Marcos S. Scauso

Ph.D. 

Political Science: International Relations​ and Political Theory

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Marcos S. Scauso
Curriculum Vitae - 2023

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Department of Political Science

3801 West Temple Avenue, 94-303
Pomona, CA 91768

E-mail: msscauso@cpp.edu

​Website: www.marcosscauso.com

Academia: https://uci.academia.edu/MarcosScauso 

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Academic Appointments

2023 -             California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
                        Department of Political Science
                        Assistant Professor (Website)

2019 - 2023    Quinnipiac University
                        Department of Philosophy and Political Science
                        Assistant Professor

2018 - 2019    University of Notre Dame
                        Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 
                        Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellow (Website)

Education

2018 - Ph.D., Political Science

           University of California, Irvine
2015 - M.A., Political Science

           University of California, Irvine
2012 - M.A., International Relations

           San Francisco State University
2009 - B.A., Sociology

           National University of Argentina, Villa María
2001 - International Exchange Student,

           Rotary International, Toth Arpad Grammus Sak, Hungary
  

Areas of Expertise
 

International Relations (theory, global politics, institutions), post-colonial and decolonial theory, Indigenous politics, intersectionality, interpretive and qualitative methods, Latin America

Publications
 

Book

--Marcos S. Scauso. Intersectional Decoloniality: Re-imagining IR and the Problem of Difference. In the “Worlding Beyond the West” series, edited by Inanna Hamati-Itaya, Arlene Tickner, and David Blaney. London and New York: Routledge. (Forthcoming in August, 2020).

     - Book ​available here 

     - First chapter available here

​     - Reviewed in the Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal available here

     - Review in the International Studies Review Journal available here

Peer-Reviewed

--Marcos S. Scauso (lead author), Cecelia Lynch, and Tanya Schwarz. “Training in Critical Interpretivism, Within and Beyond the Academy." In the SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations, edited by Andreas Gofas, Inanna Hamati-Ataya, and Nicholas Onuf. This volume includes chapters by  Nicholas Onuf, Brent Steele, Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Jacqui True, Richard Ned Lebow,  Patrick T. Jackson, Patrick James, Arlene B. Tickner, Ole Waever, and others. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018. (Available Here)

--Marcos S. Scauso. “Interpretivism: Definitions, Trends, and Emerging Paths.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia, International Studies. (Available Here)

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--Marcos S. Scauso (lead author), Garrett FitzGerald (lead author), Arlene B. Tickner (lead author), Navnita Neheram, Chengxin Pan, Chih-yu Shih, Kosuke Shimizu. “Covid-19, Democracy, and (De)colonialities.” Journal of Democratic Theory. (Available Here)

--Ariana Fernandez, Marcos S. Scauso, and Elena Stavrevska. “Avatars of colonial and liberal violences: The revelatory character of COVID-19 governance in Colombia.” Global South Quarterly. 2022. (Available Here)

--Gabriella Colello, Swapna Pathak, and Marcos S. Scauso. “Solutions for Whom and by Whom? Environmental Norms and Intersectional Decoloniality.” Journal of Environmental Philosophy. (Available Here)

​Book Chapters

--Marcos S. Scauso. “Indianismo and Decoloniality: Voices of Resistance” In Religious Activism in the Global Economy: Promoting, Reforming, or Resisting Neoliberal Globalization? Edited  by Peter Smith and Sabine Dreher, 269-286. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016. (Available Here)

--Marcos S. Scauso. “Researching within the Instability of Meaning: Decolonial Voices and Practices.” In Tactical Constructivism: Expressing Method in International Relations, edited by Brent J. Steele, Harry D. Gould, and Oliver Kessler, 2019. (Available Here)
 

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Blogs

--Marcos S. Scauso. “Intersectional Decoloniality: Listening to Other “Others.” E-International Relations, 2021. (Available Here) 

In Progress
 

--Carlotta Minnella, Swapna Pathak, and Marcos S. Scauso. “The Tension Within Norms: Agency and Risks in Pursuit of Global Climate Justice.” (Article under review)

--Marcos S. Scauso. The Desires of Domination: The Colonial Foundations and Legacies of the U.S. Foreign Policy towards Latin America. (Book in progress)

--Marcos S. Scauso and Gabriella R. Colello. Indomitable “Others:” Stories of Subaltern & More-than-Human Voices Confronting Liberalisms and Sustaining Worlds. (Co-edited book in progress)

