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Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. Curriculum Vitae September 2016

Department of Political Science Mack Social Science, Room 218

University of Nevada, Reno / 0302 Reno NV 89557-0302 Office: 775-682-7767

Fax: 775-784-1473 Email: [email protected]

Website: robertostergard.us

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2006-Present University of Nevada, Reno 2015-Present Director of Graduate Studies (Second Term) 2014-Present Faculty, Cyber Security Research Center 2011-Present Chair, Genocide and Peace Studies Program (GRI Program) 2010-Present Associate Professor of Political Science (with tenure) 2010-2013 Director of Graduate Studies (First Term) 2009-Present Faculty, Gender, Race and Identity (GRI) Program 2006-2010 Assistant Professor of Political Science (2006-10) 2002-2010 Ashgate Publishing, Co-Editor, Global Health Book Series 2002 Ithaca College, Visiting Assistant Professor 1999-2006 Binghamton University, State University of New York 2002-2006 Associate Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies; with

teaching affiliation at Cornell University’s Africana Studies & Research Center

2002-2006 Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science & Africana Studies

2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, MPA Program 2000-2006 Research Fellow, Center on Democratic Performance 2000-2002 Research Fellow, Institute of Global Cultural Studies 1999-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science 1999-2000 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Global Cultural

Studies 1999-2000 Assistant Dean, Graduate School (Data & Statistical Analysis) 1999-2000 Research Scholar-in-Residence, Department of Political Science

Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2

1994-1996 Statistical Research Assistant (ICPSR Data Archives), Bartle Library & Department of Political Science

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

1999 PhD Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY) 1996 MA Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY)

2016-Present MPH (coursework in progress), University of Nevada, Reno 1996 University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods

of Social Research 1992 BA Political Science and Economics (Cum Laude),

University of Massachusetts, Boston Specialization in International Trade and International Development

REEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Books Ostergard, Robert L. and Stacy Fisher. 2017. Kickstarting Your Academic Career: Skills to

Succeed in the Social Sciences. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (in-press). Mazrui, Ali, Patrick Dikirr, Robert L. Ostergard, and Paul Macharia (eds). 2009. Africa's

Islamic Experience: History, Culture, and Politics. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. Ostergard, Robert L. (ed) 2007. HIV/AIDS and the Threat to National and International

Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Ostergard, Robert L., Ricardo Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds). 2004. Power, Politics,

and the African Condition Trenton: Africa World Press. Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. The Development Dilemma: The Political Economy of

Intellectual Property Rights in the International System. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.

Articles (Journals and Chapters, Peer Reviewed *indicates student co-author)

Griffin, Jeffrey and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2017. “South Africa” in Leonard Weinberg (ed), Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Security (forthcoming).*

Ostergard, Robert L. and Jeffrey A. Griffin. 2017. “Nigeria” in Leonard Weinberg (ed) Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Security (forthcoming).*

Lee, Chelsea and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2017. “Measuring Discrimination Against LGBTQ People: A Cross-National Analysis” (forthcoming, Human Rights Quarterly)*

Kasianenko, Nataliia and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2017. “Building Consensus?: Russian


Nationalism as Social Cohesion and Division.” In Robert Compton, Ho Hon Leung, and Yaser Robles (eds.), Home, Community and Identity Basingstoke: Palgrave (forthcoming)*

Ostergard, Robert L., and Derek Kauneckis. 2014. “Climate Change and Health Security.” In Simon Rushton & Jeremy Youde (Ed.), Handbook of Health Security, London: Routledge Press.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Shawna Sweeney. 2011. “Give me Property or Give Me Death: Reconciling the Right to Intellectual Property and the Right to Health.” Journal of Human Rights 10(3): 339-357.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Shawna Sweeney. 2010. “Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Health: Bridging the Divide.” Mashood Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo (eds) International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR: Aldershot: Ashgate Press.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2008. “HIV/AIDS, the Military, and the Future of Africa’s Security” in Edith Mukudi Omwami, Stephen Cummings and Edmund Keller (eds) HIV/AIDS in Africa: Challenges and Impacts. Trenton: Red Sea Press.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2007. “Economic Growth and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom” in Daniel Gervais (ed) Intellectual Property, Trade, and Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2007.“HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and the Threat to National and International Security: A Theoretical Overview” in Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. (ed) HIV/AIDS and the Threat to National and International Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Elbe, Stefan and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2007. “HIV/AIDS, the Military, and the Changing Landscape of Africa’s Security” in Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. (ed) HIV/AIDS and the Threat to National and International Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Price-Smith, Andrew T., Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., and Matthew Tubin. 2007. “The Decay of State Capacity: HIV/AIDS and South Africa’s National Security” in Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. (ed) HIV/AIDS and the Threat to National and International Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.*

Ostergard, Robert L. 2006. “The Failures of America’s Post-Cold War Foreign Policy: From the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Guinea.” Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 7 (2): 43-55.

