Faculty Profile

Roman Hlatky

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Political Science
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2022. 
Major: Political Science
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2019. 
Major: Political Science
BA, Vassar College, 2016. 
Major: Political Science





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
PSCI 4700.001, Topics in Comparative Politics, Spring 2023 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    PSCI 3600.003, Governments and Politics Around the World, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 3996.002, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Fall 2022 
                    

                    PSCI 4661.001, Politics of Autocracy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 6900.008, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Review
Hlatky, R.  (2017). Ethnic Fractionalization, Institutional Choices, and Positive Outcomes for Development. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 23(3), 361-367. 
Journal Article
Findor, A., Hruska, M., Hlatky, R., Hrustic, T., Boselova, Z.  Equality, Reciprocity, or Need? Bolstering Welfare Policy Support for Marginalized Groups with Distributive Fairness. American Political Science Review. 
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., Liu, A. H. Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Language Recognition.. Studies in Comparative International Development. 
Gyárfášová, O., Hlatky, R.  The Personalization of Politics: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Electoral Studies. 81(February), 1-12. 
Hlatky, R.  (2021). EU Funding and Euroskeptic Vote Choice. Political Research Quarterly. 74(2), 348-363. 
Findor, A., Hruska, M., Gould, J., Hlatky, R., Tomkova, Z., Sirota, M.  (2021). Framing Effects, Social Norm Perception, and LGBTQ+ Tolerance: Experimental Evidence from Slovakia.. Journal of Homosexuality. 
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., Liu, A. H. (2021). How to head count ethnic minorities: validity of census surveys versus other identification strategies.. East European Politics. 37(3), 572-592. 
Csata, Z., Hlatky, R., Liu, A. H., Pitre-Young, A.  (2021). The Economic Effects of the Territoriality Principle: Evidence from Transylvania, Romania. Language Problems and Language Planning. 45(2), 165-187. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Fellowship   
Hlatky, R. (Principal), "National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic," Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Science, and Sport of the Slovak Republic, National, $2700 Funded. (2021 – 2021).
Hlatky, R. (Principal), "Eastern Focus Research Fellowship," Sponsored by Global Focus Research Center, Private, $1000 Funded. (2020 – 2020).
Hlatky, R., "Fulbright Research Fellowship," Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, National, $15700 Funded. (2019 – 2020).
Grant - Research   
Hlatky, R. (Principal), "Outgroup Politics in Slovakia: A Focus on Roma and Ukrainian Refugees," Sponsored by The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs: Global Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (June 2023 – July 2023).
Hlatky, R. (Principal), "US Embassy Small Grants Program," Sponsored by U.S. Embassy in the Slovak Republic, International, $2700 Funded. (2021 – 2021).
Hlatky, R. (Principal), "ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant," Sponsored by Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies, National, $6000 Funded. (2020 – 2020).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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