CURRICULUM VITAE JACOB R. LONGAKER 909 Avalon Road. Apt. D. Lawrence, KS 66044 jacoblongaker@gmail.com Updated December 2014 EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy: Expected May 2016 (ABD) Political Science, ; Chair: Gary M. Reich, Committee: Hannah E. Britton, Alesha E. Doan, Donald Haider-Markel, Elizabeth Kuznesof Dissertation: Representation of Marginalized Groups: LGBT Policy in Contemporary Brazil. Fieldwork: January 2014 - January 2015, 12 months. Master of Arts: May 2013 Political Science, ; Advisor: Gary M. Reich Thesis: The Role of Narrative in Constructing an Advocacy Coalition: The Case of São Paulo s Non-discrimination Policy. Fieldwork: May 2011 - July 2011, 6 weeks. Graduate Certificate: May 2012 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Bachelor of Arts: May 2009 cum laude Political Science, Co-major: International Studies Honors Thesis: Federalism and Gay Rights: The Case for Same-sex Civil Unions in Brazil. Study Abroad: June 2007 - August 2008, 14 months. Ciências Sociais and Relações Internacionais, Pontífica Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, Brazil Advanced Portuguese Language I & II, Alumni, São Paulo, Brasil Intensive Intermediate I Portuguese Language, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador da Bahia, Brazil PUBLICATIONS Longaker, Jacob R. (forthcoming) Strategies for Negotiating Identity Differences: Lessons from the Brazilian LGBT Movement. In Transnational Queer Activism, eds. Janice Irvine and Jill Irvine. Longaker, Jacob R., and Donald P. Haider-Markel. 2014. Transgender Policy in Latin Countries: An Overview and Comparative Perspective on Framing. In Transgender Rights and Public Policy, eds. Jami K. Taylor and Donald P. Haider-Markel. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1
Longaker, Jacob R. 2013. Book Review of Networking Arguments: Rhetoric, Transnational Feminism, and Public Policy Writing by Rebecca Dingo. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy (forthcoming). Russo, Jane A. 2013. From Deviation to Disorder: The Medicalization of Sexuality in Contemporary Psychiatric Classifications of Disease. Sexuality, Culture, and Politics: A South American Reader Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights. Available online at http://www.clam.org.br/en/south-american-reader/. (Translated from Portuguese to English by Jacob R. Longaker). Longaker, Jacob R. 2013. Executive Summary: Teaching and Academic Program Development Working Group. Prepared for Kansas Conference on Slavery and Human Trafficking. (Jan. 31 Feb. 01, 2013). Available online. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Department of Political Science, Independent Instructor Spring 2015 POLS562/WGSS562: Women and Politics Independent Instructor Fall 2013 POLS320: Introduction to Public Policy Graduate Research Assistant Summer 2013 Research Assistant to Dr. Alesha E. Doan Independent Instructor 2012-2013 POLS320: Introduction to Public Policy Graduate Teaching Assistant 2011-2012 POLS150: Introduction to Comparative Politics Graduate Teaching Assistant 2010-2011 POLS310: Introduction to Political Theory CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2014. Representação Substantiva: Políticas LGBTs nos Municípios Brasileiros. Presented at the V Encontro do Forum Paulista LGBT, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, October 6-9. 2014. Representação Substantiva dos Interesses dos Marginalizados: Políticas LGBT nos Municípios Brasileiros Accepted (unable to attend) at the Annual Conference of the Associação Brasileira de Estudos de Homocultura, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil, April. 2014. Woman s Right to Know : Strategic Issue Framing in State Abortion Policy. With Alesha E. Doan, Thomas Ringenberg, and Benjamin Rogers. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April. 2
2013. Discursive Control of Female Sexuality: The Politics of Abortion in the 2010 Brazilian Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April. 2012. The Politics of LGBT Non-discrimination Policy: The Case of São Paulo, Brazil. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April. 2010. Federalism and Gay Rights: The Case for Same-sex Civil Unions in Brazil. Presented at the Latin Americanist Graduate Research Competition, April. 2009. Federalism and Gay Rights: The Case for Same-sex Civil Unions in Brazil. Presented at the University of Undergraduate Research Symposium, April. 2007. Religiosity in Shaping Political Identification: Brazil 1997. Presented and digitally published at COINT-SEMESP: 5 th Congresso Internacional de Iniciação Científica. Universidade de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, November. Graduate HONORS & AWARDS Awarded fellowship, fiscal year 2013. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA), Department of Education. Awarded fellowship, academic year 2013-2014. Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Social Research (IPSR),. Awarded research grant, summer 2013. Walter Thompson Scholarship, Department of Political Science,. Awarded research grant, summer 2011. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship, Center of Latin American Studies and Department of History,. Awarded research grant, summer 2011. Walter Thompson Scholarship, Department of Political Science,. Awarded fellowship, 2010-2011. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS), Portuguese, University of Kansas (declined). Undergraduate Awarded honors, 2009, Honors Thesis in Department of Political Science,. Awarded honors, 2009. Political Science Faculty Award, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas. Awarded grant, 2008. Undergraduate Research Award,. 3
