Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Michael Baum
[email protected]
Work Address:
2014
Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)
R. Sacramento à Lapa, 21
1249-090 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Date: September 24,
Contacts:
Office: +351 393-5858
Fax: +351 393-8772
Current Position
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January 2014 – present, Administrator, Executive Council of the Luso-American Development
Foundation (FLAD)
Nominated by the US Embassy in Lisbon and appointed by the Portuguese Prime Minister to membership in the
3-person Executive Council of the Luso-American Development Foundation. FLAD is a private, financially
independent Portuguese institution. Its main goal is to contribute towards Portugal's development by providing
financial and strategic support for innovative projects by fostering cooperation between Portuguese and
American civil society, with special attention to promoting collaboration between US and Portuguese
institutions of higher education. http://www.flad.pt/?no=1020002
Higher Education
1997: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Connecticut. Title of dissertation: “Political Culture and the
Consequences of Revolutionary Change: Workplace Democracy and Local Politics in Rural Portugal.”
Ph.D. fields—Comparative Politics (Western Europe), International Relations and African Politics.
1988: M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Major— Comparative Politics
of Developing Areas (specializing in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America). Minor—Political Theory.
1987: B.A. in Political Science from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Major—Political Science. Minor—
Philosophy
Teaching/Research Experience
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2014, Full Professor of Political Science, UMass-Dartmouth
2002-2014, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass-Dartmouth
1997-2002, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMass-Dartmouth
Courses taught: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Introduction to Politics of Developing World,
European Politics & Government, Political Economy of European Integration, Politics and Development
of Contemporary Portugal, Transitions to Democracy, Political Economy of Development (seminar),
Contemporary Issues & Ideas in World Politics--Poverty & Inequality in a World of Plenty (Honors).
Administrative Experience
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January 2014 – present, Administrator, Executive Council of FLAD
Fall 2011- 2014, Director of UMass in Lisbon year-round study abroad program for UMass system
June 1, 2003-July 2012, Chair of Department of Political Science, UMass-Dartmouth
May 2007- May 2010, President, Faculty Senate of UMass-Dartmouth
2002-2014, Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and CoChair of its Iberian Studies Group http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/affiliates/baum.html
2000-2002, Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and CoChair of its Portuguese Studies Group
Summer 2001-2013, Director of UMass Dartmouth Summer Study Abroad program in Lisbon
1997-present, Member of the Executive Board of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture,
UMass-Dartmouth
Academic and Professional Honors and Fellowships
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Alternate, Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award to Portugal, 2010-11.
CIES Fulbright Scholar Award for teaching & research in Portugal, May-August, 2000.
Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship Award to Portugal, Ph.D dissertation field research, 1993-94.
Scholarship
Refereed Journal Articles
1. Baum, Michael, and Ana Espírito-Santo. (2012). "Portugal’s 2006 Quota/Parity Law: An Analysis of the
Causes for its Adoption", West European Politics, 35 (2): 319-42.
2. Freire, André and Michael Baum (2003a). "Referenda Voting in Portugal, 1998: The Effects of Party
Sympathies, Social Structure and Pressure Groups," European Journal of Political Research 42 (1): 135-61.
3. Freire, Andre, and Michael A. Baum (2003b). "1998 Portuguese Referendums: Explaining the results and
speculating on the future of direct democracy in Portugal," Portuguese Journal of Social Science 2(1): 5-19.
SocINDEX with Full Text. EBSCO. [Accessed 2 June 2010].
http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.umassd.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=11279277&site=eh
ost-live
4. Baum, Michael & André Freire (2001a), “Political Parties, Cleavage Structures and Referendum Voting:
Electoral Behavior in The Portuguese Regionalization Referendum of 1998,” South European Society &
Politics 6 (1):1-26.
5. Freire, André & Michael Baum (2001b), “O Referendo Portugûes Sobre a Regionalização numa Perspectiva
Comparada” [The Portuguese Referendum on Regionalization in Comparative Perspective]. Penélope:
Revista de História e Ciências Sociais (No. 24): 147-79.
6. Freire, André & Michael Baum (2001c), "Uma Análise das Legislativas de 1999 com Dados Agregados," ["An
Analysis of the Legislative Elections of 1999 with Aggregate Data"]. Sociologia, Problemas e Prácticas, Vol.
37: 115-40.
