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Mai'a Cross

Assistant Professor of International Relations

Contact Information
E-mail: mkcross@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-8982
Office: VKC 330
Office Hours: Tuesdays : 12-2pm

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Curriculum Vitae
 

Biographical Sketch
Dr. Mai’a K. Davis Cross researches issues of European integration, security, foreign policy, diplomacy, and public diplomacy. Her most recent book is "Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks are Transforming the European Union" (University of Michigan Press, 2011). This book examines how epistemic communities of diplomats, military officials, scientists, and crisis management experts in Europe promote EU security integration. She is also the author of a previous book, "The European Diplomatic Corps: Diplomats and International Cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), which takes a comparative historical perspective on epistemic communities of diplomats in Europe. Her current research includes a book project with the working title, "The Politics of Crisis in Europe," and another entitled, "European Public Diplomacy: Soft Power at Work." Professor Cross holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University, and a bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard University. In 2009, she was a Fulbright fellow as well as a visiting fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies.
 

Education
A.B. Government, Harvard University, 5/1999
M.A. Politics, Princeton University, 5/2002
Ph.D. Politics, Princeton University, 5/2005
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate University, 07/01/2005-06/30/2008  
 

Visiting and Temporary Appointments
Visiting Fellow (pre-doctoral), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po), 2002-2003   
 

PostDoctoral Appointments
Visiting Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Spring 2009   
Regional Visiting Fellow, Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, 2006-2008  
 

Description of Research

Research Keywords
European Union, epistemic communities, diplomacy, public diplomacy, European security & cooperation (CFSP/CSDP), integration, transnational networks, smart power
 

Publications

Book
Cross, M. K. (2011). Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks are Transforming the European Union. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Link to Book
Cross, M. K. (2007). The European Diplomatic Corps: Diplomats and International Cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Link to Book
 

Book Chapter
Cross, M. K. (2011). "All talk and no action," in Culture Report: Europe's Foreign Cultural Relations. pp. 20-25. Stuttgart: European Union Network of Institutes of Culture. Link to Book
Cross, M. K. (2011). "La coopération par comité. Le Comité militaire de l'UE et le Comité pour la gestion civile des crises," in L'Europe et sa Defense, edited by Grégory Boutherin et Emmanuel Goffi. Paris: éditions Choiseul (originally published in English by the EU Institute for Security Studies). Link to Book
Cross, M. K. (2010). "Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union," in Sustainable Diplomacies, edited by Costas M. Constantinou and James Der Derian. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Link to Book
Cross, M. K. (2008). "A European Epistemic Community of Diplomats," in The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society, edited by Paul Sharp and Geoffrey Wiseman. pp. 221-245. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Link to Book
 

Journal Article
Cross, M. K. (2012). Identity Politics and European Integration (review article). Comparative Politics. Vol. 44 (2), pp. 229-246. Link to Article
Cross, M. K. (2011). Building A European Diplomacy: Recruitment and Training to the EEAS. European Foreign Affairs Review. Vol. 16 (4), pp. 447-464. Link to article
Cross, M. K. (2011). Europe, A Smart Power?. International Politics. Vol. 48 (6), pp. 691-706. Link to Article
Cross, M. K. (2011). Rethinking Epistemic Communities Twenty Years Later. Review of International Studies (forthcoming). Link to Journal
Cross, M. K. (2010). Cooperation by Committee: The EU Military Committee and Committee for Civilian Crisis Management. EU Institute for Security Studies, Occasional Paper Series. Vol. 82 (82), pp. 1-39 (also published in French, see above). Link to Article
Cross, M. K. (2007). An EU Homeland Security? Sovereignty vs. Supranational Order. European Security. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 79-97. Link to Article
 

Advisement

Office Hours
Tuesdays : 12-2pm, Or by appointment
 

New Courses Developed
International Relations: Introductory Analysis, School of International Relations, IR 210, Fall 2011   
European Foreign and Security Policy (graduate level), School of International Relations, IR 599, Spring 2011   
European Foreign Policy & Security Issues (undergraduate level), School of International Relations, IR 385, Fall 2010   
Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power, Master's Program in Public Diplomacy, PUBD 522, Spring 2010   
Regional Public Diplomacy: Europe, Master's Program in Public Diplomacy, PUBD 520, Fall 2008   
 

Honors and Awards
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC Parents Association Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2010-2011   
Fulbright Award, EU Affairs Research Program, Spring 2009   
 
 
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