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August 2019
CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHN T. ISHIYAMA
OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Political Science
1155 Union Circle #305340
Wooten Hall 166
University of North Texas,
Denton TX, 76203-5340
Ph: 940-565-4326
Office Phone:
E-MAIL:
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
2012- present, University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, Department of
Political Science, University of North Texas
2019 to present Director of Graduate Studies/Graduate Adviser, Department of Political Science,
University of North Texas.
2017 to present. Piper Professor of Texas
2012- 2016, Lead Editor/ Editor-in-Chief, American Political Science Review
2011-present, Faculty Associate, Castleberry Peace Institute, Department of Political Science,
University of North Texas
2010-present, Director, UNT National Science Foundation, Research Experience for
Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Program on Conflict Management and Peace Science
2010-2013 Assistant Chair, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas
2008 – present, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of
North Texas
2003-2008 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Truman State
University
2004-2012 Editor in Chief, Journal of Political Science Education
2004-2008, Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Truman State
University.
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2002- present, Research Fellow University of Kansas, Center for Russian and East European
Studies
1995- 2004 Research Coordinator, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program,
Truman State University.
1995-2003 Associate Professor of Political Science, Division of Social Science, Truman State
University.
1996-1997 Interim Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program,
Truman State University.
1990-1995 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Truman State University.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1992 Michigan State University, Department of Political Science.
M.A., 1985 University of Michigan, Center for Russian and East European Studies.
B.A., 1982 Bowling Green State University, Department of Political Science and Department of
History.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS- (8)
John Ishiyama, Ed. 2018. From Bullets to Ballots: The Transformation of Rebel Groups into
Political Parties London:Routledge
John Ishiyama, Will Miller, and Eszter Simon eds. 2015 Handbook of Teaching and
Learning in Political Science and International Relations (editor with) Cheltenham
UK: Edward Elgar.
John Ishiyama 2012 Principles of Democracy and Democratization. Oxford: Wiley
Blackwell.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning Eds. 2010 Political Science in the 21st Century: A
Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, and John Ishiyama eds. 2009 Assessment in Political
Science (editor with) Washington DC: American Political Science Association
Andras Bozoki and John Ishiyama. eds.. 2002 Communist Successor Parties of Central and
Eastern Europe (editor with Andras Bozoki) Armonk New York: ME Sharpe.
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John Ishiyama, 1999 Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist Politics (editor)
Carmack, NY:Nova Science Publishers.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 1998 Ethnopolitics in the New Europe (with Marijke
Breuning). Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (138)
John Ishiyama (2019) “Is Democracy Necessary for Good Governance?” Social Science
Quarterly (accepted, forthcoming)
John Ishiyama and Brandon Stewart (2019) “Organization and the Structure of Opportunities:
Understanding the Success of Ethnic Parties in Post-Communist Europe” Party Politics
(accepted, forthcoming)
Paasha Mahdavi and John Ishiyama (2019) “Dynamics of the inner elite in
dictatorships: Evidence from North Korea” Comparative Politics (accepted, forthcoming)
John Ishiyama and Michael Widmeier (2019) “From “Bush Bureaucracies” to Electoral
Competition: What Explains the Political Success of Rebel Parties after Civil Wars?” Journal of
Elections, Public Opinion and Parties https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2019.1572159
John Ishiyama (2019) “Identity Change and Rebel Party Political Success” Government and
Opposition 54(3): 454-484.
John Ishiyama (2019) “Towards a Theory of Legislative Decline” PS: Political Science &
Politics 52(2): 277-280.
John Ishiyama, Christopher Pace, and Brandon Stewart (2018) “Foreign Threat and Political
Party Change: Russia and changes in party manifestos” Communist and Post Communist
Studies 51(4): 325-335.
John Ishiyama (2018) “Understanding the “Gravity” of Authoritarianism: China, Russia, and
authoritarian cooperation”. Taiwan Journal of Democracy 14(1): 25-39
John Ishiyama, Lina Mevrishvili and Nina Zhgenti (2018) “An Oasis of Democracy in an
Authoritarian Sea? Civil society, social, and institutional trust in Georgia” Communist and Post
Communist Studies 51(1):19-26.
John Ishiyama, Felipe Carlos Betancourt Higareda, Amalia Pulido, and Bernardo Almaraz (2018)
“What are the Effects of Large-Scale Violence on Social and Institutional Trust? Using the Civil
War literature to understand the case of Mexico, 2006-2012” Civil Wars DOI:
10.1080/13698249.2018.1446112
Christopher Williams and John Ishiyama (2018) “Responding to the Extremes: Far Left Parties
and Mainstream Party Euroskepticism” Journal of Parties, Elections and Public Opinion DOI:
10.1080/17457289.2018.1434783
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Marijke Breuning, Ayal Feinberg, Ben Gross, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma and John
Ishiyama (2018) How International is Political Science? Patterns of Submission and Publication
in the APSR PS: Political Science & Politics https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096518000963
Marijke Breuning, Ben Gross, Ayal Feinberg, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma and John
Ishiyama (2018) Clearing the Pipeline? Gender and the Review Process at the APSR PS:
Political Science & Politics 41(3): 629-634
John Ishiyama, Melissa Martinez, Melda Ozsut (2018) "Do "Resource Cursed States" have lower
levels of Social and Institutional Trust?: Evidence from Africa and Latin America". Social
Science Quarterly 99(3): 872-894.
John Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning and Michael Widmeier (2017) “Organizing to Rule: Agent,
Structure and Presidential Management Styles in Africa” Democratization
https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2017.1391793
John Ishiyama, Amalia Pulido Gomez and Brandon Stewart (2016) “Does conflict lead to ethnic
particularism? Electoral violence and ethnicity in Kenya 2005-2008” Nationalism and Ethnic
Politics 22(3): 300-321
Michael Marshall and John Ishiyama (2016) “Does political inclusion of rebel parties promote
peace after civil conflict?” Democratization 23:1021-1037.
John Ishiyama and Anna Pechenina. (2016) “Colored Revolutions, Interpersonal Trust, and
Confidence in Institutions: The consequences of mass uprisings” Social Science Quarterly
97(3):748-770.
John Ishiyama and Michael Marshall. (2015). "What Explains Former Rebel Party Name
Changes after a Civil Conflict Ends? External and internal factors and the transition to political
competition." Party Politics doi: 10.1177/1354068815600913
Brian Nosek , George. Alter, G. C. Banks, D. Borsboom, S. D. Bowman, S. J. Breckler, S. Buck,
C. D. Chambers, G. Chin, G. Christensen, M. Contestabile, A. Dafoe, E. Eich, J. Freese, R.
Glennerster, D. Goroff, D. P. Green, B. Hesse, M. Humphreys, John Ishiyama, D. Karlan, A.
Kraut, A. Lupia, P. Mabry, T. A. Madon, N. Malhotra, E. Mayo-Wilson, M. McNutt, E. Miguel,
E. Levy Paluck, U. Simonsohn, C. Soderberg, B. A. Spellman, J. Turitto, G. VandenBos, S.
Vazire, E. J. Wagenmakers, R. Wilson, T. Yarkoni. (2015) “Promoting an open research culture”
Science 348:1422-1425
John Ishiyama. 2015. “Regime Legacies and Governance in Post-Communist States.” Taiwan
Journal of Democracy 11(2): 1-24.
John Ishiyama, and Michael Marshall (2015) “Candidate Recruitment and Former Rebel Parties”
Party Politics 21(4): 591-602
John Ishiyama, and Olu Laoye (2014) "Do Truth Commissions Promote Trust in the Judiciary in
African States?" Journal of Asian and African Studies 51(5): 528-544.
John Ishiyama, Jacqueline Demeritt and Michael Widmeier. 2015“At the Water's Edge: The
Decline of Partisan Liberal Internationalism?" Acta Politica 50:320-343
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John Ishiyama, Christine Balarezo and Tom Miles (2014) “Do Graduate Student Teacher
Training Courses Affect Placement Rates?” Journal of Political Science Education 10(3):263-
272
John Ishiyama 2014 “Assessing the Leadership Transition in North Korea: Using Network
Analysis of Field Inspections, 1997-2012,” Communist and Post Communist Studies 47(2):
137–146
John Ishiyama. 2014 “Civil Wars and Party Systems” Social Science Quarterly 95(2): 425-447.
Winner of 2015 Charles Bonjean Award for best article published in SSQ.
John Ishiyama. 2014 “Replication, Research Transparency, and Journal Publications:
Individualism, Community Models and the Future of Replication Studies” PS:Political Science
and Politics 41(1): 78-83.
John Ishiyama. 2014 “Elite Volatility and Change in North Korean Politics: 1997-2010” Journal
of Asian and African Studies 49(5) 570-583.
John Ishiyama and Wendy Watson. 2014 “Using Computer Based Writing Software to Facilitate
Writing Assignments in Large Political Science Classes” Journal of Political Science Education
10(1): 93-101.
John Ishiyama and Michael Widmeier. 2013 “Territorial Control, Level of Violence, and the
Electoral Performance of Former Rebel Political Parties after Civil Wars” Civil Wars 15(4): 521-
550
John Ishiyama, Anna Batta, and Angela Sortor,2013 "Political Parties, Independents, and the
Electoral Market in Sub Saharan Africa" Party Politics 19(5): 685-712.
Tatyana Kelman and John Ishiyama. 2013 “Foreign Aid and Semi Authoritarianism” (with
Tatyana Kelman) Journal of East European and Asian Studies 4(1)
John Ishiyama 2013 “Frequently used active learning techniques and their impact: A critical
review of existing journal literature in the United States” European Political Science 12: 116-
126.
