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Nina Srinivasan Rathbun

Tel: 626-394-2638, Email: nrathbun@usc.edu

WORK EXPERIENCE:

University of Southern California 08/2008-present

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Professor (Teaching) of International Relations (promoted in 2018)

• Taught upper division undergraduate classes on U.S. Foreign Policy, European Integration, Research Design and Methodology, Economic Globalization, the Global Finance and Monetary Regime, Global Governance, Managing New Global Problems, and Communism and Post-Communism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, as well as graduate level courses on U.S. Foreign Policy and Decision-making.

• Received four Excellence in Teaching grants to develop innovative model teaching assignments: 1) data analysis assignment using raw international economic data in research designs; 2) information literacy assignment for General Education students; 3) distance oriented data analysis project using OECD and World Bank data; 4) mock trials in international courts.

• Created four new course offerings for the School of International Relations.

• Led dozens of students in directed research to prepare for international fellowships & honors.

• Developed college first year investigation courses as part of a successful pilot College program.

Fellowship and Research Faculty Mentor (2012-present)

• Conducted outreach and mentored hundreds of students to prepare them for highly competitive international and national fellowships (mentored over 50 recipients) and research internships.

• Successfully advised and mentored recipients of Rhodes Scholarship (2017) and Marshall Scholarship (2018 and 2016).

• Advised the redesign of USC’s model for mentoring Fellowship applicants and took leadership role in mentoring faculty on how to mentor fellowship applicants for Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and Boren.

• Increased Fulbright applications/recipients from SIR majors/minors through mentoring & outreach.

• Substantially increased Boren National Security Scholarship recipients from all majors through formalizing the outreach process.

• Arranged and moderated numerous faculty and alumni speaking events on a range of topics to help prepare students for their academic and career choices.

• Participated and moderated debates about current issues in international affairs occurring in Washington.

• Encouraged the close interaction of students with the Council on Foreign Relations’ academic outreach program.

• Reconstituted the international relations undergraduate association (IRUA) and served as faculty advisor until 2015.

• Oversaw the creation of an advanced internet outreach to international relations undergraduates through social media networking and a USC blog on international relations issues.

Director of Undergraduate Studies School of International Relations (2013-2019)

• Took leadership role in the process to create a new combined department with Political Science to reduce the negative impacts to the SIR undergraduate program.

• Updated and increased rigor of undergraduate curriculum for the International Relations, International Relations/Global Economy, and International Relations/Global Business majors.

• Developed and formalized a Curriculum Review Committee to review and provide oversight for all three IR majors’ curriculum development.

• Oversaw transition to new General Education structure in SIR.

• Revised and extended the Honors Program with formalized research design requirement.

• Developed and implemented a formalized professional development internship course with career preparation into the academic curriculum.

• Developed and implemented survey to evaluate the International Relations majors’ high impact teaching practices and research skills on each of three IR majors and all diverse populations.

• Assisted with creation of a new International Relations Undergraduate Research Program to create learning community & formalize instruction for all IR undergraduate research assistants.

• Developed and implemented a Faculty Mentoring Committee to provide more formalized academic and career advice.

• Developed and implemented formalized active learning and lab activities to better utilize TA-led sections for introductory level courses.

• Served on numerous faculty evaluation committees for the SIR, Political Science and Economics departments, and SIR departmental consultative committees, teaching faculty hiring committees, and future teaching faculty teaching needs committees.

• Observed and evaluated dozens of teaching faculty teaching, providing active mentorship.

• Reviewed Overseas/Study Abroad programs and approved all courses for IR credit abroad.

• Oversaw academic probation cases and grade disputes.

Indiana University 01/2007-06/2008

Department of Political Science

Russian and East European Institute

Center for Global and American Security

Lecturer and Research Associate Fellow

• Taught graduate and upper division undergraduate classes on International Law, Communist and Post-Communist Politics and Societies, and Globalization.

• Researched on nuclear nonproliferation policy and the IAEA safeguards regime. Researched and lectured on current US foreign policies. Taught students how to research and analyze numerous source materials to evaluate different country’s positions on specific contemporary conflicts involving international law.

Concordia University 09/2005-09/2006

Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor (LTA)

• Researched and wrote scholarly articles on current efforts to strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime, nonproliferation in the Indian subcontinent, and recent efforts to increase U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation.

• Taught upper division undergraduate classes on International Law, International Relations, and Globalization.

U.S. Department of State 09/2003-09/2005

Presidential Management Fellow

Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Multilateral Nuclear Affairs, Nonproliferation Bureau, 10/04- 09/05, 09/03-05/04

• Advanced U.S. interests through bilateral and multilateral negotiations on the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preparation for the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee meeting and the 2005 NPT Review Conference.

