STEPHANIE RUTH GOLOB
Department of Political SciencePhone (646) 312-4423
Baruch College-CUNYFax (646) 312-4411
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box B 5-280E-Mail:
New York, NY
EMPLOYMENT AT BARUCH
Associate Professor of Political Science (tenured)January 2005 - present
Assistant Professor of Political Science (tenure-track)September 1999 – December 2004
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ph.D. in Political Science, March 1999
Dissertation: “Crossing the Line: Sovereignty, Integration, and the
Free Trade Decisions of Mexico and Canada”
Advisors: Jorge I. Domínguez (chair), Robert D. Putnam, Louise M. Richardson
Harvard University,Cambridge, Massachusetts
A.M. in Political Science, November 1993
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
B.A. in Latin American Studies, May 1987
Honors: summa cum laude, Distinction in Latin American Studies,
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
Domínguez, Jorge I., with Amy Catalinac, Sergio Cesarin, Javier Corrales, Stephanie R Golob, Andrew Kennedy Alexander Liebman, Marusia Musacchio-Farias, Joao Resende-Santos, Roberto Russell, and Yongwook Ryu. China’s Relations with Latin America: Shared Gains, Asymmetric Hopes. Working Paper, InterAmerican Dialogue, Washington, D,C, (June 2006).
Blank, Stephen, Stephanie R. Golob, and Guy Stanley, SPP and the Way Forward for North American Integration, Center for Applied Research Working Paper No. 219, Lubin School of Business, Pace University (May 2006).
“Bordering on Democracy: Regionalism, Transnationalism, and Civil Society in Mexico,” Latin American Politics and Society, forthcoming.
Blank, Stephen and Stephanie R. Golob, “It Is Time to Talk About North America,” Embassy Report: Canada-U.S. Industry, Manufacturing and Border Issues; Embassy Issue # 87 (January 18, 2006), p.10.
Blank, Stephen, Stephanie R. Golob, and Guy Stanley, eds. Mapping the New North American Reality. Working Paper Series, Research Program on Canada’s Options in North America, Institute for Research on Public Policy (Montreal) (September 2004).
“Beyond the Policy Frontier: Canada, Mexico, and the Ideological Origins of NAFTA.” World Politics vol. 55, no. 3 (April 2003): 361-398.
“North America Beyond NAFTA? Sovereignty, Identity, and Security in Canada-U.S. Relations.” Canadian-American Public Policy 52 (December 2002): 1-44.
“The Pinochet Case: Forced to Be Free Abroad and At Home.” Democratization, vol. 9, no. 4 (Winter 2002): 25-57; published by Frank Cass Publishers.
“Forced to Be Free: Globalized Justice, Pacted Democracy, and the Pinochet Case.” Democratization, vol. 9, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 21-42; published by Frank Cass Publishers.
"'Making Possible What is Necessary': Pedro Aspe, the Salinas Team, and the Next Mexican 'Miracle,'" in Jorge I. Domínguez (ed.) Technopols: Freeing Politics and Markets in Latin America in the 1990s (University Park: Penn State University Press, 1997), pp. 95-143.
"¿Un nuevo orden internacional? La decisión de México respecto al libre comercio," Estados Unidos: InformeTrimestral 3 (Spring 1993): 31-56 [refereed Mexican journal edited at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE, Mexico City].
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
Mellon Resident Fellowship, “Aftermaths,” Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center, 2006-07
Awarded to develop and complete manuscript on legal culture, democratization, and transitional justice (or the lack thereof) in Chile, Mexico and Spain. Co-directing year-long faculty seminar on “Aftermaths,” and co-organizing half-day conference on “The Trial: Stages of Truth,” scheduled for Spring 2007. Residence at the CUNY Graduate Center and full course release for the 2006-07 academic year.
PSC-CUNY 37 Research Award, 2006-07
Awarded for research on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Working Groups in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Funds research assistance.
Canadian Studies Faculty Research Grant, 2005-06 Competition
Awarded for research on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Working Groups in Canada, Mexico and the United States during 2006-07. Funds travel to NAFTA capitals and SPP project sites in the three countries.
Faculty Fellow, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, CUNY Graduate Center, 2005-06
Participant in bi-weekly interdisciplinary research seminar on “Justice, Citizenship and Civil Society”; appointed to develop project on transitional justice and ‘legal culture’ in Chile and Mexico; awarded one course release, Fall 2005.
PSC-CUNY 35/36 Research Award, 2004-06
Awarded for research on historical memory, legal transformation, and democratic transition in Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Spain. Funded one course release for Spring 2005. Renewed for 2005-06.
PSC-CUNY 34 Research Award, 2003-04
Awarded for research on security and North American integration. Funded one course release for Spring 2004.
Frank Cass Prize for 2002
Awarded by the publishers for the two best articles published in volume 9 of the journal Democratization.
Whiting Teaching Award, 2002-03
Established by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation to honor best undergraduate teaching in the humanities at Baruch College; funding provides a full year of course release for research.
