JAKUB WONDREYS
University of Georgia 204 Candler Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA | Phone: +1 (618) 713-4403 (US), +420 728 886 609 (EU) | e-mail: [email protected]
June 2020
EDUCATION 2021 (expected): Ph.D., Political Science and International Affairs, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Dissertation: “Does it matter when? The effects of election timing on electoral support for governing and anti-system parties, and turnout in European elections”. Committee: Cas Mudde (chair), Alexa Bankert, Mollie Cohen, Shane P. Singh
First Field: Comparative Politics Second Field: International Relations 2015: M.A., Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 2013: B.A., Political Science, Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES Bricker, Benjamin, and Jakub Wondreys (2018). “Public Opinion and Opposition Party Success: Evidence from the European Constitutional Courts.” Justice System Journal Vol. 39, Issue 2, pp. 123-138.
CURRENT PROJECTS “The So-Called “Refugee Crisis” and the Transformation of the Far Right in Central and Eastern Europe”. (invited to revise and resubmit)
“When Challengers of the System are the System: Costs of Systemic Integration on Support of Anti-system Parties in European Elections”. (manuscript in progress)
“Choosing Who to Hate? Foreign Policy of the European Far Right towards Middle East”. (manuscript in progress)
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Instructor, University of Georgia • INTL 4340: Post-Communist Political System, Fall 2019 • INTL 4280: Nationalism & Ethnic Conflict, Fall 2019
Research Assistant, University of Georgia • Dr. Cas Mudde, Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Summer 2018; Spring 2019; Summer 2019; Summer 2020; Fall 2020 • Dr. Daniel W. Hill, Jr., Fall 2017; Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia • INTL 3300: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Spring 2019 • UNIV 1103: Skills and Strategies Necessary for Success at UGA and Beyond, Summer 2017 • POLS 1101: Introduction to American Government, Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Fall 2018
Academic Tutor, University of Georgia • Comparative Politics, International Relations, Italian, Fall 2017–Spring 2019
Research Assistant, Southern Illinois University • Dr. Benjamin Bricker, Fall 2014; Spring 2015; Fall 2015 • Dr. Tobin Grant, Fall 2015
OTHER APPOINTMENTS Graduate Administrator, UGA at Oxford Program • Summer 2019; Spring 2020
HONORS AND AWARDS University of Georgia • Graduate assistantship, School of Public and Intl. Affairs (SPIA), August 2016–May 2020; Fall 2020 • Graduate assistantship, UGA at Oxford Program, Summer 2019; Spring 2020 • Summer research assistantship, Dr. Cas Mudde, Summer 2018; Summer 2019; Summer 2020 • Graduate fellowship, Seminar on Transnational European Studies in Berlin, Summer 2018 • SPIA Departmental Travel Grant ($350), Spring 2018 • SPIA Departmental Travel Grant ($250), Spring 2018 • Graduate teaching assistantship, Freshman College Summer Experience, Summer 2017 • SPIA Departmental Travel Grant ($250), Spring 2017 • SPIA Supplement Award ($5,000), Fall 2016
Southern Illinois University • Graduate assistantship, Department of Political Science, Fall 2014–Fall 2015
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS 2019: Workshop: “Electoral Democracy and European Integration: How the Current EU Crises Affect Voters, Parties and Elections in the European Multi-Level Electoral System”, ECPR Joint Sessions Université catholique de Louvain (Mons, Belgium)
RESEARCH PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES 2020: Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research (Düsseldorf, Germany) 2019: Prague Populism Conference (Prague, Czech Republic) 2018: Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL); International Conference of Europeanists (Chicago, IL) 2017: Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL) 2016: Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Philadelphia, PA); Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference and Workshop Service 2019: Discussant, Workshop: “Electoral Democracy and European Integration: How the Current EU Crises Affect Voters, Parties and Elections in the European Multi-Level Electoral System”, ECPR Joint Sessions (Mons, Belgium); Panel Discussant, SPIA Undergraduate Research Colloquium (Athens, GA)
Service to Journals Reviewer European Journal of Political Research
Memberships Council for European Studies, European Consortium for Political Research, Midwest Political Science Association, Standing Group on Central and East European Politics, Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Standing Group on Political Parties
SKILLS Software: Stata; R; LaTeX
Languages: Czech (Native); English (Fluent); Italian (Fluent); Spanish (Good); Slovak and Polish (mutually intelligible with Czech)
REFERENCES Available upon request