Download my CV (updated 9/10/09).
Employment
| Assistant Professor, University of North Texas |
2008- |
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| Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Civil War/Peace Research Institute, Oslo |
2004- |
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| Fellow, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin |
2009- |
Education
| PhD | University of California, San Diego |
2008 |
| MA | University of California, San Diego |
2003 |
| BA | Kalamazoo College |
2000 |
Publications
| Measuring State Capacity: Theoretical and Empirical Implications for the Study of Civil Conflict. Journal of Peace Research. |
Accepted |
| Trends and Triggers: Climate, Climate Change and Civil Conflict in Sub‐Saharan Africa (with Sarah M. Glaser). Political Geography 26 (6): 695‐715. |
2007 |
| Zimbabwe (with Idean Salehyan). In Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts since World War II, Uk Heo and Karl DeRouen (eds.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC‐CLIO. |
2007 |
Grants
| Department of Defense ‐ Minerva Research Initiative (MRI), “Program on Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa,” ($517,198) (with Idean Salehyan) |
2009 – 2014 |
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| University of North Texas, Faculty Research Grant ($5,000) |
2008 – 2009 |
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| Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) Travel Grant ($3,034) |
2008 |
Works Under Review/In Progress
After the Rain: Political Institutions, Water Resources, and Civil Unrest in Africa (with Idean Salehyan).
Are Beholden Rulers Enlightened Rulers? Uniting Democratic and Fiscal Perspectives on Infant Mortality. (Revise and resubmit, International Studies Quarterly)
Beating Fishhooks into Spears? Civil Conflict, Crowding-Out Effects and Marine Fisheries, 1951-2004 (with Sarah M. Glaser).
Grievance and Opportunity: Food Prices, Political Regimes, and Protest (with Stephan Haggard and Beatriz Magaloni).
Head for the Hills? Geography, State Capacity, and Civil Conflict. (Under review, American Journal of Political Science)
Leviathan in the Tropics: Geography, Bargaining, and State Capacity.
The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain: Local Analyses of Rainfall, Growth, and Conflict (with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Peter Sandholt Jensen).
When is the Pen Mightier? The Effects of Amnesty International’s Letter-Writing Campaigns on Human Rights Conditions in Target States (with Wendy Wong).
Recent Conference Presentations
| Measuring State Capacity: Theoretical and Empirical Implications for the Study of Civil Conflict. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6. |
2009 |
| Grievance and Opportunity: Food Prices, Political Regime, and Protest (with Stephan Haggard and Beatriz Magaloni). Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15-18. |
2009 |
| Beating Fishhooks into Spears? Civil Conflict, Crowding-Out Effects and Marine Fisheries, 1951-2004. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15-18, and the Texas International Relations Triangle Conference, Houston, TX, January 30. |
2009 |
| Taxation in the Tropics: Geography and the Fiscal Contract. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 27-31. |
2008 |
| Beating Fishhooks into Spears? Civil Conflict, Crowding-Out Effects and Marine Fisheries, 1950-2005. Presented at the FAO/GLOBEC Coping with Change in Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium, Rome, Italy, July 7-11. |
2008 |
| Head for the Hills or This Hard Land? Geography, State Capacity, and Civil Conflict. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 22-25. |
2008 |
| The Smoking Gun? Climate Change, Interannual Resource Variability and Conflict in Africa. Presented at the Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften (MARUM) Workshop on Response of North African Ecosystems to Abrupt Climate Change, Bremen, Germany, November 14-16. |
2007 |
| Trends and Triggers: Climate, Climate Change and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Sarah M. Glaser). Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 22-25. |
2006 |
Fellowships and Awards
| UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowship |
2004-2005 |
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| Rohr Chair in International Relations Travel Grant |
2005 |
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| Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies Field Research Grant (declined) |
2004 |
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| UCSD Dean’s Travel Grant |
2008, 2005, 2003 |
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| Research Fellowship, Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute Oslo |
2004 |
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| Earl Warren Fellowship, University of California, San Diego |
2000-2003 |
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| E. Bruce Baxter Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior in Political Science |
2000 |
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| Elton W. Ham Field Work Scholarship |
1999 |
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Teaching Experience
| Foundations of International Relations (undergraduate, lower division) |
2007 |
| Insurgency and Terrorism (undergraduate, upper division) |
2005, 2007 |
| Introduction to Comparative Politics (undergraduate, lower division) |
2008 |
| Comparative Politics (undergraduate, upper division) |
2008, 2010 |
| International Political Economy (undergraduate, upper division) |
2008, 2009 |
| Political Economy (graduate) |
2009 |
| Political Economy of Development (graduate) |
2010 |
Student Supervision
PhD Students: Lilly Kelan Lu, Joon-Han Yoon, Ecological Sustainability and Peace.
MA Students: Thu Phan, “Do Public Health and Education Outcomes Vary Under Different Regime Types of Aid-Recipient Nations?” (defended August 2009)
Undergraduate Students: Jennifer Williams, “Egypt’s Differing Responses to Democratic and Islamist Challenges,” Tiffany Randall, “The Common Agricultural Policy and Protest in the European Union.”
Service
Reviewer: International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Party Politics, World Development, World Politics.
Book Reviews, Journal of Peace Research: The New Wars, Herfried Munkler; Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male Population, Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer; Young Soldiers: Why They Choose to Fight, Rachel Brett and Irma Specht.
Invited Talks: Peace Research Institute of Oslo, 2009, 2004, Peacemakers, Inc., 2009, Brookhaven College, 2009, First Congregational Church, Salem, Oregon, 2008, Kalamazoo College, 2005.
Elections Officer, University of North Texas, 2008-2009.