Ostergard, Robert L., Matthew Tubin, and Patrick Dikkir. 2006. “Between the Sacred and the Secular: Indigenous Intellectual Property, International Markets and the Modern African State.” Journal of Modern African Studies 49 (2): 309-33.*

Laremont, Ricardo R. and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 2005. “Ethnic Grievance or Material Greed?” in Ricardo R. Laremont (ed) Borders, Nationalism and the African State. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.


Ostergard, Robert L. and Crystal Barcelo. 2005. “Personalist regimes and the insecurity dilemma: Prioritizing AIDS as a national security threat in Uganda” in Amy Patterson (ed) The African State and the AIDS Crisis. Aldershot: Ashgate.*

Ostergard, Robert L. and Matthew Tubin. 2004. “Between State Security and State Collapse: HIV/AIDS and the Threat to South Africa’s National Security” in Nana Poku and Alan Whiteside (eds) The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Aldershot: Ashgate Press.*

Ostergard, Robert L. and Thomas Muller. 2003. “The International Economy” in L.S. Lews (ed) The Annual Register. Bethesda: Keesings Worldwide: 9-16.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Thomas Muller. 2003. “Economic Organisations” in L.S. Lews (ed) The Annual Register. Bethesda: Keesings Worldwide: 399-404.

Christopher J. Anderson, Patrick M. Regan and Robert Ostergard. 2002. "Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights", Political Research Quarterly, 55(2).

Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. "Politics in the Hot Zone: AIDS and National Security in Africa." Third World Quarterly 23(2): 333-350. Reprinted in Nana Poku and Alan Whiteside (eds) Global Health and Governance: HIV/AIDS, Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.



Mazrui, Ali A., and Robert L. Ostergard. 2002. “Technology Transfer in the Computer Age: The African Experience.” in Juliann Allison (ed.) Technology, development, and democracy: international conflict and cooperation in the information age. SUNY Press; Reprinted in Ricardo Rene Laremont (ed) 2002. Africa Redefined, Trenton: Africa World Press.

Ostergard, Robert L., Matthew Tubin and Jordan Altman. 2001. "Stealing from the Past: Globalization, Strategic Formation and the Use of Indigenous Intellectual Property in the Biotechnology Industry." Third World Quarterly Vol. 22 No. 4: 643-656.*



Mazrui, Ali A. and Robert L. Ostergard. 2001. “From Pax Europa to Pax Africana: Intervention, Demilitarization and Africa’s Development” in Ricardo Rene Laremont ed. The Causes of War and the Consequences of Peacekeeping in Africa. Portsmouth: Heinemann Publishers. Reprinted in Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., Ricardo Rene Laremont, and Fouad Kalouche (eds) 2004. Power, Politics and the African Condition, Trenton: Africa World Press.


Ostergard, Robert L. 2000. “The Measurement of Intellectual Property Rights Protection.” Journal of International Business Studies 31(2): 349-360.

Ostergard, Robert L. 1999. “The Political Economy of the South African-US Patent Conflict” Journal of World Intellectual Property 2(6): 875-888. Reprinted in The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights, (ed) Christopher May, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011).

Ostergard, Robert L. 1999. “Intellectual Property Rights: A Universal Human Right?” Human Rights Quarterly 21(1): 156-178.

Monographs & Reports

Ostergard, Robert L. and Ricardo Laremont. 2002 “The Challenges of Consolidating the Transition from Military to Civilian Rule: The Nigerian, Argentine, and Brazilian Experiences.” Democracy Research News, Newsletter of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2000. "The Military and Democracy in Africa: A dialogue with Nigeria’s Generals" Monograph & Conference Report, The Ford Foundation.

Book Reviews The African AIDS Epidemic: A History by John Iliffe. Oxford UK: James Curry Ltd., 2007 in The Journal of Modern African Studies 45:684-684. Children of AIDS by Emma Guest. Pluto Press, in African Studies Review 2003 46(2): 119.

An Introduction to African Politics by Alex Thomson. (2nd ed). New York: Routledge in Africa Today 2007 53(3): 123-125.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Ostergard, Robert L. At the Nexus of Human and International Security: Perceptions and Adaptation to Changing Security Environments.

