Curriculum Vitae

Ivy Orr Hamerly

Curriculum Vitae

 

Department of Political Science

Baylor University

One Bear Place #97276

Waco, TX 76798

Office: (254) 710-6576

E-mail: Ivy_Hamerly@baylor.edu

About

Employment:

Undergraduate Program Director for International Studies, Baylor University, 2015-present

Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Baylor University, 2012-Present

Associate Director of International Studies, Baylor University, 2010-2014

Regular Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Baylor University, 2010-2012

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Baylor University, 2007-2010

Temporary Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Baylor University, 2005-2007

 

Education:

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2007

M.A. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2002

B.A. in Political Science, Wheaton College, May 2000

Goethe Institute Summer School, Murnau, Germany, Summer 2002

Current Research Interests:

Climate change adaptation in democracies

Urbanization, Water, and Food Security in authoritarian vs. democratic regimes

Welfare institutions for post-industrial economies

Legislatures in Western Europe

 

Peer Reviewed Publications:

William A. Booth, Greg Hamerly, David Sturgill, Ivy Hamerly and Todd Buras. 2013. “Computational Thinking: Building a Model Curriculum.” ACET Journal of Computer Education and Research, Volume 8.

Ivy Hamerly. 2012. “Christian Democratic Parties: From Religious Norms to Institutional Design in Domestic Parliamentary Oversight of European Union Affairs.” Journal of Church and State. Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 214-239.  doi: 10.1093/jcs/csr062

Ivy Hamerly and Jerold Waltman. 2009. “Congressional Voting on Religious Issues: The Case of the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999.” Journal of Church and State. Vol. 51, No. 3. doi: 10.1093/jcs/csp094

 

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications:

Ivy Hamerly. 2018. “Sweden: Finding Balance in the Peoples’ Home.” in Comparative Politics textbook published by McGraw Hill.

Ivy Hamerly. 2010. “Book Review: West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. By Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornschier, and Timotheos Frey. (Cambridge University Press, 2008.)” The Journal of Politics, Volume 72, Issue 01, January 2010, pp 259-260 doi:10.1017/S0022381609990624

Selected Conference Papers:

Catherine L. Booth and Ivy Hamerly. “Democratization through Depoliticization: Bureaucratic Authoritarian Regimes and Their Path to Democracy.” Annual Meeting of the Christians in Political Science Association. Waco TX, June 10, 2016

Ivy Orr Hamerly, “Parliamentary Heterogeneity and Oversight of the European Union.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Boston, MA, USA, August 2008

Ivy Orr Hamerly, “A Matter of Timing: National Legislatures and the Oversight of the European Union.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, August 2007

Ivy Orr Hamerly, “Contested Sovereignty: From Religious Norms to Institutional Design in Parliamentary Oversight of European Union Affairs.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, September 2005

Ivy Orr Hamerly, “The German System of Oversight: A Case Study.” Presented at the conference “National Parliaments and the European Union: Issues of Oversight and Scrutiny” at the University of Limerick, Ireland, May 2004

Ivy Orr, “Competing Agents in Parliamentary Oversight of the European Union: National Governments and European Affairs Committees.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, August 2003

Ivy Orr and Laura Wimberly, “Devolution as Evolution: Northern Ireland and the European Union.” Presented at the European Union Studies Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 2003

 

Selected Presentations:

Ivy Hamerly, “Woman in Russia: First Feminist Samizdat.” 50th Anniversary of the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society, Baylor University, October 15, 2019.

Ivy Hamerly, “A Societal Perspective on Urbanization, Water, and Food Security.” Together at the Table: Hunger & Poverty Summit, Baylor University, October 3, 2019.

Ivy Hamerly, “Lillian Gilbreth,” Boundary Breaking Women’s Panel, Baylor University, September 13, 2018

Ivy Hamerly, “Using archival research to enhance teaching and learning in Comparative Politics.” Presented for the Library Teaching Fellows at the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society, February 7, 2017.

Ivy Hamerly, “Indivisible and Interdependent: Three Generations of Human Rights.” Presented at the Baylor Libraries Symposium, Waco, TX, September 28-29, 2016

Ivy Hamerly, “Teaching Students How to Participate Using Suspense.” Seminar on Excellence in Teaching (SET), Center for Teaching and Learning, Baylor University, April 8, 2015

Research Experience:

Post-dissertation Field Research in Denmark, Summer 2007

Dissertation Field Research in Ireland, Belgium, and Germany, 2003 –2004.