--Marcos S. Scauso. “Desires of Domination: The Colonial Connections between Epistemic Politics, Power Relations, and Violence.” (Article in progress)

 --Marcos S Scauso. “Stay in your lane: Working on DEI and experiencing neoliberal academia in the US.” (Book chapter in progress)

​Awards

​--Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award. This award is presented by the Student Government Association at Quinnipiac University to a faculty member who exemplifies the best qualities of education by his/her professionalism, dedication to scholarly pursuits, and concern for students. (2021)

--Best Graduate Student Paper Award – International Political Sociology Section in the International Studies Association. The award will be received in the I.S.A. Annual Convention in Toronto, 2019, for the paper titled ‘Colonialism and Liberation: The Role of Nation and Race in Decolonial Voices,’ presented during the I.S.A. Annual Convention of 2018 in San Francisco. (Website Available Here)

--Order of Merit – Kathy Alberti Prize by the School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. This annual award recognizes a graduate student “…who holds truly outstanding promise as a future professor or teacher” (2017).  (Website Available Here)​
--Honorable Mention by the book award committee of the Religion and International Relations Section of the International Studies Association for the book Global Economy: Promoting, Reforming, or Resisting Neoliberal Globalization, which was edited by Dr. Sabine Dreher and Dr. Peter J. Smith and includes my chapter: “Indianismo and Decoloniality: Voices of Resistance” (2017).
--Outstanding Teaching Mentions, Political Science department recognition for outstanding teaching of “Global Cultures and Society” (Fall 2013), “Introduction to International Relations” (Winter 2014), and “Introduction to International Relations” (Fall 2015).

--UC Irvine Recruitment Incentive award to supplement financial support packages of admitted doctoral students (2012).​

--Special Recognition by the Western Association of Graduate Schools Thesis Competition for "submitting an excellent thesis entitled, 'South America's Identity: A New Path of Development? (2012).

Fellowships and Grants

--Experiential Learning Grant, College of Arts and Science Grant (Fall 2022). Through a competitive process of selection, this grant was awarded to cover all the costs of taking the students of the Development, Globalization, and Colonialisms class to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. In this visit, students must gather evidence of colonial legacies related to the constructions of the “West” and the understanding of “others.”

--Investigator Stipend Award, College of Arts and Science Scholarship and Grants Committee, Quinnipiac University (Summer 2022). This stipend is designed to help faculty to research without teaching during the summer.

--Davis Educational Foundation Grant, Inclusive Excellence Teaching Lab, Quinnipiac University (2021-2022). This is a 93.265$ grant for the Inclusive Excellence Teaching Lab to promote the transformation of educational culture towards greater inclusion of diverse identities and experiences.

--Albert Schweitzer Institute Faculty Fellowship, Quinnipiac University (2020-2022) (View Website Here) (Proposal Here)

--Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2017-2018)​.
--Summer Research Grant from the Department of Pol. Sci. (U.C.I.) to continue working on my dissertation.
--Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies Research Grant to travel to Bolivia and continue my process of archival research in November 2017.
--School of Social Sciences Dean’s Workshops Grants to support the International Relations Working Group (2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018).
--Grant for the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (two-week intensive course on qualitative research methodology and peer dissertation review) at the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, University of Syracuse, June 13 – 24, 2016.
--Association of Graduate Students Traveling grant to support attendance to the 9th Pan-European Conference in International Relations, Sicily, Italy (2015).
--Department of Political Science Research Grant supporting graduate student’s original research (2015).
--Research Assistance, Graduate Growth Incentive Award (GgIA) to Plan and Develop An Emphasis and Masters in International and Global Analysis, Dr. Cecelia Lynch (September 2014 – March 2015).

Teaching Experience

--Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Philosophy and Political Science, Quinnipiac University (2019-present). (Evaluations and Syllabi Available Here) Courses:
     -Issues of Politics (PO 101)
     -Introduction to International Relations (PO 211)

     -Introduction to Latin American Politics (PO 221)

     -Political Inquiry (PO 303)

     -Development, Globalization, and Colonialisms (PO 313)

     -Advanced Internship (PO395)

     -Independent Study: Interpretive Methodology of Research (PO 499)

--Part-time Lecturer, International Studies Program, California State University, Long Beach, Global Citizenship (I/ST 100) online (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018). (Evaluations and Details Available Here)
--Instructor, Political Science (cross-listed with International Studies), University of California, Irvine, Approaches to International Relations (upper division class: Pol. Sci. 144A / Int. St. 140A, on campus: Summer section II, 2016; Summer section II, 2017). (Evaluations and Details Available Here)

--Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine, (September 2012 – Spring 2017). (Evaluations and Details Available Here)
--Teaching Assistant, Department of International Relations, San Francisco State University, Methods of Planning and Data Analysis (USP 493) (January 2012 – June 2012).
--Teaching Assistant, Department of International Relations, San Francisco State University, International Political Economy (I.R. 312) (January 2011 – June 2011).
--Teaching Assistant, Institute of Social Science, National University of Argentina, Villa Maria, University Problematics and History, (February 2006 – April 2006).


Presentations at Professional Conferences
 

--Liberal Biases and Violence: Civilization, Othering, and Erasure. International Studies Association – Virtual 2023 (Chair and Discussant).
--Experiences of “Early Career Instructors” in International Studies: Struggles and Opportunities for Pedagogical Futures. International Studies Association – Virtual 2023 (Roundtable).
--Global South Caucus Author Symposium. International Studies Association. 64th Annual Convention, March 14th, 2023, Montreal (Convener and Organizer). 
--“Epistemic Politics and Power Relations.” International Studies Association. 64th Annual Convention, March 15th, 2023, Montreal (Paper).
--“Comparative Study of Relationality: Relational Theories from Around the World.” International Studies Association. 64th Annual Convention, March 15th, 2023, Montreal (Discussant).
--“Roundtable on Maggie Fitzgerald's 'Care and the Pluriverse: Rethinking Global Ethics.’” International Studies Association. 64th Annual Convention, March 15th, 2023, Montreal (Round Table).
--“Supporting Early Career Instructors in IR: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned for the Next 20-200 years.” International Studies Association Northeast, November 1st, 2022. (Round Table)
--“The Logics of Domination: Epistemic Politics and Othering in the U.S.” International Studies Association West, September 23rd, 2022. (Paper)  

--“Decolonize QU.” Second Inclusive Excellence Summer Assembly. Inclusive Excellence Teaching Lab at Quinnipiac University, May 18-19, 2022 (Link).

--“Unsettling Interpretation and Praxis: Epistemic Equivalence as a Fruitful Starting Point” International Studies Association. 63rd Annual Convention, 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. (paper)
--“Who Gets to Know International Relations and World Politics?” International Studies Association. 63rd Annual Convention, 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. (Roundtable)
--“Peace in Plural: Decolonial (and) Feminist Approaches to Peace(-building).” International Studies Association. 63rd Annual Convention, 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. (Discussant)
--“Colonial Oppressions and Sites of Resistance.” International Studies Association. 63rd Annual Convention, 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. (Chair)
--“Settling the United States: Epistemic Politics in the Institutionalization of Othering” International Studies Association North-East, 2021 Annual Conference, Virtual. (Paper)

--“The Tension Within Norms: Agency and Risks in Pursuit of Global Climate Justice.” International Studies Association West, 2021 Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. (Co-authored Paper)
--“Intersectional Decoloniality: Epistemic Requirements and Possibilities.” European International Studies Association (EISA), 7th Workshop Series (EWIS 2021), online. Workshop: Peace in Plural: Decolonial (and) Feminist Approaches to Peace (-building). (Paper)

--“Epistemic Politics as a Fruitful Dilemma.” Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference, 2021, online. (Keynote address)
--“Wrestling with Foundations and Actions.” International Studies Association. 62nd Annual Convention, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Round table)
--“An Empire within an Empire? Multiple Decolonialities Related to Latin America.” International Studies Association. 62nd Annual Convention, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Paper)
--“Relational Voices in International Relations I, II, III, and IV.” International Studies Association. 62nd Annual Convention, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Panel Series Organizer)
--“Relational Voices in International Relations II: Ontology, Cosmology, and Methodology.” International Studies Association. 62nd Annual Convention, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Discussant)
--“Relational Voices in International Relations III: Resistance, Decolonization, and Relationality.” International Studies Association. 62nd Annual Convention, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chair)
--“Wrestling with Foundations and Actions.” International Studies Association Northeast Annual Conference, 2020, online. (Round table)
--“Indigenous Peoples and International Politics.” International Studies Association Northeast Annual Conference, 2020, online. (Chair / Discussant) 
--“Interpretivism and Epistemic Politics.” American Political Science Association, 2020 Annual Meeting: Democracy, Difference, and Destabilization. Methods Studio Short Course. (Featured Speaker)