Ostergard, Robert L. “The Human Security-Inter(National) Security Nexus” Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney and Bozena Welborne. “Women’s Rights and the

HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Cross-National Analysis, 1990-2011.” Ostergard, Robert L. and Diana Hyunh. “National and International Security Conditions for

the Abrogation of Patent Rights.” *


GRANTS AND RESEARCH SUPPORT

Principal and Co-Principal Investigator

Ostergard, Robert L. 2016. Strategic Progress, LLC, “Policy Analysis of Options for Revising State Expenditure Models,” Reno, NV (successful, $50,000).

Ostergard, Robert L., Mridul Gutham, Carlos Cardillo, and Justin Gardner. 2016 “Nevada Cybersecurity Statewide Capacity and Needs Assessment Plan.” US Department of Homeland Security and State of Nevada Department of Homeland Security (successful, $100,000).

Ostergard, Robert L. and Ian Hartshorn. 2016. “Synthesizing Evidence on Key Questions for the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Sector in International Development,” US Agency for International Development (rejected, $57,000).

Ostergard, Robert. At the Nexus of Human and International Security: Perceptions and Adaptation to Changing Security Environments. College of Liberal Arts Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant; University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Political Science Research Support (successful, $5,000).

Ostergard, Robert L. 2013. “The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: An Analysis of African States.” USAID, (rejected, $99,870).

Ostergard, Robert L. & Derek Kauneckis. 2012 “Epidemics, governance and human security” (Internal grants and Department of Defense MINERVA Grant (rejected, $1,600,000).

Ostergard, Robert L. Principal Investigator for PhD Dissertation Improvement Grant (Michael Jacobs, Doctoral Candidate), “Accounting for the Internal Dynamics of Bilateral Investment Treaties: Every BIT Counts,” Department of Political Science (rejected, National Science Foundation).

Co-Principal Investigator, “Improving Statistical Education in the Social Sciences on the UNR Campus,” University of Nevada Information Technology Award to Enhance Student Learning, University of Nevada, Reno, March 2008-09 (successful, $10,476).

Ostergard, Robert L. and Christopher Simon, “Renewable Energy and the Public Good,” Successful grant to the University of Nevada Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee, April 2008-09 (successful, $2,416).

Co-Principal Investigator, “Existing International Borders and The Dilemmas of Self-Determination in Africa." The Carnegie Corporation Jan. 2001-Jan. 2003 (successful, $260,200).

Ostergard, Robert L., Binghamton University Mini-Grant for field research in Uganda. The Research Foundation of State University of New York. 2004. (successful, $1,000).

Ostergard, Robert L., Binghamton University, Harpur College Dean's Grant for field research in Uganda. The Dean’s Fund of Harpur College, Binghamton University. 2004. (successful, $4,000).


Ostergard, Robert L., “HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in Mukono District, Uganda” Grant to the National Institutes of Health, 2004. (rejected, $1,923,017).

Ostergard, Robert L., Dissertation Grant (SBR-9617474), National Science Foundation, Division of Social, Behavioral & Economic Research, 1997-98 (successful, $7,600).

Ostergard, Robert L., Dissertation Research Fellowship, Binghamton University, 1997-98.

Co-Written Institute Grants Institute of Global Cultural Studies, and the Center on Democratic Performance, Binghamton

University. 1999-2001. "The Military and Democracy in Africa: A dialogue with Nigeria’s Generals," The Ford Foundation, 1999-2001 (successful, $179,000).

Institute of Global Cultural Studies, State University of New York, Binghamton, “"The Military and Democracy in Africa: A dialogue with the Generals." The United States Institute Peace and The Rockefeller Foundation, Villa Serbelloni, Italy, 1999 (successful, $54,000).

Proposals in Preparation

Ostergard, Robert L. “Measuring Discrimination: Human Rights and the LGBTQ Community,” in preparation for submission to the National Science Foundation.

CONFERENCES

Papers (*indicates student co-author) Ostergard, Robert L., Roger Coate, and Jeffrey Griffin. 2017. “Epidemics, Security, and the

Politics of Global Health: Why Securitization Matters.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Baltimore, MD, February.*

Ostergard, Robert L. and Jeffrey Griffin. 2015. “Anti-Biotic Resistant Infections: The Next Global Health Security Threat?” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February.*

Lee, Chelsea and Robert L. Ostergard. 2015. “Discrimination against LGBTQ People: A Global Analysis with New Data” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February.*

Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney and Bozena Welborne. 2013. “Women's Rights and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, 1990-2005.” Peace Science Society-International Studies Association Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, June.

Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney and Bozena Welborne. 2013. “The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: A Global Analysis.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April.


Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney and Bozena Welborne. 2013. “The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: A Global Analysis.” University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, ISA Workshop, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. Shawna Sweeney, and Bozena Welborne. 2012. “The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: A Global Analysis.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, August.