7. Freire, André & Michael Baum (2001d), "Partidos políticos, movimentos de cidadãos e referendos em
Portugal: os casos dos referendos do aborto e regionalização," [“Political Parties, Citizen's Movements and
Referendums in Portugal: the cases of abortion and regionalization"], Análise Social Nos. 158-9 (SpringSummer): 9-41.
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8. Baum, Michael (1998), “Autogestão e Cultura Política: o impacto da reforma agrária no Alentejo vinte anos
depois" [Self-Management and Political Culture: the impact of the agrarian reform in the Alentejo, 20 years
later] Análise Social, Nº 148 (May-June): 709-40.
9. Baum, Michael (1997). “Workers’ Control and Political Culture Change: Portugal’s Alentejo Twenty Years
After the Revolution," South European Society and Politics, Vol. 2 (No.4, Summer): 1-35.
10. Baum, Michael (1996-97). “Review Essay: Portuguese Political Culture Since April 25, 1974,” in Portuguese
Studies Review, 5(No. 2, Fall-Winter): 84-92.
Chapters in Refereed Books
1. Baum, Michael and Miguel Glatzer (forthcoming 2014). "The Transformation of Portuguese Society: The
Role of Europeanization," in Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira Portugal in the European Union: Assessing TwentyFive Years of Integration Experience. London, Routledge.
2. Baum, Michael and Ana Espírito-Santo (2012). “Portugal's 2006 quota/parity law: An analysis of the causes
for its adoption," in André Freire and José M. L.Viegas (Coords). Political Representation in Portugal:
Comparative Perspectives. New York: Edwin Mellen. (this text is a reprint of the West European Politics
article we published).
3. Baum, Michael and Miguel Glatzer (2012). "Incomplete Modernity or Typically Modern? Portuguese
National Identity in an Era of Rapid Transition" in Sebastian Royo (Ed.) Portugal in the 21st Century: Politics,
Society and Economics. Lanham, Md: Lexington Books: 93-119.
4. Baum, Michael and Ana Espírito-Santo (2009). “Os Factores que Expliquem a Adopção da Lei de Paridade
em Portugal,” in A. Freire e José M.L. Viegas (Coords). A Representação Política em Portugal: Perspectivas
Comparadas. Lisboa: Sextante, 375-414.
5. Baum, Michael and Ana Espírito Santo. (2007a). "As desigualdades de género na participação política em
Portugal: uma perspectiva longitudinal", in Freire, André, Marina Costa Lobo, et al. (eds.), Comportamento
Eleitoral e Atitudes Políticas dos Portugueses: Eleições e Cultura Política. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências
Sociais (ICS), 111-156.
6. Baum, Michael and Ana Espírito Santo. (2007b). "Exploring the Gender Gap in Portugal: Women's Political
Participation", in Freire, André, Marina Costa Lobo, et al. (eds.), Portugal at the Polls in 2002. Lanham, MD:
Lexington Books, 173-200.
7. Baum, Michael and Ana Espírito-Santo. (2004), “Desigualdades de género em Portugal: a participação
política das mulheres” [Gender gaps in Portugal: the political participation of women], in A. Freire, M. C.
Lobo and P. Magalhães, Portugal a Votos: as eleições legislativas de 2002, University of Lisbon: ICS Press.
pps. 261-99.
8. Baum, M. and Freire, A. (2003), ‘Parties and Territory in Portuguese Politics’, in J. Bukowski, S. Piattoni, and
M. Smyrl (eds.), Between Europeanization and Local Society: Political Actors and Territorial Governance.
Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield.
Encyclopedia Articles
1. Baum, Michael (2001), “Portuguese Trade Union Organizations” in Europe After 1945, Vol. II. New York:
Garland Publications, pp. 1039-40.
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2. Baum, Michael (1997). “Portugal,” in The Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol. III (B. W. Jentelson &
T.G. Paterson, Eds.), New York: Council on Foreign Relations and Oxford University Press: 410-13.
Unpublished book-length manuscripts
1. Civil Society after Democratization: Portuguese Democracy After the Revolution.
2. Uma cultura de participação? A política do pós-Reforma Agrária no Alentejo. Doctoral dissertation
translated for publication in Portuguese.
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles/Chapters
Baum, Michael. (2007). “A América Vota: Uma Análise das Eleições de 2006 para o Congresso dos EUA”
[America Votes: An Analysis of the 2006 US Congressional Elections] Finisterra: uma revista de reflexão
e crítica. No. 55-56-57 (Spring): 179-95 Index here.