• Conducted research and analysis and wrote reports on U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy concerning NPT compliance.

• Served on numerous U.S. delegations to key capitals, including Tokyo, Canberra, Ottawa, Jakarta, Mexico City, as well as to foreign government Missions in New York and Vienna, to discuss and persuade allies and others of the U.S. core goal to strengthen the nonproliferation aspects of the NPT.

Science Attaché, IAEA Section, U.S. Mission to International Organizations (UNVIE), 05/04-10/04

• Served as the focal point on behalf of U.S. Mission for coordination of all U.S. support to the IAEA technical cooperation, nuclear applications and nuclear energy programs from a policy, technical, and programmatic standpoint.

• Managed U.S. programmatic, financial, and technical support to IAEA Technical Cooperation Funds and Footnote A voluntary contributions, which provide assistance to develop peaceful nuclear programs.

• Conducted research and analysis and wrote reports on IAEA verification of safeguards implementation in Iran and Libya.

• Served on U.S. delegations to the June and September IAEA Board of Governors meetings, as well as its annual General Conference. Negotiated six nuclear application and energy resolutions, and one technical cooperation resolution. Assisted negotiate resolution to implement safeguards in Iran.

• Developed recommendations to support U.S. nonproliferation and promotion of peaceful nuclear application goals, including President Bush’s IAEA initiatives, such as the establishment of a Special Committee on Safeguards and Verification, and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) programs on nuclear applications and technical cooperation.

• Reviewed the IAEA’s 2005-2006 technical cooperation program and projects to ensure consistency with U.S. nonproliferation and sustainable development objectives.

The Ohio State University 08/2002-08/2003

Mershon Center for International Security

Lecturer and Visiting Scholar

• Taught upper-division political science classes on International Law and on International Organizations.

• Researched on media independence and privatization in post-communist, democratizing societies.

• Introduced new more comprehensive conceptualization of media independence.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Political Science, 2003

University of California, Berkeley

Masters of Arts in Political Science, 1997

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelors of Arts in Government and English, 1995

Wesleyan University

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

LANGUAGES: German and Russian.

PUBLICATIONS/WORKING PAPERS:

“No Fair: Questioning the Status Quo on Status in International Relations” (with Brian Rathbun & Caleb Pomeroy) International Studies Quarterly (forthcoming).

“Volk Theory: Race, Nationalism and Discontinuity in German Foreign Policy under Hitler” (with Brian Rathbun) Security Studies (Revise & Resubmit 2021)

“The Price of Peace: A Behavioral Approach to Costly Signaling in International Relations,” (with Joshua Kertzer & Brian Rathbun) International Organization, vol. 74, no. 1 (Winter 2020), pp. 1-24.

“Misplaced Prudence: The Role of Restraint in the Nuclear Threat Environment for North American Strategic Defense,” (with Brian Rathbun) in Christian Leuprecht, Joel Sokolsky & Thomas Hughes, eds. Strategic Defense – North American Security in the 21st Century (Springer International Publishing, 2018).

“Teach a Student to Fish? International Relations Scholars in the Classroom,” (with Brian Rathbun) PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 50, no. 1 (January 2017), pp. 214-220.

“Data on Data: Teaching Data Literacy in Undergraduate International Relations Courses,” (with Iva Bozovic), working paper.

“Research Literacy Track Summary,” (with Anne Pitsch) PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 49, no. 3 (July 2016), pp. 584-586.

“Glass Half Full? Evaluating the Impact of New U.S. policy on the Legitimacy of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime,” in Jeffrey Fields, ed., State Behavior and Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, (Atlanta: University of Georgia, 2014).

“The Role of Legitimacy in Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime,” The

Nonproliferation Review, vol. 13, No. 2 (July 2006), pp. 227-252.

 

“India and Pakistan: Analysis of Kashmir Border Disputes, 1970-1995,” Congressional Research Service Report (Washington, D.C.: 1996)

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

“Biden’s Foreign Policy Progress,” panel discussion, Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics, Center for the Political Future, USC, 21 November 2021.

“Building Data Literacy through Experiential Projects in International Relations,” (with Iva Bozovic), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Albuquerque, NM 7-9 February 2020.

“American Foreign Policy,” panel discussion, Dornsife Center for the Political Future, University of Southern California, LA, 30 January 2020.

“Assessing the Impact of Faculty Engagement and Student Research Experience on Social Science Research Skill Acquisition,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA 4-7 April 2018.

