Tamara Pavasovic Trost
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Tamara Pavasovic received her B.A. in International Studies from Allegheny College in 2002. 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. She also spent summers interning at the National Center for Victims of Crime in DC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade, and UNICEF in Geneva. In her previous graduate work, Tamara worked on several projects related to ethnic identity construction 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 has continued 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. Recent works include 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 . She is currently working on her dissertation titled Ethnic Identity in Context: Identity Discourse among Serbian and Croatian Youth.
11/19/2010
- Research Interests
- Ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, political socialization, ethnic distance/stereotypes in children; textbook analysis; Balkan area
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| SOC 67 | Visualizing Social Problems in Photography and Documentary Film | Teaching Fellow |
| SOC 167 | Visualizing Social Rights | Teaching Fellow |
| SOC 128 | Models of Social Science Research | Teaching Fellow |
| SOC 190 | Life and Death in the US: Medicine and Disease in Social Context | Teaching Fellow |
| SOC 305 | Sociology Teaching Practicum | Co-Instructor |
| GOV 1751 | Human Rights | Head Teaching Fellow |
| PSC 121 | Introduction to American Politics | Teaching Assistant |
| PSC 124 | Introduction to International Relations | Teaching Assistant |
| PSC 202 | Political Argument and Reasoning | Instructor |
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- Research Assistantships
- Content Analysis of Darfur Conflict: Media Coverage 2003-2009. PI: Jens Meierhenrich (2008-present). Integration versus Micro Segregation: Mechanisms which Foster or Impede Trans-Racial Social Ties. PI: Andreas Wimmer (2006). Social-Psychological Approaches to Identity and Group Identity Construction. PI: Robert Putnam (2005-2006).
- Grants Received
- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University, for one year of dissertation completion writing, 2010-2011 ($22,330). Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University Committee on General Scholarships, for one year of dissertation research abroad, 2009-2010 ($24,000). Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Mid-Dissertation Grant, summer 2009 ($4,000). Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Summer Research Fellowship, 2008 ( $1,930). Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, Summer Research Grant, 2007 ($1,850). Dragomir Nikolich Charitable Trust Fund, Graduate Study Scholarship, 2004-2005 ($24,000).
- House Tutor Position
- Currier House resident tutor 2007-2009
Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)
511 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138