Ostergard, Robert L. Shawna Sweeney, and Bozena Welborne. 2012. “Women’s Rights and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: An Empirical Investigation.” Joint Meeting of the International Studies Association and the British International Studies Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, June.

Ostergard, Robert L. and N. Susanne Martin. 2012. “In the Shadow of the Gunman: “The Assassination of World Leaders, 1946-2000.” Joint Meeting of the International Studies Association and the British International Studies Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, June.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2012. “In the Shadow of the Gunman: “The Assassination of World Leaders, 1946-2000.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April.

Ostergard, Robert L. Shawna Sweeney, and Bozena Welborne. 2012. “Women’s Rights and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: An Empirical Investigation.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Eliot Assoudeh. 2011. “Citizens’ Perceptions of States’ Human Rights: Do People See What Governments Practice?” Annual Meeting of the Association of the Middle East and Africa, Washington DC, November.*

Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney, Erin Schweber, Matthew Tubin. 2009. “HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence and the Threat to Human Security in South Africa: Does HIV/AIDS Promote Sexual Violence and Assault?” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, November.*

Fisher, Stacy, Robert L. Ostergard, Will Rasavage and Shirley Herrera. 2009. “Winning the ‘Right’ States.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March.*

Ostergard, Robert L., Matthew Tubin, and Erin Schweber. 2008. “The Relationship between HIV/AIDS and Rape: Evidence from South Africa.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March.*

Ostergard, Robert L. 2007. “HIV/AIDS and Conflict in Africa.” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, New York, NY, October.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Matthew Tubin. 2005 “From the Sacred to the Secular: Ancient Cultural and Indigenous Intellectual Property and the Modern African State.” Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March.*

Ostergard, Robert L., Andrew T. Price-Smith, and Matthew Tubin. 2005 “HIV/AIDS and South Africa’s National Security.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March.*


Ostergard, Robert L. 2004. “The State in Post-Conflict Africa.” Symposium on “Security, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation: When the Wars End,” Institute for African Development, Cornell University, April.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2004. “The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the Future of Africa's Security.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March.

Croswell, Alexandra, Matthew Tubin, and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., 2004. “From State-Supported Terrorism to the Terrorist Supported State: Explaining the Effective Operation of Modern International Terrorism.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March.*

Ostergard, Robert L. 2003. “The Poverty of Human Security.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, OR, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. “Politics in the Hot Zone: AIDS and Security.” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington DC, December.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. "AIDS and the Challenge to Africa’s National Security" Annual Meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, Niagara Falls NY, April.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Matthew Tubin. 2002. "Globalization and The National Interest: Pharmaceuticals, Patents and South Africa's National Security" Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, March.*

Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. "Politics in the Hot Zone: AIDS and Africa’s National Security." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2002. “Inequality, Strategic Alliances, and Indigenous Intellectual Property: The Globalization of the Biotechnology Industry.” The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) 5th Annual Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2001. "From Pax Europa to Pax Africana: Intervention and Africa’s Development." Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Houston, TX, November.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2001. “HIV/AIDS in the context of national and international security,” the Annual Conference of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Binghamton, NY, October.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2001. "What Africa Already Knew: AIDS and The Biological Threat to Africa's National Security" (presented by Ricardo Laremont), International Studies Association Conference, Hong Kong, China, July.

Ostergard, Robert L., Matthew Tubin, and Jordan Altman. 2001. “The New Gold Rush: Globalization, Strategic Formation and the Use of Indigenous Intellectual Property in the Biotechnology Industry.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago IL, February.*

Ostergard, Robert L. 2000. "'Globalization', Technological Inequality, and Economic Development" The Paideia Retreat on Globalization and Technology, sponsored by Carleton University, Quetico Centre, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, August.


Ostergard, Robert L. 2000. “The Theft of Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property” The Crossing the Boundaries Conference, Binghamton University, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. and Joseph Willey. 2000. “The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on Foreign Direct Investment.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, March.

Anderson, Christopher, Patrick Regan and Robert Ostergard. 2000. “Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights.” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Ostergard, Robert L. 2000. “The Political Economy of the South African-US Patent Conflict.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March.

Ostergard, Robert L. 1998. “The Political and Economic Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston MA , September.

Ostergard, Robert L 1998. “Intellectual Property Rights as Human Rights.” Paper presented at the Binghamton University Hinman Symposium on Human Rights and Democratization, September.

Ostergard, Robert L. 1995.“Intellectual Property Rights and the New GATT: A Path for Development or Underdevelopment?” Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Future of The Third World, University of New Hampshire, October.