“Flash Talk: Alternative Approaches to Research and Education,” Chair of Roundtable, at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA 4-7 April 2018.

“The Role of Restraint in the Nuclear Threat Environment,” paper presented at the North American Defense in the 21st Century Symposium, sponsored by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), and the Canadian Department of National Defense, Colorado Springs, CO 4-5 December 2017.

“Re-treading the Past: NATO’s ‘New’ Relationship with Russia,” paper presented at the Deterrence Workshop, Centre for International and Defense Policy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON 11-12 May 2017.

“Testing the Impact of Curriculum Scaffolding on Research Literacy, Undergraduate Engagement and Achievement,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA 10-12 February 2017.

“America’s Role in the World in the Era of Trump,” panel discussion, Unruh Institute of Politics, University of Southern California, LA, 24 January 2017.

“Data on Data: Teaching Data Literacy in Undergraduate International Relations Courses,” (with Iva Bozovic), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Portland, OR 12-14 February 2016.

“Internationalizing the Curriculum” Roundtable, invited presentation at the Fourth Annual Educators Workshop, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, 16-17 April 2015.

“This Means War! Communication and Conflict,” invited presentation at the Inaugural Polymathic Conference, Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, University of Southern California Wrigley Institute, Santa Catalina Island, CA, 10-12 April 2015.

“Teaching a Student to Fish? International Relations Scholars in the Classroom,” (with Brian Rathbun), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington, DC 16-18 January 2015.

“Teaching Nuclear Safeguards to Engineers and Political Science Students,” invited presentation at the

Safeguards Roundtable, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 14 July 2014.

“Legitimacy, Exceptions and the Non-proliferation Regime: The Case of India,” paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security, Ottawa, 2-4 December 2005.

“The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2005,” paper presented at the Global Security

Meeting, Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, Wye River, MD,

13-15 October 2005.

“Ruling over the Media: A Cross-National Analysis of Government Abuse,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, OR, February 25-March 1, 2003.

“Ruling the Airwaves: The Partisan Politics of Broadcast Regulation in Central and Eastern Europe,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Midwest, St. Louis, MO, 1-2 November 2002.

HONORS, AWARDS & ACADEMIC SERVICE:

USC Larger Professional Development Grant, 2019-2020

USC Larger Professional Development Grant, 2018-2019

USC Larger Professional Development Grant, 2017-2018

USC Larger Professional Development Grant, 2016-2017

USC Libraries Undergraduate Information Literacy Course Enhancement Grant, Spring 2016

USC Larger Professional Development Grant, 2015-2016

USC Center for Scholarly Technology Data Driven Assignment Grant, Spring 2015

Phi Sigma Kappa, Faculty Teaching Award, 2012

USC Center for Scholarly Technology Course Continuity in a Crisis (C3) Grant, Fall 2011

USC Center for Scholarly Technology Incentive Grants for New Learning Environments, Fall 2010

Center for Global and International Security, Indiana University, Grant, Fall 2007

Political Science Department, UC Berkeley Dissertation Fellowship 2000-2001

Center for German and European Studies Predissertation Fellowship Summer 1999

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship Summer 1998

University of California Graduate Opportunity Fellowship 1996-1998

Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship 1991-1995

Service to the University and the Profession

Member of Dornsife Committee on Appointments and Promotions for Research, Teaching, Practice and Clinical-track Faculty, DCAP-RTPC (2018-2022)

Chair of Department of Political Science and International Relations RTPC Faculty Evaluation Committee (2021)

Member of USC Governing Committee for National Grants and International Fellowships (2013-present)

Member of USC Schaeffer Government Service Fellowship Selection Committee (2014-present)

Member of School of International Relations Gaither Selection Committee (2014-present)

Member of USC Global Scholar Prize Selection Committee (2015, 2017- 2021)

Member of USC Renaissance Scholar Prize Selection Committee (2020)

Chair of School of International Relations Curriculum Committee (2015-2019)

Member of USC Dornsife Signature Undergraduate Experience Committee (2017-2018)

Member of School of International Relations Post-Doctoral Search Committees (2018, 2019)

Member of School of International Relations Evaluation of Future RTPC Teaching Needs Committee (2014-2019)

Member of USC Search Committee for the Social Science Data Librarian (2017)

Member of the Provost’s Review of the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study (2017)

Member of the USC Dornsife Faculty Council Curriculum Review Committee (2016-2017)

Member of Department of Economics RTPC Faculty Evaluation Committee (2016-2017)

Member of School of International Relations RTPC Faculty Evaluation Committee (2016-2017)

Member of School of International Relations Faculty Mentor Committee (2016-2017)

