ROBERT BRATHWAITE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 217 O SHAUGHNESSY HALL NOTRE DAME, INDIANA 46556 TEL: 310-714-8724 FAX: 574-631-4405 RBRATHWA@ND.EDU EDUCATION Ph.D. Political Science, University of Notre Dame Expected May 2012 Dissertation Title: Legitimate Divorce: Analysis of the Material and Normative Factors Relevant to Secession M.A. Political Science, University of Notre Dame May 2008 B.A. Political Science (International Relations) Cum Laude, UCLA June 2006 B.A. History, Cum Laude, UCLA June 2006 FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship April 2011 (Alternate) Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Notre Dame April 2010 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Professional January 2010 Development Grant, University of Notre Dame Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, April 2009 University of Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Professional January 2009 Development Grant, University of Notre Dame Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, April 2008 University of Notre Dame Dept. of Political Science Research Assistantship, University of Notre Dame Fall 2006 Graduated Cum Laude with College Honors from UCLA June 2006 Selected for UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy Fall 2006
(CAPPP) Research and Internship Program Dean s Honor List UCLA Fall 2005 Academic Excellence Recognition Award UCLA Transfer Student Center Fall 2005 Selected as Summer Programs Undergraduate Research Summer 2005 (SPUR) scholar through UCLA Graduate Division Awarded Marion Lucy Queal Scholarship by UCLA June 2005 Awarded UCLA University Grant Spring 2005 Selected as UCLA nominee for Beinecke Scholarship February 2005 Dean s Honor List - UCLA Winter 2005 Dean s Honor List UCLA Fall 2004 Awarded Vice-Provost Recognition Award - UCLA November 2004 PUBLICATIONS Robert Brathwaite and Andrew Bramsen, Reconceptualizing Church and State: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Separation of Religion and State on Democracy, Politics and Religion 4:2 (August 2011): 229-263. Review: The State Legitimacy Index, APSA-CP Newsletter, vol. 21, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 28-30. Private Security and U.S. Foreign Policy, Center for Security Policy Occasional Paper Series No.17 (January 2007) http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p12320.xml?genre_id=3 ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW The Electoral Terrorist: Terror Groups and Democratic Participation, (special edition of Terrorism and Political Violence on the theme of Violence, Elections and Party Politics, ) revise and resubmit (6/03/11) Measuring Church and State, (invited for review International Studies Perspective Jan. 2011) PRESENTATIONS Measuring Church and State: Religion, Culture, and the Impact on Democracy. Measuring Democracy Working Group Meeting, Notre Dame, IN. February 25, 2011. 2
Conceptualizing Church and State: Comparing Measures of Religion-State Separation. Annual American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, DC. September 2-5, 2010. Conceptualizing Church and State: Comparing Measures of Religion-State Separation. Annual Western Political Science Association Conference, San Francisco, CA. April 1-3, 2010. The Electoral Terrorist: Terror Groups and Democratic Participation. 51st Annual International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. February 17-21, 2010. Unfulfilled Promise: Income Inequality, Communist Regimes, and Failed Democratic Transitions. Annual American Political Science Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. September 3-9, 2009. More Than Meets the Eye: Terrorist Groups and the Dynamics of Political Formation. 50 th Annual International Studies Association Conference, New York, NY. February 15-18, 2009. The Other Side of the Coin: Terrorist Groups and Political Wing Formation. 66 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. April 3-6, 2008. The Other Side of the Coin: Terrorist Groups and Political Wing Formation. 49th Annual International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, CA. March 26-29, 2008. The Other Side of the Coin: Terrorist Groups and Political Wing Formation. Annual Western Political Science Association Conference, San Diego, CA. March 20-22, 2008. The Other Side of the Coin: Terrorist Groups and Political Wing Formation. 1 st Annual Univ. of Notre Dame Graduate Political Science Conference, Notre Dame, IN. March 14, 2008 The Determinants of Institutionalization in International Relations. (Coauthored with Sebastian Rosato). 65 th annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. April 2007. Private Security and the Impact on the Civil-Military Relationship. UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy and UC Davis Washington Program Joint Research Conference, University of California Washington D.C. Center, June. 2006. Chinese Petroleum Consumption and the Effects on Regional Security in the South China Sea. Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 2005. WORK IN PROGRESS Measuring Church and State: Religion, Culture, and the Impact on Democracy Unfulfilled Promise: Income Inequality, Communist Regimes, and Failed Democratic Transitions 3