Panels Chaired

Social Transformations in Southern Africa. 2009. The Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, November.

Undergraduate Student’s Conference Panel in International Relations. 2002. The Annual Meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, Niagara Falls NY, April.

Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment. 2000. The Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, March.

Global Democracy. 2001. The Annual Conference of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Binghamton, NY, October.

Panel Discussant The African State and the HIV/AIDS Crisis: International and Domestic Policy Making,

2003. Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Boston, MA, October. Security and International Public Health, 2003. Annual Meeting of the International Studies

Association, Portland, OR, March 2003.


Conference Organizer

Institute for African Development, Cornell University, Symposium on Security and the Modern African State, April 2004.

Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, Africa’s Triple Heritage Revisited: A Symposium in Honor of the Scholarship and Life’s Work of Ali A. Mazrui, February 2003.

Co-Organizer, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Conference on Globalization and Islam, April 2002.

Co-Organizer, Institute of Global Cultural Studies and the Ford Foundation, The Military and Democracy: A Dialogue with the Generals, Abuja, Nigeria, August 2000.

Co-Organizer, Rockefeller Center’s Bellagio Conference, Villa Serbelloni, Italy, Peacekeeping, Democratization, and Development in Africa. June 1999.

Co-Organizer, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, Hinman Conference on Human Rights, September 1998.

AWARDS AND HONORS 2016 Winner, The Senator Alan Bible Excellence in Teaching Award,

University of Nevada, Reno 2016 Winner, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award,

University of Nevada, Reno 2016 Honorary Inductee

Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society 2014 Faculty and Team Special Mention,

National IoME Challenge (http://iomechallenge.org/) 2014 Finalist, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

University of Nevada, Reno 2014 Honorary Inductee

Golden Key Honor Society 2013 Designee, “100 Most Influential People in the Reno/Tahoe Area,”

Community Affect Organization 2013 Nominated, F. Donald Tibbits Award

Regents and University Outstanding Teacher of the Year University of Nevada, Reno

2013 Winner, Regents Award for Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies University of Nevada, Reno


2013 Winner, University Award for Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies University of Nevada, Reno

2012 Finalist, Regents Award for Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies University of Nevada, Reno

2012 Winner, University Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies University of Nevada, Reno

2012 Runner-Up, The Senator Alan Bible Excellence in Teaching Award University of Nevada, Reno


2010 Runner-Up, Faculty and Team Award National IoME Challenge (http://iomechallenge.org/)

2010 Finalist, The Senator Alan Bible Excellence in Teaching Award University of Nevada, Reno


2003 McNair Scholars Program Appreciation Award Binghamton University, State University of New York

2003 Recognition for outstanding commitment to student access and achievement, Services for Students with Disabilities, Binghamton University, State University of New York

2003 College-in-the-Woods Council recognition as a “Favorite Binghamton University Teacher,” Binghamton University, State University of New York

2001 Recognition for outstanding commitment to student access and achievement, Services for Students with Disabilities, Binghamton University, State University of New York

1999 Runner-Up, Distinguished Dissertation in the Social Sciences Binghamton University, State University of New York

1996-1998 Nominated for both Department and University-wide Graduate Teaching and Research awards, Binghamton University, State University of New York

CONSULTING & INVITED LECTURES

Consulting

Rand Corporation (with William Eubank and Leonard Weinberg), “Assassinations and Insurgencies,” paper prepared for the Rand Corporation Insurgency Board Meeting, Pentagon City, Washington DC, 2010.


United States Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, “Current and Future Security Dimensions of Disease in Africa,” Working Advisory Group on African Security Challenges: Now and Over the Horizon for the new US AFRICOM, July 12, 2009.

Yearly Seminar on International Security Issues, "HIV/AIDS and the Erosion of State Capacity & Security," Canadian Forces College, Canadian Ministry of Defense, Toronto (North York), Ontario, Canada, 2008.

Yearly Seminar on International Security Issues, "HIV/AIDS and the Erosion of State Capacity & Security," Canadian Forces College, Canadian Ministry of Defense, Toronto (North York), Ontario, Canada, 2007.

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Invited Participant CFR Conference on the Global Threat of Pandemic Influenza, New York, NY, 2005.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and The Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. “The Potential Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemics on Africa’s State Capacity and Security,” New York, NY, 2005.

Council on Foreign Relations & Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Joint Task Force on HIV/AIDS and National Security, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, 2004.

Education Testing Services, Consultant for AP Comparative Politics & Government Exam, 2003-04.

World Economic Forum Meeting, Africa Economic Summit, "Harnessing the Power of Partnership," Facilitator for HIV/AIDS Panels, Durban, South Africa, June 11-13, 2003.

