{"id":309,"date":"2017-08-22T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/world-politics-2017\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2017-08-28T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T16:24:11","slug":"your-tas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/world-politics-2017\/your-tas\/","title":{"rendered":"Your TAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are fortunate to have terrific TAs for this course. \u00a0Here’s some info about each of them.<\/p>\n

Mary A. Shiraef<\/strong> is a Ph.D. student in political theory and comparative politics.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u200bHer current \u200bwork aims to address how dialogue and education around political conflicts can be structured in search of violence-free solutions and pursuit of a common good.\u200b She is completing ongoing field research in Greece, exploring both its external and internal crises and has published a short piece on the recent rise of the neo-fascist political party in Greece called Golden Dawn<\/a>. Mary has a Master\u2019s degree from the University of St Andrews where she wrote on\u00a0the German philosopher \u200bHans-Georg Gadamer. Following the completion of her B.A. in Political Science from Emory University, she taught History, Politics and Literature to Indian high school students at a boarding school near Bangalore called Shanti Bhavan. Shanti Bhavan is designed to lift children born into the Dalits<\/em>\u00a0caste out of poverty by providing a high-quality liberal arts-style education and was recently featured in the Netflix docuseries called Daughters of Destiny<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Mary is not reading about politics and philosophy, she is playing rec volleyball at Notre Dame, raising money for She\u2019s the First<\/a>, or thinking about updating one of her travel-study blogs (here\u2019s one on Europe<\/a>, one on India<\/a> and one on studying dangerous ideas in college<\/a><\/p>\n

OFFICE HOURS: \u00a0Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0are\u00a02:00-3:30<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span>,\u00a03:30-5:00 \u00a0(the Nanovic Institute Enclave), and by appointment (if you can’t make the regular office hours)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact info: \u00a0mshiraef@nd.edu<\/p>\n

Emma Rosenberg\u00a0<\/strong>is a Ph.D. student in comparative politics.\"\"<\/p>\n

I am a second year Comparativist and I study religion and politics. I am especially interested in questions of integration and civic engagement between religious minorities and local government in Western Europe. Prior to Notre Dame, I worked in Chicago politics and for the City of Chicago. I love to cook and travel, and combine the two by extensively researching bakeries in every new city I visit!<\/p>\n

OFFICE HOURS: \u00a0Wednesday from\u00a010:30am-12pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and Thursdays from\u00a02:30pm-4:00pm, Nanovic Institute Enclave, and by appointment (if you can’t make the regular office hours)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact info:<\/p>\n

erosenbe@nd.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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