Fellows Research

This project is focused on the roles of widely studied foreign languages within the contentiously multilingual Republic of Moldova. While much of the dispute over language policy and use focuses on the relationship between the official language (variously referred to as Moldovan or Romanian) and minority Russian, the balance in bilingualism among these two and other minority languages is heavily influenced by dominant foreign languages, such as English, French, and German, in the linguistic repertoires of Moldovan citizens.

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Foreign Language Learning Attitudes and Practices in the Republic of Moldova (330 KB pdf)

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According to the 2010 Report on International Religious Freedom by US Department of State, while Orthodox Christianity is adhered by the majority of the Ukrainians, it is estimated that there are about two million Muslims living in Ukraine, constituting 4.25 percent of the total population. Islam is far from monolithic in Ukraine, where there are six registered Islamic Administrative Directorates (Muftiyats).

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Competing Narratives of Islam in Post-Soviet Ukraine Against the Background of Global Islamic Movements (338 KB pdf)

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My research focused on how the radical right party, Svoboda (Freedom Party), develops its organizational capacity, recruits new members, and makes linkages with non-political civic groups. I interviewed party activists, members of non-political nationalist groups, NGO leaders, and political experts in three regions in Ukraine where Svoboda has varying electoral support at the local level. In addition, I attended demonstrations and other party organized events.

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Organizing Nationalism: How the Radical Right Succeeds and Fails in Ukraine (278 KB pdf)

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Romania is the site of one of Europe and Central Asia’s worst tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. Cure rates for sensitive as well as M/XDR-TB (Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB) are poor. TB is a social disease that is influenced by one’s overall quality of life. While patients of all economic classes are becoming infected, those without social and economic support face great difficulty getting cured. Patients in the second (outpatient) phase of treatment frequently abandon treatment and there is no system of casework and follow-up to help them complete treatment.

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"All My Problems Started with Tuberculosis:" An Ethnographic Analysis of Treatment Failure in Romania (326 KB pdf)

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A persistent problem many post-communist societies have faced is building state infrastructure and establishing government authority while devolving power to their citizens through democratic elections, public participation, and limitations on state authority. In Georgia after the 2003 Rose Revolution, separatist wars complicated these processes of state building and democratization.

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Political Transformation, State Building, and Violence Resurgence in Georgia (259 KB pdf)

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Through an Embassy Policy Specialist Fellowship in Georgia working with the East West Management Institute’s G-PAC program and the Caucasus Research Resource Centers, I helped develop and analyze the results of a nationally representative survey on civic engagement in Georgia that compared citizens’ knowledge of, engagement with and attitudes toward the formal NGO sector with more informal forms of civic and social engagement.

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Civic Engagement in Georgia: The Challenge of Formalizing the Informal (396 KB pdf)

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While the U.S., an acknowledged leader in the University-Industry research, funds billions of dollars into creating new links of universities with other universities, local, national and international industries, Ukrainian government can boast of only a few million hrivnas given to universities in form of grants to support individual or small group projects. My experience of the Head of KSPU research which is directly concerned with the university research funding, has urged me to seek ways for establishing collaborations with external partners.

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United States University Corporate Research (Case Study)

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The major goal of this study is to elaborate strategic and tactical approaches to the organization an effective system for technology commercialization at Voronezh State University on the basis of studying US universities experience in this area.

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Technology Transfer: Turning Knowledge into Value (Case Study)

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This study is an attempt to examine the complex issue of Research Management using The College of William & Mary (W&M) as a main research case. The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science is going to implement a new status of a Research University based on the example of classic American universities engaged in extensive research activities.

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Case Study: Research Management at the College of William and Mary

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Among the main goals for the next 10 years for Far Eastern Federal University is achieving 25% international student enrollment (7,500 students). Indiana University’s model for international student recruitment and admissions in the areas of recruitment activities management; credential analysis and evaluation; scholarships and sponsored students; and determining popular and unpopular fields of study can guide FEFU in this process.

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Wise Steps Toward Success in International Admissions and Recruitment: Indiana University-Bloomington Case Study

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