Mikhail Balaev
Instructor of Sociology
Courses at NMU
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology
SO 208 Research Methods I
SO 308 Research Methods II
SO 408 Survey Research Design & Analysis
Educational Information
Doctorate of Sociology anticipated Fall 2008
University of Oregon
M.A. in Sociology, 2005
University of Oregon
Bachelor Degree in State and Municipal Management from Ufa State Aviation Technology University (Russia), 1998
Other Profession Related Training
Certificate. Categorical Data Analysis: Models for Binary, Ordinal, Nominal, and Count Outcomes. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2006
Teaching and Professional History
2002-2008 Graduate Teaching Fellow. Department of Sociology, University of Oregon.
Sole instructor:
SOC 312 Quantitative Methods in Sociology
SOC 467 Economic Sociology
REES 399 Contemporary Russian Society
SOC 410 Sociology of Post-Soviet Russia
Professional Publications
(R & R) Balaev, Mikhail. “The Effects of International Trade on Democracy: A Panel Study of the Post-Soviet World-System.” Sociological Perspectives.
2007 Balaev, Mikhail and Caleb Southworth. “How International Trade Ties Influence Democratization: The Case of the Post-Soviet States.” Pp. 47-64 in Industries and Markets in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Bruno Sergi, W. Bagatelas, and J. Kubicová. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
2004 Southworth, Caleb and Mikhail Balaev. “A Shift in Paternalism: The Role of ‘Soft Budget Constraints’ in the Labor Conflicts in Post-Soviet Russia” (in Russian). Pp. 216-219 in Sotsialnye Konflikty v Rossii: Materialy Vserossiiskoi Nauchnoi Konferencii, edited by V. N. Hudyakov, T. A. Saburova, and N. V. Makaryeva. Omsk, Russia: OmGPU.
2003 Moseley, Cassandra, Mikhail Balaev, and Adam Lake. Long Term Trends in Contracting and the Impact of the National Fire Plan in Northern California. Ecosystem Workforce Program, Working Paper Number 7: http://ewp.uoregon.edu/pdfs/wp7.pdf
Contact
Office: 147B Gries Hall
Phone: (906) 227-1118
e-mail: mbalaev@nmu.edu
