ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor. Department of Political Science. University at Buffalo, SUNY. 2008-
EDUCATION
Ph.D. August 2008. The Pennsylvania State University (Political Science).
Major Field: International Relations
Minor Fields: American Politics and Methodology.
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models. 2008. Duke University.
M.A. May 2005. The Pennsylvania State University (Political Science).
ICPSR. 2004. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan. Class: Maximum Likelihood Estimation.
B.A. 2002. Binghamton University (Political Science). Magna cum Laude.
PUBLICATIONS
"Success Breeds Success?: War Outcomes, Domestic Opposition, and Elections." 2008. Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 25 (2).
"Is it Politics or the Economy? Domestic Correlates of Dispute Involvement in Parliamentary Systems." (With Glenn Palmer). Forthcoming. International Studies Quarterly.
AWARDS AND HONORS
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Political Science Division. $6,248. July 1st, 2007. Principal Investigator: Glenn Palmer.
International Relations Pre-doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University. Summer, 2007.
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University. Spring, 2007.
Jesse M. MacKnight Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University. Spring, 2007.
Dissertation Support Grant. College of Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University. Fall, 2007.
Bruce R. Miller Research Award, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University. Summer, 2005.
RESEARCH PAPERS
"Diversionary Incentives and Disputes Initiated By Rivals."
Presented (under different titles) at ISA 2007, Peace Science 2006 and 2007 and APSA 2009. Under review.
"Why not Guns and Butter?: Responses to Economic Turmoil."
Presented at ISA 2009. Under review.
"Split Platforms and Presidential Elections."
Presented at Iowa conference on 2008 Election, March 2009. Under review.
"Domestic Opposition and Long Term Resolve in International Crises."
Presented at APSA 2007.
"United We Fall: Bargaining Failure in the Face of Opposition Support."
Presented at Peace Science 2008.
"Arms, Intelligence and Crisis Bargaining." (With Scott Wolford)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
American Political Science Association 2007, 2009
International Studies Association 2006, 2007, 2009
Peace Science Society (International) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
University of California, Davis: Reopening the Black Box of War Conference, October, 2006.
University of Iowa: Symposium on 2008 Presidential Election, March 2009.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Domestic Forces in IR
International Conflict
American Foreign Policy
IR Theory
Bargaining Theory
Formal Modeling
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
War and International Security. Fall, 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009.
American Foreign Policy. Spring, 2008, Spring 2009.
International Relations Theory. Summer, 2007.
Advanced Game Theory (Grad). Fall, 2009.
International Security (Grad). Fall, 2008.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association
Conflict Processes and Foreign Policy sections
International Studies Association
Scientific Study of International Processes and Foreign Policy Analysis sections
Peace Science Society (International)