Pre-dissertation Field Research in Sweden and Austria, Summer 2001

Other Research Activities:

2007-2012. Developing and maintaining a database with data on parliamentary oversight of European Affairs in the EU-27 countries, 1950 to 2010.

2003-2005 Research Assistant with the Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Program, The European Representative Democracy Data Archive, https://erdda.org/

Grants

Identifying Transdisciplinary Research Needs at the Nexus of Urbanization, Water Security and Food Safety (Investigators: Bryan Brooks, Corneliu Bolbocean, Julia Daniel, Jennifer Dickey, Eva Doyle, Tisha Emerson, Leigh Greathouse, Greg Hamerly, Ivy Hamerly, Scott James, Sanghoon Kang, Thad Scott, Rebecca Sheesley, Xin Wang). Sponsor: This is a project selected for seed funding from the Dean’s Office by the Grand Challenge committee of Arts & Sciences faculty. Award amount: $25,000. 2018.

Baylor URC Faculty Grant for field research in Denmark, 2007

Teaching Experience:

Baylor University:

  • PSC 3304: Comparative Politics
  • PSC 3324: World Political Systems
  • PSC 3375: Model United Nations
  • PSC 4354: Politics and Governments of Western Europe
  • PSC 4375: International Organizations
  • PSC 4396: International Studies Senior Seminar
  • PSC 5323: Research Design
  • PSC 5396: Teaching Political Science

Thesis director for undergraduate honors theses:

  • Claire Nevill. The ‘Why’ Behind the Policy Stalemate on Immigration in the United States. Honors Thesis. Completed April 2022.
  • John Ryan Isaacson. To Fear or Not to Fear? An Offensive Structural Realist and Institutionalist Examination of Germany. Honors Thesis. Completed May 2018. Passed with distinction (Outstanding). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/10230
  • Rebecca Hunziker. The European Union and State Development in Europe. University Scholar Honor Thesis.  Completed May 2017. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9955
  • Lauren Lamb. Police Corruption in India: Analysis and Advice Based on Similar Global Situations. Honors Thesis. Completed May 2016. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9728
  • Anuja Mohapatra. Out of Saffron Ashes: Revival of Hindutva in India. Honors Thesis. Completed May 2016. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9744
  • Virginia Gallardo. Immigration and the United Kingdom: An Analysis and Prediction. Honors Thesis. Completed May 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9703
  • Catherine Booth. Bureaucratic Authoritarian Regimes and Their Model of Democracy. Honors Thesis. Completed May 2016. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9677
  • April Fleming. Why the USA Should Have Universal Healthcare. University Scholar Honors Thesis. Competed May 2015. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9349
  • Ashlyn Royall. The 2014 Scottish #IndyRef: How Failure is Still Progress for Scottish Nat’lism. University Scholar Honors Thesis. Competed May 2015. Passed with distinction (Very Good). http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9424

Reader for undergraduate honors thesis:

  • Emma Wrona. April 2024.
  • Camryn Lutes. Diplomatic Theory Before and After the Cold War. (Third Reader). May 2022.
  • Katie Stepek. Does Electoral System Contribute to Party Polarization in European Democracies? Honors Thesis (Third Reader). April 2022.
  • Sarah Lanier. Refugee Education in America: Assessing the System, Identifying Issues, and Suggesting Solutions. Honors Thesis (Second Reader). May 2021.
  • Anne Louise Newton. An Evaluation of the Rise of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children and Technology: How the Past Three Decades Speak to Future. (Second Reader). December 2020.
  • Kendall Curtis. Populism in Latin America and Europe. University Scholar Thesis (Second Reader). May 2019.
  • Frank Pelosi. The Soviet Digital Frontier: A Study on the Digital Policy of Former Soviet States. University Scholar Thesis (Second Reader). May 2019.
  • Andres Cruz. The implications of ICT in surviving a Coup d’État. Honors Thesis (Third Reader). May 2019.
  • Anabel Burke. Refugees in Times of Reelection: An Analysis of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman’s Responses to Jewish Refugees During and After World War II. Honors Thesis (Third Reader). May 2017.
  • Laura Beth Hooper. Water, Power, and Gender: Interrogating Development in the Slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Outstanding thesis, Honors College (Second Reader). Completed May 2015.
  • Bill Dunker. The Khan Network. University Scholar (Third Reader). Completed May 2011.
  • Robert Hill. “The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another man”: Origins and Development of Cultural Militarism in Israeli Society and Politics. Outstanding thesis, Honors College (Second Reader). Completed Spring 2011.
  • Paige Tucker. German Immigration in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Honors Thesis (Third Reader). Completed May 2009.
  • Joel Joseph Vale, Jr. Born Or Raised?  Comparing American and French Birthright Citizenship Policy. Honors Thesis (Second Reader). Completed May 2009.
  • Star Tiko-Okoye. Immigration in Germany. Honors Thesis (Third Reader). Completed May 2008.