United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Representative at the Secretary-General’s policy working group on the United Nations and Terrorism, Sub-Group on “The Use of Ideology (Secular and Religious) to Justify Terrorism,” New York, NY, 2002.

Invited Lectures Paul Coverdell Public Policy Symposium Lecture, Georgia College. 2015. “When Being

Second Class Kills: Human rights and Women’s Rights in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic.” October 9, 2015.

Ostergard, Robert L., Shawna Sweeney and Bozena Welborne. 2013. “The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: A Global Analysis.” Human Rights Symposium of Columbia University, October 13, 2013.

Frank Church Symposium, Idaho State University. “Leadership and Power: The Struggles of a Contemporary World,” February 27, 2013.

UNR Joint Economics Seminar Series, Department of Economics & Department of Resource Economics University of Nevada, Reno, “Relationship Between HIV/AIDS and Rape: Evidence from South Africa,” November 6, 2009.


Comparative Politics Workshop, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania "Government Policy Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: An Institutional Analysis", Philadelphia, PA, April 13, 2007.

45th Annual International Affairs Symposium, "Viruses and State Volatility: Should the Military Receive Priority AIDS Treatment When Resources are Limited," Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR., April 11, 2007.

Globalization Research Center's Forum on HIV/AIDS in Africa, "National Security Perceptions and Africa's HIV/AIDS Epidemic," Globalization Research Center -- Africa (GRCA), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., March 7, 2007.

5th Annual Toby E. Huff Policy Studies Lecture Series 2007; Symposium on "The Oil Complex: U.S. Foreign Policy as a Failure of the Power Elite's Domestic Policy", "The New Strategic Battle: US-China Petro Ambitions in Africa," Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, February 28, 2007.

The Center for Global Health Studies Conference on “Health and Governance: Where are the linkages?” Seton Hall University, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, April 27-8, 2006.

4th Annual Toby E. Huff Policy Studies Lecture Series, Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA “The Failure of American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era,” March 2006.

Frank Church Symposium, Idaho State University. “Disease, Disaster and Diplomacy,” March 1-3, 2006.

Institute for African Development, Cornell University. "Ancient Intellectual Property and the Development of the Modern African State", November 20, 2003.

The UCLA International Studies Institute – Africa Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Public Education Forum on HIV/AIDS, Development, and the Next Generation in Africa“ HIV/AIDS and the Future of Africa’s Security,” May 29-30, 2003.

Institute for African Development, Cornell University. "HIV/AIDS: Security, Culture and the Threat to Africa." October 25, 2001.

Reves Center for International Studies Program: Civil Society & Governance in Africa Speaker Series, College of William and Mary "HIV/AIDS and Africa's Security." September 18, 2001.

Fernand Braudel Center, State University of New York, Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. "The Systemic Origins of Artistic and Cultural Property Theft," March 2000.

Ontario Council on Graduate Studies and the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools, Toronto, Canada. "Globalization, Universities and the Politics of the Local: The Ethical Dimension of Research Using Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property." April 2000.


Public and Community Lectures Great Ideas Lecture Series, “Why Do We Assassinate our Political Leaders?” Nevada Art

Museum and the University of Nevada, Reno, October 30, 2013. Great Conversations Lecture Series, “Why do We Assassinate our Political Leaders?”

College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, April, 10, 2013. Panel Member, Symposium on International Justice, organized by UNR Student Anti-

Genocide Coalition (STAND), April 10, 2010. University of Nevada, Reno, Residential Life Conference on Academic Success Lecture

Series (3 Lectures), Personal Responsibility and Student Academic Success, January 24, 2010.

University of Nevada, Reno Honors Program’s “Great Presentations Lecture Series,” “The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the Epidemic of Rape in South Africa: Are they Related?”, November 4, 2009.

Group Facilitator, “African Women Leaders,” sponsored by the Northern Nevada International Center and the US State Department, September 16, 2009.

Address to the American Red Cross Measles Initiative Group, “The Fight Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: The Global Measles Initiative,” Incline Village, NV, April 29, 2009.

Panel Member, “Genocide and the International Response to Darfur,” organized by UNR Student Anti-Genocide Coalition (STAND), November 21, 2008.

Public Lecture, “HIV/AIDS, State Responses and Grass Roots Organizations”, organized by ONevada, November 3, 2008.

Address to the American Red Cross Measles Initiative Group, “The Fight Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: The Global Measles Initiative,” Incline Village, NV, February 26, 2008.

Panel Member, “International Narcotics Trafficking,” International Leadership Visitor Program (Delegation from the Republic of Georgia). April 2007.