John Ishiyama. 2012. “Explaining Ethnic Bloc Voting in Africa” Democratization 1(4): 761-788.
John Ishiyama and Anna Pechenina. 2012 “Environmental Degradation and Genocide”
Ethnopolitics 11(2): 141-158.
John Ishiyama and Anna Batta. 2012 “The Emergence of Dominant Political Party Systems in
Unrecognized States” Communist and Post Communist Studies 45:123–130.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 2012.“Educational Access and Peace Duration in Post
Conflict Countries” International Interactions 38(1): 58-78
John Ishiyama 2012“The Politics of Appeasement? Politics and Federal Financial Disbursements:
The Case of Ethiopia” Publius: the Journal of Federalism 42(1):1-25
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John Ishiyama and Anna Batta. 2011 “Rebel Organizations and Conflict Management in Post
Conflict Societies 1990-2009" Civil Wars 13(4):437-457.
John Ishiyama and Jeremy Backstrom. 2011.“Reconciliation and Conceptual Complexity: The
Case of Post Conflict Kenya” African and Asian Studies 10:366-386
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 2011.“Orphans and Political Instability” Social Science
Quarterly 92(4) 1002-1020
John Ishiyama and Anna Batta. 2011. “Swords into Plowshares: Rebel legacies, electoral
competition and the transformation of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist),” Communist and
Post Communist Studies 4(4): 369-379.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 2011.“What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and
democratic development in post communist politics” Party Politics 17(2): 223–241
Shannon Smithey and John Ishiyama 2011 “The Constitutional Courts and Democracy in the
Early Years of Post Communist Eastern European Politics” Journal of East European and Asian
Studies 2(1): 41-60.
John Ishiyama 2010“Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 16 (4):
290-310
John Ishiyama, Tom Miles, and Christine Balarezo. 2010.“Training the Next Generation of
Teaching Professors: A Comparative Study of Ph.D. Programs in Political Science PS: Political
Science & Politics 43:515-522.
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 2009.“The Politics of Intercountry Adoption: Explaining
Variation in the Legal Requirements of Sub-Saharan African Countries” Perspectives on Politics
7:89-101.
Winner of the 2010 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for Best Journal Article
John Ishiyama. 2009. “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red Brown Vote in Post
Communist Politics” Communist and Post Communist Studies 42:485-504
John Ishiyama. 2009.“Do Ethnic Parties Promote Minority Ethnic Conflict?” Nationalism and
Ethnic Politics 15:56-83.
John Ishiyama. 2009. “Alternative Electoral Systems and the 2005 Ethiopian Parliamentary
Election” African Studies Quarterly 10(4): 37-56
John Ishiyama. 2009."Explaining ‘Minor’ Party Nominations in Sub Saharan Africa: The Cases
of Ethiopia, Zambia, and Malawi" Journal of Asian and African Studies 44 (3): 319-339
John Ishiyama. 2009.“What Became of the Women’s Parties in Post Communist Politics?” (Que
sont devenus les partis de femmes dans la politique post-communiste?) Chronique Feministe
102: 22-27
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John Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning, and Kathryn Sanders. 2008.“Foreign Aid and Democratization
in Post-conflict Societies” Midsouth Political Science Review 9:19-34.
John Ishiyama, Katherine Haggans, and Ryan Conway. 2008.“Is there a Monadic Authoritarian
Peace? Authoritarian Regimes, Democratic Transition Types and the First Use of Violent Force”
African Journal of Political Science and International Relations 2(3): 31-37
John Ishiyama. 2008.“Political Party Development and Party “Gravity” in Semi Authoritarian
States: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Taiwan Journal of Democracy
4:33-53.
John Ishiyama. 2008. “Assessing Assessment: Examining the Assessment Plans at 50 Political
Science Departments" PS: Political Science and Politics 41: 167-170
John Ishiyama. 2007 (2003 continuing series)“Electoral Systems, Ethnic Fragmentation and Party
Systems Volatility in 31 Sub Saharan African Countries” Northeast African Studies 10 (2): 203-
220.
John Ishiyama 2007.“Nominations and Party Development in Ethiopia: The Opposition and the
2005 Parliamentary Election” African and Asian Studies 6 (1& 2): 81-105.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 2007.“Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in
Post Conflict Societies” Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 6 (1&2): 82-
91.
John Ishiyama, Paul Parker, John Quinn, Candace Cartright Young. 2007 “Surveying Capstone
Courses in Political Science” Academic Exchange Quarterly 11 (4):76-82.
John Ishiyama. 2007 “Expectations and Perceptions of Undergraduate Research Mentoring:
Comparing First Generation, Low Income White/Caucasian and African American Students”
College Student Journal 41:510-520
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 2007 “Marketing the International Studies Major: Claims
and Content of Programs at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions in the Midwest” International
Studies Perspectives 8:121-133
John Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning and Linda Lopez. 2006 “A Century of Continuity and (Little)
Change in the Undergraduate Political Science Curriculum American Political Science Review
100:659-665.
John Ishiyama and Krystal Fox. 2006.“What Affects the Strength of Partisan Identity in Sub-
Saharan Africa?” Politics and Policy 34: 748-773.
John Ishiyama. 2006.“Globalization, Political Institutions and Ethnic Assertiveness: An Empirical
Study of Thirty-two Developing Countries.” Ethnopolitics 5:167-182.
John Ishiyama and John James Quinn. 2006.“African Phoenix? Explaining the Electoral
Performance of the Formerly Dominant Parties in Africa” Party Politics 13:317-333.
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John Ishiyama 2006.“Europeanization and the Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist
Politics” Politics and Policy 31:1-23
John Ishiyama. 2006 “How 'International' Are Undergraduate Political Science Programs at
Liberal Arts and Sciences Colleges and Universities in the Midwest?” PS: Political Science and
Politics 39: 257-271.
John Ishiyama. 2005. “The Former Marxist Leninist Parties in Africa after the End of the Cold
War” Acta Politica 40, 459-479
John Ishiyama 2005.“Globalization and the Development of Left Parties in Central and Eastern
Europe” Globalization 5:1-10.
John Ishiyama. 2005.“The Sickle and the Minaret: The Communist Successor Parties in Yemen
and Afghanistan after the End of the Cold War” Middle East Review of International Affairs
9:7-29
John Ishiyama. 2005 "The Structure of an Undergraduate Major and Student Learning: A Cross-
Institutional Study of Political Science Programs at Thirty-two Colleges and Universities" Social
Science Journal 42: 359-366
John Ishiyama. 2005. “Examining the Impact of the Wahlke Report: Surveying the Structure of
the Political Science Curricula at Liberal Arts and Sciences Colleges and Universities in the
Midwest” PS: Political Science and Politics 38:72-75.
John Ishiyama. 2004 "The Formerly Dominant Marxist-Leninist Parties in the Developing
World after the Collapse of Communism" Journal of Communist Studies and Transition
Politics 20:42-60.
John Ishiyama, 2004.“Political Performance, Electoral Rules and the Rhetorical Strategies of the
Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Eastern European Politics” Acta Politica
39:179-202.
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama 2004.“International Studies Programs: For what purpose
and for whom?” International Studies Perspectives 5:400-403.
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 2004 "Structuring International Studies Majors: A Survey
of Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in the Midwest" International Studies
Perspectives 5:134-146.
John Ishiyama. 2004 “Assessment in Political Science.” PS:Political Science and Politics
37(3):483-485.
John Ishiyama. 2003“Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Conflict?” Nationalism and Ethnic
Politics 9:1-23
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 2003 “Donor Characteristics and the Dispersion of
Foreign Assistance” International Politics 40:249-268
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John Ishiyama. 2003 "Women's Parties in Post Communist Politics" East European Politics
and Societies 17:266-304
Shannon Smithey and John Ishiyama. 2003 "Judicial Activism in Post Communist Politics"
Law and Society Review 36: 719-734
John Ishiyama and Sharon Squires. 2003 “Examining differences between first generation and
continuing generation college students at a public liberal arts university” MKN Journal 1(1): 1-
12.
Emmanuel Nnadozie, John Ishiyama and Jane Chon. 2003 “Management Issues in TRIO: A
Study of McNair Programs” MKN Journal 1(1): 47-58.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 2003 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research
Affect Political Science Students?” Politics and Policy 31:163-180.
John Ishiyama and Valerie Hopkins. 2003 "Assessing the Impact of a Graduate School
Preparation Program on First-Generation, Low-income College Students" Journal of College
Student Retention 4:393-405
John Ishiyama and Stephen Hartlaub. 2003 "Sequential or Flexible? The Impact of Differently
Structured Political Science Majors on the Development of Student Reasoning" PS: Political
Science and Politics 36:83-86
John Ishiyama. 2002 "Explaining Change in Communist Successor Parties: Political
Environment versus Party Organization" American Review of Politics 23: 319-336.
John Ishiyama. 2002 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Politics: A
Comparative Perspective" Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 19:29-40
John Ishiyama, 2002 "Regionalism and the Nationalization of the Legislative Vote in Post
Communist Russian Politics" Communist and Post Communist Studies 35:155-168
John Ishiyama and Stephen Hartlaub. 2002 "Does the Wording of Syllabi Affect Student Course
Assessment in Introductory Political Science Classes?" PS: Political Science and Politics 35:
John Ishiyama. 2002 "Does Early Participation in Undergraduate Research Benefit Social
Sciences and Humanities Students?" College Student Journal 36: 381-387
John Ishiyama. 2001 "Party Organization and the Political Success of the Communist
Successor Parties" Social Science Quarterly 82:844-864.
