To the Profession
Editorial Board of Political Studies [Политически Изследвания], Sofia, Bulgaria (Spring 2022-)
Executive Board member, Council for European Studies “Historical Study of States and Regimes” Research Network (summer 2018–present)
Midwest Political Science Association Women’s Caucus Mentor (Spring 2014–present)
Editorial Board member, Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science (Fall 2014–present)
APSA Representation and Electoral Systems Section: member of the George Hallett Award (May-June 2021)
Council for European Studies, Graduate Student Workshop on “Historical Study of States and Regimes”, faculty mentor (June 2021)
APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program (DDRIG), member (July 2020)
Council for European Studies, Program Committee member – 2019 Convention
Council for European Studies, Graduate Student Workshop on “Historical Study of States and Regimes”, faculty mentor (March 2018)
ASEEES Program Committee member–2017 Convention (Spring 2017)
APSA Comparative Democratization Section: Best Fieldwork Award Committee member (Spring 2017)
Editorial Board Member, APSA Comparative Democratization Section Newsletter (2010–2014)
Ad hoc Reviewer for: American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; British Journal of Political Science; Comparative Political Studies, Europe-Asia Studies; East European Politics; East European Politics and Societies; European Political Science Review; European Research Council; European Union Politics; Government and Opposition; International Journal of Communication; International Journal of Public Opinion Research; International Journal of Press/Politics; International Studies Review; Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics; Journal of Common Market Studies; Party Politics; Perspective on Politics; Political Studies; Political Studies Review; Politics and Policy; University of Michigan Press.
My Publons page is available here.
Expert-interviewee for the following databases
V-Dem Varieties of Democracy (2020 data wave)
Chapel Hill Expert Survey on party positioning on European integration, ideology and policy issues for national parties in a variety of European countries (2020; 2014 & 2010)
Voter Facilitation, University of Helsinki, Finland (2013 & 2015)
Electoral Integrity Project, University of Sidney, Australia (2014)
Robert Elgie’s Semipresidentialism index (2015)
Expert Survey on Ethnonationalism in Party Competition (EPAC), University of Konstanz and University of Bern (2017)
University of Florence Charismatic Leadership Project by Sorina Soare and Mattia Zulianello (Spring 2018)
Conference Service
Discussant and/or chair: American Political Science Association Conference (2009 & 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Midwest Political Science Association Conference (2007, 2008, 2015, 2018; 2022)
Discussant and/or chair: European Union Studies Association Conference (2017)
Discussant and/or chair: International Conference of Europeanists (2017 & 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference (2017; 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Southern Political Science Association Conference (2004)
Discussant and/or chair: Florida Political Science Association Conference (2004)
Discussant and/or chair: International Studies Association Southern Region (2004)
To the University of Illinois at Chicago
Displaced Scholars Organizing Committee, Member (Spring 2022-)
Chancellor’s Awards for Creative Activity, member (Spring 2022)
OVCR COVID Research Review Committee, member (2021-2022)
Diversity Award Committee – elected; Graduate College (2019-2021)
Fulbright preparatory interviews, committee member (2016, 2017, 2019)
Carnegie Junior Research Fellows preparatory interviews, committee member, Office of Special Scholarship and Programs (2015)
Riddle Prize for Outstanding Senior, committee member (2015)
National Security Education Program scholarship review panel, member (2013)
Honors College admissions interviews (2012; 2018)
Honors College Grant Review, 2019
Advisor, Honors College (2012 – present)
Marshall Scholarships, committee member (2011)
To the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago
Committee for Social Science Research, Chair, 2021-
Committee for Social Science Research, member, 2020-2021
LAS Online Teaching and Learning Faculty Advisory Committee (2020-2021)
Education Policy Committee – elected member, social sciences (2018-2021)
To the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Chicago
Diversity Committee, Member (2021-present)
Comparative Politics Field Chair (2019-present)
