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24 Facts About Paul D'Anieri

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Paul D'Anieri is a political scientist specializing politics and international relations in the former Soviet Union, focusing on Ukraine and Russia.

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Paul D'Anieri is considered and expert on economics, finance, and budgeting in US universities, which became a focus during his administrative career.

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Paul D'Anieri received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in International Relations in 1986.

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Paul D'Anieri then went on to earn a master's degree and doctorate in government from Cornell University in 1991.

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Paul D'Anieri's research focuses on politics and foreign policy in the post-Soviet states with particular focus on Ukrainian politics and Ukraine's relations with Russia.

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Paul D'Anieri has received several awards for his work, including a Fulbright Grant, a Fellowship from the Smith-Richardson Foundation, and several grants from the US government totaling over a million dollars.

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Paul D'Anieri showed that the Ukraine-Russia relationship was unlikely to resolve itself, and that Ukraine's ability or inability to reform domestically would strongly condition its ability to achieve the autonomy and sovereignty its leaders coveted.

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In 2011, Paul D'Anieri published the edited volume Orange Revolution and Aftermath: Mobilization, Apathy and the State in Ukraine.

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Paul D'Anieri's widely used textbook International Politics: Power and Purpose in Global Affairs is in its fourth edition.

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In 1997, Paul D'Anieri received a prestigious Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching.

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Paul D'Anieri is a sought after speaker on how universities can manage the financial challenges they face while maintaining their focus on their academic mission.

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Paul D'Anieri has worked extensively with the American Council of Education providing training for department chairs and for rising higher education executives.

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Paul D'Anieri is known for work in three related areas: Implementation of Responsibility Center Management, the measurement of instructional costs through Activity Based Costing, and the broader topic of how budgeting systems can help or impede connecting universities to their mission.

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Paul D'Anieri continued his focus on internationalization by developing a new strategy at the University of Florida and by hiring the first vice provost of international affairs at the University of California Riverside.

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From 2004 to 2008, Paul D'Anieri was associate dean for humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas.

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Paul D'Anieri oversaw a major overhaul of the main humanities building, Wescoe Hall.

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Paul D'Anieri had the undergraduate education portfolio in the college, and oversaw a reform of general education requirements and a strengthening of academic integrity rules and processes.

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Paul D'Anieri was instrumental in forging a partnership between KU and the US Army's nearby base at Ft.

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In 2008, Paul D'Anieri was recruited to be the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, that campus's largest college, teaching over 35,000 students each year.

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Paul D'Anieri responded to budget cuts initially by reorganizing the dean's office to reduce the number of associate dean positions.

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Paul D'Anieri was deeply involved in UFs adoption of Responsibility Center Management, making numerous suggestions on how the model could serve rather than undermine the academic mission.

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When Paul D'Anieri left Florida, the Gainesville Sun reported on faculty reaction.

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In 2014, Paul D'Anieri was recruited to become executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Riverside.

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Paul D'Anieri has been a leader in developing policies to increase faculty diversity.