1 CURRICULUM VITAE Sandra P. Borda M.A. International Relations, M.A. Political Science, Political Science PhD Candidate Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics Address: Departamento de Ciencia Politica Universidad de los Andes, Cra. 1 Este No. 18A-10, Bogota, Colombia Tel. +57 1 339 4949 ext. 3427, Fax. +57 1 339 4949 ext. 3202 E-mail: sborda@uniandes.edu.co EDUCATION Graduate Studies: PhD Candidate. Political Science Department. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. September 2004-Currently. PhD, First and second year. Political Science Department. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, U.S.A. September 2002-June 2004. M.A. Political Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. May 18, 2003. M.A. International Relations. Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. September 2000-December, 2001. One year Graduate Program in Negotiation and International Relations. Center for International Studies, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 1998. Undergraduate Studies: B.A. Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 1992-1997. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teaching Experience ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. January 2007 currently. (International Relations Area) INSTRUCTOR, Course on Global Governance, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Summer 2006. TEACHING ASSISTANT, Courses on US-Latin American Relations and Introduction to Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Spring 2006 and Fall 2005 (respectively). TEACHING ASSISTANT, Course on Introduction to International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, U.S.A. Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 and Summer 2004. CO-INSTRUCTOR, Course on "Foreign Policy Theories", M.A. Negotiation and International Relations, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2004. INSTRUCTOR, Course on "Contemporaneous Theories of International Relations", Department of Political Science, Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2004.
2 INSTRUCTOR, Course on "U.S. Foreign Policy", Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2003. INSTRUCTOR AND RESEARCHER, Department of Political Science, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. January-July, 2002. INSTRUCTOR, Course on International Relations Theories, Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. January-June, 2002. INSTRUCTOR, Course on Contemporaneous International Relations Theories M.A. International Relations. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, January-June, 2002. INSTRUCTOR, International Relations Theory Seminar for Instructors and Professors, Department of Political Science. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, June-July, 2002. INSTRUCTOR, Course on Colombian Foreign Policy. Diplomatic Academy, Colombian Ministry of Foreign Relations. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 2000-June, 2000. INSTRUCTOR, Courses on Methodology in Social Sciences and International Political Analysis. Department of Political Science. Universidad del Rosario. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1999- June, 2000. INSTRUCTOR, Course on US-Latin American Relations. Department of Political Science. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1999-June 2000. INSTRUCTOR, Course on Colombian Foreign Policy (for the undergraduate program in Political Science and for the graduate program in International Relations). Department of Political Science. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1999-June 2000. ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, Course on International Relations I. Department of Political Science. Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1998-June, 1998. ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, Course on Latin America and the World. Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1997-December, 1997. Research Experience MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project The Role of Human Rights International NGOs in the Colombian Conflict funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. January-June, 2008. MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project Colombian Foreign Policy during the Pastrana and the Uribe s administrations funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. January- December, 2008. MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project The Status of International Relations in Colombia, funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. October-December, 2007. PROJECT ASSISTANT, Project on the influence that the international system has on the role of relief agencies around the world. Main Researcher: Professor Michael Barnett. Hubert Humphrey Institute for Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Spring and Summer, 2005. PROJECT ASSISTANT, Project on the role of American political consultants on worldwide political campaigning. Main Researcher: Professor Michael Barnett. Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, U.S.A. Spring Semester, 2003. COORDINATOR AND MAIN RESEARCHER, COORDINATOR OF PUBLICATIONS, Center for Political and International Studies CEPI-. Universidad del Rosario. Bogotá, Colombia, September 21, 1998- June, 2000.
3 RESEARCHER, Research Project La Paz es Rentable (Peace is Profitable) International Chapter. Universidad de Los Andes, Center for International Studies. Bogotá, Colombia, April 15, 1997-January 1, 1998. REASEARCH ASSISTANT, Book Colombia y la OEA (Colombia and the OAS). Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Principal Reasercher: Alvaro Tirado. Independent Consultant. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1997-January, 1998. JUNIOR RESEARCHER, Colciencias-IEPRI Fellowship. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Institute for Political and International Studies IEPRI. International Area. Bogotá, Colombia, March 1, 1996-April 15, 1997. RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Research Project: The Non-Aligned Movement through the Colombian Perspective. Principal Researcher: Alvaro Tirado. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bogotá, Colombia, February15, 1995-August, 1995. REASERCH ASSISTANT OF THE DIRECTOR, Center for International Studies, Universidad de Los Andes. Director: Juan Tokatlian. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1994- February, 1995. Governmental and/or Administrative Experience ADVISOR IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY, Presidential Office for Foreign Affairs, Presidency of the Republic. President: Ernesto Samper Pizano. Bogotá, Colombia, January 2, 1998-August 31, 1998. ASSISTANT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, Commission for the Analysis and Recommendation on US-Colombian Relations. Commission Coordinator: Juan Tokatlian. Bogotá, Colombia, November, 1996-June, 1997. AWARDS AND HONORS Munk Centre, Center of Latin American Studies, Research Residence. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Canada. January 2007. CEPI-Ford Foundation Research Residence for fieldwork. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México D.F. August-December 2006. Tinker-Nave Summer Fellowship for fieldwork, LACIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer, 2003. Full-tuition scholarship for PhD studies, granted by the University of Minnesota. Fall Semester 2004-Currently. Full-tuition scholarship for PhD studies, granted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Fall Semester 2002-Spring Semester 2004. Honors Thesis: A Constructivist Approach to the US War on Drugs, M.A. Thesis, University of Chicago. December 2001. Advisor: Professor Alexander Wendt. Full-tuition scholarship for M.A. studies, granted by the University of Chicago. September 2000. Colombian Government, Colciencias-IEPRI Fellowship, Junior Researcher. March 1996- April 1997.