John Ishiyama and Ryan Kennedy. 2001 "Superpresidentialism and Political Party Development
in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan" Europe-Asia Studies 53: 1177-1191
John Ishiyama 2001 "Ethnopolitical Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist
Eastern Europe" Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 7:25-45
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John Ishiyama and Andras Bozoki. 2001 “Adaptation and Change: Characterizing the Survival
Strategies of the Communist Successor Parties” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition
Politics 17:32-51
John Ishiyama. 2001 “Candidate Recruitment and the Development of Russian Political Parties,
1993-1999" Party Politics 7:387-412
John Ishiyama and Ryan Kennedy. 2001 "Writing Rights: Factors Influencing the Strength of
Rights Clauses in Post-Communist Constitutions" with Ryan Journal of Political Science 29:1-
26
John Ishiyama. 2001 "Undergraduate Research and the Success of First-generation Low-income
College Students" Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 22 (1):36-41
Marijke Breuning, Paul Parker, John Ishiyama. 2001 “The Last Laugh: Skill Building through a
Liberal Arts Political Science Curriculum” PS: Political Science and Politics 34:657-661.
John Ishiyama, Stephen Hartlaub and Mark Hartlaub. 2001 "Faculty Personality Characteristics
and the Use of Student-Centered Teaching Strategies Illinois Political Science Review 7(1):
John Ishiyama, Caroline Hernandez, Shirley Arteaga, and Keri Wingo. 2001 “Liberal
Undergraduate Education and Reasoning Styles: Using Political Scenarios in
Student Assessment” The Social Science Journal 38(1):125-135.
John Ishiyama and Valerie Hopkins. 2001 "Assessing the Impact of the McNair Program on First
Generation Low Income College Students at a Public Liberal Arts University" Opportunity
Outlook: Journal of the Council for Opportunity in Education April: 20-24
Emmanuel Nnadozie, John Ishiyama and Jane Chon. 2001 “Undergraduate Research Internships
and Graduate School Success” Journal of College Student Development42(2): 145-156.
John Ishiyama 2000 “Candidate Recruitment, Party Organization and the Communist Successor
Parties: the Cases of the MSzP, the KPRF and the LDDP ” Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet
Studies) 52: 875-896.
John Ishiyama and Sahar Shafqat .2000 “Party Identity in Post-Communist Politics: The Cases of
the Successor Parties in Hungary, Poland and Russia.” Communist and Post Communist Studies
33: 439-455.
John Ishiyama. 2000 “Institutions and Ethnopolitical Conflict in Post-Communist Politics”
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 6: 51-67.
Shannon Smithey and John Ishiyama. 2000 “Judicious Choices: Designing Courts in Post-
Communist Politics” Communist and Post Communist Studies 33:163 -182.
John Ishiyama and Sarah Kuntz. 2000 “Social Identity and Party Development in Post-Soviet
Politics: The Case of the 'Women of Russia'” American Review of Politics 21:43-68.
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John Ishiyama. 2000 “The Communist Successor Parties and Party Identity Change in Post-
Communist Politics” Political Chronicle 12: 33-47.
John Ishiyama. 2000 “Communists after Communism: Adaptation, Electoral Performance and
the Successor Parties in Comparative Perspective” Illinois Political Science Review 6: 50-65.
Emmanuel Nnadozie, John Ishiyama and Jane Chon. 2000 “Undergraduate Research Internships
and Student Success in Graduate School: a Summary Report” Opportunity Outlook: Journal of
the Council for Opportunity in Education December: 9-11
John Ishiyama. 1999 “The Communist Successor Parties and Party Organizational Development
in Post- Communist Politics” Political Research Quarterly 53: 87-112.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic
Consolidation in Comparative Perspective” Democratization 6:52-73.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Political Parties and Candidate Recruitment in Post-Soviet Russian
Politics” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 15: 41-69.
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 1999 “Aiding the (Former) Enemy: Testing Explanations
for Foreign Assistance to Eastern Europe and the FSU Republics” International Politics
36:357-371.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Political Integration and Political Parties in Post Soviet Russian Politics”
Demokratizatsiya 7: 121-138.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Representational Mechanisms and Ethnic Partisan Conflict: the Evidence
from New Democracies in Eastern Europe” East European Quarterly 33:251-266.
John Ishiyama. Michelle McClure, Holly Hart and Julie Amico 1999 “Critical Thinking
Disposition and Locus of Control as Predictors of Evaluations of Teaching Strategies” College
Student Journal 33: 269-276.
John Ishiyama and Matthew Velten 1998 “Presidential Power and Democratic Development in
Post-Communist Politics” Communist and Post-communist Studies 31:217-234
John Ishiyama. 1998 “Red versus Expert: Candidate Recruitment and Communist Party
Adaptation in Post-Soviet Politics” Party Politics 4:297-318
John Ishiyama, David Williams, Marilyn Young, Michael Launer and Irina Likachova
1998 “Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity” Argumentation and
Advocacy 34: 90-115.
John Ishiyama 1998 “Strange Bedfellows: Explaining Political Cooperation between
Communist-successor Parties and Nationalists in Eastern Europe” Nations and Nationalism 4:
61-85
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 1998 “The Rhetoric of Nationalism: The Volksunie and
Vlaams Blok in Belgian Politics Political Communication 14: 5-26.
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John Ishiyama. 1997 “The Sickle or the Rose?: Previous Regime Types and the Evolution of the
Ex-Communist Parties in Post-communist societies” Comparative Political Studies 30: 299-330.
John Ishiyama. 1997 “Transitional Electoral Systems in Eastern Europe.” Political Science
Quarterly. 112:95-116.
John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. 1997 “Opportunities, Constraints and Ethnopolitical Party
Behavior: The Cases of Bulgaria and Slovakia, 1991-1996” American Review of Politics 18: 41-
75.
John Ishiyama, David C. Williams and Marilyn Young 1997 “The Role of Public Argumentation
in Emerging Democracies” Argumentation 11: 179-194.
John Ishiyama Marilyn Young, Michael Launer, David Williams and Irina Likachova
1997 “Political Argumentation of the Parties in the Elections to the Duma.” Politiea 2:1-20
John Ishiyama. 1996 “Red Phoenix? The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Politics.”Party
Politics 2:147-175.
Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama. 1996 “The Dialogue between Comparative Politics and
International Relations.” International Studies Notes 21: 34-44.
John Ishiyama. 1996 “The Russian Proto-parties and the National Republics” Communist and
Post-Communist Studies 29:395-411
John Ishiyama. 1996 “Structural Experimentation and Political Party Development in the 'New'
Eastern Europe.” East European Quarterly 29:
John Ishiyama. 1995 “Communist Parties in Transition: Structures, Leaders and Processes of
Democratization in Eastern Europe.” Comparative Politics 27:147-166.
John Ishiyama. 1994 “Electoral Rules and Party Nomination Strategies in Ethnically Cleaved
Societies: The Estonian Transitional Election of 1990.” Communist and Post-
Communist Studies. 27:177-191.
John Ishiyama. 1993 “Founding Elections and Transitional Party Development: The Cases of
Estonia and Latvia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 26:277-299.
BOOK CHAPTERS (25)
John Ishiyama. (in press) “A Theory of Legislative Decline?” in Post-Authoritarian
Legislatures in the Era of Strong Executives: Issues in Building Institutional Capacity
London:Routledge
John Ishiyama (in press). “Russia” in Thirty Years of Political Campaigning in Central and
Eastern Europe. New York: Palgrave.
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John Ishiyama 2019. “The Transformation of Armed Organizations into Political Parties”
Caroline Hartzell and Andreas Mehler eds Power Sharing and Power Relations: Transforming
the Post-Conflict Landscape Boulder:Lynne Rienner.
John Ishiyama 2018 “Communism and Organizational Symbiosis in South Yemen: The People’s
Democratic Union, the National Liberation Front, and the Yemeni Socialist Party” in eds The
Communist Parties in the Middle East: A History of a Century London: Routledge
Michael Marshall and John Ishiyama 2018. “Does Political Inclusion of Rebel Parties Promote
Peace after Civil Conflict” in John Ishiyama, Ed.. From Bullets to Ballots: The
Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties London:Routledge. Pp. 41-58
Rick K. Wilson, William Mishler and John Ishiyama. 2016.“Journal Editors as Ethics Sheriffs” in
Scott Desposato ed. Ethics and Experiments: Problems and Solutions for Social Scientists and
Policy Professionals London: Routledge.
Felipe Carlos Betancourt Higareda and John Ishiyama 2016. “La política del federalismo fiscal
del régimen panista en México: El caso del seguro popular (2000-2012)” Edgar Samuel Morales
Sales (Editor), Temas de Historia y Discontinuidad Sociocultural en México, Ciudad de
México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, pp. 227-257.(first listing)
John Ishiyama 2015. "Political Parties, Democracy, and 'Good Governance.'" In The
Political Economy of Good Governance, Sisay Asefa and Wei-Chiao Huang, eds.
Kalamazoo, MI: W. E. Upjohn Institute, pp. 35-50.
John Ishiyama and Robert Rodriguez. 2015 "Effective Syllabus Design" in John Ishiyama,
Will Miller and Eszter Simon eds Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Political
Science and International Relations Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar.
John Ishiyama, Alexandra Cole, Angela Nichols, Kerstin Hamann, and Kimberly Mealy 2012
“Graduate Student Teacher Training Courses, Job Placement, and Teaching Awards in the United
States” in Eszter Simon and Gabriela Pleschová, editors Improving Teaching in Higher
Education: The Challenges of Creating Effective Instructional Development Programs London:
Routledge
John Ishiyama and Michael D’Amore. 2010 “Marxism” in John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning
eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.
John Ishiyama and Dwight Vick. 2010 “Ethnic and Identity Politics” in John Ishiyama and
Marijke Breuning eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks CA: Sage
Publications.
