1. Jack J. Barry
 34 Orchard St., Apt. 2 Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: 617-413-6061  E-Mail: jackbarry820@gmail.com
Education
University ofConnecticut
Storrs, CT
Ph.D.,Political Science, Graduate Certificate in Human Rights May, 2015
Subfields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation:I Want My ICT: Information Communication Technology,
Governance,and Poverty in the Developing World.
• Committee: Dr. Oksan Bayulgen (major advisor), Dr. Shareen Hertel,
Dr. Matthew M. Singer, Dr. Molly Land, and Dr. Elizabeth Hanson.
University ofRhode Island Kingston, RI
M.A.,Political Science May, 2007
B.A.,B.S., Political Science and Economics May, 2004
Honors Thesis: 9/11, Death, and Social Capital.
Current Position
 Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Training and Development Institute, University of Connecticut
As a postdoctoral fellow at UConn’s Global Training and Development Institute, I serve as the
Academic Director for two U.S. State Department funded programs—Study of the U.S. Institute
(SUSI) and Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
 Under review at Journal of Human Rights: “Don’t be Evil: In the Digital Age Internet Access Should be
a Human Right.” Submitted spring 2016.
 “Social Movements in the Digital Age.” (Forthcoming chapter in Protests, Politics,and Human Rights in
a Digital Age,Mahmood Monshipouri (ed.), Cambridge University Press). 2016.
 “A Digital Sublime or Divide? The Impact of Communication Technology on the Poor in Latin
America.” In Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America: Opportunities and
Risks. Anita Breuer,Yanina Welp (eds.), Routledge Press,2014.
 “Democracy Promotion and ODA: A Comparative Analysis.” Contemporary Politics,2012, 18,3.
 “Microfinance, the Market and Political Development in the Internet Age.” Third World Quarterly,2012,
33,1.
 With Dennis Witchelns, Martina Mueller, Megumi Nakao, Lisa D. Philo, and Adam Zitello. “Co-
operation Regarding Water and Other Resources Will Enhance Economic Development in Egypt,
Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.” Water Resources Development,2003, 19,4.
Other Publications
 “Book Review: Catie Snow Bailard: Democracy’sDouble-Edged Sword: How Internet Use Changes
Citizens’ View of the Government.” (Forthcoming in The Journal of Human Rights). 2016.
 “Bringing Art Back In: Incorporating a Humanities Assignment Into a Social Science Oriented Human
Rights Course.” Online article in Teaching Human Rights, a peer reviewed edited resource at the
University of Connecticut for teachers of human rights at the university level. 2015.
 “Here’s Hoping my Rock Keeps Rolling.” Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists on Living and Dying.
Michael C. Vocino and Alfred Killilea (eds.), iUniverse, 2014.
Awards and Fellowships
 Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Training & Development Institute, UConn 2015, 2016
 International Studies Association’s Junior Scholar Symposium Awardee 2013, 2016
 Human Rights Institute Program Funding Grant 2013
 Tinker Field Research Grant 2012

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 Pre-doctoralFellowship 2007-2012
 S.O.A.R.S. Certificate of Appreciation for Undergraduate Mentoring and
Education
2009
Invited Talks
 U.S. State Department’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Global Summit. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Freedom of the Press in the Digital Age. November 2015.
 American Political Science Association (Teaching Human Rights pre-conference workshop), September 2015.
With Shaznene Huissain. Presentation of Teaching Human Rights online database of human rights related
lesson plans and syllabi.
 University of Rhode Island (Political Science), February, 2014.
Title: “Don’t be Evil: Is Internet Access a Human Right?”
 University of Connecticut (Human Rights Institute’s Lunchtime Seminar Series), February, 2014.
Title: “Don’t be Evil: Is Internet Access a Human Right?”
 Universidad de la Sierra Sur (UNSIS),Instituto de Estudios Municipales, August, 2012.
Invited research visit to e-governance program at UNSIS (Oaxaca,Mexico).
 University of Connecticut (Comparative Politics Reading Group), April, 2013.
Title: “Comparative Field Research in the Developing World: Where Theory Meets Reality.”
 University of Connecticut (Political Science),September, 2010.
Title: “Technology and Poverty: The Impact of Information Communication Technology.”
 University of Rhode Island (Prof. David Abedon’s International Development course), July, 2011.
Lecture: “Structures of the Global Economy – Impact on the Developing World.”
Conference Presentations
 American Political Science Association, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
 International Studies Association, 2010, 2012, 2013 (Junior Scholars Symposium), 2014, 2016
(Junior Scholars Symposium)
 International Studies Association Northeast, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
 New England Political Science Association, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013
 Northeastern Political Science Association, 2010
 Democracy and Democratization Conference (UConn graduate conference),2009, 2010, 2011
Teaching
Instructor:
 University ofConnecticut Storrs, CT
Courses: International Political Economy (2009); Introduction to Comparative Politics (2010-11); Writing
Intensive Section of Introduction to Comparative Politics (2011); Introduction to International Relations
(2010); Introduction to American Politics (2011-12); Human Rights (2011-12, 14); American Diplomacy
(2014); Globalization and Political Change (2014). Academic director for U.S. State Department’s
YSEALI and SUSI programs (2012-2016) and led classes on economic development, social
entrepreneurship, freedom of the media, negotiations, and innovative business incubator.
 University ofRhode Island Kingston, RI
Courses: American Politics (2006-10); International Relations (2006); Major Political Ideologies (2010).
 Trinity College Hartford, CT
Courses: Empirical Political Methods and Data Analysis (2012).
 Assumption College Worcester,MA
Courses: Art and Politics (co-taught with Dr. Heidi Gearhart); Political Issues: The Quest for Justice
(2015).

