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January 1998
Department of Political Science
5607 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
313 647-7988
The University of Michigan, Ph.D. (1992)Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR, CIEE Russian Language Program (1986)
Saginaw Valley State College, B.A., Magnum Cum Laude, Political Science (1981)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Michigan (Winter 1998)Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University (1992-present) On leave of absence for 1997-98 academic year.
Instructor, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University (1990-92)
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan (1988-1990)
Journal Articles"The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites," Journal of Democracy 7:2 (April 1996), 133-147. [with John Higley and Jan Pakulski].
"The Ideological Roots of Elite Political Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia," Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet Studies) 46:6 (September 1994), 929-953.
Chapters
"Preserving the Radical Stronghold: The Elections in Moscow," in Timothy Colton and Jerry Hough, eds., Growing Pains: The 1993 Russian Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, May 1998).
"Elites, Institutions, and Democratization in Russia and Eastern Europe" in Graeme Gill, ed. Russia After Communism (London: Macmillan, forthcoming, 1998). [With John Higley and Jan Pakulski].
Occasional Papers
"Liberal Elites, Socialist Masses, and Problems of Postcommunist Democracy" National Council on Post-Soviet and Eurasian Research, November 1996. [With William Zimmerman].
"Facing the Challenge of Integration: Ideology and Reform in Russia," Mershon Center for International Relations, The Ohio State University, July 1993.
Book Reviews
Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation (Johns Hopkins, 1996) in Mershon International Studies Review (forthcoming, 1998).
Robert W. Orttung, From Leningrad to St. Petersbrug (St. Martin’s, 1995), in Slavic Review (March 1998).
Michael Rywkin, Moscow's Lost Empire (Sharpe, 1994), in Nationalities Papers (1996).
Richard Sakwa, Russian Politics and Society (Routledge, 1994), in Russian History/Histoire Russe (December 1995), pp. 230-32.
"Liberal Elites, Socialist Masses, and Problems of Postcommunist Democracy," with William Zimmerman."The Crisis of Russian Liberalism: Party Factionalism, Elite Fragmentation, and Problems of Post-Communist Political Organization."
"Imagining Democracy: Elites and the Destruction of Soviet Communism," book manuscript.
"Securing the Revolution: Structural Change and Local Democracy in Post-Communist Societies," with Samuel Eldersveld.
From Soviet to Parliament? The Post-Communist Russian Legislature, book under contract with M. E. Sharpe. To appear in series on contemporary Russian politics edited by Robert Sharlet.
Discussant, panel on "Russian Elections: From the Past to the Future," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., August 28-31, 1997."From Leninism to Pluralism: Elites and Democratic Development in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union," presented at the Colloquium on Institutional Change, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, April 17, 1997.
"Bringing the Masses Back In: Societal Forces in Postcommunist Transitions," with William Zimmerman, presented at the 28th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, November 14-17, 1996.
"Liberal Elites, Socialist Masses and the Problems of Democratic Transformation in Russia," with William Zimmerman, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1995. An earlier draft was presented at the conference on "Elites in the Systemic Transformation of Central-Eastern Europe," hosted by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Jablonna Palace, August 11-14, 1995.
"Post-Communist Elites and the Development of Local Democracy: Results of an Eleven Nation Study," presented at the V World Congress for Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, August 6-11, 1995.
"Elites, Institutions, and Regimes in East-Central Europe," with John Higley and Jan Pakulski, presented at the V World Congress for Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, August 6-11, 1995.
"Securing the Revolution: Structural Change and Local Democracy in Post-Communist Societies," with Samuel Eldersveld, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 6-8, 1995.
"Liberals or Neo-Bolsheviks?: Post-Soviet Elite Political Culture," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia, November 17-20, 1994.
"In the Ruins of the CPSU: Elites and Party Formation in Russia" paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, September 1-4, 1994.
"The Crisis of Russian Liberal Democracy: Party Factionalism and Elite Fragmentation," paper presented at the workshop on "Party Factionalism and Democratization," European Consortium for Political Research, Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain, April 17-22, 1994.
"Novoe Myshelenie and Beyond: Elite Discourse and Mass Foreign-Policy Attitudes in Russia, 1985-1993," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 14-16, 1994.
Occasional reviewer for Comparative Politics, The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, and The Russian Review.Social Science section organizer, 1997 Midwest Slavic Conference, Columbus, Ohio, April 1997.
Member, Westwood Press Award Committee of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1996-97.
Member of planning committee for conference on "The Post-Soviet Era: Politics and Society in the Newly Independent States," The Ohio State University, April 16, 1994
Social Science section organizer and planning committee member, 1992 Midwest Slavic Conference, Columbus, Ohio, May 1-3, 1992.
Member of conference planning committee, "Transition in Russia," held at the Ohio State University, April 1992, sponsored by the Center for Slavic and East European Studies.
Moscow -- December 1995. 1995 Russian parliamentary elections.Warsaw, Poland -- August 1995, V World Congress of Central and East European Studies and conference on "Elites in the Systemic Transformation of Central-Eastern Europe," hosted by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Jablonna Palace.
Madrid, Spain -- April 1994, European Consortium for Political Research
Moscow -- November-December 1993, Russian Election Study
Moscow -- November-December 1992, political parties project
Moscow -- June 1991, Elite focus group interview project
Moscow -- October-November 1990, Guest researcher, the Institute of Sociology of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Leningrad, Moscow, Latvia, Ukraine, and Armenia -- June-August 1986, CIEE language program.
Hoover Institution Title VIII Postdoctoral Fellowship. 1994.OSU Professional Development Grants. 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
OSU Travel Research Grant. June 1992.
Graduate Research Grant, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan. 1990.
University Fellow, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan. 1981-82.
Excellent, Major Preliminary Examination in Comparative Politics, University of Michigan (1988)"Outstanding Graduate in Political Science," Saginaw Valley State College (1981)
National Merit Scholar (1976)