July 2004: Dr. Heiser next to photo of Bismarck, at the German Foreign Ministry (in the room which formerly housed the East Germany Politburo).

Symbol of Germany in the Bundestag.

Dr. Heiser (second from right) at the German Foreign Ministry.

I think that professors' continuing efforts to write and present material is crucial to teaching and learning. That includes efforts at the Foothill community as well as outside of Foothill. I think such efforts are imperative to stay current in my field and to actively add to your course work as well as the knowledge base in the field itself. The following is a chronological list of my efforts in this regard during the 2004-2005 academic year. I will continue to add to my site each year from now on. These links and PDF files will hopefully assist you in your own teaching and learning:

January 05, 2010
Here are two examples of Dr. Heiser's recent academic research. The article on Kurt Maetzig grew out of a NEH seminar at Amherst. The article on Gen. Stilwell grew out of a Hays-Fulbright seminar in China. If you have any questions or comments to make about these articles, please e-mail Dr. Heiser.


June 13-25, 2004
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Summer Seminar in German, European, and International Economic Law. This seminar was co-sponsered by the University of Bonn. To review the overall program, open this Word document. To review my comparison of German and American federal courts, open this Word document.

Seats in Bundestag (notice two seats top left for the two Party of Democratic Socialism members).

Picture in Bundestag, which depicts Germany's travails (note deteriorating spine, hammer and sickle, and fire).

Oct. 7-10, 2004
German Studies Association Conference Paper (28th annual conference in Washington D.C.). To review my conference paper, open this Word document.

Nov. 6, 2004
Stanford Continuing Studies: The European Roundtable The EU at a Crossroads: Tension Between Expansion and Integration "What it Means to be a New Member of the EU: A View from Poland" To see my presentation, open this PDF attachment. To view all of the panelists' presentations, go to

http://www.stanford.edu/~weiler/ERT_website.htm


These are some teaching notes, which I will continue to update, to assist teachears who use the text, Ethics and Global Politics

Teaching Notes Kosovo/NATO

http://www.foothill.edu/divisions/unification/
This is a classroom activity which I use in Poli 8, which is intended to help other teachers explore the complex issues surrounding German unification in 1990. Falk Cammin and I collaborated on the creation of this site.

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Curriculum Vitae
Meredith A. Heiser-Duron
heisermeredith@fhda.edu


EDUCATION

1985-1993	Ph.D. Candidate in Russian and East European Area Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Ph.D. International Relations, 1994.
1977-1982	Boston University (overseas campus), M.A. International Relations, 1983.
1976-1981	Free University (West Berlin), Diplom Political Science, 1981.
1972-1976	Stanford University, B.A. Political Science, 1976.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2011	Asian Studies Development Program at the East West Center (University of Hawaii): Institute on Infusing Chinese and Korean Studies into the Curriculum.
2010	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar in conjunction with Stanford University: Shanghai and Berlin: Cultures of Urban Modernism in Interwar China and Germany.
2009	International Association for the Study of German Politics Bundestagswahl seminar sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
	Fulbright Hays Seminar (coordinated by the National Committee on US-China Relations): “Program on Chinese History and Culture with visits to Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.”
2005	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst:  "German and European Studies in the U.S. – Changing World, Shifting Narratives."
2004	DAAD and University of Bonn Seminar:  "Germany Today--German, European and International Economic Law."
2002	Fulbright German Studies Summer Seminar: "International Migration and National Identities."
	National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award for Team-Teaching.
2001	NEH Summer Seminar in conjunction with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs: "Supranationalism: The Ethics of Global Governance."
1999-2001	Foothill College Partnership for Excellence Grants and Foothill Learning Communities' Awards.
1998	NEH  Summer Seminar:  "Brecht in Berlin."
1995	Fulbright German Studies Summer Seminar: "Political, Economic, and Literary Tour of the Five New States."
1994	NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award.
1992-1993	Visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for European Studies.
1988-1989	Dissertation Research Fellowship, Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC).
1980-1981	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Award.

PUBLICATIONS
"General Stilwell, Wartime Chongqing (Chunking), and American Foreign Policy to WWII China" at http://www.ncuscr.org/?q=programs/fulbright (teaching module to be posted in 2010).

Kurt Maetzig’s Das Kanninchen bin ich:  Lessons from a “Modern Dictatorship” in East Germany at http://www.foothill.edu/bss/people/heiser-meredith/ (final editing was in 2008).

German, Polish and the Czech Support for the 1999 NATO Intervention in Kosovo: 'How the power of norms interacts with the norms of the powerful'" in April Morgan (ed.), Active Learning Source Book in International Relations (West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004).

"PDS Success in the Eastern German States, 1998-1999: 'Colorful Calling Card from the Forgotten Communist Past'?" in Laurence McFalls and Lothar Probst (eds.), After the GDR: New Perspectives on the Old GDR and the Young Laender in German Monitor No. 54 (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001).

"Brecht's Political and Cultural Dilemma in the Summer of 1953" in COMMUNICATIONS from the Intemational Brecht Society, vol. 30, nos. 1 & 2 (June 2001).

German Unification Case Study (co-authored by Dr. Falk Cammin): http://www.foothill.edu/divisions/unification/

Book Reviews including Gordon Smith, William E. Paterson, and Stephen Padgett (eds.), Developments in German Politics II, German Studies Review, vol. XXII, no.2 (May 1999).

"New Politics for New Constituents," Transition, vol. 1, no. 12 (July 14, 1995).

(Unpublished Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1994), "Soviet and East German Deutschlandpolitik, 1968-1973: Leadership's Role in Domestic and Foreign Policy Linkage."

"Unemployment in East Germany," Report on Eastem Europe, vol. 1, no. 32 (August 10, 1990).

"The Unification of East and West German Parties," Report on Eastem Europe, vol. 1, no. 29 (July 20, 1990).

HONORARY AFFILIATIONS

2010-2011	Member of the Asian Studies Association.
2009	Evaluator for applicants to the 2010 Fulbright Hays Seminar in China.
	Member of the Selection Committee for DAAD Book Prize of the German Studies Association.
2007-2009	Mentor for Foothill College Honors Students.
2007	Grader for Advanced Placement Tests in Comparative Politics. Member of the Selection Committee for the DAAD Article Prize of the German Studies Association.
2005	Listed in Who's Who of America's Teachers, 2005.
1998-2003	Treasurer for the East German Studies Association.
1991-2012	Member of the German Studies Association and the San Francisco World Affairs Council.

EMPLOYMENT

2010-2011	Executive Secretary and Political Action Committee Chair for the Faculty Association (FA PAC) of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District (FHDA CCD), a member of the CCCI (California Community College Independents). Served on Faculty Association of California Community Colleges Political Action Committee (FACCC PAC).
2008-2010	Negotiations Team Member for FA of the FHDA CCD.
2002-2010	Lecturer at Stanford University for undergraduates, graduates, and continuing studies.  Courses offered have included Germany After    the Wall; Political Economy of the New Europe:  the Eastern Enlargment of NATO and the EU; Election Politics: November 2006; American Foreign Policy Post-9/11; the Powers to Lead.
1991-2010	Professor at Foothill College. Courses taught have included American Government; American Government from a Minority Perspective; Introduction to Political Science; Introduction to Political Philosophy; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Russian and East European Politics; and Post-WWII Germany.
	Also served for two years as Writing Across the Curriculum Director, for six years on the Executive Council of FA,  and for three years on the Faculty Senate.
1990	Radio Free Europe. Worked as one of the last East German analysts.
1988	Research Consultant at RAND. Worked with Dr. Rose Gottemoeller as a researcher and translator.