Self-study Review Committee, member (Spring 2021-Fall 2021)
Comparative Politics Field Exam Committee (2012-present)
Assistant Professor search – open subfield, chair (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Search Committee for Business/Administrative Associate (Summer 2021)
Floros promotion committee, member (Spring 2021-Fall 2021
Peer teaching evaluator Feldman and Schnabel (Spring 2021)
Peer teaching evaluator Floros and Kaplan (Spring 2019)
American Politics Search Committee (Fall 2011; Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Fall 2021)
Advisory Committee (2016-2017; 2017-2018; 2018-2019) (2020-2021)
Awards Committee: Rakove and Echols (2012); Echols (2015; 2018; 2021)
Best Graduating Senior Award (April 2019)
Graduate Committee (2011-2012; 2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020)
Speaker Series Committee (2011-2012; 2014-2015)
Undergraduate Committee (2014)
To the University of Florida
Member, Scholarship Review Committee, International Center (2008)
Member, Scholarship Review Committee, UF International Center (2007)
Faculty Adviser of the Bulgarian Student Club (2007-2008)
Reviewer for Research Opportunity Incentive Seed Fund, Research and Graduate Programs (2005)
Faculty Adviser of ADRIA, Southeast Europe Student Organization (2005–2007)
Faculty Adviser, University Scholar Program (2005 & 2010)
Member, C4 Campus Committee (2004–2009)
To the Center for European Studies and the University of Florida
Member, Polish Studies Faculty Search Committee (2010–2011)
Member, FLAS Awards Committee (2010–2011)
Member, CES Graduate Teaching Competition Committee (2007–2011)
Chair, CES Strategic Planning Committee (2010)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2010)
Chair, Modern European Studies Faculty Search (2009)
Chair, FLAS Awards Committee (2006–2008)
Member, CES Scheduling Committee (2008)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2007)
Member, Turkish Studies Search Committee (2007)
Chair, CES Course Development and Enhancement Awards Committee (2007)
Member, CES Speakers Committee (2006–2007)
Member, CES Social Science Bread and Butter Course Committee (2006)
Member, CES Scheduling Committee (2006)
Member, CES By-laws Committee (2006)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2006)
Chair, CES Course Development and Enhancement Awards Committee (2006)
To the community
Judge, Eurochallenge High School Competition, March 23, 2018; Illini Center, Chicago, IL
Advisory Board member Rose K. Goedert Early Childhood Education Center, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, AY 2014–15 and AY 2016–17
Managing Board Member, American Research Center in Sofia, 2008-2010
Editorial Board of Political Studies [Политически Изследвания], Sofia, Bulgaria (Spring 2022-)
Executive Board member, Council for European Studies “Historical Study of States and Regimes” Research Network (summer 2018–present)
Midwest Political Science Association Women’s Caucus Mentor (Spring 2014–present)
Editorial Board member, Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science (Fall 2014–present)
APSA Representation and Electoral Systems Section: member of the George Hallett Award (May-June 2021)
Council for European Studies, Graduate Student Workshop on “Historical Study of States and Regimes”, faculty mentor (June 2021)
APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program (DDRIG), member (July 2020)
Council for European Studies, Program Committee member – 2019 Convention
Council for European Studies, Graduate Student Workshop on “Historical Study of States and Regimes”, faculty mentor (March 2018)
ASEEES Program Committee member–2017 Convention (Spring 2017)
APSA Comparative Democratization Section: Best Fieldwork Award Committee member (Spring 2017)
Editorial Board Member, APSA Comparative Democratization Section Newsletter (2010–2014)
Ad hoc Reviewer for: American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; British Journal of Political Science; Comparative Political Studies, Europe-Asia Studies; East European Politics; East European Politics and Societies; European Political Science Review; European Research Council; European Union Politics; Government and Opposition; International Journal of Communication; International Journal of Public Opinion Research; International Journal of Press/Politics; International Studies Review; Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics; Journal of Common Market Studies; Party Politics; Perspective on Politics; Political Studies; Political Studies Review; Politics and Policy; University of Michigan Press.
My Publons page is available here.
