SARAH N. REPUCCI

email: srepucci at gmail

Experience:

Governance Consultant, New York, 2008–present.

u Provide research, reports and advising on governance issues such as international conventions, quantitative methods for evaluation, corruption in the United States.

Transparency International, Senior Research Coordinator, Berlin, Germany, 2006–2008.

u Led the National Integrity Systems program, including country studies to assess politics, civil society, and the private sector worldwide.

u Revived a languishing program and consolidated its reputation and effectiveness through consultation with a global movement as well as innovation for new directions.

u Head of team to develop new quantitative method for country assessment.

u Participated in and presented at high-level meetings and conferences, such as at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg.

Freedom House, Consultant, 2006–present.

u Analyst on political rights and civil liberties in Turkey and Cyprus for Countries at the Crossroads and Freedom in the World.

Freedom House, Senior Researcher, New York, 2003–2006.

u Analyst on political rights and civil liberties in western and southeastern Europe for Countries at the Crossroads, Freedom in the World, and Freedom of the Press.

u Managed Countries at the Crossroads, a survey of government accountability, anticorruption, and transparency in 60 countries worldwide.

Center for European Studies, New York University, Completed M.A. Degree, 2001–2003.

u Published “Europe NYC” for the New York Consortium for European Studies.

u Research assistant to Profs. M. Schain and A. Menon for transatlantic security policy workshop.

The Century Foundation (formerly the Twentieth Century Fund), Assistant Editor, New York, 1998–2002.

u Worked closely with high-profile authors on U.S. foreign and domestic policy issues.

Education:

New York University, New York.

M.A. degree in European studies, May 2003. GPA: 3.9. Graduate Assistantship Scholarship. M.A. thesis: “The Division of Labor between the United States and Europe since 1989.”

Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.

B.A. degree in English, June 1998. GPA: 3.51. Graduated cum laude.

Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. 1996–97.

All courses conducted in French.

Attributed Publications and Presentations:

“Scoring National Integrity Systems,” Global Corruption Report 2008 (Cambridge University Press), June 2008.

“Turkey 2007,” in Countries at the Crossroads, ed. S. Tatic and C. Walker (Roman & Littlefield), 2007.

“Integrity and the Judicial System,” presentation at seminar for judges and parliamentarians sponsored by Transparency International Cameroon, Yaoundé, February 2007.

“Assessing Integrity,” workshop at International Anti-Corruption Conference, Guatemala City, November 2006.

“On Measuring Democracy, Governance and Human Rights,” presentation at workshop sponsored by Inwent, Bonn, Germany, October 2005 and 2006.

“Turkey 2005,” in Countries at the Crossroads, ed. S. Repucci and C. Walker (Roman & Littlefield), 2005.

“Meeting the Democratic Governance Challenge” (with C. Walker), in Countries at the Crossroads, ed. S. Repucci and C. Walker (Roman & Littlefield), 2005.

“Freedom House Anticorruption Efforts,” presentation at the Anti-Corruption Network annual meeting, Istanbul, May 2005.

“A Survey of Governance in 30 Underperforming States,” Global Corruption Report 2005 (Transparency International), March 2005.

“Turkey, the EU, and Freedom in the World: An Examination of EU Accession through the Lens of Data on Political Rights and Civil Liberties,” Insight Turkey, September 2004.

“The EU Membership Question: Now Should Be Turkey’s Time,” Eurasianet.org, 1 July 2004.

“At the Crossroads of Reform and Repression” (with A. Karatnycky), in Countries at the Crossroads, ed. S. Repucci and C. Walker (Freedom House), 2004.

“ESDP and the European Regional Security Partnership” (with Fulvio Attinà), in Common Foreign and Security Policy: The First Ten Years, ed. Martin Holland (Continuum), 2004.

“US and EU Democracy Promotion,” Anamesa (Draper Program, NYU), Spring 2003.

“L'écart Europe/Etats-Unis,” Le Débat Stratégique (CIRPES, Paris), March 2003.

Personal:

International work and research experience in Turkey, France, and Germany, as well as work-related travel in Cameroon, Guatemala, Ireland, Luxembourg, South Africa, South Korea, Zimbabwe ... Fluent in French, proficient in German and Spanish, beginner’s knowledge of Turkish ... Proficient in QuarkXpress, Adobe Pagemaker, FileMakerPro, and Microsoft Office including Excel, Access, and advanced knowledge of Word.