Louise
I. Shelley
Professor
of Public Policy
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Sociology (1977)
Criminal Law Department, Moscow State University
(1974-75)
Columbia University, International Research
and Exchanges Board (IREX) Fellowship used to study in the Sociology
Department, Law School and the Russian Institute (1973-74)
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Criminology
(1973)
B.A., Cum Laude, Cornell University, Penology
and Russian Literature (1972)
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
The American University:
2004 – 2007
Professor, School of International Service
(primary appointment)
Professor, Department of Justice, Law and Society, School of Public Affairs
1997-present Director, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
1986-2004 Professor, Department of Justice, Law and Society, School
of Public Affairs
(primary appointment)
Professor, School of International Service
1989-1992 Chair, Department of Justice, Law and Society, School
of Public Affairs
Professor, School of International Service
1982-1986 Associate Professor, School of Justice and School of International
Service
1981-1982 Associate Professor, School of Justice
1977-1981 Assistant Professor, School of Justice
June 1978- IPA Social Science Program Specialist. Helped to formulate
LEAA's correctional January1979 policy and review its funding in
the area. Office of Planning and Management, Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration
Visiting Professorships
Institute of Sociology, University of Oaxaca, Fall 1993, (lecturing
in Spanish)
Law Faculty, University of Trento, Spring
1993 (lecturing in Italian)
Institute of Penal Sciences, Mexico City,
Spring 1993 (lecturing in Spanish)
HONORS AND AWARDS (NOT UNIVERSITY)
U.S. Department of State, Speaker and Specialist Grant, Human trafficking,
smuggling and border issues, Tajikistan, September 2006
U.S. Department of State, (ECA) Speaker and Specialist Grant, Anti-Corruption
Program, Honduras, April 2001
U.S. Department of State, (USIA) Speaker and Specialist Grant, Anti-Corruption
Program, Argentina, September 2000
USIA Academic Specialist Grants to work with Mahidol University,
Thailand on Ph.D. in Criminology, 1992 and 1995, Established curriculum
for PHD and served on advisory board of doctoral program
Fulbright Lecturing Fellowship to Mexico, 1993-1994
IREX U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences/ACLS Exchange, 1988-89
IREX Development Fellowship, 1987-88
IREX Short-Term USSR Academy of Sciences/ACLS Exchange, 1987-88
Kennan Institute Research Grant, Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution,
Spring 1986
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1984-85
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1984
IREX Graduate Student and Young Professors' Exchange to Poland and
Bulgaria, Grant for Summer 1982 (withdrew because of Polish political
situation)
American Sociological Association grant to present paper at World
Congress of Sociology, 1978
Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, 1974-75, for Study at the Institute
of Criminology, Cambridge University, in France and at the Criminal
Law Department, Moscow State University, USSR
IREX Graduate Student and Young Professors' Exchange to the USSR,
1974-75
Slavic Honor Society
American Criminology Society Student Writing Competition Award,
1975
International Fellows Program, Columbia University,
1973-74
IREX Preparatory Fellowship, 1973-74
Teaching Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-73
UNIVERSITY AWARDS
American University School of Public Affairs: Outstanding Scholarship,
Research and Other Professional Contributions, 1999
The American University Scholar/Teacher of
the Year Award, 1991-92
American University Scholar of the Year Award, 1985
College of Public and International Affairs Outstanding Scholar
Award, 1985
School of Justice Outstanding Scholar Award, 1985
University Summer Research Grant, 1984
School of Justice Outstanding Service Award, 1984
College of Public and International Affairs Outstanding Scholar
Award, 1982
School of Justice Outstanding Scholar Award, 1982
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
United
States Department of Energy: The Threat to Russia’s
Nuclear Materials: Case Study of Novosibirsk,
$350,850 (12/07/05-12/31/06)
United States Department of State: Human Trafficking Awareness for
Local Government Officials and Law Enforcement, 250,000 (9/01/05-2/28/07)
International Research and Exchange Board: Smuggling Links between
Terrorist and Organized Crime Groups in Eurasia, $30,000 (8/01/2005-7/30/2006)
Ploughshares Fund: Nuclear Smuggling Links between Terrorist and
Organized Crime Groups in Eurasia, $25,000 (10/17/05-10/17/06)
Open World Leadership Program: Exploring
Economic Reform and Development, $65,285
(7/1/05-12/31/05)
United States Department of Energy: Organized Crime, Corruption
and Nuclear Proliferation in Dagestan and Chelyabinsk, $260,000 (9/1/04-6/30/05)
United States Department of Justice, USAID and U.S. Department of
State grants: Russian Organized Crime Study Centers, approx. $3,000,000
(ongoing 1997-2006)
United States Department of Justice, USAID and U.S. Department of
State grants: Ukrainian Organized Crime Study Centers, approx. $1,000,000
(1997-2005)
United States Department of Justice, USAID and U.S. Department of
State grants: Georgian Organized Crime Study Centers, approx. $1,000,000
(ongoing 2002-2006)
United States Department of Justice, USAID and U.S. Department of
State grants: Research on Money Laundering in Georgia, approx. $350,000
(ongoing 2002-2005)
Open World Leadership Program: Exploring Economic Reform and Development,
$90,024 (5/1/04-12/31/04)
National Institute of Justice: Links Between Organized Crime and
Terrorism, $235,810 (9/1/03-2/28/05)
Open World Leadership Program: Exploring Economic Reform and Development,
$160,338 (6/1/03-12/31/03)
IREX/Starr Family Foundation: Black Sea Grant, Corruption in Higher
Education, 2002-2003
U.S. Library of Congress Open World Russian Leadership Program:
Exploring Economic Reform and Development, $119,915 (7/1/02-11/30/02)
U.S. Border Patrol Academy (Vertex Solutions): Curriculum Design
and Technical Implementation, $140,000 (10/1/02-12/31/04)
McCormick Tribune Foundation: Cantigny Conference on Transnational
Organized Crime and
Peacekeeping; $10,000 (9/1/01-10/20/01)
World Bank: Russian Case Study of Project of Criminal and Civil
Violence, $20,000
U.S. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Grant: To Develop a Model Course Curricula for Use in
Law Enforcement Training in the Prevention, Enforcement, and Prosecution
of Human Trafficking Crimes, and Protection and Rehabilitation of
Victims, $347,000 (1999-2000)
U.S. State Department (former USIA) Grant for Trafficking in Human
Beings Research in Russia and Ukraine, approx. $120,000 (1999-2000)
U.S. Department of Justice, USAID and U.S. Department of State grant:
Research on Money Laundering in Russia, $247,000 (1997-2002)
MacArthur Foundation: Organized Crime Study Centers in Russia, approx.
$100,000 (1995-1997)
National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1992-93
(The Soviet Coup Trial), 1986-87 (Policing Soviet Society) and 1980-81
(Lawyers in Soviet Work Life)
American Bar Association Commission on Undergraduate Legal Studies:
Grant to develop a General Education Course on Western Legal Tradition
(7 out of 80 proposals funded), 1992
LANGUAGES
Fluent in French, Russian, and moderate fluency in Spanish and Italian
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Professional Societies:
American Sociological Association, American
Society of Criminology, American Association for the Advancement
of Slavic Studies, International Society of Criminology, Mexican
Society of Criminology (Honorary Member).