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V I T A KRISTIA HETHERINGTON FINNIGAN EDUCATION Ph.D. Georgetown University (Government) 1991 M.A. University of Kansas (Political Science) 1980 B.A. University of Kansas (German Language/Literature) 1976 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000-present Assistant Dean for Administration, College of Liberal Arts, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Assist Dean in all aspects of College administration; manage accreditation/review of programs; research & write reports, speeches, correspondence; serve as liaison to College units; represent Dean at university events; teach part-time 1994-2000 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Taught undergraduate & graduate students under half-time faculty load; conducted course scheduling & teaching evaluations for 44- member dept.; served as Faculty Assistant to the Chair & Study Abroad Advisor 1992-1994 Vice President/Treasurer, Deutsche Aerospace (DASA) Washington, Inc., Washington, DC Managed the finances, human resources & public relations of U.S. office of German aerospace firm; served as special research assistant in space policy matters 1987-1994 Director of Operations, MBB of America, Inc., Washington, DC Managed the finances & corporate liaison work of defenseoriented holding company of German aerospace firm 1985-1987 Administrative Assistant, MBB of America, Inc., Washington, DC Provided administrative, public relations & bookkeeping support Sum 1984 Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Taught introductory comparative European governments class in summer session 1980-1984 Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Assisted in teaching of introductory comparative European 1983-1984 Consultant/ Research Analyst, Harold Rosenbaum Assoc., Arlington, Virginia Translated German technical & defense publications; researched
1980-1983 Research Assistant, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Washington, DC Researched & wrote reports on US domestic & foreign policy Fall 1979 Intern, West Berlin Senate Information Center, Berlin,
Germany Fall 1978 Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas Sum 1978 Research Assistant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Conducted independent research on graduate employment RESEARCH Publications and Papers Finnigan, Kristia H., South Carolina and the World, in South Carolina Government, Charlie Tyer, ed. (forthcoming, Summer 2001). Finnigan, Kristia H., book review of Social Capital and European Democracy, Jan W. van Deth, Marco Maraffi, Ken Newton & Paul F. Whiteley, eds. (London: Routledge, 1999) in Journal of Politics 63 (February 2001): 339. Finnigan, Kristia H., book review of The Foreign Policy of West Germany Towards (Vita - Kristia H. Finnigan - 6/8/01 - page 3) Africa, Michael Eyinla Bolade (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1996) in African Book Publishing Review 24:2 (1998). Hetherington, K.L., ed. "German-American Perspectives on the Role of United States Power in the International Arena During the 1980's," Speeches & Discussions of Sixth German-American Forum at Berlin, November 30-December 3, 1980, German Public and International Affairs Program. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 1980 Doctoral Dissertation "Party Youth Groups and Parliamentary Recruitment: The Case of the Young Socialists in the Federal Republic of Germany," Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, December 1991 Master's Thesis "The West German Democracy," Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, May 1980 Research Skills Fluent reading, writing and speaking ability in German PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS NATO Enlargement C The Perspective from Europe, Hilton Head Foreign Affairs Seminar, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 19, 1999 The Green Party in the 1998 Federal German Election, presentation as participant in Roundtable on 1998 German Elections, Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 30, 1998 Political Developments in North Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria, Briefing to European Investment Mission participants from the Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance, Columbia, South Carolina, September 11, 1997 Current Conditions in Germany, presentation with Dr. Wolfgang Elfe (German Department) as part of the Brown-Bag Discussion series, Walker Institute for International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, each October 1995-2000. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Member, American Political Science Association Conference Group on German Politics TEACHING Teaching Experience Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Course taught Comparative Politics of Industrialized Nations (undergraduate) Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Fall 1994 - Fall 1999 Courses taught American National Government (undergraduate) Comparative Politics (undergraduate) The Freshman Experience (undergraduate) Controversies in the Politics of Global Regions: Europe (undergraduate) German Politics in the European Context (graduate) (Taught in the German language to USC Master's Degree students in International Business in Cologne, Germany) Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Summer Session 1984 Course taught Modern Foreign Governments I (undergraduate) Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Fall Semester 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 Modern Foreign Governments I Spring Semester 1981, 1982, 1983 US Political Systems Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Fall Semester 1978 Introduction to International Politics SERVICE Acting Director, Contemporary European Studies Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1998-2000 Director, Exchange Program between Institut Études Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris France, and the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1998-2000 Departmental Study Abroad Advisor, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1997-2000 (Vita - Kristia H. Finnigan - 6/8/01 - page 5) Member, University National Security Education Program Scholarship Committee, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1997-present Member, University Study Abroad Advisory Committee, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1997-present Member, Committee on Departmental Web Page, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1996-1997 Member, Course Scheduling Committee, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1994-2000 Nonvoting member, Advisory Committee, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1994-2000 Member, Barnett Fellowship Committee, Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Spring 1996 Member, Planning Committee, Quandt Stiftung American-East German Youth Exchange Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1994-1995 HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS Götz Briefs/Thyssen Stiftung Dissertation Research Grant, 1983-1984 Georgetown University Teaching Fellowship, 1980-1983, Fall 1984 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Grant for Conference Group on German Politics (CGGP) Internship in Berlin, Fall 1979 Department of Education Foreign Language & Area Studies Grant 1979 University of Kansas Teaching Fellowship, Fall 1978 Fulbright-Hays Grant for study in Saarbrücken, Germany 1976-1977 Junior Year Abroad in Erlangen, Germany 1974-75 REFERENCES Dr. Joan Hinde Stewart Dean, College of Liberal Arts (803)
777-7161 Dr. Mark W. DeLancey Department of Government & (803) 777-6883 Dr. Karl H. Cerny Department of Government (202) 687-6130 Dr. Ronald Francisco Department of Political Science (913)
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