John Ishiyama, Tatyana Kelman and Anna Pechenina. 2010 “Models of Democracy” in John
Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning eds. 21st Century Political Science: A Handbook Thousand Oaks
CA: Sage Publications.
Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama. 2009 “Comparing Learning Assessment
Plans in Political Science” in Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama eds
Assessment in Political Science Washington, DC: American Political Science Association
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Veronica Donahue and John Ishiyama. 2009 “The Critical Portfolio: Facilitating the Reflective
Political Science Student in the Experiential Environment” in Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin
Hamann and John Ishiyama eds. Assessment in Political Science Washington, DC: American
Political Science Association
Michelle Deardorff and Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama. 2009 “Introduction” in Michelle
Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann and John Ishiyama eds Assessment in Political Science Washington,
DC: American Political Science Association
John Ishiyama. 2008 “Learning to Lose (and Sometimes Win): The Neocommunist Parties in Post
Soviet Politics” in Joseph Wong and Edward Friedman Political Transitions in Dominant Party
Systems: Learning to Lose London:Routledge
John Ishiyama. 2002 “An Unfinished Story: Toward Explaining the Transformation of the
Communist Successor Parties” in Andras Bozoki and John Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor
Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY: ME Sharpe
John Ishiyama. 2002 “A Typology of Successor Parties: An Overview” in Andras Bozoki and
John Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY:
ME Sharpe
John Ishiyama. 2002 “Introduction and Theoretical Framework” in Andras Bozoki and John
Ishiyama eds. Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Armonk NY: ME
Sharpe
John Ishiyama. 2001 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic
Consolidation in Comparative Perspective” in Paul Lewis ed Party Development and Democratic
Change in Post-Communist Europe London: Frank Cass.
John Ishiyama. 2001 “Neopatrimonialism and the Prospects for Democratization in the Central
Asian Republics” in Sally Cummings,ed Power and Change in Central Asia London: Routledge
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Discussion and Conclusions” in John Ishiyama, ed Communist Successor
Parties in Post Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “What Kinds of Parties Are Emerging? Patterns of Successor Party
Organizational Development” in John Ishiyama, ed Communist Successor Parties in Post
Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.
John Ishiyama. 1999 “Introduction and Theoretical Framework” in John Ishiyama, ed
Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics Carmack, NY: Nova Science.
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2016 “From Bullets to Ballots: The Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political
Parties” Democratization
2014 “New Directions in North Korean Politics” Communist and Post Communist Studies
2011 “Ethnic Parties” Party Politics Volume 17, No. 2
2006 “Post-Authoritarian Parties” Party Politics Volume 12, No. 3
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2010 “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red Brown Vote in Post Communist Politics”
Minkenberg, Michael (ed.) Historical Legacies and the Radical Right in Post-Cold War Central
and Eastern Europe Berlin: Ibidem Verlag.
2005 "Superpresidentialism and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and
Kyrgyzstan" Europe-Asia Studies (with Ryan Kennedy) in Howard Wiarda ed. Critical Concepts
in Political Science London:Taylor and Francis.
2001 “The Sickle or the Rose?: Previous Regime Types and the Evolution of the Ex-
Communist Parties in Post-communist societies” in Stephen White and Daniel Nelson, eds The
Politics of the Postcommunist World : From Communist to Postcommunist Politics (The
International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) Burlington VT: Ashgate
2001 “Transitional Electoral Systems in Eastern Europe” in Stephen White and Daniel Nelson,
eds The Politics of the Postcommunist World : From Communist to Postcommunist Politics (The
International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) Burlington VT: Ashgate
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Political Parties after Communism. By Tomáš Kostelecký
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2019 Review of James Loxton and Scott Mainwaring Life After Dictatorship Perspectives on
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2015 Review of Maria Koinova Ethnonationalist ConflicT in Post-communist States. Varieties
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2015 Review of Malte Kassner The Influence of the Type of Dominant Party on Democracy: A
Comparison Between South Africa and Malaysia Party Politics (first listing)
2014 Review of Sebastian Elischer Political Parties in Africa Party Politics
2013 Review of Rico Isaac Party System Formation in Kazakhstan Party Politics
2012 Review of Paul Lewis and Radoslaw Markowski Europeanizing Party Politics
Slavic Review.
2010 Review of Marilyn Rueschmeyer and Sharon Wolchick Women in Power in Post
Communist Parliaments Russian Review
2009 Review of Henry E. Hale, Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism and the
State. Nationalities Papers
2009 Review of Ian Peleg Democratizing the Hegemonic State: Political Transformation in the
Age of Identity, Journal of Politics
2008 Review of David Turton, ed. Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in a
Comparative Perspective, Africa Today
2007 Review of John E. Jackson, Jacek Klich, Krystyna Poznanska, The Political Economy of
Poland’s Transition: New Firms and Reform Governments Perspectives on Politics
2007 Review of Joanna Birnir Ethnicity and Electoral Politics, Comparative Political Studies
2007 Review of David White. The Russian Democratic Party Yabloko: Opposition in a
Managed Democracy. Russian Review
2007 Review of Attila Melegh On the East-West Slope: Globalization, nationalism, racism and
discourses on Central and Eastern Europe Slavic Review .
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Institutionalization and Governance. International Politics
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Slavic Review
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2002 Review of Valerie Sperling, ed. Building the Russian State: Institutional Crisis and the
Quest for Democratic Governance in Europe-Asia Studies and Review of Steven Smith and
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Duma in Europe- Asia Studies
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The Formation of the Russian State Duma in International Politics
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1998 Review of Jacques Levesque The Enigma of 1989: The USSR and the Liberation
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1998 Review of Matthew Wyman's Public Opinion in Postcommunist Russia in Europe Asia
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OTHER NON REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (12)
2019 John Ishiyama “Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major” Political Science
Educator (newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of APSA)
2016 John Ishiyama “From Bullets to Ballots: The Transformation of Rebel Groups into
Political Parties” (Introduction to special issue in Democratization) Volume: 23, Issue: 06,
pages 969-971
2016 Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama (2016) “Implementing DA-RT Principles in the
American Political Science Review” Comparative Politics Newsletter (of The Organized Section
in Comparative Politics of the American Political Science Association) 26(1): 54-57
2016 “Report of the APSR Editors 2014-2015” PS:Political Science and Politics
2015 “Report of the APSR Editors 2013-2014” PS:Political Science and Politics
2014 “New Directions in the Study of North Korean Politics” (Introduction to special issue in
Communist and Post Communist Studies)
2014 “Report of the APSR Editors 2012-2013” PS:Political Science and Politics
2013 “Report of the APSR Editors 2011-2012” PS:Political Science and Politics
2011 “Ethnic Parties: their emergence and political impact” (Introduction to special issue in
Party Politics).
2007 “Constitutional Engineers” in The Political Science Educator (Newsletter of the Political
Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association)
2007 “Getting Started Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” (with Jeffrey Bernstein)
in The Political Science Educator (Newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of the
American Political Science Association)
2004. “APSA Teaching and Learning Conference: A Summary of Four Tracks (Track Three:
Assessment)” PS: Political Science & Politics 37:483-85
CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS (1993-present) (169)
2019 John Ishiyama “Ethiopia in Transition: Will Ethiopia’s “Glasnost” lead the country on the
same path as the USSR and Yugoslavia?” International Studies Association-Ghana Conference,
1-3 August, 2019, Accra, Ghana
2019 John Ishiyama “Rebel Parties and Constituency Change” Folke Bernadotte
Academy/Politics After War Network Research Workshop--. Politics after War: Rebel-to-Party
Transformation and Beyond 25-26 April, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 John Ishiyama “Understanding Party Change: Rebel Parties and Constituency Change”
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April
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2019 Diego Esparza, John Ishiyama, and Lee Demetrious Walker “Turn out the Lights; the Party
is Over: Political Retreat in Lawless Environments” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association April
2019 John Ishiyama and Ibrahim Shliek “Consociationalism, Trans Ethnic Kin and Political
Violence: Comparing the effects of institutional solutions in conflict prone and non-conflict
societies.” Texas Circle Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station TX. February
2019 Diego Esparza, John Ishiyama, and Lee Demetrious Walker “Turn out the Lights; the Party
is Over: Political Retreat in Lawless Environments” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association, Austin TX, January
2019 John Ishiyama and Taekbin Kim “Authoritarian Survival Strategies and Elite Churn: The
Case of North Korea” Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Midwest. St
Louis MO November.
2019 John Ishiyama and Post Basnet “Power sharing and the transformation of rebel groups into
political parties.” Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Midwest. St Louis
MO November.
2019 John Ishiyama and Ibrahim Shliek “Consociationalism, Federalism and Political Violence:
Comparing the effects of institutional solutions in conflict prone and non-conflict societies”
Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Midwest. St Louis MO November.
2018 John Ishiyama “Consociationalism, Federalism and Political Violence: Comparing the
effects of institutional solutions in conflict prone and non-conflict societies. Conference on
Democracy, Federalism and Peace October, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. October
2018 John Ishiyama “What kinds of departments promote undergraduate research in political
science? Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association August
2018 John Ishiyama, Christopher Pace, and Brandon Stewart “Foreign Threat and Political Party
Change: Russia and changes in party manifestos” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago Il April.
2018 John Ishiyama, Michael Marshall, and Brandon Stewart Are Former Rebel Parties More
Likely to Use Violence during Elections? Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago Il April.
2017 John Ishiyama “Understanding the “Gravity” of Authoritarianism: China, Russia, and
authoritarian cooperation.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St.
Louis MO November.
2017 John Ishiyama and Michael Widmeier “From Bush Bureaucracies to Political Competition”
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis MO November.
