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| Name: | Prof. Juris Pupcenoks |
| Title: | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Office Location: | Fontaine 209 |
| Extension: | (845) 575-3000 ext. 2532 |
| Email: | Juris.Pupcenoks@Marist.edu |
| Personal Web Page: | http://sites.google.com/site/jurispupcenoks/ |
| Degrees Held: | B.A., Westminster College (MO) M.A., University of Delaware Ph.D., University of Delaware |
| Bio: | A specialist in international relations and comparative politics, Dr. Juris completed a B.A. degree at Westminster College, MO (2004), and M.A. (2007) and Ph.D. (2011) degrees at the University of Delaware. He previously taught at the University of Delaware and at Washington College (MD). He has conducted field research in Muslim communities in London, UK, and Detroit, MI, US, and his research has been published in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Middle East Journal, and other scholarly and professional journals and presses. Currently, his main research focus is on completing a book manuscript explaining why similar migrant-background communities in the US and Europe react differently to violent conflicts abroad. Dr. Juris was born in Latvia and first came to the US as a Rotary International High School Exchange Student. Besides English, he is also fluent in Latvian (native) and Russian, and intermediate in French. His hobbies include traveling, running and tennis. |
| Publications: | Journal Articles “Religion or Ethnicity? Middle Eastern Conflicts and American Arab-Muslim Protest Politics.” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 18(Summer): 170-192, 2012
“Democratic Islamization in Pakistan and Turkey: Lessons for the Post-Arab Spring Muslim World.” Middle East Journal 66(Spring): 273-289, 2012 Book Reviews Book Review of Amaney Jamal, and Nadine Naber, eds., Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11. International Migration Review 45(1): 210-212, 2011 Book Review of Terri Givens, Gary P. Freeman, and David L. Leal, eds., Immigration Policy and Security. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(7): 1194-1195, 2010
“Instructor’s Manual/Test Bank for Russell Bova’s How the World Works: A Brief Survey of International Relations.” Online Supplement. (With Vittorio N. Galasso). New York: Pearson Education, 2010 “Ingrid Mattson and the American Muslim Exceptionalism.” Muslim Public Affairs Journal 1(3): 115-124, 2006 |
| Research Interests: | Conflict Spillover Migration and Ethnic Politics International Security Radicalization Democratic Islamic Politics Muslims in the West Transatlantic Relations |
| Conferences & Workshops: | Conference Paper Presentations “The Evolution of American Muslim Political Participation,” (with Farid Senzai at the Santa Clara University, CA) ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, Apr 2013 “Explaining Unilateralism and Multilateralism in European Union’s External Relations,” ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, Apr 2013 “Radical Right and Islamists in Europe: Confrontation, Coexistence and Impact on Mainstream Politics,” (with Ryan McCabe at the University of Delaware), ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, Apr 2012 “Middle Eastern Conflicts and American Arab-Muslim Protest Politics,” ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, Apr 2012 “Democratic Islamization in Pakistan and Turkey: Lessons for the Post-Arab Spring Middle East,” Middle East Dialogue 2012: The Arab Spring and Beyond, Washington, DC, Feb 2012 “Religion or Ethnicity? Middle East Conflicts and American Muslim Protest Politics,” ISA-NE, Providence, RI, Nov 2011 “The Rise of the Fringe: Right Wing Populists, Islamists, and Politics in Western Europe,” (with Ryan McCabe), ISA-NE, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2011 “Migrant Reactions to Foreign Conflicts: London’s Muslims in the War on Terror,” ISA-NE, Baltimore, MD; and revised for presentation at ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Oct 2009, Feb 2010 “Migration of Violence,” ISA Annual Convention, New York City, NY, Feb 2009 “Diasporas, Immigrants and Security: A Framework of Conflict Spillover to Host State,” ISA-NE, Baltimore, MD, Oct 2008 “Unilateralism and Multilateralism in the European Union’s International Trade and Beyond,” ISA-NE, Philadelphia, PA; and revised for poster presentation at ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2007, Mar 2008 “Co-Opting Radicalism: Islam and Democracy,” (with Sara Chehab and Lisa Weilminster), ISA-NE, Boston, MA, Nov 2006 “Changing Identities of Baltic Russophones,” ISA-MW/ Central Slavic Conference Joint Conference, St. Louis, MO, Nov 2006
Select Other Conference Activity Chair and Owner, “State-Religion Separation, Public Policy, Anti-Minority Sentiment, and Discrimination against Muslims,” ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2013 Chair, “Terrorist Tactics and Motives,” ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2013 Chair, “Advancing Peace and Conflict Studies in Transitioning Democracies,” Middle East Dialogue 2012: The Arab Spring and Beyond, Washington, DC, 2012 Discussant, “Religion in International Relations,” ISA-NE, Providence, RI, 2011 Chair, “Islam in Western Societies,” ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Discussant, “Power in a Post-9/11 World,” Conference on the United States in the Global System, University of Delaware, 2009 |
| Affiliations: | American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Council for European Studies, European Union Studies Association |
| Presentations: | Invited Speaker, “Muslims in Europe: Misconceptions and Reality,” Westminster College Symposium on Democracy, Fulton, MO, 2012 Invited Speaker, “Assessing American Muslim Integration,” Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, 2011 Lead Facilitator (with Dr. Muqtedar Khan, Alise Coen), “Implication of Quran Desecration in War on Terror,” Workshop for the US Department of State, Washington, DC, 2006 |
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