CV: /cv/mkschneider.pdf

BA: Kutztown University (Political Science and Psychology, 2006)

MA: Lehigh University (Political Science, 2008)

MA: University of Maryland (Government and Politics, 2010)

Expected Graduation: 2013

Dissertation: A House Divided, Forced to Stand? Institutional Engineering in Ethnically Divided Societies

Dissertation Committee: Karol Soltan (co-chair), Vladimir Tismaneanu (co-chair), Johanna Birnir, John McCauley

First field: Comparative Politics

Second field: International Relations

Research interests: Nationalism, identity, conflict, state-building, institutions, democratization, post-authoritarian transitions

Other interests: Horseback riding, photography, travel

Email: mks at umd•edu