2017 John Ishiyama and Paasha Mahdavi “Dynamics of the inner elite in dictatorships: Evidence
from North Korea” “New Research on North Korea Workshop” School of Global Policy and
Strategy University of California San Diego Saturday November 3
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2017 John Ishiyama and Michael Marshall “Rebel Parties and Good Governance? Organizational
Endowments, Ideology, and Governance after Civil Wars End” “Government and Opposition
Workshop: Former Armed Movements, Ideology and State Transformation” Emmanuel College,
Cambridge University, UK. 28-29 September
2017 John Ishiyama and Michael Widmeier “From Bush Bureaucracies to Political Competition”
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco CA, Aug-Sept.
2017 John Ishiyama, Christopher Pace, and Brandon Stewart “Foreign Threat and Political Party
Change: Russia and changes in party manifestos” Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, San Francisco CA, Aug-Sept.
2017 John Ishiyama and Christopher Williams “The Death of the Catch-All Party? Rethinking
Party Strategy in the 21st Century” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, San Francisco CA, Aug-Sept.
2017 John Ishiyama and Paasha Maldavi
International Politics, Personal Rule and Changes in the Elite in North Korea” Meeting of the
International Studies Association, Hong Kong, China, June 2017
2017 John Ishiyama “Is Democracy Necessary for Good Governance?” Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois April
2017 John Ishiyama “Organized Crime and Political Parties” Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois April
2017 “Rebel Party Origins and Good Governance?” Paper presented at “Former armed groups
and the politics of state-building after war” Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, 9
January.
2016“An Oasis of Democracy in an Authoritarian Sea? Social and Institutional trust and
the emergence of Georgian Democracy” Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri
2016 “Is Democracy Necessary for Good Governance?” Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri
2016 “Understanding the Appeal of the “Chinese Model” in Africa and Central Asia(?):
One party regimes and governance” Paper presented at the Third IDCAR Network
Conference, Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK 29 & 30 September 2016
2016 “Dynamics of the inner elite in dictatorships: Evidence from North Korea” (with Paasha
Mahdavi) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia PA
2016 “Ethnic Identity and Interstate Disputes in Africa: The Conditional Effect of Pre-War
Discrimination on the Rally Effect” (with Chris Pace) Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Philadelphia PA
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2016 “Organized Crime and Political Parties– A preliminary inquiry” Conference on Rule of Law
and Human Security in States in Conflict” Universidad Autonoma Estado Mexico (UAEM) May ,
2016
2016 “Dynamics of the inner elite in dictatorships: Evidence from North Korea” (with Paasha
Mahdavi) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April
2016 “Responding to the Extremes: Far Left Parties and Mainstream Party Euroskepticism” (with
Christopher Williams) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago
Illinois, April
2016 “Organizing to Rule: Structure, Agent, and Explaining Presidential Management Styles in
Countries in Transition” (with Marijke Breuning)Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association San Juan Puerto Rico, January
2016 “Conflict and Ethnic Identity” (with Amalia Pulido) Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association San Juan Puerto Rico, January
2015 “Regime Legacies and Governance in Post-Communist States” Carnegie Moscow Center
Workshop on Comparative Regime Dynamics in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans,
Moscow, Russian Federation, July
2015 “Conflict and Ethnic Identity” (with Amalia Pulido) Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association Chicago Illinois, April
2014 Drug Violence, Social and Institutional Trust, and Voting Intention in Mexico, 2006-2012
(with Felipe Carlos Betancourt Higareda; Amalia Pulido; Bernardo Almaraz), Annual Meeting of
the American Political Science Association, Washington DC.
2014 "Do "Resource Cursed States" have lower levels of Social and Institutional Trust?:
Evidence from Africa and Latin America". Southwestern Political Science Association , San
Antonio Texas (with Melissa Martinez, Melda Ozsut) Winner Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper
Award.
2014. “Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia”. Conference on Coalitional Presidentialism, St. Antony’s
College, Oxford University, May
2014 Power sharing arrangements and the transformation of rebel groups into political
parties Special conference on power sharing GIGA Hamburg, Germany.
2013 “Examining the Effects of Restorative Justice in African States: Trust in the Judiciary”
(with Olu Laoye) Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Baltimore MD.
2014 “Social and Institutional Trust in Resource Cursed States in Africa” (with Melissa Martinez
and Melda Oszut) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest
2013 “What Explains Rebel Organization Identity Change after a Civil Conflict Ends?
External and internal factors and the transition to political competition (with Michael Marshall)
Annual Meeting of the America Political Science Association
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2013 “Drug Violence and Elections in Mexico: Did Drug Violence Doom the PAN?—Examining
the Effects at the Municipio Level” (with Amalia Pulido) Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association
2013 “Aid, Development, and Foreign Policy under the Meles Regime” (with John J. Quinn and
Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
2013 “Organizing to Rule: What Explains Presidential Management Styles in Countries in
Transition?” (with Marijke Breuning and Michael Widmeier) Annual Meeting of the
European Consortium for Political Research Joint Workshops, March
2012 “At the Water’s Edge: The Decline of Partisan Liberal Internationalism?” (with Jacqueline
DeMeritt and Michael Widmeier) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
New Orleans LA, August-September
2012 “Assessing the Leadership Transition in North Korea: Using Network Analysis of Field
Inspections, 1997-2012” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St
Louis MO. November
2012 “Civil Wars and the Electoral Performance of Rebel Political Parties” (with Michael
Widmeier) Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois.
2012 “Politics of Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Mexico under PAN” with Anna Pechenina)
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago Illinois.
2012 “Institutions and Ethnic Unrest in Emerging Democracies” (with Jeremy Backstrom)
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego CA.
2012 “Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Political Science
Classes” (with Wendy Watson) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington DC, February
2012 “Political Culture and Color Revolutions” (with Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA January.
2011 “Civil Wars and the Electoral Performance of Former Rebel Political Parties” Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St Louis MO. November
2011 “Elite Volatility and Change in North Korean Politics: 1997-2010” Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association-Midwest, St Louis MO. November
2011 “Candidate Recruitment and Former Rebel Parties” Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Seattle Washington September
2011 “Teaching as Learning: The Transformational Effect of Teaching on Graduate Instructors”
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle Washington September
2011 “Explaining Federal Disbursements in Putin’s Russia: A Case of Recentralization?”(with
Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois,
April
23
2011 “Explaining Ethnic Bloc Voting in Africa” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.
2011 “Swords into Plowshares: Explaining the Organizational Transformation of Rebel Groups
into Political Parties” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago Illinois, April.
2011 “Education and Peace Duration” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, Montreal Canada, March.
2011 “Reconciliation, Parliamentary Debates, and Conceptual Complexity: The Case of Post
Conflict Kenya” (with Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, New Orleans LA, February
2010 “Political Violence, Secession and the Development of Political Parties” at Conflict as an
Instrument in Internal Political Struggles: Secession Crises in the Post Soviet Era. Humboldt
University, Berlin Germany, December.
2010 “Explaining Concentrated Ethnic Partisanship in Africa” Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis MO, November
2010 “Swords into Plowshares: Explaining the Organizational Transformation of Rebel Groups
into Political Parties” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association Washington DC September
2010 “Higher Education and Peace Duration” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association Washington DC September
2010 “What is the impact of in class active learning techniques? A meta analysis of the existing
literature” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Washington DC
September
2010 ”The Politics of Appeasement? Politics and Federal Financial Disbursements: The Case of
Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April.
2010 “Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, April.
2010 “Foreign Aid and Semi—Authoritarianism” (with Tatyana Kelman) Annual Meeting of the
Southwest Political Science Association, Houston TX April
2010 “Rebel Political Organizations and the Duration of the Peace in Post Conflict Societies
1990-2009” (with Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New
Orleans LA, February
2010 “Talking it over: Parliamentary Debates, Conceptual Complexity and Post Conflict
Kenya” (with Marijke Breuning and Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association, New Orleans LA, February
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2010 “ Orphans and Political Stability” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, New Orleans LA, February
2010 “Ethnic Partisanship in Ethiopia” Annual Meeting of Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta, GA, January
2009 “Talking it over: Parliamentary Debates and Post Conflict Kenya” (with graduate student
Jeremy Backstrom) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest , St. Louis,
MO November.
2009 “Political Parties and the Duration of the Peace in Post Conflict Societies” (with graduate
student Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto,
Canada, September.
2009 “Do Graduate Student Teacher Training Programs Affect Placement Rates?” (with graduate
students Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Toronto, Canada, September.
2009 “Political Parties and the Closing of the Electoral Market in Sub Saharan Africa” (with
graduate students Angela Sortor and Anna Batta) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, April.
2009 “Training the Next Generation of Political Science Teachers: A Comparative Study of Ph.D.
programs in Political Science” (with graduate students Tom Miles and Christine Balarezo)
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April.
2009 “What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and democratic consolidation” (with Marijke
Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, New York,
February 15-18.
2009 “Training the Next Generation of Political Science Teachers” (with graduate students Tom
Miles and Christine Balarezo) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, MD February.
2008 “Environmental Degradation and Genocide/Politicide, 1958-2007” (with undergraduate
student Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest , St.
Louis, MO November.
2008 “Political Party Development and Party “Gravity” in Semi Authoritarian States: The Cases
of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Boston MA, August 28-31.
2008 “A Journal, a Conference, and the Teaching and Learning Movement in APSA” Annual
Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ACPB) Sao Paolo, Brazil, July 28-31
2008 “Historical Legacies and the Size of the Red-Brown Vote in Post Communist Politics”
Workshop: “The Radical Right in Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe – the Role of Legacies”
New York University, April 24-26.
