{"id":55,"date":"2021-08-13T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2021-09-15T17:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T21:32:37","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">JAIMIE BLECK&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;2130C Jenkins-Nanovic Hall&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Notre Dame, IN 46556&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;jbleck@nd.edu&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>EDUCATION&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2011 PhD, Government, Cornell University&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 MA, Government, Cornell University&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003 BA, Political Science, University of Chicago&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>ACADEMIC POSITIONS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2018-Present Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011- 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016-Present Senior Research Advisor, Ford Program for Integral Human Development&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>PUBLISHED BOOKS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/sample-page\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electoral Politics in Africa, 1990-2015: Continuity in Change<\/a> , with Nicolas van de Walle. Cambridge: <em>Cambridge University Press.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviewed in <em>Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post\u2019s <\/em>Monkey Cage Blog, <em>African Studies Review&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/sample-page\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali<\/a> . Baltimore: <em>Johns Hopkins University Press<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finalist for <em>African Politics Conference Group Book of the Year&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviewed in <em>Foreign Affairs, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal on Education in Emergencies, Political Studies Review, the Journal of Global South Studies, Teachers College Record, <\/em>and the <em>Comparative Education Review&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2021. \u201cSocial Interaction and Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Improved Cookstoves in Mali,\u201d with Jacopo Bonan, Pietro Battiston, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Stefano Pareglio, Bassirou Sarr, and Massimo Tavoni. <em>World Development, <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X21000796?casa_token=gCHpFzgVtzkAAAAA:14bPDvP2eI7Exd_CMsjcQXDdDgGyn7YddNhI45c8VsVC07TZWmgNuXsC8zsFtIoxZperxgNdKA\" target=\"_blank\">Forthcoming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021. \u201cService Provision, Citizenship and Governance: Exploring the Role of Islam in Mali,\u201d with Alexander Thurston. <em>The Oxford Handbook on Politics in Muslim Societies<\/em>. Eds. Melani Cammett and Pauline Luong Jones. Oxford: Oxford University Press.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021. \u201cWhat Stymies Action on Climate Change? Religious Institutions, Marginalization, and Efficacy in Kenya\u201d with Amy Erica Smith and Lauren Honig, <em>Perspectives on Politics<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/perspectives-on-politics\/article\/what-stymies-action-on-climate-change-religious-institutions-marginalization-and-efficacy-in-kenya\/F41410303596DDE2F718422F7A51BD7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forthcoming<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020. \u201cMigration Aspirations from a Youth Perspective: Focus Groups with Returnees and Youth in Mali,\u201d with Ali Lodermeier. <em>Journal of Modern African Studies<\/em>, 58 (4): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-modern-african-studies\/article\/abs\/migration-aspirations-from-a-youth-perspective-focus-groups-with-returnees-and-youth-in-mali\/258DED7244231514D341B788CB5FBFA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">551-577<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020. \u201cWho leads? Village Development Committees and Local Governance in Southern Malawi,\u201d with Emily Maiden and Danice Guzman. <em>Governance: <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/gove.12544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/gove.12544&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020. &#8220;Challenges of Research in a Conflict Environment: Experiences in Northern and Central Mali,&#8221; with Boukary Sangare.&nbsp; In Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention: A Guide to Research in Violent and Closed Contexts. Eds, Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Boas.