Address to Peaceful Gatherings Citizens Group of Corning New York, “September 11 and Its Origins: Making Sense of US Foreign Policy,” January 4, 2002.

Presentation to the African Student Organization and University Community, “Terrorism in the African Context: From Anti-Colonial Perpetrators to Superpower Saviors,” Binghamton University, September 25, 2002.

Community Unity Day Discussion on Terrorism, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Broome County and the Broom County Council of Churches, Panelist, November 11, 2001.

Address to the Pre-Law Society of Binghamton University, “Terrorism and War: The Origins of Conflict with Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden,” November 6, 2001.

Community Convocation, jointly sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Broome County and the Broome County Council of Churches, Panelist, September 23, 2001.


Lyceum Lecture Series. Binghamton NY. "America and the International Financial System." March 13, 1998.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Nevada, Reno

Introductory Undergraduate Courses Introduction to World Politics

Advanced Undergraduate/Master’s Level Courses (Split Courses) Global Political Economy International Human Rights, International Conflict International Security Genocide (Holocaust & Genocide) Political Violence American Foreign Policy Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa Politics in Film

Graduate Level Courses (PhD and MA) Research Methods in Political Science Advanced Research Methods in Political Science PhD Seminar in Comparative Politics PhD Seminar in International Relations PhD Seminar in International Security PhD Seminar in International Political Economy African Government and Politics American Foreign Policy Grant Writing for Graduate Students

Online courses developed and implemented: International Human Rights Genocide (Holocaust & Genocide) Introduction to World Politics

Independent Coursework Taught McNair Scholars Summer Mentor Supervisor Advanced Readings in International Political Economy and International Security Readings in Advanced Techniques in Maximum Likelihood Estimation


Theses In-Progress:

Chair 6 PhD committees (two externally funded) and sit as second member on 3 others Chair 2 MA Committees and sit as second member on 3 others Chair 1 Undergraduate Honors Theses

Completed: PhDs Chaired (completed):

Jacobs, Michael “An Investigation of the Internal Dynamics of Bilateral Investment Treaties: Every BIT Counts” (May 2013; placed at Gordon College, Wenham, MA). Tovar, Walter “Citizen Participation to Support Local Governments in Latin America” (May 2015; Reno Public School System, consultant local governments in Colombia).

Chaired 8 MA Degrees Chaired 13 Undergraduate Theses

Binghamton University, State University of New York Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Cultural Forces in World Politics Introduction to Ideas and Politics Introduction to World Politics

Advanced Undergraduate & MA Courses Terrorism and War Globalization International Political Economy Modern Political Ideologies Political Violence and Globalization American Foreign Policy America and the Global Political Economy Africa in World Politics Cultural Forces in World Politics Globalization and Economic Statecraft International Governance (MPA Course), Terrorism in the Modern World

Independent Coursework Undergraduate Internship Supervisor Independent Study Supervisor McNair Scholars Summer Mentor Supervisor

Theses Chaired 7 Undergraduate Honors Theses


Second committee member for 3 PhD Committees Ithaca College

Undergraduate Courses African Political Development African Political Economy African Government and Politics Introduction to Global Studies

Undergraduate Student Fellowships and Scholarships Mentored

1 Marshall Scholar 1 Truman Scholar 2 Fulbright Applicants, 1 Successful 1 Carnegie Endowment Fellow 1 Franklin Fellow (University of Pennsylvania) 1 Portz Scholar (National Collegiate Honors Council) 1 Bilinsky Fellow – Dissertation Research 1 Leibniz Fellow (ISS, Cologne, Germany) – Dissertation Research 1 Clifford D. Clark Diversity Fellow (Binghamton University)

UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

University of Nevada, Reno

2015 Member, Search Committee, Cyber Security 2015 Chair, Dean’s Evaluation Committee, College of Liberal Arts 2014 Co-Chair, Search Committee, Human Security 2014 Co-Chair, Search Committee, Cyber Security 2014 Chair, Search Committee, Middle East Comparative Politics 2014-2015 Member Core Curriculum Diversity Subcommittee 2014 Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean 2013-2014 Member, Search Committee, University Chief Information Officer 2013-Present Member, Political Science Personnel Committee 2013-Present Member, Cyber Security Research Center Board 2013-2014 Elected Faculty Senator, College of Liberal Arts 2013-2016 Elected Graduate Council Representative, College of Liberal Arts 2013-2014 Chair, Search Committee, Big Data Position 2013-2014 Co-Chair, Search Committee, Cyber Security Search 2013-2014 Appointed Faculty Senate Representative, Research Council 2007-Present Member, Graduate Committee, 2007-Present 2009-Present Chair and Member, Genocide and Peace Studies Program Committee 2008-2013 Member, Core Curriculum Social Science Sub-committee 2008-Present Member, Robinson Essay Scholarship Award Committee 2013 Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts 2012-2013 Member, Search Committee, Comparative Politics (Asia) Search