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2008 “What’s in a name? Ethnic party identity and democratic development in Eastern Europe”
(with Jeff Justice and Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago Illinois, April
2008 “The International Studies Minor in Practice: Program Offering and Student Choices at a
Liberal Arts University” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, San Francisco, California, March
2008 “Who Produces the Great Teachers? Ranking Graduate Political Science Programs via
Teaching Awards” (with Alexandra Cole) Annual Meeting of the Teaching and Learning
Conference, American Political Science Association, San Jose, California, February.
2007 “Political Party Development and Party ‘Gravity’ in Semi Authoritarian States: The Cases
of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November.
2007 “The Role of De Facto Judicial Independence in Democratic Consolidation” (with student
Alyssa Mayer) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis,
Missouri, November.
2007 “Explaining Escalation from Ethnic Conflict to Genocide: Comparing Rwanda with Darfur”
(with student Anna Pechenina) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-
Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November.
2007 “Do Ethnic Parties Detract from or Promote Ethnic Conflict?” Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois September
2007 “The Politics of Intercountry Adoption: Explaining Variation in the Legal Requirements of
Sub-Saharan African Countries” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois September
2007 “Examining the 2005 Ethiopian Parliamentary Election Results Under Alternative Electoral
Rules” 4th International Conference on Ethiopian Development Studies (4th ICEDS) THE
CHALLENGES OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA & THE HORN OF AFRICA,
August 3-5, 2007, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2007 “Nominations and Political Party Development in Sub Saharan Africa” Annual Meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April
2007 “Do Ethnic Parties Promote Ethnic Conflict? A Comparative Exploration” Annual Meeting
of the International Studies Association, Chicago Illinois, March
2007 “The Capstone Course in Political Science: A Survey Study of 301 Undergraduate Political
Science Programs” Annual Meeting of the Teaching and Learning Conference, American Political
Science Association, Charlotte NC, February.
2006 “A Journal, a Conference, and the Promotion of SOTL in Political Science” Annual
Meeting of the International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL),
Washington DC, November
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2006 “Constitutional Engineers: Problem Based Learning in Comparative Politics” Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA September
2006 “Foreign Aid and Democratization in Post Conflict Societies” (with Kate Sanders) Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri, November
2006 “Strength of Partisanship in Sub Saharan Africa” (with Krystal Fox) Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association- Midwest, St. Louis Missouri, November
2006 “Candidate Recruitment in New Democracies - the 2005 Ethiopian Election” Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April
2006 “Europeanization, Electoral Institutions and Party Development in Post Communist
Politics.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April
2006 Learning to Lose (and Sometimes Win): The Neocommunist Parties in Post Soviet Politics
Paper prepared for presentation at the LEARNING TO LOSE: ADAPTING TO DEMOCRACY IN
ONE-PARTY DOMINANT SYSTEMS, Workshop sponsored by the European Institute and Asian
Institute at the University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada 31 March- April1 2006
2006 Communists after Communism: Explaining what happened to the Formerly Dominant
Parties in One Party Marxist Leninist States? Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta GA, January.
2006 "Assessing Assessment:" Examining the Assessment Plans for Political Science at Primarily
Undergraduate Institutions” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association,
Atlanta GA, January.
2005 Democratic Transition Types and the First Use of Violent Force (with Ryan Conway)
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. October
2005 What Affects Partisan Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa? (with Krystal Fox ) Annual Meeting
of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. October
2005 "Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Conflict Societies" Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September
2005 "The Communist Successor Parties in Africa after the End of the Cold War" Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September
2005 “How “international” are undergraduate political science programs at liberal arts and
sciences colleges and universities in the Midwest?” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of
the American Political Science Association, Washington DC. September
2005 “Electoral Systems, Ethnic Conflict, and Party Systems Volatility in Africa: Implications
for Ethiopia”, Paper presented at the Third International Symposium on Ethiopian Development
Studies Saba Hall, Ghion Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 18-19, 2005
2005 “Globalization Electoral Laws and Ethnic Conflict' Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association . Chicago Ill. April
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2005 The Evolution of the Former Dominant Parties in Marxist Leninist Regimes in Sub
Saharan Africa Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association . Chicago Ill. April
2005 “Characteristics of International Studies Programs: Trends Towards a Common Core
Curriculum?” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association,
Honolulu Hawaii, March
2005 “Globalization, Electoral Laws, and Ethnic Conflict” Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association, Honolulu Hawaii, March
2004 “Europeanization and Left Parties in Post Communist Politics” Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston MA, December
2004 “Foreign Aid, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Conflict Societies” (with Marijke
Breuning) Paper presented by Marijke Breuning) at the International Conference on African
Conflicts: Management, Resolution and Post–Conflict Recovery and Development, the
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) 29
November - 1 December 2004, United Nations Conference Center (UNCC), Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
2004 “Regime Types, Transitions and Conflict Proneness of Authoritarian States 1950-2002”
(with Katherine Haggans) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St.
Louis MO. November
2004 “The Communist Successor Parties in Sub Saharan Africa” Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO
2004 “African Phoenix? Explaining the Electoral Performance of the Formerly Dominant Parties in Africa” (with John Quinn) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, September
2004 “The Sickle and the Minaret: Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan
after the End of the Cold War” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association .
Chicago Ill. April
2003 “Europeanization and the Communist Successor Parties: A Proposed Framework”
Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Toronto
CA, November.
2003 “Phoenix from the Ashes: The formerly dominant parties in new democracies in Africa”
(with John J. Quinn) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis
MO
2003 "Reforming the Structure of the political science curriculum: A survey of liberal arts an
sciences colleges and universities in the Midwest" Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Philadelphia, PA.September
2003 "The formerly dominant Marxist Leninist Parties in the Developing World" Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association , Chicago Illinois, April.
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2003 "The Structure of the Political Science Major and Student Learning: A Cross-Institutional
Study of 32 Colleges and Universities" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association , Chicago Illinois, April.
2002 “Structuring International Studies Majors: A Survey of Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges
and Universities in the Midwest” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association
Midwest, St. Louis MO. November
2002 “Globalization and the Communist Successor Parties”Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association Midwest, St. Louis MO. November
2002 “Political Parties and Civil Society in Post Communist Politics” Annual Meeting of the
Central Slavic Conference, University of Missouri Columbia, October.
2002 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research Affect Political Science Students?" Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston MA.
2002 "Globalization and the Development of Left Parties in Post Communist Eastern European
Politics" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association , Chicago Illinois, April.
2002 "Does Participation in Undergraduate Research Affect Political Science Students?"
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April
2002 "Rhetorical Strategies, Performance and Electoral Rules in Post Communist Politics"
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, March
2001 "Explaining the Evolution of Formerly Dominant Marxist-Leninist Parties in the
Developing World after the Collapse of Communism" Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association - Midwest, St. Louis MO, November
2001 "Promoting Undergraduate Research in International Studies" Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association - Midwest, St. Louis MO, November
2001 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Russian Politics: A
Comparative Perspective"Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San
Francisco, California, September.
2001 "The Constitutional Courts and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Eastern
European Politics" (with Shannon Smithey) Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association,
Budpest Hungary, July
2001 "Elections and Nationalization of the Vote in Post Communist Russian Politics: A
Comparative Perspective" Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago
Illinois, April.
2001 "Does the Wording of Syllabi Affect Student Course Assessment in Introductory Political
Science Classes? " (with Stephen Hartlaub)Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago Illinois, April.
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2000 “The Exercise of Judicial Power in Post Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey)
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta GA, November.
2000 “Mixed Electoral Systems, Super Presidentialism, Candidate Recruitment and Political
Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan” (with current student Ryan
Kennedy) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest, St Louis MO,
October.
2000 “Judicial Activism in Post-Communist Politics” (with Shannon Smithey) Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August.
2000 “Structured or Flexible: The impact of differently structured majors on student reasoning”
(with Stephen Hartlaub) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, August.
2000 “Ethnopolitical Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post Communist Eastern Europe”
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Seattle WA. July.
2000 “Party Organizational and Identity Change in Post-Communist Politics: The Communist
Successor Parties after the‘Second Generation’ Elections.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April.
1999 “The Development of Judicial Power in Post-Communist Politics” (with current student
Holley Hanson) Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association- Midwest Des Moines
Iowa, October.
1999 “Aid Diversification and Recipient Dependence” (with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting
of the International Studies Association- Midwest Des Moines Iowa, October.
1999 “Judicious Choices: Designing Courts in Post-Communist Politics” (with
Shannon Smithey).Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta
GA September.
1999 “Thinking Critically About Teaching: Faculty Characteristics and the Use of Student-
Centered Teaching Strategies”(with Stephen Hartlaub and Mark Hartlaub) Annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association. Atlanta GA September.
1999 “Sickles into Roses: The Communist Successor Parties and Democratic Consolidation
in Comparative Perspective” Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association. Chicago Ill. April.
1999 “Candidate Recruitment, Party Organization and the Communist Successor
Parties” European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Workshops. Mannheim
Germany, March.
1998 “Communists after Communism: Adaptation and Electoral Success of the Successor
Parties in Comparative Perspective” Annual meeting of the International Studies Association-
Midwest, Chicago Ill, November.
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1998 “How Much Have they Changed? The Evolution of the Rhetorical Strategies of
the Communist Successor Parties” Annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association. Boston: MA September.
1998 “How Much Have they Changed? The Evolution of the Rhetorical Strategies of
the Communist Successor Parties” Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association. Chicago Ill. April.
1997 “Political Parties and Nomination Strategies in Post Communist Politics.” Annual meeting
of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Seattle, WA November.
1997 “Aiding the (former) Enemy: Foreign Aid to Post-communist States 1991-96" (with
Marijke Breuning and former student Matthew Velten).Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association- Midwest.
1997 “Political Party Development and Candidate Recruitment in Post-Soviet Russian
Politics 1993-1995.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington,DC, August-September.