--“Evismo and Articulation: Colonial Legacies within Bolivian Decoloniality,” Latin American Studies Association, 2019 LASA Congress. (Paper)

--“A Ch’ixi Cosmology: Neither Universality nor Locality,” International Studies Association, 2019 annual Convention, Toronto. (Paper)
--“Liberal Boundaries or Indianista Reflexivity: Peace and Conditions of Possibility for Violence,” International Studies Association, 2019 annual Convention, Toronto. (Paper)
--“Decolonial Cosmologies and the Universal/Particular Dichotomy,” International Studies Association, 2019 annual Convention, Toronto. (Panel Organizer)

--“Race, Violence, and Decolonial Theory,” International Studies Association, 2019 annual Convention, Toronto. (Discussant)

--“Liberal Boundaries and Ch’ixi Trespassing: Multi-relationality and Reflexivity,” International Studies Association West, 2018 Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. (Paper)
--“The Problem of Hierarchicalizing Equalities: Epistemic Politics and Articulation,” International Studies Association West, 2018 Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. (Paper)

--“A Religion That Knows Better? Global Politics and Self-Reflexivity in Andean Indigenous Discourse,” International Studies Association, 2018 annual Convention, San Francisco, California. (Paper)

--“Religion, Reflexivity, and Politics,” International Studies Association, 2018 annual Convention, San Francisco, California. (Panel organizer)
--“Nation, Race, and Colonialism.” International Studies Association, 2018 annual Convention, San Francisco, California. (Paper)

--“The Andean Decolonial Turn and Ecologism: Implications for International Relations,” Working Group: “Indigenous Peoples, Global Politics, and Complex Sovereignties,” International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, 2018. (Workshop presentation)

--“Colonialism and Liberation: The Role of Nation and Race in Decolonial Voices,” Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine, Graduate Student Conference, 2018. (Paper)

--“Colonialism and Liberation: The Role of Nation and Race in Decolonial Voices,” International Studies Association West, 2017 Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. (Paper)

--“The Tactical and the Strategic in Constructivism (and beyond),” International Studies Association West, 2017 Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. (Chair and paper)

--“The Problem of Coexistence in International Relations: Liberalism, Marxism, and the Challenge from Decolonial Indianismo,” Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine, Graduate Student Conference, 2017. (Paper)
--“Researching within the Instability of Meaning: Decolonial Voices and Practices,” International Studies Association, 58th Annual Convention, 2017. (Paper)
--“Tactical Constructivism: Expressing Method in International Relations,” International Studies Association West, Annual Conference, Pasadena, California, 2016. (Round Table) 
--“Tension and Dilemma in Foucauldian Knowledge,” International Studies Association West, Annual Conference, Pasadena, California, 2016. (Paper)
--“Katarismo-Indianismo in Bolivia: A Radical Voice Resisting Neoliberalism,” International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 2016. (Paper)
--“The Enigma of Foucaultian Knowledges: The Subject and Normativity in Archeology and Genealogy,” International Studies Association, 2016 annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia. (Paper)
--“Truth Multiplicity and Separatism: The Study of an Indianista Boundary,” International Studies Association, 2016 annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia. (Paper)
--“Archeology, Genealogy and International Relations,” 9th Pan-European Conference of International Relations, Taormina Naxos, Italy, 2015. (Paper)
--“Life inside of Life: What would an Epistemological Foundation without God look like?” Southwestern Social Science Association annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2014. (Paper)
--“P. Bourdieu, Identity, Regionalism and Latin America,” Pacific Northwest Political Sciences Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, 2011. (Paper)
--“Argentine Students and Politics,” V Student Conference of Social Sciences, National University of Argentina, Villa Maria, 2005. (Paper)
--“Students and the Social Crisis of Argentina,” I Conference of the Student Federation of Villa Maria, 2005. (Paper)​


Invited Presentations (selected)