PSC-CUNY 33 Research Award, 2002-03
Awarded for research on the repatriation of the Pinochet Case and the mechanisms through which the transnationalization of ideas about rule of law shapes judicial reform through its influence on the legal and educational culture of the judicial profession. Funds one course release and additional travel costs for research trip to Santiago, Chile in Fall 2003.
Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Fellowship, 2001-02
Awarded for research on the role of ideas and ideology in building “North America” under NAFTA and beyond. Funding includes travel to conferences in San Antonio (November 2001) and Halifax (February 2002).
PSC-CUNY 32 Research Award, 2001-02
Awarded for research on the role of ideas and ideology in building “North America” under NAFTA and beyond. Funds one course release for Spring 2002 and additional travel costs for interview trips.
Faculty Fellow, Center for Place Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center, 2000-01
Seminar on “The New Internationalism”; appointed to develop project on the Pinochet case. Awarded one course release, Spring 2001.
(New York, September 2000-June 2001)
PSC-CUNY 31 Research Award, 2000-01
Awarded for project on the Pinochet case, including summer residency at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales, Fundación Juan March
(Madrid, June-August 2000; New York, March 2000 - June 2001)
Term Membership, Council on Foreign Relations
Elected to five-year membership, awarded to promising scholars and practitioners 35 and under. Members attend and participate in study groups and speakers events on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.
(New York, June 2000-June 2005)
Research Affiliate
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales, Fundación Juan March
(Madrid, July-August 1999)
Research Associate / Visiting Scholar
Institute for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Columbia University
(New York, February-June 1999 and February-December 1995)
Institute for the Study of World Politics Dissertation Fellowship
In residence at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
(Ottawa, September-December 1994; October 1996)
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
In residence at the Departamento de Estudios Internacionales, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
(Mexico City and Monterrey, October 1993-August 1994)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-Harvard University Department of Government
Dissertation Research Fellowship
(Awarded for Summer 1993)
Harvard Center for International Affairs / Inter-American Dialogue Technopols Project
In residence at the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo (CIDAC)
(Mexico City, July-August 1992; Washington D.C., September 1992)
CLAIS-Tinker Foundation-Fundación México en Harvard Summer Field Research Grants
In residence at the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo (CIDAC)
(Mexico City, May 1992 and July 1990)
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
(Awarded for Fall-Winter Semester, 1991-92)
SELECTED LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND PANELS
“With Us or Against Us? China in the Construction of a New North American Policy Space,” paper presented at the ACSUS-in-Alaska Colloquium, “Canada in the North Pacific,” Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. (Anchorage, Alaska, September 28-30, 2006,).
“Staying Alive: North American Competitiveness and the Challenge of Asia” (with Stephen Blank and Guy Stanley)., paper presented at the ACSUS-in-Alaska Colloquium, “Canada in the North Pacific,” Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. (Anchorage, Alaska, September 28-30, 2006).
“Everything You Wanted To Know About the United States Political System…in a North American Context,” HEC-Montreal New York Program for MBA Students (New York, June 28, 2006).
Panelist, “Latin America: Trade and Investment Outlook,” Weissman Center for International Business
Forum, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (New York, February 7, 2006).
“‘One for All…’: China in the Construction of a New North American Space,” paper accepted for the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (San Diego, March 22-25, 2006).
“There She Is: Gloria Ana Chevesich and the Transformation of Judicial and Legal Culture in Chile,” paper presented at the XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006).
“From Mapping to Networks: Static and Dynamic Models of Regional Integration in the NAFTA Triad” (with Stephen Blank and Guy Stanley), paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, (St. Louis, November 16-20, 2005).
Organizer and Speaker, Panel on “Mapping the New North American Reality: Understanding Regional Integration in the NAFTA Triad,” U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Chapter (New York, April 20, 2005)
Panel on Canada-U.S. Relations in the Post-9.11 World, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH, April 7, 2004).
“The Puzzle of North American Integration," paper presented to the first meeting of the New Voices Series, Council on Foreign Relations (New York, March 30, 2004).
Guest Speaker, “Double Bilateralism vs. Regionalism: Borders, Perimeters, and the Future(s) of North America,” Centre for North American Politics and Society, Carleton University (Ottawa, March 4, 2004).
“Pendular Shift or Continental Drift? Mexico in North America,” Amherst College, Speaker Series on Globalization (Amherst, Mass., February 20, 2004).
Guest Speaker, “Latin America in 2004: New Year, New Challenges?” World Affairs Forum (Stamford, Connecticut, February 5, 2004).
Co-Organizer and Speaker, Conference on “Mapping the New North America,” co-sponsored by the Pan American Partnership for Business Education, HEC-Montreal, and the Government of Canada (Montreal, November 13-15, 2003).
Panelist, Workshop on Mexico, CUNY Faculty Development Workshop Series, "The New Politics of Latin America," hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, October 31, 2003).
