CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

MELANI CAMMETT

Department of Political Science

University of California at Berkeley

210 Barrows Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720

mcammett@socrates.berkeley.edu                                                        

 

 

Degrees

Ph.D.  Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 2001 (Expected)

M.A.    Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1996

M.A.    International Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA 1994

B.A.     International Relations, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1991 with Honors

 

Dissertation

“The Divided Market: The Domestic Stakes of International Exposure in Morocco and Tunisia.” 

Chair:  Kiren Aziz Chaudhry

 

Master’s Theses

U.C. Berkeley:  “Defensive Integration and Late Developers: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab Maghreb Union.”

The Fletcher School:  “The Parameters of Islamic Unity: The Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Crisis in Bosnia” and “Arab-Israeli Peace and the Prospects for Economic Cooperation.”

 

Examination Fields

U.C. Berkeley:  Comparative Politics (Distinction), Methodology, Middle Eastern Studies

The Fletcher School:  Development Economics, International Negotiation and Conflict   Resolution, Southwest Asia

 

Fellowships

International Predissertation Fellowship Program Fellowship, Social Science Research Council: 1997-1998 (Arabic language study in Morocco, coursework at Princeton University, predissertation field research in Morocco and Tunisia)

The Berkeley Fellowship: 1995 (multiyear award)

Fulbright Fellowship, Jordan: 1994-1995

Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Arabic, The Fletcher School: 1993-1994

Program on Southwest Asia and Islamic Studies Grant, The Fletcher School:

      Summer 1993

Fletcher School Fellowship: 1992-1993. 

 

Teaching Experience

U.C. Berkeley, Political Science Department.  Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), Political Science 2, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Professor Andrew Janos.  Taught discussion sections, graded examinations and papers.  Fall 1998

U.C. Berkeley, Political Science Department.  Reader, Political Science 142, Middle East Politics, Professor Hugh Roberts.  Graded examinations and papers, advised students during office hour sessions.  Spring 1996

The Fletcher School, Teaching Assistant, International Negotiation Processes, Professor

      Jeffrey Rubin.  Graded papers, advised students during office hour sessions.

      Spring 1994

 

Other Professional Experience

U.S. Agency for International Development, Amman, Jordan, Consultant, Office of Trade, Investment and Production.  Assessed impact of grant for women’s income-generation projects, executed survey and conducted in-depth field research.  Spring 1995

Co-operation for Development, Amman, Jordan, Program Assistant.  Monitored progress of revolving credit program, designed fund-raising and promotional information, assisted refugee disability center in formulating income-generation strategies. 

      Fall 1994

U.S. Department of State, Consular Section, American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt, Intern. Evaluated refugee support services in Egypt, compiled reports on Egyptian/Islamic personal status and criminal law.  Summer 1993

Praxis: The Fletcher School Journal of Development Studies, Medford, MA.  Editorial Advisor, Southwest Asia Supplement.  Solicited and recommended papers for the journal, coordinated and participated in editorial process for Spring 1994 edition.    1993-1994

Foreign Policy Association, New York, NY, Editorial Assistant.  Researched and wrote articles in Election '92: Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy Issues, fact-checked and proofread publications.  1991-1992

Brown Foreign Affairs Journal, Providence, RI, Contributing Editor.  Selected, edited and contributed articles to the journal.  1990-1991

 

Presentations

“The Garment Glut: Social Control, Organizational Diffusion and Development in Jordan.”  Paper accepted for presentation at the 1999 Berkshire Women’s Studies Conference, Rochester, New York, June 1999

“International Exposure, Domestic Responses: Economic Liberalization and Business Groups in Morocco and Tunisia.”  Paper accepted for presentation at the 1999 European Consortium on Political Research Annual Meetings, Workshop #26 –       “National Models and Transnational Structures: Globalisation and Public Policy,” Mannheim, Germany, March 1999

“Internationalization and State-Business Relations in Morocco and Tunisia.”  Paper presented at the 1998 Middle East Studies Association Conference, Chicago, December 1998

“The Politics of Integration in the ‘Global Economy’: Economic Liberalization and State-Business Relations in Morocco and Tunisia.”  Paper presented at the 1998 Moroccan-American Commission Conference, Rabat, Morocco, March 1998

“Economic Liberalization and Regional Integration: The Political Economy of Tunisian and Moroccan Participation in the Arab Maghreb Union.”  Presentation at the 1997 Social Science Research Council International Predissertation Fellowship Program Fellows Conference, Park City, Utah, November 1997

 

Publications

“Defensive Integration and Late Developers: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab Maghreb Union,” Global Governance (forthcoming).

“Reviving the Global Economy,” Parliamentarians for Global Action, Background Paper, PGA-World Bank Joint Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1995.

“The Madrid Conference: Baker's Enticing Diplomacy (March-October 1991),” Working Paper, Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, 1993.

“The Middle East after the Gulf War,” Election '92: Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy Issues.  New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1992.

“China and the U.S.,” Election '92: Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy Issues.  New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1992.

“The Ambivalent Saudi-American Relationship,” Brown Foreign Affairs Journal 3, no. 2 (1991).

 

Professional Affiliations

American Political Science Association, Member since 1996

American Institute for Maghrib Studies, Member since 1997

Middle East Studies Association, Member since 1991

 

Languages

Arabic, French

 

Computer Skills

Windows 98, Word 6.0, Wordperfect, Excel 5.0, ProCite 3.3

 

References

Professor Kiren Aziz Chaudhry             Professor Andrew Janos

Department of Political Science             Department of Political Science

University of California, Berkeley                      University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA  94720                                       Berkeley, CA  94720

(510) 642-4659                                               (510) 642-4676

 

Professor Chris Ansell                                      Professor Hugh Roberts

Department of Political Science             School of Oriental and African Studies

University of California, Berkeley                      114 Lordship Road

Berkeley, CA  94720                                       London N16 OQP

(510) 642-2263                                               England

                                                                        +44-0181-802-9482