Degrees

• B.A., Université de Montreal, Political Science, 1967
• M.Phil., University of Essex, Comparative Politics, 1974
• Ph.D., University of Warsaw, Political Studies, 1982

Academic Experience

• Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Sussex, 2015-16
• Fulbright Distinguished Chair in European Studies, University of Warsaw, 2013-2014
• Willy Brandt Professor, Malmö University, Sweden 2010-11
• Professor, Tulane University, 1996-
• Visiting Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark, 1999
• Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1988-1996
• Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1984-1988
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, 1983-1984

Distinctions

• Latin American Studies Research Grant, 2012
• Latin American Studies Center Travel and Research Grants, Tulane University, 2006
• National Endowment for the Humanities, “Global Texts, Cultural Contexts,” 2003-2006
• Mortar Board Award for Teaching Excellence, Tulane University, 1995, 2001
• National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1990-1991

Languages

• French
• Polish
• Russia
• Spanish

Overseas Experience

• Mexico
• Peru

Related Experience

• Visiting Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2010
• Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, 2006, 2009
• Consultant, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm, 1997-1999
• Referee, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Research Council, National Science Foundation
• National Research Council, National Science Foundation

Selected Publications

• 2018. Nationhood, migration and global politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming. Includes case study ‘€œPeru:Indígena, mestizo, criollo”
• 2015. Fear and the making of foreign policy: Europe and beyond. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• 2012. Challenging multiculturalism: managing diversity across Europe. Editor. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• 2012. Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• 2010. Understanding Ethnic Conflict. 4th edition. With Rajat Ganguly. New York: Longman.
• 2009. Europe old and new: transnationalism, belonging, xenophobia. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield.
• 2009. Europe old and new: transnationalism, belonging, xenophobia. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield.
• 2002. Liberal and Illiberal Nationalisms. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave.
• 1997. Postcommunist Presidents. Editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• 1991. Political culture and foreign policy in Latin America: case studies from the circum-Caribbean. With Roland Ebel and James Cochrane. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: 

• POLA 4450: Politics and Literature
• Controversy over Immigration
• Phobias and Foreign Policy
• POLC 3410: Politics and Nationalism
• World Politics & Cinema