1997 “Party Organization and Post Communist Politics: The Evidence from the
Communist Successor Parties.”Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago Illinois, April.
1997 “Presidential Power, Democracy and Political Stability in Post Communist Politics” (with
former student Matthew Velten). Annual Meeting of the Central Slavic Conference, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. April.
1997 “The Women of Russia Movement in Post Soviet Politics” (with former student Sarah
Kuntz). Annual Meeting of the Central Slavic Conference, University of Kansas, KS. April.
1996 “The Politics of Inequality at Home and Abroad: Belgian Nationalist Parties and
Development Cooperation” (with Marijke Breuning). Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, San Francisco, California, August-September.
1996 “The Rhetoric of Nationalism: The Volksunie and Vlaams Blok in Belgian Politics”
(with Marijke Breuning) Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political
Psychology, Vancouver, Canada, July.
1995 “Democratization in Post-Communist Russia” Annual conference on Democracy and post-
communist states. Moscow, June.
1994 “Bringing People Together and Pulling Them Apart: Nationalism, Integration,
and Disintegration in the 'New Europe.'”(with Marijke Breuning). Annual Meeting of
the American Political Science Association, New York, New York.
1994 “Political Communication and Democratization: Toward a Culture of Democratic
Communication in Russian.” (with David C. Williams). Russian-American Conference on
Language Persuasion and Political Behavior, St.Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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1994 “The Role of Public Argumentation in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the
December 12 Elections in the Russian Federation.” (with David C. Williams and Marilyn Young)
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
1993 “The Nationalization of the Vote and Organizational Change in Parties: Columbia,
Venezuela and Uruguay.” (with Jonathan E. Monroe). Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Washington, D.C.
1993 “Structural Experimentation and Political Party Development in the 'New' Eastern Europe.”
Second Annual Russian-American Seminar on Democratic Institutions, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1993 “Founding Elections and Transitional Party Development: The Cases of Estonia and
Latvia.” Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
1993 “The Political Dimensions of AIDS Containment Strategies: A Comparative Analysis.”
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
CONFERENCE CHAIR/DISCUSSANT
Note: for brevity I have not included chair/discussant for conference panels, although I have
served over 75 times in either or both capacities.
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FUNDING AND HONORS
(total grant and contract funding = $4,110,123.00)
2019 APSA Member of the Month Award (July)
2018 APSA Political Science Section Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 American Political Science Association Special Projects Grant “Pre-Graduate School
Workshops Grant” ($21,150.00)
2018 American Political Science Association Special Projects Grant “Rethinking the
Undergraduate Political Science Major: A Conference Proposal,” ($25,000)
2018 Frank J. Goodnow Award. (Career Award for Service to the Discipline and the Association)
American Political Science Association.
2018-19 Robert Toulouse Scholar Award (awarded annually to one UNT faculty by the graduate
school for outstanding Teaching and Research/Scholarship)
2018 Fulbright Specialist Grant Award, Ethiopia. $3500.00
2017 Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship Award (Texas Statewide Award for professors for
outstanding academic, scientific, and scholarly achievement and for dedication to the teaching
profession)
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2017 UNT Foundation Faculty Leadership Award (University Wide Award for Faculty
Excellence)
2017 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site
Conflict Management and Peace Science PI (with Co-PI Joseph Oppong) ($358,000 for 2017-
2020).
2017 Renewed as University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science (University
of North Texas)
2016 Contract Extension for American Political Science Review PI (July 1-December 31, 2016)
$102,680.00.
2016 Charles Bonjean Award for best paper published in Social Science Quarterly
2015 American Political Science Association Distinguished Teaching Award (Association Wide
Award)
2015 Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the 2014 meeting of the Southwestern
Political Science Association (SWPSA) (with Melissa Martinez and Melda Ozsut)
2014 Sub contract with US State Department “Making an Impact in Policy Analysis in Georgia:
Improving Research, Education and Engagement” ECA- S-LMAQM-RFA-GR-14-07 , PI (Co-
PIs with Michael Greig and Richard Nader) ($78,120 for 2014-2016)
2014 UNT Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Award $4808.00
2014 UNT Ronald E. McNair Program Outstanding Service Award
2014 UNT College of Arts and Sciences Research Excellence Award
2014 UNT Ulys and Vera Knight Faculty Mentor Award
2014 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site
Conflict Management and Peace Science PI (with Co-PI Joseph Oppong) ($347,000 for 2014-
2017).
2013 UNT Honors College Faculty Mentor of the Year
2012 APSA Political Science Education Section Distinguished Service Award
2012 University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science (University of North
Texas)
2012 Charn Uswachoke International Development Grant ($3000)
2011 Contract for American Political Science Review ($1,660,269.00 for 2012-2016) PI with
Co-PIs Marijke Breuning, Steven Forde, Valerie Martinez-Ebers (MOU finalized December
2011).
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2011 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site
Conflict Management and Peace Science (with J. Michael Greig) ($347,000 for 2011-2014)
2010 UNT -Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) Research Seed Grant ($5000)
2010 UNT Learning Enhancement Grant ($5000, with Wendy Watson)
2010 UNT Undergraduate Research Program Award ($8000)
2010 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for best article in an APSA journal (Perspectives on Politics)
(with Marijke Breuning)
2010 APSA Political Science Education Section Award for Best Paper (with Tom Miles and
Christine Balarezo)
2010 National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) site
(with J. Michael Greig) ($80,000)
2009 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award. International Studies Association
2009 UNT Undergraduate Research Program Award ($8000)
2008 Nominated, Robert Foster Cherry Award for University Teaching, Baylor University
2008 University or North Texas Research Infrastructure Grant ($16,600)
2008 Nominated as 2008 Research Mentor of the Year, Truman State University
2007-2011 Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Grant, Truman State
University ($1,020,036 over four years)
2007 Researcher of the Year Award from Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society) Kirksville
Chapter.
2006 James B. Hamilton Research Scholar Award from the MidAmerica Association of
Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)
2006 Educator of the Year Finalist
2005 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science
Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)
2005 Educator of the Year Finalist
2004 US Professor of the Year (Missouri) Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
2004 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science
Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)
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2004 Educator of the Year Finalist
2003 Missouri Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
2003 award for “Outstanding Teaching in Political Science” from American Political Science
Association and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)
2003 Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship for Faculty Excellence
2003-2004 Carnegie Scholar Award
2002 Margaret G. Hermann Award for Best Paper Using Text Analysis, awarded by International
Studies Association Midwest.
2002 -present Research Fellow, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of
Kansas
2001-2002 APSA Small Research Grant ($1960.00)
Project title "Party Discipline and Legislative Voting Behavior in Post Communist Politics: The
Cases of Hungary, Lithuania and Russia"
2002 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University
2001 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University
2000 Educator of the Year Finalist, Truman State University
1999 William O'Donnell Lee Advising Award (Academic Advisor of the Year)
1999-2000 Who's Who in the World
1998 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
1996 Educator of the Year Semi Finalist, Truman State University
1995 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).
1994 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).
1993-1994 Faculty Research Grant (Academic Year). Northeast Missouri State University
($3000.00)
1992 Educator of the Year Nominee
1992 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).
1991 Educator of the Year Nominee
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1991 Faculty Research Grant (Summer). Northeast Missouri State University ($3000.00).
1980 Truman Scholar from Ohio.
COURSES TAUGHT
At University of North Texas
PSCI 1040 -Introduction to American Government
PSCI 4100 -Political Parties
PSCI 3600-Comparative Government and Politics
PSCI 3700 -Central Asian Politics
PSCI 4700-Post Communist Politics
PSCI 4700- Politics of North Korea
PSCI 4720—Ethnicity in World Politics
PSCI 4820- Democracy and Democratization
PSCI 5610- Graduate Proseminar in Comparative Politics
PSCI 5340- Graduate Seminar in Scope and Methods
PSCI 5650- Graduate Seminar on Democratization
PSCI 6900- Graduate Seminar on Political Institutions
At Truman State University
Pol 171- Introduction to Political Science
Pol 300- Political Science Methodology
Pol 315- Principles of Comparative Politics
Pol 370- East Asian Politics
Pol 460- Senior Seminar in Political Science
Pol 461- European Politics
Pol 470- Post Soviet Politics
INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND CONSULTING
2019 Talk at UCSD
2019 Invited talk “Getting Published in Political Science Journals” University of California at
San Diego Department of Political Science May
2017 Invited talk “Rebel Parties and Good Governance” Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO)
September
2017 Invited talk “Rebel Partes and Good Governance” Georgia State University Department of
Political Science April
2017 Invited talk “Understanding Journal Publishing” Georgia State University Department of
Political Science April
2017 Invited talk “Understanding Assessment in Political Science” Emory University, March
2017 Keynote Address “Understanding North Korean Nuclear Politics” Model International
Organization Conference, University of North Texas, March
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2016 Keynote Address “Is Democracy Necessary for Good Governance?” 9th International
Conference of African Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2015 “The Future of Political Science” Keynote address to Midwest Political Science
Undergraduate Students Conference, Kirksville Missouri March 2015
2015 “Understanding North Korea” Truman State University Global Studies Colloquium address,
February
2014 “Explaining Identity Change among Former Rebel Parties” Department of Political Science
and the School for Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University November 14.
2014 “The Fall of the Berlin Wall after a Quarter Century: What it Means and Why it still
Matters” Texas Women’s University, October
2014 “What Explains Russia’s Actions in the Crimea?” Division of Social Science, Political
Science Program, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, March 24.
2014 “What Explains Russia’s Actions in the Crimea?” Division of Social Work, Behavioral and
Political Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, March 18
2014 “Getting Publishing” Institute for Qualitative Research Methods, Syracuse University, July,
2014 “What Explains Russia’s Actions in the Crimea?” Department of History, University of
North Texas, March 8.