Member of School of International Relations Grade Inflation Committee (2016-2017)

Member of USC Discovery Scholar Prize Selection Committee (2016)

Member of School of International Relations NTT Faculty Evaluation Committee (2015-2016)

Member of Political Science Department NTT Faculty Evaluation Committees (2015-2016)

Member of American Political Science Association

Member of International Studies Association

Reviewer for the International Studies Quarterly, International Relations, The Nonproliferation Review

Mentoring International Fellowships/Theses/Qualifying Exams

Marigrace Buendia (2021) Fulbright Scholar

Emma Taylor (2021) Boren Scholar

Bryant Cong (2021) Boren Scholar

Maya Prakash (2021) Boren Scholar

Yasmin Barkett (2020) Fulbright Scholar

Lisa de Rafols (2020) Fulbright Scholar and Boren Scholar

Shir Attias (2020) Boren Scholar

Srividya Dasaraju (2020) Boren Scholar

Isabelle Nazha (2020) Boren Scholar

Minerva Solis-Rubio (2019) Fulbright Scholar

Alanna Schenk (2019) Fulbright Scholar

Kylie Burdsall (2019) Fulbright Scholar

Catherine Atkinson (2019) Boren Scholar

Kendal Gee (2019) Boren Scholar

Leah James (2019) Boren Scholar

Jamie Kwong (2018) Marshall Scholar and (2018) MA Thesis

Adithi Ramesh (2018) Fulbright Scholar

Geeta Sumayajula (2018) Fulbright Scholar

Lauren Brackmann (2018) Boren Scholar

Erin Pineda (2018) Boren Scholar

Eunbyul Koh (2018) Boren Scholar

Samantha Archie (2018) Honors and (2016) Boren Scholar

Maureen Clougherty (2017) Honors

Johanna Reyes Ortega (2017) Honors

Alma Velasquez (2017) Honors

Alexis Dale-Huang (2017) Carnegie Junior Fellow and (2015) Boren Scholar

Oscar De Los Santos (2017) Rhodes Scholar

Anthony Garciano (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Nitika Johri (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Jordan Kondo (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Alya Omar (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Srilakshmi Ramesh (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Ida Abhari (2017) Fulbright Scholar

Edith Conn (2017) Boren Scholar

James Luttrull (2017) Boren Scholar

Alexander Kil (2017) Boren Scholar

Caroline Chen (2017) Boren Scholar

Robin Liu (2016) Honors and (2016) Fulbright Scholar and (2017) DAAD Fellow

Noah Zucker (2016) Honors

Gwendolyn Holts (2016) Honors

Xiaojie Wang (2016) Honors

David Ebner (2016) Ph.D Qualifying Exam

Moriah Mulroe (2016) Marshall Scholar

Amanda Schmitt (2016) Fulbright Scholar

Helen Anne Kennedy (2016) Fulbright Scholar

Martha Ryan (2016) Fulbright Scholar

Vivian Le (2016) Boren Scholar

Alexander Melnik (2016) Boren Scholar

Sooji Nam (2016) Boren Scholar

Mushfiqur Chowdhury (2015) Honors and (2014) Humanity in Action Fellow

Shoko Oda (2015) Honors

Elizabeth Peabody (2015) Honors

Nitya Ramanathan (2015) Honors

Yun Yun Wang (2015) Honors

Cameron Brown (2015) Honors

Reilly Frye (2015) Fulbright Scholar

Nicholas Kosturos (2015) Fulbright Scholar

Melissa Montalvo (2015) Fulbright Scholar

Kayla Caldwell (2015) Boren Scholar

Colin Conwell (2015) Boren Scholar

Jason Tse (2015) Boren Scholar

Lance Devreaux Jackson (2015) Boren Fellow

Justin Bogda (2014) Honors and (2015) Fulbright Scholar

Reid Lidow (2014) Gates Cambridge Fellow

Samantha Freitag (2014) Fulbright Scholar

Samir Kumar (2014) Fulbright Scholar

Kayla Foster (2014) Boren Scholar

Benjamin Miles (2014) Boren Scholar

Linda Wang (2014) Boren Scholar

Travis Glynn (2013) Fulbright Scholar and (2012) Truman Scholar

Andrew Ju (2013) Fulbright Scholar

Juan Espinoza (2013) Fulbright Scholar

Alyssa Min (2013) DAAD Fellow

Jason Finkelstein (2013) Boren Scholar

Lara Nichols (2013) Honors

Rebecca Miller (2012) Congressional Bundestag Youth Exchange Fellowship

Lauren Goodwin (2010) and (2011) OECD Student Ambassador

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