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant University of Notre Dame Summer 2010 - Present Conducted research for Dr. Sean McGraw (Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame). My primary duties were to run quantitative analysis and dataset management for a research project that examined Irish electoral attitudes and party system alignment in Ireland. Statistical Consultant University of Notre Dame Fall 2008 Served as the Department of Political Science s statistical consultant. My duties included help with quantitative research designs, tutorial on statistical computer software, dataset interpretation, and other duties related to quantitative research. Research Assistant - University of Notre Dame Academic Year 2006-2007 Conducted research for Dr. Sebastian Rosato (Asst. Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Notre Dame). My duties were to produce a dataset of minor power-great power dyads to test the theories of economic interdependence and unique balances of power leading to regional integration. CAPPP Washington D.C. Research Seminar - UCLA Spring 2006 Conducted research into use of privatized security and the impact on civil-military relationships in weak nation-states. Research was a comparative case-study comprising Croatia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Research was conducted under the guidance of Dr. James Desveaux and Teaching Fellow Phil Potter. History 197, Independent Research - UCLA Winter 2006 Conducted research into growth of Japanese Navy in late 19 th Century relating to institutional and bureaucratic origins that facilitated growth of political and agenda setting power of Japanese Navy. Research focused upon the support of parliamentary institution, political party cleavages, and nationalist ideology. Research was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Geoffrey Symcox. Political Science 199, Independent Research - UCLA Fall 2005 Conducted research into bureaucratic politics that intensified with the national security realignment of 1947. Research focused upon the defense establishment and the executive branch. Research was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Alan Rozzi. Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - UCLA Summer 2005 Program administered by Graduate Division UCLA. Conducted case-study of Chinese petroleum consumption and the regional security effects for the South China Sea. Research focused upon domestic Chinese petroleum consumption, regional relations between East Asian nations, and ongoing territorial disputes in the region. Dr. Michael L. Ross (UCLA) served as faculty mentor. Political Science 199, Independent Research - UCLA Winter 2005 Conducted research into separatist violence in Aceh, Indonesia under the guidance of Dr. David 4
O. Wilkinson. Research focused upon economic exploitation within the province, military repression, and the actions of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). Political Science 126, Peace and War - UCLA Fall 2004 Research consisted of case-study of Kurdish conflict in Turkey. Study focused on the Turkish efforts to promote a Turkish identity after WWI, failed attempts at creation of a Kurdish national identity, and creation of the Kurdish Worker s Party (PKK). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Senior Thesis Advisor AY 2011-2012 (Thomas Kenealy) Department of Political Science Teaching Assistant Spring 2010 Introduction to International Relations (Pols. 20200-01, Prof. Susan Pratt-Rosato) Teaching Assistant Fall 2009 Introduction to International Relations (Pols. 20200-02, Prof. Susan Pratt-Rosato) Guest Lecturer April 2009 Research Design and Methods (Pols. 40800-01) Teaching Assistant Spring 2009 Introduction to International Relations (Pols. 20200-01, Prof. Sebastian Rosato) Teaching Assistant Spring 2008 Introduction to International Relations (Pols. 20200-01, Prof. Sebastian Rosato) Teaching Assistant Fall 2007 Introduction to International Relations (Pols. 20200-01, Prof. Dan Lindley) REFERENCES Seabstian Rosato 574-631-0378 srosato@nd.edu Michael Coppedge 574-631-7036 coppedge.1@nd.edu 5
Michael Desch 574-631-5189 michael.desch.4@nd.edu Daniel Philpott 574-631-7667 jphilpot@nd.edu 6