SUSAN JANE SIENA, Ph.D. Lecturer School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington sjsiena@indiana.edu 812-856-6775 Education B.A., summa cum laude, University of Michigan, Political Science, 1990 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science, 1991 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science, 1997 Dissertation: Strong State, Weak Idea: How Germany s Eastern Trade Policy Undermines Its Security Dissertation Committee: Ernst Haas (chair), John Zysman, Gerald Feldman Academic Appointments and Professional Experience Lecturer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, 2012-present Proposal Development Specialist, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University Bloomington, 2011-2012 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Mount Union College, 1997-2001 Director of International Studies, Mount Union College, 1999-2001 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1997 Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1994. Projects and faculty supervisors: Ernst Haas, comparative nationalism; Andrew Janos, Germany and Eastern Europe; Harold Wilensky, comparative welfare state. Professional Societies Member, Midwest Political Science Association Teaching Assignments at School of Public Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington Three courses per semester. National and International Policy, V160, two sections per semester, Fall 2012-present Terrorism and Public Policy, V272, one section per semester, Spring 2016-present Model United Nations, V260, one section per semester, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015.
Conflict and Development, V583, Spring 2013 Teaching Assignments at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, 1997-2001 Carried a 4-4 teaching load in a small department of only four political scientists. American Government Introduction to International Politics International Organizations International Relations Women and Politics European Politics East Asian Politics Politics in the Former Soviet Union Model United Nations International Political Economy Senior Research Seminar in Political Science. Teaching Assistantships at University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1997 Taught discussion sections and graded student materials for the following courses. American Politics (Professor Judy Gruber) Politics of Advanced Industrial Societies (Professor John Zysman) International Relations (Professor Ernst Haas) International Organizations (Professor Ernst Haas) East European Politics (Professor Andrew Janos). University Committee Service Member, SPEA Undergraduate Programs Advisory Committee, September 2015-present
Member, SPEA Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, August 2013-present Member, Bloomington Campus Strategic Plan, Team Faculty, Fall 2013 Reviewer, Office of Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University Bloomington, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Innovative International Research, Teaching and Collaboration Grants, 2012-2014 Member, General Education Committee on Speaking and Listening Requirement, summer 2013 Faculty Parliamentarian, Mount Union College, 1999-2001 Schooler Lecture Committee, Mount Union College, 1999-2001 Vice President, Michigan Student Assembly, University of Michigan, 1988-1989 Member, Board of Directors, United States Student Association, 1987-1988 Student Service Faculty Advisor, IU Model United Nations, Spring 2013-Spring 2015 Honors Thesis Advisor, Emily Anderson, Resolving Terrorism: A Study of Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka, Spring 2017 Honors Project Advisor, Madison Crow, Social Media and Terrorism, Spring 2017 Honors Thesis Advisor, Erin McMenamin, Civil Society in Iran, Fall 2014 Honors Thesis Advisor, Nicholas Martin, The Islamic State and the Irish Republican Army: A Comparison, Fall 2016 Honors Project Advisor, Nicholas Martin, Understanding the Islamic State, Spring 2016 Honors Project Advisor, Morgan Galecki, What motivates terrorists: a literature review, Fall 2016 Faculty Mentor for Zachary Hoard, Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Mentoring Initiatives, Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Multicultural Affairs, 2016-2017 Professional Activities Presenter, Best practices for use of simulations in the classroom, Midwest Model European Union and Simulations Teaching and Learning Workshop, funded by Ostrom grant, April 2017. Developing media-savvy students, Inside Higher Ed, March 21, 2017. Presenter, Student News Habits and Active Learning, E.C. Moore Symposium on Teaching, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), March 2017. Contributor, SPEA Information Literacy Curriculum Grant, funded by IU Libraries, 2016-2017.
Lessons from a flipped classroom: a new approach to public affairs instruction, NASPAA Newsletter, July 2016. Panelist, Flipped Class Summer Workshop, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Bloomington, May 2016. Discussant, Assessment Panel, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2016. Paper Presentation, Results from a Targeted Flip, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2016. Panelist, Assessing the Model UN Experience: in the classroom and at conference, Special Session for Faculty Advisors, American Model United Nations, Chicago, November 2014. U.S. Must Pick Battles, Bloomington Herald Times, August 27, 2014. Grants, Honors and Fellowships Mosaic Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Bloomington, November 2015-May 2017 Trustees Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, April 2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, April 2014 Nominated through voluntarily submitted student essays for campus-wide teaching award, Mount Union College, 1999, 2000, 2001 Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1995, for dissertation research Odegard Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1994 Dissertation Research Fellowship, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 1994-1995 (awarded May 1994) Foreign Language Areas Studies Grant for Summer Study of Czech Language, 1991 and 1992 Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship, Center for German and European Politics, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 Distinction, PhD Examination in Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 Highest Honors in Political Science for Undergraduate Thesis on Die Grunen (Green Party of Germany) University of Michigan, 1990
Summer Travel and Research Grant, 2001, Mount Union College, for Participation in International Faculty Seminar on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Sponsored by University of Coleraine/International Education Program Travel & Languages Participant, International Education Program on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, University of Coleraine, Northern Ireland, June 2001 Member of Mount Union Delegation to Kursk Pedagogical University, Kursk, Russia, January 2000 Private Travel to China (Beijing and Inner Mongolia), August 1998 Language Study, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, August 1993 and August 1992 Parliamentary Intern, Green Party of Germany, Bonn, Germany, August-December 1989 Moderately Fluent in German Beginning Coursework Completed in Czech and Russian