&nbsp; Bristol: <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=1z_pDwAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA113&amp;dq=bleck+sangare&amp;ots=Dpx7GP8gt2&amp;sig=43rtQGdF-5vewIDE4FyPvFZu0Q0#v=onepage&amp;q=bleck%20sangare&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">Bristol University Press<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019. \u201cChange and Continuity in African Electoral Politics since Multipartyism,\u201d with Nicolas van de Walle. <em>Encyclopedia of African Politics. <\/em>Ed. Nicolas Cheeseman. Oxford: <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordre.com\/politics\/view\/10.1093\/acrefore\/9780190228637.001.0001\/acrefore-9780190228637-e-741\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford University Press<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018. &#8220;Making North\u2013South Research Collaborations Work,&#8221; with Chipo Dendere and Boukary Sangar\u00e9. <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/em> 51.3 (2018): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/docview\/2057793714?fromopenview=true&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar\" target=\"_blank\">554-558<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018. &#8220;Is Women\u2019s Empowerment Associated with Political Knowledge and Opinions? Evidence from Rural Mali,&#8221; with Kristin Michelitch. <em>World Development<\/em> 106: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X18300160?casa_token=OcYvjvHdbk0AAAAA:syNlZX6_Vhc1kNF4BsGtsD19EyMwEkaiT8UeHqY2BcQCocMMPuMV_SUZ16AwlL9laekPrT5_rQ\" target=\"_blank\">299-323<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018. \u201cWeak States and Uneven Pluralism: Lessons from Mali and Kyrgyzstan,\u201d with Igor Logvinenko.&nbsp; <em>Democratization<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>(5), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/13510347.2017.1422245?casa_token=itOAMgswK1sAAAAA:nrX1HivOQjcr43e16GPUnKF945CdXO70uGvqu0iPEo1pc11DVSYq6tNJxubKLjKlr7AbxLPAQhJK\" target=\"_blank\">804-823<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017. \u201cCapturing the Airwaves, Capturing the Nation?&nbsp; A Field Experiment on State-Run Media Effects in the Wake of a Coup,\u201d with Kristin Michelitch.&nbsp; <em>Journal of Politics, <\/em>79 (3): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1086\/690616?casa_token=0ewaDvLtzNIAAAAA:Zppv4C17gOHkJRcZUWURMpGM5s5rbGeRfzYkZoTy0mLKfKDRCMgbiKetooQnvqM2Av-Z2FFOdRs\" target=\"_blank\">873-889<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016. \u201cThe Malian Crisis and the Lingering Problem of Good Governance,\u201d with Abdoulaye Dembele, and Sidiki Guindo. <em>Stability<\/em>: <em>International Journal of Security &amp; Development<\/em>, 5 (1): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stabilityjournal.org\/articles\/10.5334\/sta.457\/\" target=\"_blank\">1\u201318<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. \u201cThe 2012 Crisis in Mali: Ongoing Empirical State Failure,\u201d with Kristin Michelitch. <em>African Affairs, <\/em>114 (457): 598-623.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. \u201cIslamic Schooling in Malian Democracy: Disaggregating Parents\u2019 Political Behavior.\u201d <em>Journal of Modern African Studies. <\/em>51 (3): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/watermark.silverchair.com\/adv038.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAuEwggLdBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggLOMIICygIBADCCAsMGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMI7ZsweQ8rMbXLWRaAgEQgIIClNQXtcmbBX_hr1SK7l90ZP22ZD9_tWhmSye4Y6o21yyq58dBRh-zGvONShu6MvqBwNlN6zWsLYC6SIGdLZ79F2LWqgotcviclke-zU-cJXZxl4t56KNSCeUHL2qt51FvUzxodAGvyOomymEeCeLf331WXQeo0Sy2Jie5cIxD-nbibQcXUTf7rg-GKJ-3FNy9sZewWa4e6nl-zOBBWzU7_d41GnQ4XsRlBUxfjHSwm71GeowvZFnaMgjpIkhVjoD3kMhCM6xY7gzIGILMqCr6roOyAlcCfobl-hTA7c2OOpsjPG63_S2r7F0oGa6hkBitMi5HkMSBOYV3F68YJyIjPXTNnowtSpElGJrCOLtgLjxpEgEPlLnuoRAFnLe4cyoHS9WGs_J8JpzdVu3lF_kyjtBEkr0yFDpemponxkjcYtfIJnZnRZw0uSGy3VqSGdB9YpacUawlb-KHKKlHfvxzvWm4cLMRC7_-h5yT-SIPkAsZWISQzQTRpqreC5kpa8yMJxA2P7vd-yVeNARL2X3JdLvZFZzLdf1kf5s3T_waQjXPtaHzxtiupEhoedcmzNvudYcPqOV6ltOXX2iqSf-7ruXpefdU9xOkaSPLqNrwSsd2zYmn66GaU9JPcL5NTsQovqw2RQpIlu_DEWFg1T-2GMbZUCSzHZCo-1j98LjDKxThvuONUsIXf-vCq3F5lKH2YLygqVbFjoAjnFZcLFmQKC5ONH0ZWBEXMlH7Yw00m-dAD-zbnlM5zjy6fnIuF202n3ToFZXsuOO9d2B9Q5As_e01cT4cp9ZbelyZ9PSVBj6LLFhxfiuJAG05lNJhXPzTwA3oYZKupJkhNbTr92F9VgsCe1ubAIHYTpXwhupLr_wkH5xBOA\" target=\"_blank\">377-408<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. \u201cValence Issues in African Elections: Navigating Uncertainty and the Weight of the Past,\u201d with Nicolas van de Walle. <em>Comparative Political Studies<\/em>.<em> <\/em>46 (11): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0010414012453448?casa_token=X3w4m_xIhc8AAAAA:JiaOPpG1dr5oZTOJFXDUsJQnxmzrID5cLTwKNsaHgm3x6YPS9qFnik44f0AEIM1Jp0mtYjPydt1L\" target=\"_blank\">1394\u20131421<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. \u201cEducation for All? Education for Whom? Education for What?\u201d<em> <\/em>with Mody Bouboucar Guindo. <em>Development in Practice,<\/em> 23 (8): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/09614524.2013.839983?casa_token=R4F3OrIHDg8AAAAA:WXsUydD-UnOZjNJqyshCMzuKFB_08dChUARQt5RASWj9U1xuwZ5ABVDnulVbgQnmwaUvCVwe_4Q3\" target=\"_blank\">1004\u20131017<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;2011. \u201cParties and Issues in Francophone West Africa: Towards a Theory of Non-Mobilization,\u201d with Nicolas van de Walle. <em>Democratization<\/em>. 