Tamara Pavasovic
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Tamara Pavasovic received her B.A. in International Studies from Allegheny College in 2002. At Allegheny, she graduated after her junior year with the thesis “Ethnicity and Religion in Bosnia: Islamic Influence during the 1992-1995 War.” After college, she worked at the Institute of International Finance in Washington DC, before obtaining her M.A. degree in the Political Science department from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. At Syracuse, Tamara served as a teaching assistant for American Government and International Relations courses, as well as an instructor for Political Argument and Reasoning. During her education, Tamara has studied in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Russia, and traveled extensively through the Middle East. She also spent two summers interning at the National Center for Victims of Crime in DC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade. In her previous graduate work, Tamara was interested discursive analyses of the political dynamics of ethnic identity shaping and its utility in the post-Communist context. With this in mind, in “Reconstructing Ethnic Identity in Serbia: Ethno-Nationalist Socialization through Textbooks,” she examined how history textbooks impacted ethnicity transformation dynamics over time. This work was followed up by a generational analysis study, in which she examined whether the basic attitudes and worldviews Serbian individuals were socialized into during their formative years remained mostly constant throughout their lives and during the turmoil in the 1990s. At Harvard, she continues research in this field, mostly focusing on ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, and political socialization, focusing on the Balkan area. Her current research is on the ethnic distance in Serbian children, and she is working on two articles: Do Schools Make or Break Ethnic Stereotypes? The Primary Determinants of Ethnic Distance in Serbian Children , and her qualifying paper, The Complexity of Ethnic Stereotypes: A Study of Prejudice in Serbian Youth .
09/26/2008
- Research Interests
- Ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, political socialization, ethnic distance/stereotypes in children; Balkan area
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| SOC 167 | Visualizing Social Rights | Teaching Fellow |
| SOC 128 | Models of Social Science Research | Teaching Fellow |
| Soc 305 | Sociology Teaching Practicum | Co-Instructor |
| PSC 121 | Introduction to American Politics | Teaching Assistant |
| PSC 124 | Introduction to International Relations | Teaching Assistant |
| PSC 202 | Political Argument and Reasoning | Instructor |
| SOC 67 | Visualizing Social Problems in Photography and Documentary Film | Teaching Fellow |
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- House Tutor Position
- Currier House resident tutor 2007-2009
Contact
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