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Sociology Faculty - Dr. Monica Ciobanu

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Dr. Monica Ciobanu joined the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Plattsburgh State University of New York in the fall of 2005 after completing her Ph.D. in Sociology at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research in New York. Since she came to SUNY Plattsburgh, Dr. Ciobanu continues to pursue her scholarship in the areas of democratization in post-communism, but has also developed new research interests related to issues of memory and justice in transitional societies. In the fall of 2007, she was a fellow in residence at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life. Before she came to SUNY Plattsburgh, Dr. Ciobanu had been teaching courses in the areas of social theory, international criminal justice, and gender at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York.

Education

• Ph.D. in Sociology, Graduate Faculty for Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research, 2005.
• M.A. in Gender Studies, Graduate Faculty for Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research, 1998.
• B.A. in Sociology, Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bucharest, Romania, 1993.

Teaching Areas

• Political Sociology
• Sociology of Law
• International Criminal Justice

Research Areas

• Problems of democracy including transitions to democracy, elections, party systems, civil society.
• Globalization and human rights.
• Comparative politics.

Publications

• "Criminalizing the Past and Re-constructing Collective Memory: the Romanian Truth Commission." Europe-Asia Studies (forthcoming, 2009).
• "The End of the Democratic Transition? Analyzing the Quality of Democracy Model in Post-Communism." Comparative Sociology (March 2009, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1-38, in press).
• "Teaching History and Building a Democratic Future." Democracy & Education (June 2008, Vol. 17, No. 3, 58-62).
• "Civil Society" and "Armenian Genocide." Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Sage, 2007. Ed. by Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn G. Herr.
• "Romania's Travails with Democracy and Accession to the European Union." Europe-Asia Studies (December 2007, Vol. 59, No. 8, 1429-1450).
• "Gender Issues in International Criminal Justice" (with Mangai Natarajan). Chapter 9 in Introduction to International Criminal Justice, McGraw Hill, 2005. Ed. by Mangai Natarajan.
• "2004 Romanian Elections: A Test for Democratic Consolidation?" (with Michael Shafir). RFE/RL East European Perspectives (April 2005, Vol. 7, Number 3).
• "Problems of Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe." RFE/RL East European Perspectives (August 2003, Vol. 5, Nos. 16 & 17).

Contact Dr. Monica Ciobanu

Office: Redcay Hall 235
Phone: (518) 564-3319
E-mail: monica.ciobanu@plattsburgh.edu