Baum, Michael. (2005). "Elections and Electoral Systems in a Democracy: How You Vote Matters" Chapter in
Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics 2nd. ed. Kenneth L. Manning and John
Fobanjong, editors. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Book Reviews
(2005). Review of Antonio Costa Pinto’s Contemporary Portugal, in South European Society & Politics Vol 10 (1,
April): 155-57.
(2004). Review of Paula Godinho's Memorias de Resistência: Couço 1958-1962. Lisbon: ICS, Colecção Análise
Social: 365 pps in Análise Social No. 170.
(1999). Review of Antonio Costa Pinto’s Modern Portugal, in South European Society & Politics Vol. 4(1).
(1998). Review of Antonio Costa Pinto’s Modern Portugal, in Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies Vol. 1 (1).
Conference Papers Published
“O Poder Local e a Participação Política: A Cultura Política dum Concelho Alentejano numa Perspectiva
Comparada” in O Município no Mundo Português: Seminário Internacional. Centro de Estudos de História
do Atlántico, Funchal, Madeira: Secretária Regional do Turismo e Cultura, 1998: 171-82.
“História dum Estudo: A Cultura Política do Alentejo numa Perspectiva Comparativa,” Imenso Sul. (October,
1998).
Awards/Honors/Grants
2012: UMass in Lisbon requested and was awarded $30,000 in student scholarship funding from the Mark &
Elise Saab Foundation in 2011-12.
2012: TAP Air Portugal was solicited and awarded our students 2 free r/t tickets to Lisbon to support UMass in
Lisbon.
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2012: Awarded request to Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($3000) for student scholarships for
the 2012 UMD Summer Study Abroad Program in Lisbon, Portugal.
2011-14:
Awarded. Luso-American Foundation Gift of $75,250 for support of the development of a new
year-round study abroad program in Lisbon, to start in Fall 2012. I am the Academic Director of the
Program and wrote multiple versions of the grant proposal with Dr. Frank Sousa and Dr. Richard
Panofsky.
2010: Awarded as part of collaboration. EU-US Atlantis International Mobility Program in Atlantic Citizenship
Trends (IMPACT). Collaborative grant proposal between UColorado-Boulder, UMass-Dartmouth,
Catholic University, Lisbon, Portugal and Univ. of Trier-Germany for mobility and training of students
and faculty. Grant awarded for 2010-14, UC-Boulder is lead campus and PI of grant.
2010: Awarded. $3000 from the Luso-American Foundation in scholarship support to students selected for the
UMass Dartmouth 2011 Summer Study Abroad in Lisbon.
2009: Submitted but not funded. $212,000. US State Dept Grant for Building Study Abroad Capacities in the
Lusophone World. I was the proposed PI and co-author of the proposal with Profs. Larkosh, Walker and
Rosa. Major support from Dr. Richard Panofsky.
2009: Submitted but not funded. EU-US Atlantis International Mobility Program in Atlantic Citizenship Trends
(IMPACT). Collaborative grant proposal between UColorado-Boulder, UMass-Dartmouth, Catholic
University, Lisbon, Portugal and Univ. of Trier-Germany for mobility and training of students and
faculty. Proposed grant for 2010-14, UC-Boulder is lead campus and PI of grant.
2003: Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($1500) for developing the UMD Summer Study Abroad
Program in Lisbon, Portugal. All monies went to participating students in the form of scholarships.
2002: Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($4000) for developing the UMD Summer Study Abroad
Program in Lisbon, Portugal. Three thousand dollars went to participating students in the form of
scholarships.
2001: Luso-American Development Foundation grant (3000 Euros) for translation costs of dissertation
manuscript, soon to be published as Uma cultura de participação?: a política do pós-Reforma Agrária no
Alentejo (ICS-University of Lisbon Press).
2001: Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs grant ($3075) for developing the UMD Summer Study Abroad
Program in Lisbon, Portugal. All the money went to participating students in the form of scholarships.
2001: Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($7000) for developing the UMD Summer Study Abroad
Program in Lisbon, Portugal. Five thousand dollars went to participating students in the form of
scholarships.
2000: CIES Fulbright Scholar Award for Portugal, May-August, 2000.
2000: UMD Healey Foundation award for research in Portugal
2000: Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($1500) for research in Portugal, one month
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2000: SACHEM curriculum development award for a course to be co-taught in SP01 with Dr. Jean Doyle on
“Transitions to Democracy”.
1999: Luso-American Development Foundation grant ($7500) for organizing the conference Contemporary
Portugal: Reflections on 25 Years of Democracy .