18 (5): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/13510347.2011.603473?casa_token=gllRZAxMvbgAAAAA:tRri-W-0mGyfMkdIb-wBXEAqUPocb_6d3vsAuNuJMIFbJ4CAWadBPkZwDdoXOv1QDtuLuiiKrrpQ\" target=\"_blank\">1125-1145<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>HONORS\/FELLOWSHIPS\/AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2014-2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award in African Politics 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Houston I. Flournoy Graduate Fellow&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>APSA Africa Workshop Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boren Fellow, National Security Education Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cornell Peace Studies Fellow, Institute for Social Science Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">GRANTS <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Office of Research Grant and Kellogg Institute Grant ($20,000) for Study of Governance, Accountability, and Civil Society in Mali<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLA Grant for Citizenship and Secondary Education in Kenya ($10,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth Futures in the Sahel Conference Grant ($10,000), Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Catholic Relief Services: Youth and Electoral Violence in Ghana ($140,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kellogg Institute: Youth and Migration in Mali and Spain ($9,900)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Provost\u2019s Insider Project, University of Notre Dame ($15,000)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Notre Dame Keough School Goal 16 Grant ($5,000)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Notre Dame Kellogg Institute Research Grant ($8,143)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Notre Dame ISLA Subvention Grant ($5,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USAID DRG Innovation Grant ($90,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notre Dame Kellogg Institute Research Grant ($19,860)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Notre Dame Kellogg Institute Research Grant ($9,880)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>National Science Foundation Seed Grant ($24,999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spencer Foundation Research Grant ($39,999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention 2011 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics ($500)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USAID contribution of equipment for Good Morning Timbuktu Research Project ($4,500)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLA Large Biennial Grant ($8,375.00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLA Small Research Grant ($2,500)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Notre Dame Kellogg Institute Research Grant ($9992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLA Small Research Grant ($2,500) APSA Study of Women and Politics Research Grant ($1,114)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>LaFeber Grant for Co-authored Paper with Nicolas van de Walle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Cornell Einaudi Institute Summer Travel Grant&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cornell Graduate School Travel Grant&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>APSA Africa Workshop Fellow Research Grant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>LaFeber Grant for Africa and Central Asia Conference<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>2007<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Contentious Politics Pre-Dissertation Research Grant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>POLICY-ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2020. \u201cMali\u2019s Persistent and Fragile Democracy,\u201d with Marc-Andre Boisvert and Boukary Sangare. <em>American Political Science Association Newsletter<\/em>, Fall 2020, \u201cAutocracy and Democracy,\u201d Eds. Hanisah Binte Abduallah Sani, Pauline Luong Jones, and Dan Slater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018.<em> \u201cI Joined to Save my People:<\/em>&nbsp;Children and Non-State Armed Groups in Mali,\u201d with Marc-Andre Boisvert and Boukary Sangare, Cradled by Conflict: Child Involvement with Armed Groups in Contemporary Conflict.<em> <\/em>Eds. Siobhan O\u2019Neil and Kato Van Broeckhoven. <em>United Nations University.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. \u201cThis is what citizens say is needed to end Mali\u2019s insecurity,\u201d with Sidiki Guindo and Abdoulaye Dembele. Washington Post, <em>Monkey Cage Blog, <\/em>November 27, 2015.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. \u201cCan Indigenous Associations Foster Trust, Tolerance, and Public Goods? Exploring the Role of Grins in Rebuilding Civil Society and Democracy in Post-Conflict Mali.\u201d with Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Jacopo Bonan, and Bassirou Sarr.