SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

SIPA Faculty

Tanya L. Domi
Office of Communications and Public Affairs, MC4321, 402 Low Library, United States

Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA; Senior Public Affairs Officer for International Affairs, Office of Communications and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Phone: 212-854-5579
Fax: 212-678-4817
td207@columbia.edu

Biography:
Tanya L. Domi is the Senior Public Affairs Officer for International Affairs, Economics and Politics at Columbia University's Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Prior to joining Columbia's public affairs staff in 2006, she worked internationally for more than a decade on issues related to democratic transitional development, including political and media development, gender issues, sex trafficking, human rights and media freedom. Among the countries where Ms. Domi has worked includes: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Georgia, The Gambia, Kosovo, Nepal, The Philippines, The Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia. Her previous work in Bosnia-Herzegovina implementing the Dayton Peace Accords, 1996-2000, included stints as the chairperson for the OSCE Media Experts Commission during the 1998 general elections; counselor to Amb. Robert Barry and executive assistant to the late Robert Frowick, and she later served as Spokesperson and Director of Press and Public Information under Amb. Barry from 1999-2000. Prior to working abroad, Ms. Domi served as a congressional aide to the late Frank X. McCloskey, chief of staff to Hawaii State Senator Anthony Chang and served 15 years in the U.S. Army as an enlisted soldier and commissioned officer.

Among her publications include: The Role of OSCE in Media Development, "Media Development by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Summary of Activities, 1996-2000," (Amsterdam: Press Now, October 2005), pp. 57-70; Media Reform in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-2001, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 2005; "Putting Women at the Negotiating Table: The Role of the OSCE, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2002, and Advancing Women's Political Rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Making a Difference Early in the Peace Process (A Case Study), Harriman Review, Columbia University, November 2002. Ms. Domi's unpublished Harriman Essay is entitled Personal and Societal Recovery from War Trauma in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Case Study from a Human Rights and Mental Health Perspective. She is currently researching trauma and the process of reconciliation in the Balkans and the emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements throughout the Balkans and the Post-Soviet space.

A well published freelance journalist, Ms. Domi has contributed to the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Radio Free Europe and Transitions on Line. She has also appeared on CNN domestic and international, Lehrer NewsHour, 48 Hours, Larry King Live!, CBS Evening News, NPR's "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered," and the Diane Rehm Show, among others. Presently, Ms. Domi is a regular contributing blogger on international affairs to the Huffington Post and SIPA's Morningside Post. Ms. Domi is an accomplished public speaker, appearing before audiences from New York City to Timosoara, Romania and has been a guest lecturer at Duke University, Harvard University, New York University and the U.S. Army War College. She graduated from Columbia University's M.A. Human Rights Studies program in 2007 with a concentration in East Central Europe and is currently a Harriman certificate candidate.