1999: Instituto Camões grant ($7500) for organizing the conference Contemporary Portugal: Reflections on 25
Years of Democracy.
1999: UMass-Dartmouth Public Service Grant.
Other Scholarly/Professional Activities since 2001
1. Invited Discussant. International Conference on “Representação e Participaçao na Europa em Crise” at
Assembleia da República, Lisbon Portugal. July 8-9, 2014.
2. Invited Panelist. International Conference on the 40th Anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution at Univ.
of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. April 23, 2014.
3. Invited Discussant. "International Workshop on Portuguese History and Political Science" at Instituto de
Ciências Sociais- Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon, 11 April, 2013.
4. Conference Paper Presented, "Portuguese National Identity in a Time of Crisis," International Conference
on Portugal, Southern Europe and the EU Crisis, ICS-University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal October 8-9,
2012.
5. “Civil Society and Direct Democracy in Portugal: referenda, participation and extra-electoral politics”
Council of European Studies Conference, Boston, MA. March 22-24, 2012.
6. Attended several panels at the AACU General Education Assessment Conference in New Orleans, Feb.
22-26, 2012. Focus was gen-ed assessment strategies and in particular I attended several panels
related to assessing inter-cultural awareness and other study abroad learning outcomes.
7. Consultant and Paid Presenter for the US State Department's Africa Regional Services (ARS) for a
videoconference on Oct. 13, 2011 to a room full of civil society representatives in Luanda, Angola. This
talk about civil society and democratization was delivered in Portuguese for about 45 minutes and was
followed by another 30 minutes or so of back and forth discussion.
8. Asked to serve on PhD Jury and oral defense examination, Rosa Monteiro, Dept. of Sociology, University
of Coimbra, Portugal. July 11, 2011. Passed with distinction.
9. Invited presentation (given in Portuguese) to the Conference on Gender Equity in Portugal on
March 17-18, 2011 in Coimbra, Portugal. “Portugal’s 2006 Quota/Parity Law: An Analysis of
the Causes for its Adoption”.
10. Conference Presentation w/ co-authors Ana Espírito-Santo and Tinette Schnatterer, "The effect of
gender quotas on the perception of political recruitment" Midwest Political Science Assoc. Meeting,
Chicago, IL. March 31-April 3, 2011.
11. Discussant. Gender & Politics Section. "Institutional Structures and Representation". Midwest Political
Science Assoc. Meeting, Chicago, IL. March 31-April 3, 2011.
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12. Conference Participant. "The Portuguese Gender Quota Law: A Geneology," University of Coimbra,
Faculty of Economics, March 17, 2011.
13. Conference Presentation w/ co-author Ana Espírito Santo, “The Portuguese Gender Quota Law in
Comparative Perspective,” New England Political Science Assoc. Meeting, Newport, RI. April 23, 2010.
14. Asked by the U.S. State Department to provide expert analysis to US Ambassador-designate to
Portugal, Mr. Geoffrey Katz. Gave lecture on various aspects of recent election results and
consequences for Portuguese politics & economy. November 13, 2009.
15. Conference Presentation w/ co-author Ana Espírito Santo, “Causes of the Adoption of a Gender Quota
Law in Portugal,” International Conference on Political Representation in Portugal, sponsored by the
Portuguese National Parliament, Assembleia da República, Lisbon, Portugal. June 19-20, 2009.
16. Conference Presentation w/ co-author Ana Espírito Santo, “Causes of the Adoption of a Gender Quota
Law in Portugal,” Panel 24-6 The Choice of Institutions and the Decision to Reform, Midwest Political
Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL April 2-4, 2009.
17. Conference Presentation w/ co-author Ana Espírito Santo, “Dois caminhos diferentes para dois destinos
diversos? Experiências de mulheres e homens antes e durante a vida parlamentar” [Two Paths for Two
Different Destinations? The experience of male and female legislators before, during and after
parliamentary service]. Presentation of our preliminary data in the Portuguese National Parliament,
Assembleia da República, December 9-10, 2008.
18. Coordinator and instructor, “Portugal and the European Union”, developed a new study abroad
program for UMass-Dartmouth, in collaboration with ISEG-UTL, Technical University of Lisbon, 20012010, presently preparing for Summer 2010.
19. Co-Chair of Iberian Studies Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University. May 2, 2008Organized talk by Portugal’s Secretary of State for Education, Dr. Jorge Pedreira, and served as
discussant for his presentation on the politics of education reforms in Portugal.
