Mai'a Cross

Assistant Professor of International Relations

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

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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), which is the 2012 winner of the Best Book Prize from the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. 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). She has a forthcoming edited book entitled, “European Public Diplomacy: Soft Power at Work,” and is currently working on a new book project with the working title, "The Politics of Crisis in Europe."  She has also published numerous articles and book chapters. 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. She was the recipient of the 2011 USC Parents Association Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award.

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
    • Senior Visiting Fellow, Clingendael Institute of International Relations (the Hague), 2012-2013   
    • 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, integration, transnational networks, soft power, smart power, EU crises

    Publications


    Book
    • Cross, M. K., Melissen, J. (2012). European Public Diplomacy: Soft Power at Work (forthcoming in hardback and paperback 2013). (Mai'a K. Davis Cross and Jan Melissen, Ed.). Palgrave Series on Global Public Diplomacy. For further information click here
    • Cross, M. K. (2011). Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks are Transforming the European Union. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press (Awarded 2012 Best Book Prize in Contemporary European Studies; released in paperback March 2013). 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. (2012). "Epistemic Communities and the Transnational Network Approach to EU Diplomacy and Security Policy," in New Approaches to EU Foreign Policy, edited by Maciej Wilga and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski. London: Routledge (in press). Link to Book
    • 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). The Military Dimension of European Security: An Epistemic Community Approach (in press). Millennium. Link to journal
    • Cross, M. K. (2012). A European Transgovernmental Intelligence Network: The Role of IntCen (in press). Perspectives on European Politics and Society (special issue). Link to journal
    • Cross, M. K. (2012). Rethinking Epistemic Communities Twenty Years Later. Review of International Studies. Link to 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. (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

    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

    • American Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha Teaching Award, 2011-2012   
    • Best Book Prize in Contemporary European Studies for "Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-Based Networks are Transforming the European Union" (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011), 2011-2012   
    • 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   

    Service to the Profession


    Editorships and Editorial Boards
    • Editorial Board Member, Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy, 2012-2013   
    • Editorial Board Member, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 2012-2013   


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