KRISTINE KALANGES, JD, PhD 2144 Eck Hall of Law, Notre Dame, IN Office: ,

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1 KRISTINE KALANGES, JD, PhD 2144 Eck Hall of Law, Notre Dame, IN Office: , WORK HISTORY Associate Professor of Law and Concurrent Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2012-present. Courses: Comparative Legal Traditions; International Business Transactions; Torts. Faculty Fellow: Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Faculty Advisory Committee: Center for Civil and Human Rights. Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Society, School of Public Affairs, American University, Courses: Comparative Systems of Law and Justice; Philosophical Problems in Law; Western Legal Tradition; Honors Colloquium. Select Ind. Studies: Ethics and International Relations; Rule of Law in D.R. Congo. Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, Practice focused on international corporate and financial transactions, especially capital markets. Negotiated international bankruptcy settlements between client and third parties in Canada and Western Europe; drafted legal documents, memos, and client communications; performed due diligence investigations; conducted legal research; coordinated multi-billion dollar bond offering; reviewed SEC filings and deal documents for regulatory compliance. Summer Associate, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington DC, Focus on international law: drafted tender document, investor correspondence, and agreements for privatization of a major industry in an Eastern European country; researched international dispute settlement, litigation, and public policy options for an Asian sovereign wealth fund facing expropriation of significant investments; prepared sensitive legal and political strategy memo for a Middle Eastern leadership team; performed foreign subsidiary due diligence for an expedited international merger and acquisition; compiled annotated index of U.S. tax incentives for alternative and renewable energy; drafted appellate motion for DC Circuit. Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington DC, Reviewed extensive evidence of record for complex MSPB matter and drafted appellate brief for U.S. Federal Circuit; researched and prepared litigation strategy memo for classified multi-billion dollar contracts case; drafted motion to dismiss; conducted research for supervising attorney. 1

2 Project Coordinator, National Strategy Information Center, Washington DC, Managed international programs: facilitated information, workflow, and reporting between senior executives, country program coordinators, administrative staff, and global consultants; coordinated donor events and communications; researched and organized development of new initiatives. Project Areas: National and International Security; Public Diplomacy; Rule of Law; Culture of Lawfulness; Democratic Institutions. Regions: Latin America; Eurasia; Middle East. VARIOUS, Technology & Consulting Firms, Seattle, Research: Conducted industry and economic research to track and analyze market trends with regard to employment, growth, mergers & acquisitions, and alliances. Located and profiled top-level executives within multiple sectors. Provided research and analytical support to Vice-President, Business Development. Industries: Telecommunications and Biotechnology. Marketing: Coordinated and implemented special promotions and events. Created and produced marketing collateral including newsletter, media advertisements, brochures, announcements and promotional items. Assisted with the technical, creative and administrative requirements for public relations, media activities and advertising projects. Communications: Crafted and executed internal communications. Drafted web content. Designed and published marketing collateral. Developed communications strategies to boost employee retention levels. Determined workplace requirements for competitive intelligence and executive communications. Wrote and edited memos from chief executive officer to firm. Negotiated bids and contract terms with outside vendors. EDUCATION J.D., Yale Law School, Major Research Paper Encountering The Other: Ethics, Responsibility and Justice in Levinas. Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University, Graduate Fellowship in International Relations, Primary Field: International Relations. Secondary Fields: Comparative Government; Political Theory and Methodology. Dissertation The Dilemma of Religious Freedom: A Comparative Analysis of Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Human Rights Instruments. M.A., Government, Georgetown University, Distinction, International Relations Comprehensive Exam (International Relations Theory; International Political Economy; International Law, Norms & Institutions),

3 B.A., International Political Economy, University of Puget Sound, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors Scholar, Hearst Prize for Excellence in Writing, 1997, IPE Thesis The Devil s Arithmetic: Economic Rationalism and the Loss of Human Security (An Ethical Critique of Neoliberalism). Honors Thesis Where is Abel Thy Brother? (Emmanuel Levinas, Phenomenology, Post- Holocaust Philosophy.) Outstanding Honors Thesis Award. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Democracy, Development, and Human Rights; International and Comparative Law; International Political Economy; Legal & Political Philosophy. SELECT PUBLICATIONS Human Dignity in Global Political Economy (book manuscript in progress for submission to Oxford University Press) This project examines the impact of development laws, policies, and programs, focusing especially on their effects upon women, children, and other vulnerable populations. (A specific recent example would be the plight of Bangladeshi garment workers.) Related areas of analysis include: gender and development; sustainable development; the nexus between human development and human security; the significance of human rights; the relationship between poverty and international economic law; ecology and the moral crisis at the root of environmental degradation; and the promise and limits of corporate social responsibility and corporate human rights obligations in international trade and investment. Sharia and Modernity. In The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law, edited by Rudolph Peters and Peri Bearman, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law: Toward a World Legal Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, Contributor, Introduction to International Political Economy, edited by David N. Balaam and Bradford Dillman. New York, NY: 2000 (2 nd edition), 2004 (3 rd edition), and 2010 (5 th edition). SELECT PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS St. John s University and Villanova University, Joint Colloquium in Law and Religion, Shari a and Modernity. Invited Lecture, March University of Notre Dame Law School, Book Symposium: Dimensions of Politics and English Jurisprudence (with author Sean Coyle). Co-Chair, October University of Notre Dame Law School, Author Book Talk, Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law. Presentation, March

4 Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Religious Freedom Project, Expert Seminar on Religious Freedom and Other Freedoms. Participant, December Institute for International Education, U.S. Department of State-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (Project for Africa), Administration of Justice and Rule of Law in the U.S. Presentation, August Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Law as Cultural Contestation: Religious Freedom and Islam in Europe and the United States. Paper and Presentation, June American University, Transatlantic Workshop The EU and US in Comparison: The Constitutional Genesis and Evolution of Federalized Democracy, The Judiciary. Panel Discussant, December American University Washington College of Law, Human Rights and Gender Summer Seminar, Examining the Authenticity of Human Rights. Presentation, August American University, Human Rights Research in the School of Public Affairs. Panel Discussant, Spring International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Modalities of Power: States, Non-State Actors, and Transnational Phenomena. Panel Discussant, March International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Locating Al-Qaeda: International Law and Transnational Threats. Paper and Presentation, March International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: Institutions and the Diffusion of Anti-Globalization Norms. Paper and Presentation, March SERVICE Graduate Programs Committee, University of Notre Dame, Faculty Co-Advisor, Journal of International and Comparative Law, University of Notre Dame, Faculty Advisor, Transactional Team Meet-Up ( moot court for business law students), University of Notre Dame, Chair, Linkages and Engagement Advisory Group, Young Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law, Member, Program Committee, Law and Religion Section, American Association of Law Schools,

5 Department Representative, Provost s Advisory Committee on the Search for a Dean of the School of Public Affairs, American University, Faculty Sponsor, School of Public Affairs Student Research Symposium, American University, School of Public Affairs Representative, The Obama Administration and Human Rights Conference Planning Committee, American University, Member, Race and Justice Search Committee, American University, Judge, School of Public Affairs Student Research Symposium, American University, 2010 & Student Associate, MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Society, Yale University, President, Graduate Political Science Association, Georgetown University, Chair, Sessions on Development Political Economy and the Social Aspects of Development, Carroll Round Undergraduate Conference on Economics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Bar Admission: New York, 2009-present. Scholarly: American Political Science Association; International Studies Association; Law and Society Association. 5