Carpe diem	Ana Velitchkova Doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame
This is what I've done so far, academically: Curriculum Vitae Papers At Notre Dame, I'm also affiliated with the following groups: Center for the Study of Social Movements and Social Change Gender Studies Program Nanovic Institute for European Studies Higgins Labor Studies Program North American Research Group on the Social Forum Process	My interests include: conflict, (political) culture, civil society, cognition, democracy, fields, gender, globalization, institutions, languages, micromobilization, networks, peace research, political participation, publics, regimes, social change, social movements, and violence. My dissertation will trace global and domestic institutional and other cultural and political influences on the development of civil societies, publics, and democratic political cultures in communist Eastern Europe. In a second major project, I investigate the role of culture and cognition in micromobilization processes leading to participation in political violence and in protest. It is based on survey data from Sub-Saharan Africa. I’m also collaborating with Christian Davenport on creating a positive peace scale.
Other Links Esperanto World Social Forum (WSF) U.S. Social Forum (USSF) 2010 Photography	Contact:  Department of Sociology, 810 Flanner Hall University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Email: avelitch AT nd DOT edu