--Workshop: Pensar sociológicamente: ¿Cómo nos mira el imperio? Los legados coloniales desde los que Estados Unidos piensa América Latina. Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina, May 19th, 2023.
--Guest Lecture: “Interpretivism: Definitions, Trends, and Emerging Paths.” Interpretive-Qualitative Methods Course, University of California, Irvine, January 18th, 2023.
--Invited Lecture: “Indianista Notions of Decolonization from the Andes.” Indigeneity Initiative Teach-in, Quinnipiac University, November 3rd, 2022.
--Roundtable: “Defining Decolonization.” Center for Teaching and Learning, Quinnipiac University, October 18th, 2022.
--Invited Lecture: LGBTQIA+ History Month Teach-in. Quinnipiac Cultural & Global Engagement, October 13th, 2022.
--Invited Lecture: Latinx Heritage Month Teach-in. Latino Cultural Society at Quinnipiac University, October 6th, 2022.
--Conference Presentation: “Healing Polarization: Crossing the Divide.” Compassion: A Path to Global Well-being. Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University, September 29-30, 2022.
--Workshop: “Interpretivism and Epistemic Politics: Tensions as a Methodology.” International Relations Graduate Students Working Group, University of California, Irvine, September 22nd, 2022.
--Guest Lecture: “ISA-West Preview: featuring SFSU graduate alums and current student.” IR Colloquium, San Francisco State University, September 15th, 2022. 

--Workshop: “Intersectional Decoloniality: Research and Praxis within a Tension.” Political Science Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 25th, 2022. (Website)
--Workshop: “Settling the United States: Epistemic Politics in the Institutionalization of a Self”, Latin American and Latino Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 25th, 2022.
--Round Table: “What’s Next for Ukraine and the World.” International Relations and Diplomacy Discussion: Examining the Conflict in Ukraine. Qculture Initiative, Quinnipiac University, April 27th, 2022 (Flier to Event).
--Round Table: “Intersectionality Roundtable: International Perspectives from Former Kroc Institute Scholars.” University of Notre Dame, April 26th, 2022. (Website Available Here)

--Roundtable: “Latin American knowledge contributions to International Relations.” The Center for International Politics of Knowledge, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom, December 1st, 2021. 
--Public Lecture: “Settling the United States: Epistemic Politics in the Institutionalization of Othering” Quinnipiac University Indigenous Voices Initiative Teach-in. Quinnipiac University, November 9th, 2021.

--Public Lecture: “Ally-ship and Humility: Confronting Epistemic Privilege.” Quinnipiac University Indigenous Voices Initiative Teach-in. Quinnipiac University, November 19th, 2019.  

--Public Lecture: “Múltiple Decolonialidades: Cruzando Bordes y Fronteras.” Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina, June 15, 2019.
--Public Lecture: “God, Humanity, and Colonialism.” Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, May 14, 2018.

--Public Lecture: “Imagining a Decolonial IR: Ch’ixi lessons of Equality, Disarticulation, and Reflexivity,” Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, October 11, 2018. (Website Available Here)

--Guest Lecture: “Sustainable Development and Indigenous Insights,” in Comparative Politics class, Prof. Mary Anne Mendoza, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2018).
--Guest Speaker: “Academia and its Job Market: Professional Development for Graduate Students,” workshop for graduate students, International Relations Working Group, University of California, Irvine (2018).

--Guest Speaker: “The Problem of Difference and Current Global Politics,” Rotary International of Walnut Grove, California, July 30, 2018. (Website Available Here) ​

--Organizer and Presenter: "Climate Change, International Politics, and Anthropocentrism," pannel and discussion for the “International Education Week,” celebrated by the International Studies Program, University of California, Irvine, November 13, 2017. (Website Available Here)

--Keynote Speaker: “Desde Bolivia Hacia el Mundo: Lecciones Intelectuales de Fausto Reinaga para Pensar en lo Global,” Conferencia Pública, Anthropology and Archeology, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, October 19, 2017. (Website Available Here)

