Professor - Political Science
Vanessa Ruget is Professor of political science at Salem State University. She teaches a range of courses in comparative politics, with a focus on developing nations. Previously, she taught political science at the American University – Central Asia and at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (both located in Kyrgyzstan) as well as in France and in Kosovo.
Vanessa’s research focuses on citizenship and migration in Kyrgyzstan. Her work has been published in Problems of Post-Communism, Citizenship Studies, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Central Asian Survey and the Nationalities Papers. In 2017, she was awarded a Fulbright Flex Research Award to Kyrgyzstan. Vanessa received her Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Bordeaux (France).
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About Vanessa Ruget
Vanessa Ruget is Professor of political science at Salem State University. She teaches a range of courses in comparative politics, with a focus on developing nations. Previously, she taught political science at the American University – Central Asia and at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (both located in Kyrgyzstan) as well as in France and in Kosovo.
Vanessa’s research focuses on citizenship and migration in Kyrgyzstan. Her work has been published in Problems of Post-Communism, Citizenship Studies, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Central Asian Survey and the Nationalities Papers. In 2017, she was awarded a Fulbright Flex Research Award to Kyrgyzstan. Vanessa received her Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Bordeaux (France).
| 2009 - Present | Professor, Salem State University ‐ Political Science | |
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| 2005 - 2008 | Editorial Assistant and Researcher, Harvard University ‐ Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2020 | Scholarship Support Grant |
| Salem State University | |
| 2019 | Research Grant |
| Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation | |
| 2017 - 2019 | Fulbright Flex Research Award for Kyrgyzstan |
| Fulbright | |
| 2017 | Summer Teaching Grant |
| Salem State University | |
| 2014 | Research Grant |
| Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation | |
| 2013 | Salem State University SEED Grant |
| Salem State University | |
| 2010 | Short Term Travel Grant |
| National Council for Eurasian and East European Research | |
| 2010 | Short Term Travel Grant |
| IREX | |
| 2010 | Summer Research Grant |
| Salem State University | |
| 2002 - 2004 | Research Grant |
| Open Society Institute, Kyrgyzstan | |
| 2001 - 2002 | Lavoisier Fellowship |
| French Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 2001 | International Participant Grant |
| APSA | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Ambassadorial Scholar Program |
| Rotary International Foundation | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Ambassadorial Scholar Program, MIT |
| Rotary International Foundation | |
| 1998 | Academic Conference Grant |
| Open Society Institute | |
| 1998 | W. Wilson scholarship |
| University of Virginia | |
| 1996 - 1998 | Research Grant |
| University of Bordeaux | |
| 1997 | Summer Session Scholarship |
| Center of California, Bordeaux |
| 2000 | PhD, University of Bordeaux, France ‐ Political Science | |
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| 1996 | MA, University of Bordeaux (France) ‐ Political Science | |
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| 1995 | BA, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux ‐ Science-Po Bordeaux | |
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