20. Invited presenter for a short course on Bringing Portugal and Spain into the Political Science
Syllabus, at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 30,
2006. Title of presentation, “Portugal and Europeanization”.
21. MA thesis advisor for Dra. Ana Espírito-Santo (ISCTE, Lisbon), who successfully defended her thesis
in July 2006 with distinction-classification muito bom.
22. Invited by Prince of Asturias Chair, BMW & Marshall Center for European Studies at Georgetown
University to present a paper for the international conference on the 20th Anniversary of
Portuguese & Spanish Membership in the European Community. Paper title: The Europeanization of
Portuguese Public Opinion. March 17-18, 2006.
23. Asked by the U.S. State Department to provide expert analysis to US Ambassador-designate to
Portugal, Mr. Alfred Hoffman. Gave 3-hour lecture on various aspects of Portuguese society,
politics & economy. October 3, 2005.
24. Co-authored paper presented at the international conference Electoral Behaviour and Political
Attitudes: Portugal in the European Context, Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon.
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Title of paper: “The Gender Gap in Portuguese Political Participation: A Longitudinal Analysis.”
January 27-28, 2005.
25. Presented paper “Como medir ‘a consciência feminista’? Niveis de apoio para a igualdade de géneros
em Portugal e Espanha” [How to measure ‘feminist consciousness’: Levels of support for gender equality
in Spain and Portugal]at the panel on Dimensions of Inequality in Portugal and Brazil, VIII Luso-AfroBrazilian Congress of the Social Sciences, Coimbra Portugal, 16-18 September 2004.
26. “Exploring the Gender Gap in Iberian Politics: Support for Gender Equality in Portugal and Spain”
delivered at the Council for European Studies’ 2004 Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, IL, March 1114, 2004.
27. “Gender, Feminism, and Postmaterialism: A New Measure of Feminist Consciousness and its Impact on
Mass Political Behavior”, presented at 2nd Annual Portuguese Political Science Association, Lisbon,
Portugal. January 2004.
28. Served as discussant for a paper presented by Dr. Jorge Pedreira at Harvard University’s Iberian Studies
Group, April 1, 2003. Organized his visit to Harvard and a talk at UMass-Dartmouth entitled “The
Problems of the Portuguese Middle Classes: 1960-present”. The latter was co-sponsored by the Center
for Portuguese Studies.
29. "Exploring the Gender Gap in Portugal: Women's Participation in Comparative Perspective". Invited
discussant and paper presenter for the International Conference, Portugal a Votos I, 27 and 28 February
2003, Lisbon, FLAD.
30. Baum, Michael & André Freire, "Second-Order Elections in Democratic Portugal, 1975-2001” invited
paper presentation at Conference on Portugal and Southern European Politics, University of California at
Berkeley, Center for European Studies, October 31 – November 2, 2002.
31. “Transitions from Authoritarian Rule Revisited: lessons from Portugal in the 1960s”, invited paper
presenter at 2nd CPHRC International Conference, The Portuguese New State: The Final Years held in
Paris, 27-28 September, 2002.
32. André Freire and Michael Baum, “Election Order and Electoral Cycles in Democratic Portugal, 19762001”. Paper presented at 98th American Political Science Association (APSA) Meeting, Boston, MA.
August 29 – September 1, 2002.
33. 2002-2004. Asked by the Council for European Studies to serve on its selection committee for the LusoAmerican Development Foundation fellowships for summer pre-dissertation research to Portugal.
Meeting in Chicago at Conference for European Studies, March 14-16, 2002. Teleconference for 2003
competition.
34. Member of the International Advisory Board, Penélope: Revista de Hisória e Ciências Sociais.
http://www.celtaeditora.pt/Revistas.asp
35. Member, Board of Management of the Contemporary Portuguese Politics & History Research Center,
Lisbon [Available] http://www.cphrc.fsnet.co.uk/about/board.htm
36. 2001-present, Affiliated Researcher, Portuguese National Electoral Studies Project, Instituto das
Ciências Sociais (ICS-UL), Dr. António Barreto (PI).
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37. Asked by the Luso-American Educational Commission (Fulbright Office in Lisbon) to serve as the
Principle Investigator for an international conference entitled The Fulbright Brainstorm, focused on the
theme "Elections and Democracy", held in Lisbon on February 1-2, 2002. Over 20 international experts
on electoral behavior and system reform participated. Presented a paper on the “Gender Gap in
Portuguese Politics”.
38. Served as discussant for a paper presented by Omar Encarnácion at Harvard University’s Iberian Studies
Group, November 30, 2001.