--Keynote Speaker: “Conocimientos Indígenas y Decolonialidad: Las bases discursivas del Indianismo y la deconstrucción del antropocentrismo, la propiedad privada, la dominación y el progreso," Cátedra Libre de Política Ambiental y Justicia Social, Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina, August 2, 2017. (Website Available Here)
--Guest Speaker: “The Problem of Coexistence: The Potential Implications of Indigenous Voices for International Liberal Order,” Latin American Studies: Emerging Frames and New Research,University of California, Irvine, November 18, 2016.
--Guest Speaker: “Indianismo y Liberalismo,” organized by Dr. Alejo Esteban Ticona, Universidad de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, May 19, 2016.
--Guest Speaker: “Why and How is Foucault Right, Wittgenstein’s Help and the Archeological Discourse,” International Consultant at the University of Cordoba, Argentina, August 28, 2014.
--Guest Speaker: “South America’s Identity: a new path of development?” Research Program of “Action and Praxis” at the University of Cordoba, Argentina, June 2013.
--Guest Speaker: “Immigration and Documentaries,” Bogota, Colombia, organized with "Universidad Mayor de Bogota”, July 3, 2009.
--Keynote Speaker: “Seminar of Social Theory and Documentary Research,” Quito, Ecuador, organized with "Minga Social" and the National Institute of Film, June 19, 2009.
--Guest Speaker: “The exploitation of Bolivian Immigrants in Argentina,” La Paz, Bolivia, organized with "Universidad Mayor de La Paz," May 21, 2009.
--Premier presentation of the documentary “Swallows... a necessary flight” and debate about the issue of the exploitation of Bolivian immigrants in Argentina, organized with the Universidad de El Alto, Bolivia, May 22, 2009.
--“El Puente,” Second National Presentation of Extension Projects, National Ministry of Education, Culture and Technology of Argentina, Resolution SPU Nº 308/04; Argentina, Buenos Aires, August 2005.
--Guest Speaker: “The Main Concepts of E. Durkheim, P. Bourdieu, and J. Habermas in Modern Sociology,” Provincial Academy of Arts Emiliano Gómez Clara, Argentina, April 18, 2005.​
 

Professional and Language Training

--AAC&U Virtual Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, March 24-26, 2021.
--Independent Workshop prior to the I.S.A. Annual Conference, March 24th, 2020. Organizational Committee: Tamara Trownsell (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), Adhemar Mercado (Institut Neumünster), Isaac A. Kamola (Trinity College), and Marcos S. Scauso (Quinnipiac University). This workshop is part of the Doing IR Differently Collective, which is currently coordinating the publication of two books discussing relationality and IR. (Online workshop due to COVID-19 pandemic)

--Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, University of Syracuse, June 13 – June 24, 2016.
--“Interpretive Methods for Grant Proposal Development,” International Studies Program, May 30-31, 2013, University of California, Irvine.

--Spanish (native language); English (fluent), Hungarian, (standard and conversational); Portuguese (begun in 2001 as part of the Rotary exchange student program and language courses taken at the University of Debrecen, Hungary)

University Service

--Elected Co-Chair: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee for the College of Arts and Science at Quinnipiac University. (Fall 2021 – Spring 2023)
The DEI Committee at C.A.S. entailed elected positions. Since we started working in the committee, we have met biweekly; participated in CAS Retreats; revived and transformed the I.D.E.A.L. certificate; created a qualitative survey about the experiences of students, staff, and faculty at CAS; analyzed the results of the survey; and created a document for faculty to learn steps towards DEI in the classroom.
--Volunteer member: Albert Schweitzer Institute: Indigenous Peoples Initiative (Fall 2019 –Spring 2023). Some of my contributions include: 1- Meetings with the working group to coordinate activities and learn about Indigenous issues at Quinnipiac University. 2- Meeting with the Akomawt Consultants to expand the readings and include Indigenous discussions from the U.S.A. for my Development, Globalization, and Colonialisms class. 3- Public Lectures: Every year, the Indigeneity Initiative organizes a day-long teach-in and I have been invited to present since 2019.
--Co-Chair: Quinnipiac Inclusive Excellence Teaching Lab (Spring 2021 – Spring 2022). The IETL is charged with the goal of promoting “…a holistic approach to reforming our curricular offerings. This will be achieved by assembling a cohort of scholars across the university who have demonstrated their commitment to, and interest in, issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion within their curricular and co-curricular approaches.” To achieve this goal, the IETL received a 93.265$ grant during the 2021-2022 academic year from the Davis Educational Foundation. Some of the events previously organized by the IETL are: 1- The First and Second Inclusive Excellence Summer Assemblies. These were two-day long sites of presentations, discussions, and dialogues. The first Assembly included 150 faculty members across Quinnipiac University and the Second Assembly included 123 students, faculty, and staff who focused on discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusivity while also thinking about ways to improve the current situation at the university. (Link to program and website for Second Assembly). 2- Co-organization of the “Return to (Anything But) Normal” town hall. This space was designed to encourage discussions of pedagogical issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the 2021-2022 academic year. 3- Organization of Community of practice around issues of inclusivity at Quinnipiac University. 
--Sub-Committee member: Intercultural Citizenship and Responsibility course sub-committee for the University Education Committee. Quinnipiac University. (Fall 2020 – Fall 2021)
--Mentor: Quinnipiac University Interdisciplinary Program for Research & Scholarship. QUIP-RS is a competitive, eight-week summer research program created to allow students to design, research, and present a project while receiving feedback and suggestions from the program's advisors and faculty mentors (summer 2021, summer 2022, summer 2023).
--Task Force: Visioning Group. This task force is charged with writing a document that summarizes the strengths of the College of Arts and Sciences and the areas in which there are opportunities for growth. The document will be delivered to the new Dean of C.A.S. (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)
--Committee member: Galpin Internationalization Grant Review Committee. (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020) 
--Committee member: College of Arts and Sciences Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020) 
--Student organization advisor: BIPOCA (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)