Research Presentations by Undergraduate Students I supervised:

2024

  • Nicholas Ayers. Russo-German Energy Cooperation and its Consequences. Presented at URSA Scholars Week, 2024.

2023

  • Emmy Barron. Japan and Terrorism: The Role of “Cosmic War.” Presented at URSA Scholars Week, 2023.
  • Titus Doughtry. Soldiers or Scientists: How a Regime Change in the Arctic Threatens Environmental Policy. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2023.
  • Isabella Elias. Isabella Elias. Causes of Terrorism During “The Troubles”: Northern Ireland 1970s-1990s. Presented at URSA Scholars Week, 2023.
  • Juan Keubke. The Ukrainian Revolution: The How and Why. Presented at URSA Scholars Week, 2023.

2022

  • Jace Bartz. The Holy See: An Institution Like No Other. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2022. Won an Outstanding Paper Award. Paper will be published in the conference journal. Also presented at URSA Scholars Week, 2022.

2021

  • Hyewon Song. Democratization in South Korea through the Societal and IR/geopolitics model. URSA Scholars Week, 2021. Won a 2021 Outstanding Presentation Award.
  • Gabriela Fernández Castillo. The How and the Why of New Zealand’s Development. URSA Scholars Week, 2021.

2020

  • Payton Forster. Mongolia’s Dependent Development. URSA Scholars Week, 2020.
  • Rory Pitts. Materialist and Postmaterialist Values and the 2016 Refugee Crisis: Germany and Greece. URSA Scholars Week, 2020. Won a 2020 URSA Platform Presentation Award.
  • Camille Rybacki Koch. The Causes of Democratic Deconsolidation: A Look at Hungary. URSA Scholars Week, 2020. Won a 2020 URSA Platform Presentation Award.

2019

  • Alan Romero. Venezuela’s Regime Change Towards Democracy. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Ashley Dyer. Ethnic Conflict in Myanmar: A Demographic and Institutional Analysis. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Audrey Crites. State Failure in Syria: Analyzing the Assad Regime. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Frederick Gillespie. Determining the Cause of Ethnic Conflict. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Katie Galgano. The Deterioration of Venezuelan State Capacity and How to Respond. URSA Scholars Week, 2019. Won a 2019 URSA Platform Presentation Award.
  • Mackensi Holt. ISIS: Motivations of the Islamic State. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Sarah Gendron. Syria’s Path To State Fragility. URSA Scholars Week, 2019.
  • Lauren McLane. Hungary for Freedom. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2019.
  • Clay Parham. Comparative Models in German Elections: Using the German Far-Right Party as a Proxy for Ethnic Conflict. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2019. Published in the conference journal.

2018

  • Lauren Barnes. The Significance of the Trends Shown in The Austrian Party System During the 1990s. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2018. Also presented at URSA Scholar’s Week 2018.
  • Hannah Byrd. The Rise in Negative Sentiment Against Immigrants in Germany: Economic Concerns or Something More? Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2018. Published in the conference journal. Also presented at URSA Scholar’s Week 2018.
  • Kendall Curtis. Immigration: It’s the European Union’s Problem. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2018.
  • John Ryan Isaacson. Popular or not so Popular? Offensive Structural Realist and Institutionalist Predictions of German Neighbors in Regards to German Power. Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2018. Also presented at URSA Scholar’s Week 2018.
  • Megan Galvin. Modernization’s Relationship to Democratic Trends in Modern Turkey. URSA Scholar’s Week Presentation, 2018.
  • Andrew Patterson. Debunking the Twitter Revolution: A Rationalist Approach to the Arab Spring. URSA Scholar’s Week Presentation, 2018. Won a 2018 URSA Platform Presentation Award.