4 PUBLICATIONS Editorial Adviser, El Espectador Newspaper. Bogotá, Colombia. May 2008-currently. Política Exterior Colombiana y Conflicto. Las Apuestas de una Nueva Estrategia Internacional, en Revista Javeriana No. 744, Tomo 144, Mayo de 2008, Bogotá, Colombia. Pp. 16-23. La Internacionalización del Conflicto Armado después del 11 de Septiembre: La Ejecución de una Estrategia Diplomática Hábil o la Simple Ocurrencia de lo Inevitable?, en Colombia Internacional No. 65, Enero 2007-Junio 2007, Bogotá, Colombia. Pp. 66-89. Estados Unidos: Diplomacia de Un Imperio en Guerra in Semana, December 13, 2002. Una Aproximación Constructivista a la Guerra Estadounidense Contra las Drogas in Colombia Internacional, Bogotá, Colombia. No. 54, Enero-Abril 2002. La Política Exterior Colombiana Antidrogas o Cómo se Reproduce el Ritual Realista Desde el Tercer Mundo, in Marta Ardila et. al. (Editors), Prioridades y Desafíos de la Política Exterior Colombiana, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Hans Sidel Stiftung, Bogotá-Colombia, 2002. Pp. 283-311. Cumbre de las Américas, Drogas y Sociedad Civil: Hacia un Verdadero Esquema de Participación Hemisférico? (Summit of the Americas, Drugs and Civil Society: Towards a Real Framework of Hemispheric Participation?), DESAFíOS, Journal of the Center for Political and International Studies CEPI-, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá. No. 1, Second Semester, 2000. COLUMNIST-OpEd Section, Foreign Policy and International Relations. Colombian Newspaper El Espectador. September 1998-November 1999. Medios de Comunicación y Política Exterior: Una Aproximación Teórica (Mass media and foreign policy: a theoretical approach), DESAFíOS, Journal of the Center for Political and International Studies CEPI-, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá. No. 1, Second Semester, 1999. Medios de Comunicación y Política Exterior en Colombia (Mass Media and Foreign Policy in Colombia), Colombia Internacional, Journal of the Center of International Studies, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá. No. 38. April-June, 1997. CONFERENCES Presenter, Seminario Internacional: La Construcción Social de la Integración Regional, Qué le ofrece el constructivismo al análisis de la política exterior colombiana y el proceso de internacionalización del conflicto armado?, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Mayo 22 y 23 de 2008. Bogotá, Colombia. Presenter. International Studies Association ISA, "The Internationalization of Domestic Conflicts: The Case of Guatemala. Convention Theme Panel, San Francisco, California. March 26 th -March 29 th, 2008. Presenter. Segundo Ciclo de Conferencias Colombia: Reflexiones sobre el Conflicto y la Sociedad. Ponencia: La Internacionalización del Conflicto Armado Colombiano. Universidad Nacional de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia. February 22nd, 2008. Presenter. Ciclo de Paneles organizado por la Facultad de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad. Ponencia: La internacionalización de conflictos armados: una aproximación teórica. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Bogotá, Colombia. February 6th, 2008.
5 Presenter. Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict organized by Medios para la Paz, Programa Paz Cinep, Universidad Javeriana. Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. December 2nd, 2007. Presenter. Foro: Las Relaciones Colombia-Estados Unidos: Enfrentando la Encrucijada, (Colombian-U.S. Relations at the Crossroads). Organized by IEPRI and Foros Semana. Noviembre 15, 2007. Hemeroteca Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia. Presenter. Annual Meeting, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos de Relaciones Internacionales- CEERI, Panel: Nuevas tendencias internacionales y seguridad mundial (New Trends on International and World Security), Noviembre 14, 2007. Bogotá, Colombia. Presenter. Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict, M.A. on Petroleum Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga-Colombia, November 9-10, 2007. Presenter. International Studies Association ISA, "The Internationalization of Domestic Conflicts: Dialogues and/or Disagreements between Observers and Protagonists" Latin American IR Scholarship and the Authority of Practical Knowledge Panel, Chicago, Illinois. February 28 th -March 3 rd, 2007. Presenter. Universidad del Rosario, Constructivism and International Relations, Conferece: Constructivism and Social Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia. August 31, 2004. Presenter. Latin American Studies Association LASA, "A Constructivist Approach to the U.S. War on Drugs" Politics, Culture and International Relations Panel, Dallas, Texas. March 2003. Presenter. Workshop on Colombian Foreign Policy, FESCOL, El Problema de las Drogas en el Diseño de la Política Exterior Colombiana: Una Aproximación Conceptual. Bogotá, Colombia. Mayo, 2002. COURSES, SEMINARS AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Seminar: Democracy, Human Rights, and Peace in Colombia. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. March 26 and 27, 2001. Seminar: US-Colombian Relations in Perspective. Consejo Gremial Nacional, Fundación Empresaria and Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISOA). Tequendama Hotel, Bogotá, November 27, 1995. Seminar: Political Communication. Universidad de Los Andes, Political Science Department. Bogotá, Colombia, November, 1995. Seminar: The North American Vision of the Drug Trafficking Problem. Universidad de Los Andes, Center for International Studies and Asociacion Nacional de Industriales (ANDI). Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogotá, June 27 and 28, 1995. LANGUAGES Spanish Native language English High proficiency French Medium, high proficiency