Expert-interviewee for the following databases
V-Dem Varieties of Democracy (2020 data wave)
Chapel Hill Expert Survey on party positioning on European integration, ideology and policy issues for national parties in a variety of European countries (2020; 2014 & 2010)
Voter Facilitation, University of Helsinki, Finland (2013 & 2015)
Electoral Integrity Project, University of Sidney, Australia (2014)
Robert Elgie’s Semipresidentialism index (2015)
Expert Survey on Ethnonationalism in Party Competition (EPAC), University of Konstanz and University of Bern (2017)
University of Florence Charismatic Leadership Project by Sorina Soare and Mattia Zulianello (Spring 2018)
Conference Service
Discussant and/or chair: American Political Science Association Conference (2009 & 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Midwest Political Science Association Conference (2007, 2008, 2015, 2018; 2022)
Discussant and/or chair: European Union Studies Association Conference (2017)
Discussant and/or chair: International Conference of Europeanists (2017 & 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference (2017; 2018)
Discussant and/or chair: Southern Political Science Association Conference (2004)
Discussant and/or chair: Florida Political Science Association Conference (2004)
Discussant and/or chair: International Studies Association Southern Region (2004)
To the University of Illinois at Chicago
Displaced Scholars Organizing Committee, Member (Spring 2022-)
Chancellor’s Awards for Creative Activity, member (Spring 2022)
OVCR COVID Research Review Committee, member (2021-2022)
Diversity Award Committee – elected; Graduate College (2019-2021)
Fulbright preparatory interviews, committee member (2016, 2017, 2019)
Carnegie Junior Research Fellows preparatory interviews, committee member, Office of Special Scholarship and Programs (2015)
Riddle Prize for Outstanding Senior, committee member (2015)
National Security Education Program scholarship review panel, member (2013)
Honors College admissions interviews (2012; 2018)
Honors College Grant Review, 2019
Advisor, Honors College (2012 – present)
Marshall Scholarships, committee member (2011)
To the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago
Committee for Social Science Research, Chair, 2021-
Committee for Social Science Research, member, 2020-2021
LAS Online Teaching and Learning Faculty Advisory Committee (2020-2021)
Education Policy Committee – elected member, social sciences (2018-2021)
To the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Chicago
Diversity Committee, Member (2021-present)
Comparative Politics Field Chair (2019-present)
Self-study Review Committee, member (Spring 2021-Fall 2021)
Comparative Politics Field Exam Committee (2012-present)
Assistant Professor search – open subfield, chair (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Search Committee for Business/Administrative Associate (Summer 2021)
Floros promotion committee, member (Spring 2021-Fall 2021
Peer teaching evaluator Feldman and Schnabel (Spring 2021)
Peer teaching evaluator Floros and Kaplan (Spring 2019)
American Politics Search Committee (Fall 2011; Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Fall 2021)
Advisory Committee (2016-2017; 2017-2018; 2018-2019) (2020-2021)
Awards Committee: Rakove and Echols (2012); Echols (2015; 2018; 2021)
Best Graduating Senior Award (April 2019)
Graduate Committee (2011-2012; 2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020)
Speaker Series Committee (2011-2012; 2014-2015)
Undergraduate Committee (2014)
To the University of Florida
Member, Scholarship Review Committee, International Center (2008)
Member, Scholarship Review Committee, UF International Center (2007)
Faculty Adviser of the Bulgarian Student Club (2007-2008)
Reviewer for Research Opportunity Incentive Seed Fund, Research and Graduate Programs (2005)
Faculty Adviser of ADRIA, Southeast Europe Student Organization (2005–2007)
Faculty Adviser, University Scholar Program (2005 & 2010)
Member, C4 Campus Committee (2004–2009)
To the Center for European Studies and the University of Florida
Member, Polish Studies Faculty Search Committee (2010–2011)
Member, FLAS Awards Committee (2010–2011)
Member, CES Graduate Teaching Competition Committee (2007–2011)
Chair, CES Strategic Planning Committee (2010)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2010)
Chair, Modern European Studies Faculty Search (2009)
Chair, FLAS Awards Committee (2006–2008)
Member, CES Scheduling Committee (2008)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2007)
Member, Turkish Studies Search Committee (2007)
Chair, CES Course Development and Enhancement Awards Committee (2007)
Member, CES Speakers Committee (2006–2007)
Member, CES Social Science Bread and Butter Course Committee (2006)
Member, CES Scheduling Committee (2006)
Member, CES By-laws Committee (2006)
Member, CES Travel Awards Committee (2006)
Chair, CES Course Development and Enhancement Awards Committee (2006)
To the community
Judge, Eurochallenge High School Competition, March 23, 2018; Illini Center, Chicago, IL
Advisory Board member Rose K. Goedert Early Childhood Education Center, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, AY 2014–15 and AY 2016–17
Managing Board Member, American Research Center in Sofia, 2008-2010