, Spring 2017 – Winter 2018 Recruitment Committee Chair for one tenure-track search, Fall 2015 Recruitment Committee for one tenure-track search, Fall 2014 Third-year review Committee for one junior colleague, Winter 2013 Recruitment Committee for one tenure-track search, Summer 2012 – Winter 2013 Tenure-Review Committee (directed the start of the process) for two junior colleagues, Spring 2012 – January 2013 Tenure-Review Committee (directed the start of the process) for one junior colleague, Spring 2011 – January 2012

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Recruitment Committee for a new Assistant to the Chair, Spring 2011 Recruitment Committee Chair for one tenure-track search, Summer 2009 – Winter 2010 Tenure-Review Committee Chair for one junior colleague, Summer 2009 – Winter 2010 Third-year Review Committee Chair for two junior colleagues, Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 Third-year Review Committee for one junior colleague, Winter 2009 Third-year Review Committee for two junior faculty, Winter 2007 Recruitment Committee for one tenure-track search, Fall 2006 – Winter 2007 Recruitment Committee for two tenure-track searches, Fall 2005 Recruitment Committee for two tenure-track searches, Fall 2003 – Winter 2004 Executive Committee, Ohio University, 1999-2000 Library Acquisitions Committee, Ohio University, 1998-1999

Other Departmental Service (University of Denver unless otherwise noted) Pandemic Chair leadership requiring service far beyond the normal course of duties as Department Chair, March 2020 – present. Assessment Director for political science, August 2017 – present, Fall 2009 – 12. Study abroad adviser for all political science majors, August 2017 – present; and formerly also Fall 2009 – Summer 2012 and Winter – Summer 2008 Student recruiter for prospective and incoming students, August 2017 – present. Recruiter to hire adjunct faculty to teach 4 courses in 2019/20 Recruiter to hire adjunct faculty to teach 7 courses in 2018/19 Recruiter to hire adjunct faculty to teach 6 courses in 2017/18 Recruiter to hire a replacement Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor for Winter/Spring of 2018, December 2017. Representative to the Faculty Senate, Fall 2001 – 2005 Faculty advisor to undergraduate political science majors, 2001 – present Law internships faculty supervisor, 2002 – 2004 Faculty advisor to undergraduate political science majors, Ohio University, 1998 – 2000

LANGUAGES

German I completed an undergraduate minor with a 4.0 GPA and, at the graduate level, received a Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) Fellowship for researching German political and legal materials. I lived in Germany for two years, participating in full-time academic study. I conducted interviews and related correspondence for dissertation research in Bonn exclusively in German. I am a fluent speaker/listener and am highly proficient in reading for my field of research and in general areas. I write German at the advanced college level.

French I completed nine quarters of college course work during graduate school, earning recognition for my study with a Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) Fellowship. I conducted interviews and related correspondence for dissertation research in Paris exclusively in French. I am proficient in reading, listening, and speaking for my field of research, and write French at the advanced college level.

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