​--Student organization advisor: Latino Cultural Society (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)

 Professional Service

--Secretary and Treasurer. Global South Caucus, International Studies Association (March 2023 - present).

--Peace, Conflict and Violence Book Series Editor. Together with Transnational Press London,  Dr. Baser, Dr. Stavrevska, and I created a book series that aims to expand and decolonize discussions of peace, conflict and violence. (2020 – present)  (Website Available Here)

--Peer reviewer, Global Studies Quarterly, Oxford Academic.

Previous Professional Service (selected)

--Executive Council Member, International History and Politics Section at the American Political Science Association (2021-2023).

--Newsletter Editor, Global South Caucus, International Studies Association (April 2022 – present). (Sample newsletter) 

--Division Chair, International History and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Annual Meeting 2021.

--Peer reviewer, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional. 

--Peer reviewer, Global South Quarterly.

--Peer reviewer, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies.
--Volunteer Research Assistant, Dr. Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine (March 2017 - June 2018); I developed an Emphasis in International and Global Analysis for graduate students and a Master in International and Global Analysis for the program of International Studies at UCI.

​--Research Assistant, International Studies Program, University of California, Irvine (September 2014 – March 2016); I developed an Emphasis in International and Global Analysis for graduate students and a Master in International and Global Analysis for the program of International Studies at UCI. (References Available Here)

--Co-Director, International Relations Graduate Students Working Group, University of California, Irvine (September 2016 – June 2018).​

--Founding Director and Administrator, International Relations Graduate Students Working Group, University of California, Irvine (September 2014 – July 2016); This working group invites scholars from different universities in order to organize workshops, lectures, and presentations. The School of Social Sciences at UCI funds the I.R. working group through the Dean’s Workshops Funding grant.

--Peer-mentor for the incoming graduate students of the Political Science Ph.D. program at U.C., Irvine (September 2015 - June 2018).

--Organizer, Workshop: “Dilemmas, Security, and Ethics.” Dr. Maja Zehfuss from the University of Manchester. International Relations Graduate Student Working Group, May 2-4, 2017, University of California, Irvine.

--Peer Reviewed Book project for Routledge: International Relations as Politics Among People, 2016.
--Graduate Student Representative, Political Science Graduate Student Association, University of California, Irvine, 2014-2015.
 

Previous Non-Academic Service (selected)

--Translator for the Free Dentist Clinic organized by Rotary International, Walnut Grove, California every year in San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico (2009 - June 2018).
--Founding Co-President and treasurer of the International Relations Council, at San Francisco State University (2011).
--International Election Observer in the presidential elections of 2010 in the Rep. of the Philippines by People's International Observers' Mission (Pagbabago), May 2010. (News Available Here) 
--Officer of the Masters of Arts in International Relations Students Association at San Francisco State University (2010).
--Coordinator and Teacher in the Free Workshop of English as a second language for immigrants in California. Kay Dix, Walnut Grove, California (2010).
--Director of the social documentaries: “Pan y Tizas, La educación en decadencia” and “Swallows… a necessary flight” (Documentaries Available Here) in "El Puente", which is a research team from the National University of Argentina, Villa Maria and was funded by the National Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Argentina. Together with the premiers of the films, I coordinated debates about indigenous decolonize thought and politics throughout Latin America (2004-2009).
--President of the Student Welfare Committee in the Student Federation of Villa Maria (2007).
--President of the Public Relation Committee from the District 4870 of Rotaract, Rotary International (2005).
--Treasurer of Rataract Karmi, Rotary International, 2004 to 2005.
--Founding President of Rotaract Karmi, Rotary International, 2003 to 2004.​
 

Professional Memberships

--International Studies Association
--European International Studies Association 
--American Political Science Association 
--Latin American Studies Association
--Association for Political Theory
--Pi Sigma Alpha – The National Political Science Honor Society

In the News

--“Indigenous Student Union invites Taíno speakers as QU grapples with colonial legacies.” Newspaper article, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, March 1st, 2022. (Website available Here)
--“Power and Politics.” Interview, News 12 of Ct., January 30th, 2022 (Website Available Here). 

