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My
current research explores the design and the implementation of transitional
justice with a focus on legal mechanisms. My regional expertise is southern
Europe (more specifically Romania and Moldova). I have held grants from the
American Council of Learned Societies, the International Research & Exchanges
Board, the Social Science Research Council and was a Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright
Senior Specialist. I have served as a consultant to the US Agency for International
Development, US Department of State and the World Bank. My books include The
Development of Institutions of Human Rights: A Comparative Study (forthcoming,
co-editor Lilian A. Barria), Public Finance and Post-Communist Party
Development (co-editor Janis Ikstens), Designing Criminal Tribunals:
Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights
(co-author Lilian A. Barria) and Romania: The Unfinished Revolution.
My research has appeared in various journals including Comparative Politics,
Journal of Conflict Resolution and Party Politics. I am Associate
Editor of Human Rights Review and Professor of Political Science at Eastern
Illinois University. I have previously held appointments at Georgetown University,
US Air War College and Pace University.