&nbsp; USAID Democracy Fellows and Grants Program Final Report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. \u201cMali: The Mali Crisis,\u201d In Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts. Ed. Joseph R Rudolph. Santa Barbara: ABC LIO Greenwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015. \u201cOn the primacy of weak public service provision in rural Africa: Malians redefine \u2018state breakdown\u2019 amidst 2012 political crisis \u201d with Kristin Michelitch. Afrobarometer Working Paper Series 155, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrobarometer.org\/\">www.afrobarometer.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. \u201cVoices from Fragile States: The Resilient Problem of Human Development.\u201d with Kristin Michelitch. UN University World Institute for Development Economics Research: <em>WIDER ANGLE MARCH 2013. (Another version appeared on the Monkey Cage Political Science Blog)<\/em><br>2012. \u201cMali,\u201d In<em> Analysis of Democratic Governance: Countries in the Crossroads 2011,<\/em> Ed. Jake Dizard, Freedom House: 383-404.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>BOOK REVIEWS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2019. Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa. The Logic of the Coup-Civil War Trap.&nbsp; By Philip Roessler. <em>African Studies Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018. Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa. By Dominika Koter. <em>Canadian Journal of African Studies:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00083968.2018.1558730\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00083968.2018.1558730<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016. Bargaining for Women\u2019s Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy by Alice Kang. <em>International Feminist Journal<\/em>. 18 (3), pp. 511\u2013512.<br>2013. Multi-ethnic Coalitions in Africa: Business Financing of Opposition Election Campaigns by Leonardo Arriola. <em>Journal of Modern African Studies <\/em>51 (3): 533-534.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>WORKING PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPersonality, Community, and Politics Assessing the Five Factor Model in a Collectivist Setting,\u201d with Paul Friesen and Kevin Fridy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDrinking Tea with the Neighbors: Social Capital and Social Trust in Mali,\u201d with Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, and Bassirou Sarr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYouth in West and Central Africa: Quests for Inclusion and the Future of Governance,\u201d with Trevor Lwere and Boukary Sangare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan Student Body Diversity Foster Inter-ethnic and Inter-religious Trust and Tolerance?\u201d with Robert Dowd, Danice Guzman, Jackie Oluoch-Aridi, and John Mugo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYouth Patterns of Political Attitudes and Engagement: Lessons from Northern Ghana,\u201d with Kevin Fridy and Paul Friesen&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cIndigenous Associations and Public Goods Provision: Experimental Evidence from Grins in Mali,\u201d with Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, and Bassirou Sarr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExploring the Rally Effect in a Weak States: Citizens\u2019 Attitudes Towards Leaders and Foreign Interveners in Mali,\u201d with Lauren Honig, Sidiki Guindo and Andrea Pena-Vasquez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDressing for Success: An Evaluation of a Local Governance Training and Uniform Distribution in Malawi,\u201d with Tushi Baul, Emily Maiden, Juan Valdez, and Boniface Dulani&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOut of Africa: Electoral failure and the future of political Islam in West Africa\u201d with David Siddhartha Patel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>PROFESSIONAL SERVICE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association, Women\u2019s Mentoring Workshop, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association, Comparative Politics Dissertation Prize, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association, Powell Prize for Outstanding Graduate Mentoring, Committee Member, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Science Foundation&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>African Politics Conference Group Book Award Committee Chair, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MPSA Section Chair, Politics of Developing Countries, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political Behavior, Editorial Board, 2018- Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MPSA Program Committee, Comparative Politics Poster Chair, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education Section Chair, African Studies Association, 2012&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>African Politics Conference Group Best Article Committee 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviewer: British Journal of Political Science, The Canadian Journal of African Studies, Lynne Rienner Press, World Development, National Science Foundation, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, the