Current Position

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sweet Briar College, 2005 – Present

Teaching introductory courses on International Politics and upper division courses on International Political Economy, Nuclear Weapons in World Politics, and International Conflict and Resolution.

Education

Ph.D. - Political Science, June 2004 - University of California, San Diego.

M.A. - Political Science, March 1999 - University of California, San Diego.

B.A. - Political Science and Philosophy, May 1988 - University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy, July 7-26, 2002.

Graduate Study at UCSD

Major Field: International Relations. Minor Field: Comparative Politics.

Specialization: International Security

Dissertation: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Political Economy of Complying with Coercion”

Dissertation Committee: David R. Mares (chair); David A. Lake; Nathaniel L. Beck; Richard E. Feinberg; Barbara F. Walter

Other Teaching Experience

Lecturer, Wayne State University, 2004 – 2005

Taught introductory courses on American Politics, World Politics, and Peace and Conflict Studies. Taught upper division courses on American Foreign Policy and International Conflict and Resolution.

Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2000

Taught an upper division course in International Relations.

Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, 1996-2004

Led discussion sections in Introduction to International Relations, Making of the Modern World 1-6, and acted as course reader for numerous upper division International Relations and Comparative Politics Courses.

Honors and Awards

2003 - 2004 TA Excellence Award, Making of the Modern World Program

2002 Selected for the Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy

1999 - 2000 Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science

1996 - 1997 Edmund G. Brown, Sr., Fellowship.

Publications

“Soviet Defensive Tactics” Red Thrust Star US Army Professional Bulletin 30-90-1 (Spring 1990), pp. 19-22.

“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Politics of Compliance with Foreign Coercive Pressure” under review by The Journal of Conflict Resolution after revisions.

Working Papers

“Do International Investors Punish Military Adventurism? Evidence from Militarized Incidents in the Western Hemisphere 1990-2000” with David R. Mares.

Professional Presentations

“The Politics of Coercion: Territorial Disputes and the Choice of Coercive Strategies.” Accepted for presentation at the 2006 International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, 23 March 2006.

Panel Chair and Discussant, Major Power Intervention: Explaining When and Why. 2006 International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, 23 March 2006.

“Why Play Hardball? The Political Incentives for Employing Coercive Statecraft.” 2005 International Studies Association Annual Convention. Honolulu, 4 March 2005.

“Reacting to ‘Vicious Diplomacy’: The Politics of Compliance with Foreign Coercive Pressure” 2004 International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, 18 March 2004.

“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Politics of Compliance with Foreign Coercive Pressure” 2003 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, 28 August 2003.

“Under Pressure: The Politics of Compliance with Military Coercion” 2003 International Studies Association Annual Convention. Portland, 27 February 2003.

Discussant, Stalemates, Normalization, and Protracted Conflicts, TB08, 2003 International Studies Association Annual Convention. Portland, 25 February 2003.

“Coercion is Coercion: State Responses to Economic and Military Coercion” 2002 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Boston, 31 August 2002.

“Playing Hardball: Economic Sanctions and Coercive Foreign Policy” 2002 International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, 26 March 2002.

Discussant, Foreign Economic Policies in Comparative Perspective, MB33, 2002 International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, 25 March 2002.

“Does International Capital Produce Peace? Evidence from Militarized Incidents in the Western Hemisphere 1990-2000” with David R. Mares. Presented by co-author at the 2002 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA, 23 March 2002.

“Force vs. Politics: Coercion as Foreign Policy Tool” 2001 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, 21 April 2001.

“Military Force, Coercion and Domestic Politics: The Lesson of Kosovo” 2001 International Studies Association Annual Convention. Chicago, 22 February 2001.

Research Assistant Positions

Summer 2001 - Winter 2002 David R. Mares, UCSD – Political Science

Database construction and statistical analysis of MIDs in Latin America

Fall 1999 - Winter 2000 David R. Mares, UCSD - Political Science

Case study research on civil-military relations in Honduras

Fall 1998 - Spring 1999 David R. Mares, UCSD - Political Science

Database construction and statistical analysis of trade flows in Latin America

Summer 1998 Philip G. Roeder, UCSD - Political Science

Database construction for analysis of threatened ethnic minorities

Professional Development

Competent Toastmaster, June 2002, Toastmasters International

References

Available on request.