Assistant College
Resume:
Elitsa Vladimirova Molles
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EDUCATION
Ph. D. A.B.D., Boston College, Political Science Expected May 2013
Dissertation: Identity Politics in Local Markets: Exclusion and Inclusion in the New Europe
Committee: Gerald Easter (chair), Jonathan Laurence, Peter Skerry
B.A. Trinity College, Political Science and German Studies, Honors May 2004
Honors Thesis: Immigration Policy in Western Europe in the 1990 s: The Role of Public Opinion and
Institutional Mechanisms
Institute for European Studies, Vienna, Austria, Political Science and German Studies Spring 2002
AWARDS AND FELLOWHIPS
Bucerius Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Migration Studies Fall 2010 - Summer 2011
ZEIT Stiftung, Hamburg
Ernest Fortin Memorial Foundation Summer Grant 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005
Distinction in Comprehensive Examinations, Boston College May 2007
Phi Beta Kappa, Trinity College November 2003
President s Fellow for Political Science, Trinity College September 2003
One Fellow with an exemplary academic record overall elected to represent each academic department
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Boston College, Political Science Department
Teaching Associate
Rights in Conflict, Prof. Kay Schlozman Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
Sophomore seminar on constitutional rights in the U.S.
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to International Studies (Grader) Spring 2010
Introduction to International Politics Fall 2008
Comparative Social Movements Spring 2008
Introduction to International Politics Fall 2007
The Politics of Comparative Democratization Spring 2007
Fundamental Concepts of Politics: Human Rights Fall 2006
Reform, Revolution, and Communist Collapse Fall 2004 - Spring 2006
Postcommunist Transitions
Individual Class Lectures
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Building an Iraqi State: Democracy from the Outside April 2008
Building an Iraqi State: The Dilemmas of Complex Nation-Building April 2008
Social Movements and Revolutions in East Europe April 2008
Rethinking Recent Democratization: The Case of Eastern Europe March 2007
The Dilemmas of New Peacekeeping October 2006
Research Assistant
Prof. David Deese Summer 2009
Globalization, the Resource Curse and the Management of Natural Resource Revenues in Nigeria, Angola,
Venezuela, and Brazil
Prof. Gerald Easter Fall 2004 - Spring 2006
Post-Communist Transitions and the Reorganization of Post-Communist States
CONFERENCES
Presenter
The Myth of Belonging: The Experience of Polish Workers in Dublin October 2011
(New) Debates on Belonging Graduate Student Conference on Contemporary Issues in Immigration, CUNY
Graduate Center s Immigration Working Group, New York.
The Myth of Belonging: The Experience of Polish and Nigerian Workers in Dublin February 2012
Narrating the Other: Perspectives on Immigration and Integration Panel, Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Sociological Society, New York.
Organizer
The Politics of Human Rights Student Conference, Boston College Fall 2009 - March 2010
Co-Chair of the Comparative Politics/International Relations Panel and PR Ambassador
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Political Science Association, Member 2005 - 2006, 2012 - Present
Eastern Sociological Society, Member 2012 - Present
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Languages
Bulgarian, native fluency
German, working knowledge, 7 years of study
Spanish, working knowledge, 3 years of study and six-month residency in Spain
Italian, basic, 1 year of study
Research Skills
Qualitative analysis, Comparative Politics Field Seminar, Boston College
Quantitative data analysis and SPSS, Statics and Data Analysis, Boston College
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, research engines, Java and HTML
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Int l Institute for Justice and Development, Boston, Development Associate Summer 2007, 2006
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Engaged in research on judicial reform and worldwide justice systems, the compilation of a questionnaire to
assess and improve justice systems in African countries, and the organization of the 2006 International
Conference on the State of Affairs in Africa.
American Anti-Slavery Group, Boston, MA, Summer Associate Summer 2005
Engaged in research on worldwide human rights, the compilation of a human rights donors database, the
compilation of former slave narratives, and human rights awareness-raising.
REFERENCES
Professor Gerald Easter Professor Jonathan Laurence Professor David Deese
Dissertation Committee Chair Dissertation Committee Member Department of Political Science
Department of Political Science Department of Political Science Boston College
Boston College Boston College McGuinn Hall 327
McGuinn Hall 229 McGuinn Hall 520 Tel. 617-***-****
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