Awarded scholarship, 2007-2008. David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship, National Security Education Program (NSEP), National Defense University. Awarded scholarship, 2008. Foreign Study Scholarship, Office of Study Abroad, University of Kansas. Awarded scholarship, 2007. Walter Thompson Scholarship for Study Abroad, Department of Political Science,. Awarded scholarship, 2007. GUF, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,. Awarded fellowship, 2006. Honors Research Development Program, University Honors Program,. Awarded scholarship, 2006. J. Trenton Hughes Scholarship,. Awarded honors, 2005-2009. Undergraduate Honor Roll, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,. Awarded honors, 2005-2009. National Honor Roll. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE V Encontro do Forum Paulista LGBT, Advances in Public Policy in the Municipalities of São Paulo, Panel Chair (October 7, 2014). Selection Committee, Doctoral Research Fellows, Institute for Policy and Social Research (IPSR), (2014 2015 cohort). Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Political Science, (2014). Midwest Political Science Association, Award Committee Member for Best Undergraduate Research Paper on LGBT Politics, Caucus for LGBT Political Science (2014). Undergraduate Research Symposium,, Graduate Student Panel Discussant and Undergraduate Panel Chair(s) (April 27, 2013) Kansas Conference on Slavery and Human Trafficking, Graduate Student Volunteer, University of Kansas (Jan. 31 Feb. 01, 2013). Undergraduate Majors Fair, Department of Political Science,, Table Representative (2010, 2011, 2012) External PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 4
International Political Science Association (IPSA), Member (2013-present). National Language Service Corps (NLSC), Member (2013-present). Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Member (2011-present). Internal () Political Science Graduate Student Association,, Graduate Committee (2013-2014). Political Science Graduate Student Association,, Faculty Committee (2013-2014). Political Science Graduate Student Association,, Undergraduate Committee Representative (2012-2013). Political Science Graduate Student Association,, President (2011-2012). Political Science Graduate Student Association,, Faculty Committee (2011-2012). Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society, Chapter, President (2011-2012). Political Science Graduate Student Association,, First Year Graduate Representative (2010-2011). PROGRAM COMPLETIONS IX Encontro Regional Sudeste de Travestis e Transexuais, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (December 16-19, 2014). V Encontro do Forum Paulista LGBT, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil (October 6-9, 2014). Installation of the National Committee for LGBT Public Policy, Secretaria de Direitos Humanos, Brasilia, DF, Brazil (August 30, 2014). Second National Encounter of the National Forum of LGBT Public Administrators (FONGES), Forum Nacional de Gestores e Gestoras LGBT, Brasilia, DF, Brazil (August 29 August 30, 2014). Municipal Forum of Public Policy for Sexual Diversity (Fórum Municipal de Políticas Públicas para Diversidade Sexual), Comissão de Atenção à Diversidade Sexual de Osasco, Osasco, São Paulo, Brasil (June 07, 2014). 5
Programa de Voluntariado da 17o Parada de SP (Volunteer Program for the 17 th Pride Parade of São Paulo), Associação da Parada de Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil (February May 2014). Second Midwest Regional Encounter of the National Forum of LGBT Public Administrators (FONGES), Forum Nacional de Gestores e Gestoras LGBT, Goiania, Goiás, Brazil (April 3 April 4, 2014). Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Social Research (IPSR), (2014) SafeZone Training and Certification, LGBT Resource Center, (Spring 2013). Continuity, Change, and Credibility of Institutions (CCCI), Comparative Politics Working Group, (2010 present). Law and Sexual Diversity (Direito e Diversidade Sexual), Grupo de Advogados pela Diversidade Sexual e Sindicato dos Advogados, São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil (June 11, 18, 25 of 2011). Comparative Politics Latin America and Brazil Social Movements Conducting Fieldwork Public Policy Gender and Sexuality LGBT Policy Constructivist Methodologies Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Feminist and Queer Theory Feminist Methodologies Comparative Sexualities RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS LANGUAGE SKILLS English (native) Brazilian Portuguese Reading (fluent) Writing (fluent) Conversation (fluent) Spanish Reading (competent) Writing (limited) Conversation (limited) TECHNICAL SKILLS [R] Statistical Software SPSS Statistical Software Weft QDA Qualitative Software nvivo 10 Qualitative Software LyX Document Processor Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) 6
REFERENCES Gary M. Reich, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science greich@ku.edu Donald P. Haider-Markel, Ph.D. Chair and Professor of Political Science prex@ku.edu Alesha E. Doan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science adoan@ku.edu Elizabeth A. Kuznesof, Ph.D. Professor of History and Latin American Studies kuznesof@ku.edu 7