--“President Biden addressing the United Nations General Assembly.” Interview, WTIC-AM of Hartford, September 21st, 2021 (Website Available Here).

--“Amplifying BIPOC voices: It’s time to diversify your reading list.” Interview, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, September 22nd, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“Quinnipiac University Prof. Marcos Scauso Writes New Book.” The Patch, August 6th, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“An intersectional read: Political science professor combines years of research and experience into a new book.” The Quinnipiac Chronicle, August 18, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“Quinnipiac University professor publishes new book.” Fairfield Citizen, September 1st, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“Quinnipiac University professor publishes new book.” Westport News, September 1st, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“Quinnipiac University professor publishes new book.” The New Haven Register, September 1st, 2020. (Website Available Here)

--“News 8 sits down with a local political science professor to talk about tensions in the Middle East.” Interview, News 8, WTNH, January 6, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“Local senators, academics sound off on escalating tensions with Iran.” Interview, WTNH, January 3, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“CT Senators react to airstrike in Iran.” Interview, News 3, WFSB, January 3, 2020. (Website Available Here)
--“CT Lawmakers react to rising tensions with Iran.” Interview, NBCCT, January 3, 2020. (Website Available Here)

--“Was there a coup in Bolivia? After Evo Morales, what’s next?” Interview, America: the Jesuit Review, November 27, 2019. (Website Available Here)

--“Cómo Pensar la Cuestión Colonial,” interview, University of Villa María, Argentina, August 2017. (Website Available Here)

--“Pensar lo Indígena desde el Norte,” interview article published by “El Diario,” Villa María, June 2017. (Website Available Here)

​--“El Tractorazo en Villa María,” newspaper article published by “El Diario,” Villa María, June 2008.
--“Dependencia al fin…” newspaper article published by "El Diario," Villa María, December 2003.
--“La Utopía y el Sueño,” newspaper article published by “Cátedra Libre,” Villa María, December 2003.

Dissertation

Indianismo: Debating Conditions of Possibility for Multi-relational Coexistence

(Available Here) 

Dissertation Committee: Cecelia Lynch (Chair), Nicholas Onuf, Daniel Brunstetter, and Kevin Olson. (Defended May 18, 2018) 

How does Indianismo - an indigenous movement from the Andean region of Latin America - construct and discuss conditions of possibility for a reflexive form of multi-relational coexistence? Indianismo proceeded from political intellectual productions and Aymara religious notions practiced in the Andean region of Latin America, but its work has important implications at the global level. In order to analyze these discussions and implications, I study the historical process through which Indianismo developed from 1962 to 2017 by using archival research in Bolivia. The genealogical study of Indianista intellectual practices shows how the movement created a political form of decoloniality against different kinds of patriarchic, capitalist, racist, and anthropocentric colonialisms. According to Indianismo, these forms of colonialism, together with other hierarchicalizations potentially ignored, were not only imposed domestically in Bolivia, but also globally in international institutions such as the United Nations. Indianismo thus questioned these colonial legacies and it constructed a dynamic, reflexive, and multi-relational alternative of global coexistence. My dissertation thus analyzes the genealogical construction of Indianismo in order to unveil continuing legacies of colonialism and to explore decolonial alternatives that move beyond them..

 

References

Cecelia Lynch, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science
University of California Irvine
3151 Social Sciences Plaza A
Irvine, CA 92697
Office Phone (949) 824-2745
Website Link
clynch@uci.edu 

Daniel R. Brunstetter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Political Science
University of California Irvine
3151 Social Sciences Plaza A
Irvine, CA 92697
Office Phone (949) 824-9752
Website Link
dbrunste@uci.edu

Nicholas G. Onuf, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics & International Relations
Florida International University
SIPA Building, Room 410
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Website Link
onufn@fiu.edu

​​Rebecca Bamford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
School Of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
25 University Square
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
rebecca.bamford@gmail.com 

Hillary Haldane, Ph.D.
Professor, Anthropology
Quinnipiac University
275 Mount Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
Hillary.Haldane@quinnipiac.edu

 

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