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Resume on International Activities
Jim Peterson
Department of Political Science

Courses Taught with International Focus

POLS 2101 Introduction to Political Science
POLS 4410 American Foreign Policy
POLS 4420 Global Security Policy
POLS 4100 Capstone Seminar in Comparative Politics
POLS 4360 Politics of Post-Communism
POLS 6430 National Security Administration and Policy

Grant Experience
CUAP with USAID (U.S. State Department): Grant Writer and Manager
   1999-2003
   $125,000
   30 faculty exchanges between VSU and Palacký University
   in Olomouc, Czech Republic
   Collaboration in the areas of public administration and
   comparative public policy

ETACT Grant from the State of Georgia
   2000-01
   $4,000
   Matching funds for computer technology fund of $4,000
   in CUAP Grant with Palacký University in Olomouc,
   Czech Republic

Most Recent Publication
"Separate Paths: Czech and Slovak Foreign Policies since 1993," 2005. Slovakia Volume XXXVIII (Numbers 70-71), 121-145.

Editor
Czech and Slovak History Newsletter, fall and spring editions (30 pages each), 1988-present

Most Recent Conference Paper
"The Czech Republic and Europe: Loyalties in Conflict," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 5, 2005.

Languages Used in Research
Czech, German, Russian, Slovak