2017

  • Caroline Caywood. The Opportunity for Insurgency in the Sudanese Civil Conflicts. URSA Scholar’s Week, 2017. Won an Outstanding Presentation Award for Social Sciences Platform Presentations.
  • Taylor Demons. The Effect of Parental Leave on Fertility Rates. URSA Scholar’s Week, 2017. Won an Outstanding Presentation Award for Social Sciences Platform Presentations. Also presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2017.

2016

  • Rohit Ayyagari. Literacy and the Rejection of Communism in Taiwan. URSA Scholar’s Week Presentation, 2016.
  • Jessica Cox. The Other Side of the Fence (The Cyprus Conflict). Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2016. Also presented at URSA Scholar’s Week, 2016.
  • Ashley Luong. Storied Enemies of Afghanistan: An Examination of the Pashtun-Hazara Conflict. URSA Scholar’s Week Presentation, 2016.
  • Reed Stevens. The Future of the World: Turkey and the European Union. Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2016. Also presented at URSA Scholar’s Week, 2016.
  • Julia Wallace. Hispaniola: Disproving Acemoglu’s Institutional Theory of Economic Disparity. URSA Scholar’s Week Presentation, 2016.

2013

  • Laaron Backry. Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2013.

2010

  • Grant Sheehan. Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2010.

2009

  • Emily Ward, Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2009
  • Alex Blair, Presented at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, 2009

Undergraduate Students Publishing Research I Supervised:

Other teaching activities:

I was the subject of a case study on exemplary teachers. The study was called, “An Exemplary Educator:  Her Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavioral Characteristics” by Ryan G. Richardson, Azusa Pacific University. The case study was written based on classroom observation and a semi-structured interview with me. It was a chapter of his doctoral dissertation, 2011.

Taught Honors Colloquiums Fall 2007 and Fall 2008

Served as a discussant at the Undergraduate Conference on the European Union hosted by the European Union Center of California at Scripps College, Claremont, CA in 2018 and 2021.

Service to the Discipline:

Journal Manuscript Reviewer for American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Journal of Church and State and Legislative Studies Quarterly

Book Proposal Reviewer for Oxford University Press and W. W. Norton

Panel Discussant for American Political Science Association and Midwest Political Science Association

Service to the University:

University Curriculum Committee, 2022-2025

Provost Scholar Steering Committee, 2022

Faculty Advisor to the Sigma Iota Rho International Relations Honor Society, Baylor University, 2007-present

Social Sciences Advisor to the Data Research Administrative Team, August 2020 – May 2021

Steering Committee, Invitation to Excellence January Program, College Arts & Sciences, 2019-2020

Global Ethics Steering Committee, Baylor Ethics Initiative, 2019-2022

Planning committee, Library Symposium on Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, 2016

Academic Advising Council Implementation Task Force, Faculty Mentoring Team, 2013-2014

Faculty Advisor to the Model United Nations Team, Baylor University, 2005-2007

Awards and Honors:

Elizabeth Vardaman Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates, 2021

URSA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor 2019, Arts, Humanities, and Professional Disciplines, 2019

Baylor Ambassadors Faculty Award, 2019

Student Success Collaborative (SSC) Innovation Award, 2018

Library Teaching Fellowship, Baylor University, 2016

Pew Younger Scholars Graduate Fellowship (Pew Charitable Trusts), 2000-2001 and 2004-2005

Pre-dissertation Fellowship, Center for German and European Studies (CGES)/ Berkeley Institute of European Studies (IES), Summer 2001

Edmund G. Brown Sr. Fellowship (UCSD), 2000-2001

 

Foreign Languages:

Reading: French, Dutch, German

Professional Organizations:

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Christians in Political Science (CPS)

Women in Legislative Studies (WiLS)

International Studies Association (ISA)

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