“’Rule of Law’ in Transition: The Chilean Judiciary, Globalized Norms, and the Repatriation of the Pinochet Case,” paper presented at the XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (Dallas, March 27-29, 2003).
Panel Speaker, “Changing Identity in Canada, Mexico, and the United States?” “Toward a North American Community?” a conference co-sponsored by the Canada Institute, Mexico Institute (Latin American Program), and the Project on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C., June 11, 2002)
Panel Speaker, “The Futures of the North American Partnership,” “Strengthening the North American Partnership: Scenarios for the Future,” Policy Research Initiative, Privy Council of Canada, held at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada, May 12-13, 2002).
Panelist, “The New American Continent: Promise and Challenge," a panel discussion honoring the publication of Here: A Biography of the New American Continent by Anthony DePalma (New York Times), Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, September 20, 2001).
Fellows’ Seminar Presentation, “The Pinochet Precedent: Sovereignty, Globalized Norms, and the Dilemmas of Democratic Transition,” Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, March 14, 2001).
Panelist / Discussant, Seminar on “Globalization and Democracy: Chile,” featuring Dr. Juan Gabriel Valdés, Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, February 22, 2001).
“The Pinochet Precedent: Sovereignty, Globalized Norms, and the Dilemmas of Democratic Transition,” presentation to the CUNY Junior Faculty Colloquia, CUNY Academy for the Sciences and Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center (New York, November 27, 2000).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, COURSE DEVELOPMENT, AND ADVISING
International Political Economy: Wealth & Power, States & Markets (P SC 71460)
Seminar in the Political Science M.A. and Ph.D. Program
CUNY Graduate Center, Spring 2005 (in progress)
Civil Society in Latin America: Interdisciplinary Approaches (IDS 81670)
Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar designed with Prof. Alfonso Quiroz, History
CUNY Graduate Center, Fall 2004
Senior Honors Thesis Advisor (2004-05; 2002-03 for first interdisciplinary honors thesis at Baruch)
Department of Political Science, Baruch College
Independent Study Advisor (Fall 2004)
Department of Political Science, Baruch College
Speaking Truth to Power: Women’s Voices from Latin America and the Caribbean (IDC 4050)
Feit (Honors Undergraduate) Seminar designed with Prof. Elena Martínez, Modern Languages
and Comparative Literature
Baruch College, CUNY, Spring 2002
The United States in an Age of Globalization (POL 2001)
Baruch College, CUNY, Spring 2002 (1 section, in progress); Fall 2001 (2 sections); Spring 2001 (1 section); Fall 2000 (2 sections); Fall 1999 (2 sections)
The Politics of the Third World (POL 2101)
Baruch College, CUNY, Fall 2001 (1 section); Spring 2001 (1 section); Fall 2000 (1 section); Spring 2000 (1 section); Fall 1999 (1 section)
Senior Honors Thesis Advisor, Department of Government and Committee on Social Studies,
Harvard University, 1992-93 and 1991-92
Teaching Fellow, International Conflicts in the Modern World (Historical Studies A-12),
Harvard University, Fall-Winter 1991-92
Teaching Fellow, Comparative Politics of Latin America – Spanish-language section (Foreign Cultures 18),
Harvard University, Fall-Winter 1991-92 and Fall-Winter 1990-91
GUEST LECTURES IN COURSES
“Sovereignty in the Americas”
Latin America Today: Integration in the Americas (CAS-IR 410)
Department of International Relations
Boston University, February 1999
Five Lectures on International Political Economy (in Spanish)
Introduction to International Relations, Department of International Relations
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), October-November 1993
“The Crises of the 1980s: Political and Economic Driving Forces behind Mexico's Free Trade Decision”
Introduction to Latin American Politics (Political Science 430a), Department of Political Science
Yale University, December 1992
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
Member, New York Term Member Advisory Committee, Term Member Program
Council on Foreign Relations (2002-03)
Member, Latin American Studies Association Organized Section on
Law and Society (since 2002)
Advisor, PanAmerican Partnership for Business Education (since 2001)
Member, Policy Reform Working Group, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies,
CUNY Graduate Center (2001)
Member, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)
(since 2001)
Member, American Political Science Association Organized Section on
Comparative Democratization (2000-05)
Member, Latin American Studies Association Organized Section on
Business and Politics (1999-2002)
Member, American Political Science Association (1994-2005)
Member, Latin American Studies Association (since 1991)
Chair, Research and Travel Committee, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,
Baruch College, CUNY (2006-07)
Member, Dean’s Executive Committee, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,
Baruch College, CUNY (2005-07)
Member, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Committee, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,
Baruch College, CUNY (since May 1999)
Contributed to successful proposals for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor and
Required Course, Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultures and Societies (LACS 3000).
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rapporteur, Cuba Task Force,
Inter-American Dialogue (Washington, D.C., January 1992)
Assistant to the Director, Latin American Project,
Council on Foreign Relations (New York, August 1987-June 1989)
Public Affairs Intern, Center for Inter-American Relations
Americas Society (New York, May-August 1986)
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