BETH RABINOWITZ Curriculum Vitae 211 Vine Street, #3 Philadelphia, Pa 19106 Cell Phone: 415-252-8678 Work Phone: 856-225-2971 Email: br274@rutgers.edu ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, Fall 2013 - Present Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science and Public Policy Administration EDUCATION PhD, Political Science, August 2013 Dissertation: Urban-Bias and the Roots of Political Instability: The Case for the Strategic Importance of the Rural Periphery in sub-saharan Africa. Dissertation Committee: Steven K. Vogel, Robert Price, Michael Watts, Catherine Boone University of Chicago MA, Social Science, December 2000 MA Thesis: Citizenship in Uganda: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion. Thesis Advisor: Ralph Austen State University of New York, Purchase BA, Philosophy, November 1993 RESEARCH INTERESTS Political Stability Political Leadership Political Institutions State-building Political Transitions Beth Rabinowitz Curriculum Vitae - September 2011 1
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Urban-Bias and the Roots of Political Instability: The Case for the Strategic Importance of the Rural Periphery in sub-saharan Africa. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 29, 2013. African Studies Association 55 th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2011. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 2, 2012. (Cancelled due to weather). Reversal of Fortune: Regime Strategies and Changes in Political Stability in Cote d'ivoire and Ghana, 1945-2000. African Studies Association 54 th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 1, 2011. Reversal of Fortune: Regime Strategies and Changes in Political Stability in Cote d'ivoire and Ghana, 1945-2000. Comparative Politics Colloquium,, February 25, 2011. Strange Bedfellows, a Prescription for Success? Chieftaincy Disputes, National Politics & the Success of Ghana s Two-Party System. Seventh Annual Berkeley Political Science Graduate Student Conference, University of California, Berkeley, May 7, 2010. FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Coups and Political Survival: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Côte d Ivoire, 1950-2000. Submitted, Journal of Modern African Studies, January 2014. To be submitted this Spring. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Political Science Association (APSA), Member African Studies Association (ASA), Member African Politics Conference Group (APCG), Member Beth Rabinowitz Curriculum Vitae 2
AWARDS The Andrew and Mary Thompson Rocca Fellowship in Advanced African Studies 2011-2012, The Andrew and Mary Thompson Rocca Fellowship in Advanced African Studies 2009-2010, Political Science Department Finishing Fellowship 2010, Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse, New York, Spring 2009. Full funding to attend three week seminar. TEACHING EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Rutgers University (2013 Present) African Politics Upper-Divisional Undergraduate Course Classical Political Theory Upper-Divisional Undergraduate Course Political Economy of Development Masters Program in Public Policy Administration GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR, (2007-2013) Classical Theories of Political Economy Upper Division, Professor: Beverley Crawford, Fall 2012 Classical Theories of Political Economy Upper Division, Professor: Beverley Crawford, Fall 2011 Iranian Revolution Upper Division, Professor: Dariush Zahedi, Summer 2011 Historians of the Classical Civilizations, Chinese and Other Upper Division, Professor: Michael Nylan, Fall 2009 Intro to Comparative Politics Professor: Pradeep Chhibber, Spring 2009 Professor: Robert Price, Fall 2007 Professor: Pradeep Chhibber, Spring 2007 South Asian Politics Upper Division, Professor: Pradeep Chhibber, Summer 2008 Intro to International Relations Professor: Stanley Michalak, Summer 2007 Beth Rabinowitz Curriculum Vitae 3
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ESL INSTRUCTOR (1995-2001, 2003-2005) San Francisco Institute of English, San Francisco, CA TOEFL Preparation Embassy CES Language School, San Francisco, CA Exchange-Student, Intensive English Program Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA College Preparatory Reading and Writing U.C. Berkeley Extension Program, San Francisco, CA Executive English East West University, Chicago, IL Adult Basic Education, Remedial Academic Reading and Writing LaGuardia Community College, LIC, NY. Re-Training Program, Laid-off Factory Workers, Computers/Office Skills SUNY Maritime College, Throgs Neck, NY. Assistant ESL Program Coordinator TOEFL Preparation, College Preparatory English Composition DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE/FOUNDATION MANAGER (2002-2003) Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco, CA Managed all aspects of foundation fundraising. Hearing Society for the Bay Area, San Francisco, CA Responsible for coordinating and implementing all phases of fundraising. RESEARCH PROJECT COORDINATOR (2001) Rockman et al, San Francisco, CA. Contracted to coordinate data collection for a national study of elementary school teaching methods. VOLUNTEER WORK GRANT WRITING, COPY-EDITING AND RESEARCH (1999-2004) Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, CA International Development Exchange (IDEX), San Francisco, CA Global Greengrants, Bolder, CO Beth Rabinowitz Curriculum Vitae 4
Global Partners for Development, Santa Rosa, CA Borneo Project, Berkeley, CA TRAVEL Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Ghana, Cote D Ivoire, Morocco Asia: India, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Hong Kong Europe: England, France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Latin America: Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize LANGUAGES French: proficient speaking, reading, writing REFERENCES Richard Harris, Chair Department of Political Science The University of New Jersey, Rutgers-Camden 856-225-6339 raharris@camden.rutgers.edu Marie Chevrier, Chair Department of Public Policy Administration The University of New Jersey, Rutgers-Camden 856-225-6860 marie.chevrier@rutgers.edu Steven K. Vogel (Dissertation Committee Chair) Department of Political Science svogel@berkeley.edu 510-642-4658 Catherine Boone (Dissertation Committee Member) Department of Government University of Texas, Austin cboone@austin.utexas.edu 512-232-7249 Beth Rabinowitz Curriculum Vitae 5