39. Co-organizer of the international conference “From Isolation to Integration: 15 Years of Spanish and
Portuguese Membership in Europe,” Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard
University, November 2-3, 2001. Chaired the panel on national identity. Over 30 scholars participated.
[Program Available] http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ces/events/isolation.html
40. Asked by the Luso-American Educational Commission (Lisbon) to serve on its selection jury for Fulbright
awards to the United States. June 19, 2001.
41. Chief organizer & Chair, international roundtable on “Who Governs Southern Europe,” Minda de
Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, May 3, 2001. Panelists included the likes of
Prof. Juan Linz, Yale University. Papers published as CES Working Papers.
42. Chair of Panel, The Gender Gap in Southern Europe: Women’s Political Participation in Comparative
Perspective, and presented paper “The Gender Gap in Portugal,” at the Mediterranean Studies
Conference, Aix-en-Provence, May 23-26, 2001.
43. “É preciso pensar antes mudar” [Available Online at the Contemporary Portuguese Politics & History
Research Centre page]. http://www.cphrc.fsnet.co.uk/history/hi-el-pres/pensar.htm
Service Roles
Departmental:
 June 1, 2003-present, Chair of Department of Political Science, UMass-Dartmouth
 Departmental Curriculum Committee (committee of whole)
College:
 Social Science Academic Council Member, 2003-2008
 Social Science Council Representative to Faculty Senate Steering Cmtee, 2010-12
 Member, Education Department DFEC, served for both Contract Renewals and Annual Evaluation,
Spring 2008.
University:
 May 2007- 2010, President, Faculty Senate of UMass-Dartmouth
 Member, Faculty Senate- monthly meetings. 2004-present.
 Co-Chair of NEASC self-study group for reaccreditation, AY 2008-09, 2009-10
 Member, SWOT team on human capital assessment. AY 2006-07.
 Coordinator and instructor, “Portugal and the European Union”, developed a new study abroad
program for UMass-Dartmouth, in collaboration with ISEG-UTL, Technical University of Lisbon, 20012010, presently recruiting for Summer 2010.
 Scholar of Year Committee, various years
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Search & Screen Committee for new director of International Programs Office (2007 and 2009)
Service Learning Fellow, AY 2008-09
Member, Portuguese Studies Exec Board (several meetings/year), 1997-present
Member, Portuguese Studies Endowed Chair Committee- 2-3 meetings/year
Women’s Studies Affiliate
Member, International Studies Advisory Group – a new ad hoc committee of the Faculty Senate, Richard
Panofsky, Chair, that is examining all aspects of study abroad and international programming on
campus. 2008-present
Profession:
 Co-Chair of Iberian Studies Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 2000-present.
External Reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals:
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European Journal of Political Research
South European Society & Politics
European Societies (Routledge)
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Studies (Univ. of Washington)
Party Politics (Sage Publications)
International Studies Quarterly
Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy
Penélope (Celta Editora)
International Studies Perspectives (ISP)
Análise Social (Univ. of Lisbon)
ICS-University of Lisbon Press
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board
 Portuguese Journal of Political Science and International Relations – Perspectivas, 2010-present.
Institutional Memberships
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American Political Science Association (APSA)
Portuguese Political Science Association (ACPP)
Other invited lectures
1. “A New Index for Measuring Support for Gender Equality,” MA in political science graduate seminar
presentation, ISCTE, University of Lisbon, June 2004.
2. “The Gender Gap in Portuguese Politics: Quality Issues for Portugal’s Democracy” Brown University,
October 6, 2003.
3. “The State of Research on the Gender Gap in Political Participation Worldwide: Methods and Findings,”
Graduate seminar presentation, ISCTE, University of Lisbon, June 27, 2003.
4. “The Development of Political Science as a Discipline in the United States,” University of Azores, ISEG,
ISCTE, and Univ. Nova de Lisboa, May-June, 2000.
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5. “A Sociedade Civil e Democracia Directa: O Impacto dos Referendos de 1998,” ISCTE & Univ. Nova de
Lisboa, June, 2000.
6. “Estudos de Caso em Ciencia Politica,” ISCTE, June 2000.
7. “Portugal’s Revolution and Transition to Democracy,” at a local Rhode Island Dia de Portugal (Day of
Portugal) celebration, April, 2000.
8. “Portugal and the EU: Lessons for Eastern Europe”, as part of the international symposium on Europe in the
21st century, Fulbright International Institute, University of Arkansas, April 3-4, 2000.