Journal of Modern African Studies, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, World Politics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>UNIVERSITY SERVICE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty Athletic Board, 2017- Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kellogg Faculty Advisory Board, 2018 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ford Family Program Senior Research Advisor, 2016-Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience Advisory Council, 2021-Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Development Studies Minor Advisory Committee, 2011- Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDrinking Tea with the Neighbors: Informal Clubs, Social Trust, and Trustworthiness in Mali,\u201d University of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKeeping Faith with the Sahel: The Role of Religious Leaders in Justice &amp; Peace in the Sahel,\u201d CRS and USAID Panel, March 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocratic Survival in the Muslim World: Mali,\u201d University of Michigan, September 2020&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIslam and Politics in Mali,\u201d Pomona College, March 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSocial Clubs as Social Capital?\u201d University of Milan, October 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSocial Clubs as Social Capital?&nbsp; Exploring Trust and Tolerance in Mali,\u201d with Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, and Bassirou Sarr, Northwestern Conference on the Sahel, May 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invited Mali Briefings: African Symposium 2020, Institute for Defense Analysis, March 2020; Mali Briefing, November 2018; George Arnold Symposium for Education, Conflict, and the State, the New School, October 2015; Governance and Security in the Sahelian States Roundtable, July 2014; Johns Hopkins SAIS, April 2013; Institute for Defense Analysis, March 2013; USAID, April 2012; \u201cMalian Elections Roundtable,\u201d Columbia University Institute for African Studies, April 2012; The World Bank, May 2012; The State Department, October 2011 and October 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Field Research Methods (Grad, Undergrad)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Globalization in Africa (Undergrad)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democracy and Citizenship in Africa (Undergrad)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education, Citizenship, and Democracy (Undergrad)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>African Elections (Undergrad)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>GRADUATE THESIS ADVISING<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Pe\u00f1a-Vasquez (Co-Chair)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Friesen (Co-Chair)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shana Scogin (Co-Chair)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Maiden (Co-chair), 2019 PhD, Assistant Professor University of Northern Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>UNDERGRADUATE THESIS ADVISING<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2012: Adam Cowden, Selected for Gates Cambridge Scholarship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013: Tara Lucian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014: Will Miller and Robert \u201cBeau\u201d Dolan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016: Meghan Gallagher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019: Nicole Waddick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021: Patrick McCabe, Selected as Truman Scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>LANGUAGES<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French &#8211; Highly Proficient; Bamana \u2013 Proficient; Portuguese \u2013 Beginner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>RESEARCH SKILLS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer: Stata, Excel, Powerpoint, LaTex, Causal Map Ap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>AFRICA COUNTRY EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Angola, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa, South Sudan, and Uganda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/BleckCVJune2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Downloadable PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/files\/2021\/08\/WaxPrint.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAIMIE BLECK&nbsp; &nbsp;2130C Jenkins-Nanovic Hall&nbsp;&nbsp;Notre Dame, IN 46556&nbsp; &nbsp;jbleck@nd.edu&nbsp; EDUCATION&nbsp; 2011 PhD, Government, Cornell University&nbsp; 2008 MA, Government, Cornell University&nbsp; 2003 BA, Political Science, University of Chicago&nbsp; ACADEMIC POSITIONS&nbsp; 2018-Present Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame&nbsp; 2011- 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame&nbsp; 2016-Present Senior Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3364,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jaimie-bleck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}