About

Mai'a Cross

Assistant Professor of International Relations

Contact Information
E-mail: mkcross@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-8982
Office: VKC 330

 

Biographical Sketch
Mai’a K. Davis Cross is currently examining how transnational networks of experts – diplomats, military-defense strategists, technology experts, and intelligence officers – promote integration in the European Union. Her research interests include European integration, epistemic communities, diplomacy, and Common Foreign and Security Policy. She is the author of The European Diplomatic Corps: Diplomats and International Cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht (Palgrave, 2007), and has been awarded a 2009 Fulbright Fellowship to pursue her research in Brussels, Paris, and London. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University (2005), and a bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard University (1999).
 

Education
A.B. Government, Harvard University, 5/1999
M.A. Politics, Princeton University, 5/2002
Ph.D. Politics, Princeton University, 5/2005
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate University, 07/01/2005-06/30/2008  
 

Visiting and Temporary Appointments
Visiting Fellow (pre-doctoral), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po), 2002-2003   
 

PostDoctoral Appointments
European Union Affairs Research Fellowship, Fulbright, Spring 2009   
Visiting Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Spring 2009   
Regional Visiting Fellow, Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, 2006-2008  
 

Other Employment
Consultant, National Endowment for Democracy, 2000  
Financial Analyst, Goldman Sachs & Co., 1999-2000  
 

Description of Research

Research Keywords
European Union, epistemic communities, diplomacy, public diplomacy, European security & cooperation, integration, non-state actors, transnational networks.
 

Publications

Book
Cross, M. K. (2007). The European Diplomatic Corps: Diplomats and International Cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. Click here for more information
 

Book Chapter
Cross, M. K. (2008). A European Epistemic Community of Diplomats. pp. 221-245. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. For more information click here.
 

Journal Article
Cross, M. K. (2007). An EU Homeland Security? Sovereignty vs. Supranational Order. European Security. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 79-97. Link to Article
 
 
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