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Syllabi for all courses taught above available upon request.
Teaching Assistant (selected courses):
 Introduction to Comparative Politics, University of Connecticut (Prof. Matthew M. Singer).
 Non-Western Politics, University of Connecticut (Prof. Oksan Bayulgen).
 Politics of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, University of Connecticut (Prof. Oksan Bayulgen)
 U.S. Congress, University of Connecticut (Prof. Vin Moscardelli)
 Law and Society, University of Connecticut (Prof. Jeffery Dudas)
 Introduction to American Politics, University of Rhode Island (Prof. Maureen Moakley)
Other Teaching Experience:
 Academic Director for the University of Connecticut’s Global Training and Development Institute’s
Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) program (Summer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).
A State Department-sponsored and funded program, SUSI brings students from Sub-Saharan/West
Africa and the Middle East/North Africa to Storrs, CT to enhance their understanding of social
entrepreneurship, leadership, and U.S. culture and history as they work to develop and realize their own
social enterprise projects. The academic director mentors the students in the development of their social
entrepreneurial projects, through the securing of funding, to the eventual implementation of their social
enterprises in their home countries
 Instructor, University of Rhode Island’s Talent Development Program (Summer 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Talent Development aims to prepare underserved students from urban areas of Rhode Island to enter
university study. As an instructor, I worked closely with teaching assistants to monitor student progress
and prepare Talent Development students for integration into generalenrollment at URI.
 Worked with the writing center at the University of Connecticut Waterbury campus (2011).
Developed student’s writing skills through teaching a writing intensive section of Introduction to
Comparative Politics at the Waterbury Campus under the University of Connecticut's Writing Intensive
Undergraduate Criteria.
Professional Service
 Co-founder and co-editor of the Teaching Human Rights group at the University of Connecticut.
Our primary objective is to facilitate interdisciplinary exchange between instructors teaching
human rights across many different disciplines, including political science, economics,
philosophy, literature, history, and social work. Our website hosts and maintains a database of
innovative lesson plans and syllabi dating back to the early 1980s. Website:
(http://teachinghumanrights.uconn.edu)
 Affiliated faculty member of University of Connecticut's Economic & Social Rights Group (2016).
 reSET social entrepreneurial mentor. reSET is a leading resource that spurs on social entrepreneurship
in Connecticut. Website: https://www.resetco.org/
 Solicited Book Reviewer for Oxford University Press.
Reviewer of Matthew Festenstein and Michael Kenny’s Political Ideologies: A Reader and
Guide, First Edition 2005, second edition forthcoming. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
 Solicited Journal Reviewer for Economic Modelling (Elsevier).
 Varieties of Democracy Coder
Coder for Mexico and Colombia by the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project (2014).
 Lead Conference Organizer of the Human Rights Institute’s 10th
Anniversary Conference on Human
Rights in Context, Associated Graduate Student Conference (September,2013).
 PanelChair, 'Comparative Politics: Social Movements and Electoral Coalitions in Transitions to
Democracy' at New England Political Science Association Annual Conference (April 2011).

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 Lead Conference Organizer of the 3rd
Annual Democracy and Governance Conference,University of
Connecticut (March 2011).
 Conference Organizer: 1st
and 2nd
Annual Democracy and Democratization Conferences,University of
Connecticut (February 2010, 2011).
 Served as Faculty Sponsor for the University of Connecticut’s Student Mock Trial Association (2007-
2010) and Cultural Club (Waterbury campus, 2011-2012).
 Vice President of the University of Connecticut's Political Science Graduate Student Association
(2010-2011).
 Graduate Student Senator, University of Rhode Island (2005-07).
Other Relevant Experience
 Publicity Liaison for the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut (2012-2014).
Duties included publicizing the Institute's events to campus and the Human Rights community in
Connecticut and the greater New England area,serving as managing editor of the Human Rights
Institute website, and developed social media content for the Human Rights Institute Blog.
 Training in Human Subjects Research
Completed Basic Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects and conducted Institutional
Review Board (IRB) approved projects using human subjects in Mexico and in the USA.
 CEO and Founder of Recycled Computers for Entrepreneurs (RCE)
A 501-c-3 non-profit foundation chartered in South Kingstown, Rhode Island (2007-09). Organized
and managed Operation: Recycled Computersfor International Development,a recycling event on
the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston campus in April 2007. Computer were sent to Casa
Xalteva, a non-profit educational and charitable foundation in Granada, Nicaragua, and supported
by Communitas Foundation.
 Boston Corps Member, City Year,AmeriCorps (2004-2005)
 Office Assistant and Intern, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s Office (Fall 2003)
References
Dr. Oksan Bayulgen
Associate Professor,University of Connecticut
Office: (860) 486-2231
oksan.bayulgen@uconn.edu
Dr. Shareen Hertel
Associate Professor,University of Connecticut
Office: (860) 486-4129
shareen.hertel@uconn.edu
Dr. Matthew Singer
Assistant Professor,University of Connecticut
Office: (860) 486-2615
matthew.m.singer@uconn.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Hanson
Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut
Office: (860) 486-2534
betty.hanson@uconn.edu