2011 Member, Tenure Review Committee, Center for Basque Studies 2010 Member, Search Committee, Comparative Politics (Middle East) Search 2010-2011 Member, Special Hearing Committee (NSHE Chapter 6) Member 2007 Member, Search Committee, Comparative Politics (Asia) position 2008-2009 Member, UNR International Affairs Committee (IAC) (2008-2009) 2006-Present Mentor, The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program 2006-Present Mentor/Advisor, Honors College 2008-2010 Advisor, ONevada student organization 2009-Present Advisor, Political Science Graduate Student Organization 2014-Present Advisor, International Human Rights Student Organization

Binghamton University, State University of New York

2005-2006 Advisor, Student Global Health Initiative 2006 Search Committee Chair, Political Science/IGCS International

Relations/Comparative Politics Position 2006 Chair, Political Science/IGCS Associate Director Search 2004 Election 2004 Candidate/Issue Discussant, Residential Hall Series 2002-2006 Mentor, The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program

Media Appearances and Interviews PBS Television, Moderator for Great Decisions Program: “Should America Regulate Global Finance,” University of Nevada, Reno National

Los Angeles Times Voice of America (Tom Crosby Show, Washington DC)

Regional/Local Interviews Nevada Business Weekly (Reno, NV) Reno Gazette Journal (Reno, NV) KTVN Channel 2, (Reno, NV) KRNV Channel 4, (Reno, NV) KOLO Channel 8 (Reno, NV) Corning Leader (Ithaca, NY) National Public Radio (WAMC Albany) Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin WIVT Channel 34 (Binghamton, NY) WICZ Channel 40 (Binghamton, NY) WNBF Radio 1210 (Binghamton, NY) WBNG Channel 12 (Binghamton, NY) WETM Channel 18 (Corning, NY)


Journal Articles, Chapters, and Monographs (Reviewer) African Studies Review African Journal of AIDS Research African Journal of Political Science and International Studies Comparative Political Studies Conflict Management and Peace Science Democracy & Security Global Governance Global Health Governance Global Change Peace and Security Journal of Human Rights Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations Law and Society Management International Review International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics International Politics: A Journal of Transnational Issues and Global Problems International Political Sociology Social Forces, International Organization Section of the International Studies Association (Compendium Chapter) International Studies Quarterly Journal of Peace Research Journal of Politics Journal of Microbiology The Journal of World Intellectual Property Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Social Science Quarterly Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa United States Institute of Peace

Books and Book Proposals (Reviewer)

Ashgate Publishers Allyn & Bacon/Longman Publishers Cengage Learning Global Publications Lynne Rienner Oxford University Press Palgrave/MacMillan Pearson/Longman Publishing Polity Press Rowman & Littlefield Routledge Publishers


Thomas/Wadsworth Publishers W. W. Norton

Grants and Awards (Reviewer)

Grawemeyer Award Reviewer (University of Louisville) Economic & Social Science Research Council (ESRC–United Kingdom) The Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council (DFID/ESRC – United Kingdom) National Science Foundation (USA) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research Social Sciences (gebied voor Maatschappij-en Gedragswetenschappen)

Association and Board Memberships

Editorial Board Member, Journal of World Intellectual Property (pending final decision) Member, International AIDS Society Member, African Studies Association Member, Association of Concerned African Scholars Member, The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Member, American Political Science Association Member, International Studies Association Member, British International Studies Association

TRAINING AND FIELD EXPERIENCE Research and Methodology Training

1996 University of Michigan, ICPSR Program in Research Methods Scaling and Dimensional Analysis Maximum Likelihood Estimation Simultaneous Equations Mathematical Probability

1993-1999 Binghamton University, State University of New York Research Design Maximum Likelihood Estimation Time Series Analysis Survey Research Design and Analysis Measurement and Dimensional Analysis

Field Research Experience

2004 Uganda (HIV/AIDS research) 2003 South Africa (HIV/AIDS research; World Economic Forum Meeting 1999 Nigeria (Civil-Military Relations and HIV/AIDS Research)


Pedagogical Training 2007-2016 University of Nevada, Reno

Large lecture hall management Blackboard Website Management Blackboard Assignment Management Power Point Presentations for Teaching Canvas Website Management

robert l. ostergard, jr. curriculum vitae september 2016...ostergard, robert l. 2008. “hiv/aids,...

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