2013 “What Explains Rebel Organization Identity Change after a Civil Conflict Ends? External
and internal factors and the transition to political competition” Department of Political Science,
University of Houston.
2013 “From Grozny to Boston: Understanding the Chechen War” Brookhaven College, October
8,
2013 “Getting Publishing” Institute for Qualitative Research Methods, Syracuse University, July,
2012 Werner Sichel Distinguished Scholar Address “Political Parties and Democratization in the
Developing World” Western Michigan University, October 2012
2012 Department of Political Science Distinguished Scholar Address “Teaching and Scholarship
in Political Science”, Western Michigan University, October 2012.
2012 “Getting Publishing” Institute for Qualitative Research Methods, Syracuse University, July,
2012 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Central
Oklahoma
2012 “Civil Wars and Party Systems” Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM)
February
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2011 “Politics and Fiscal Federalism: the Case of Ethiopia” Autonomous University of the State
of Mexico (UAEM) May
2011 “Cooperation or a New Cold War? Understanding US-Russian relations in the Post Soviet
period” Brookhaven College, April 20.
2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Central
Missouri. April
2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, College of St Benedict-St.
Johns University, March
2011 External Program Reviewer, Department of International Studies, California State
University-Long Beach, February
2010 Keynote Address “Assessing Assessment” 3rd Annual meeting of the British Political
Studies Association Teaching and Learning Group Conference, De Montfort University,
Leiceister, UK
2010 Consultant 2009-2011 to Georgetown University Law School Legal team and wrote
affidavits in support political asylum for three cases from Ethiopia.
2010 APSA Presidential Address 2010 Southwest Political Science Association (I was the stand-
in speaker in place of President Henry Brady) title: “Teaching Politics in Hard Times.”
2010 Speaker “Teaching Politics in Hard Times” (with panelists APSA President Henry Brady,
Rogers Smith, and Erin Williams) 7th Annual Meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning
Conference
2009 “The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years Ago” Texas Education Telecommunications
Network (TETN) and University of North Texas (interactive videoconference for Texas 6th grade
students)
2009 “The Teacher Scholar Model as a Survival Strategy in Political Science” Quincy Wright
Award Address, International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, November 7.
2009 “Promoting Active Learning in the Political Science Classroom: Lessons from the Current
Literature on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Political Science” Department of
Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 4.
2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, Denison University, Granville
Ohio, November
2009 Panelist, “SOTL in Disciplinary Journals” International Society for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning, Bloomington Indiana (Indiana University), October
2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, Central Michigan University,
Mt. Pleasant Michigan, October
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2009 “The Russian Constitution in Comparative Perspective” Brookhaven College, September
16, 2009.
2009 External Program Reviewer, Political Science Program Texas A & M University- Corpus
Christi, June
2009 Keynote Speaker Future is Now Conference, Salem State College, Salem MA. May 13
2009 Panelist on Ethnic Parties, Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University,
New York, New York, April 23
2009 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, SUNY Geneseo, March
2009 Speaker, ISA ALIAS Working group Workshop “Getting Started in the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning” New York, New York.
2009 Opening Welcome, 2009 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, February, Baltimore
MD.
2008 Speaker “Asian Americans and the 2008 Elections” Asian Pacific American Empowerment
Conference (APAEC) University of North Texas, November
2008 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Reviewer,
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC November
2007 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Reviewer,
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC November
2007 “Getting Started Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” Center for Civic
Engagement, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Florida, October
2007 External Program Reviewer, General Education Program, University of Central Arkansas,
Conway Arkansas
2005 Parliamentary Election Observer/Monitor (invited by Azerbaijan Central Election
Commission), Baku Azerbaijan, December
2005 “Globalization, Electoral Laws and Ethnic Conflict” Department of Political Science, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock TX, April
2003 Presentation on Undergraduate Research at Preparing Future Faculty Workshop, University
of Missouri- Columbia, November
2002 "Civil Society, Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Eastern and Central
Europe" The Center for the Study of Democracy, St Mary's College of Maryland, April
1999-2001 & 2005-2006 National Science Foundation Reviewer for Graduate Research
Fellowship Program.
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1999 “Electoral Institutions and the Containment of Ethnic Conflict in Post-Communist Europe”
International Studies Lecture Series, Illinois Wesleyan University, November, March.
1999 “Identity Change and the Communist Successor Parties: A Preliminary Analysis”
Department of Political Science Colloquium, Central European University (CEU) Budapest
Hungary, April.
1998-99 Member of Dissertation Committee for Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, University of Illinois-
Chicago.
1998 “Russia Beyond the Ring Road” University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, June.
1998 “Russia Beyond 2000” University of Kansas, March
1997 External Program Reviewer, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma,
April.
STUDENT RESEARCH MENTORING (UNT ONLY)
Graduate Students
MA Thesis committee:
Jennifer Dague (Chair), Completed October 21 2011
Asmara Saleemi (Chair) Completed October 14, 2011,
Ross Lancaster (Chair), Completed April 2012
John Kirby (Chair) Completed May 2013
Angela Sortor (member) Completed October 2012
Erik Case (member) Completed (2009)
Mark Adams (member Interdisciplinary Studies)
Tyler Bergren (member)
Ryan Yarbro (Chair)
Steven Miles (member) Interdisciplinary Studies
Bryan Beene (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Ph.D. Dissertations:
Amalia Pulido (Chair) dissertation successfully defended May 2018
Brandon Stewart (Chair) dissertation successfully defended Jun 2017
Jinrui Xi (member) dissertation successfully defended May 2017
Alex Tzeng (member) dissertation successfully defended May 2017
Yen-Hsin Chen (member) successfully defended March 2017
Jeremy Backstrom (member) dissertation successfully defended April 2016
Michael Marshall (Chair) successfully completed August 2015
Tatyana Kelman (Chair) successfully completed October 2014
Angela Nichols (member) successfully completed September 2014
Anna Batta (Chair), successfully completed March 2013
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Christine Balarezo (member) successfully completed October 2013
Christopher Williams (Chair), successfully completed December 2012
Stela Garaz (Central European University, member): successfully completed June, 2012)
Kelan Lu (member) successfully completed April 2012
Jun Deh Wu (member) successfully completed March 2012
Meredith Winn, (chair)
Ibrahim Kocaman (chair)
Ibrahim Shliek (chair)
Post Basnet (chair)
Taekbin Kim (chair)
Anna Pechenina (Chair)
Christopher Pace (Chair)
Ibrahim Shliek (Chair)
Mahdi Amiserafat (co-chair)
Roman Krastev (member)
Jiong Yao (member)
Bora Jeong (member)
Hope Dewell Gentry (member)
Seyma Akyol (member)
Daniel Mintun (member)
Michael Widmeier (Member)
Jeremy Brannon (member)
Israel Stephens (member)
In addition I have mentored and supervised over 28 undergraduate research projects at
UNT
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2018- present, Chair of department Promotion and Tenure Committee (PTC)
2018- present. Chair of department personnel committee (PAC)
2018- present, member of Department executive committee
2017—present Member Faculty Senate Rules and Bylaws Committee
2016- present Member Ulys and Vera Knight Mentor Award selection committee
2016 Chair CAS Faculty Council Grievance Committee 2016
2015 External Committee member, faculty search committee, Department of Psychology
2015 – 2017 Chair, McNair Program Advisory Committee
2015- Member Political Science, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Job Search Committee
2014- Member Search Committee for Vice President for Equity and Diversity
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2014- 2016 Chair Faculty Senate Bylaws Committee
2013- present Member of University (UNT) Distinguished Research Professor Award Committee
2012- present UNT College of Arts and Sciences Integrative Studies Faculty Committee
2012- 2016- Member UNT Faculty Senate Executive Committee
2012- 2016- member UNT Faculty Senate Committee on Governance
2011-2012—Comparative Political Behavior Job Search Committee Chair
2011-2014 Member UNT President’s Council on Diversity
2010-2016—UNT Faculty Senate
2010- 2013 Faculty Advisor Pi Sigma Alpha
2010 – 14 Member of UNT Scholars Day Planning Committee
2010 Political Science Methodology Job Search Committee Chair
2009- present Member of Advisory Committee, UNT Ronald E. McNair Program
2009-11 Member of Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North
Texas
2008-12 Chair Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, University of
North Texas
2008 -09 Member Advancement Committee, Department of Political Science, University of
North Texas
2008 Chair Truman State University Upward Bound Program Assistant Director Search
Committee
2007 Member Truman State University Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Search
Committee
2007 Member Truman State University Upward Bound Program Assistant Director Search
Committee
2007 Member University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Committee
2006-present Founder and Chair University Faculty Research Caucus
2005-present Member University Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
2001-present Member Truman State University Assessment Committee
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2002, 2007 Member of William O’Donnell Lee Advising Award Committee
2000 Member of Social Science Division Grants Guidelines Committee
2000 Member of Kohlenberg Lyceum Series Committee
2000 Principal Investigator for Department of Education Student Support Services Grant (did
not receive grant)
1999-2002 Faculty Advisor for Political Science Society
1999-2002 Member of Undergraduate Research Stipend Selection Committee in Social Science
1995, 1996 Member of Truman Scholarship Committee
1993-97 Faculty Associate, Residential Colleges of Truman State University.
1992-1996 Social Science Division Alternate Representative Council on Teacher Education
OTHER SERVICE
2018-19 Editorial Search Committee American Journal of Political Science
2017- present, Vice President Midwest Political Science Association
2017-18 Southern Political Science Association Conference Program Committee
2016- present International Studies Association, Pedagogy Planning Committee
(member) 2016-2018
2016-17 Co-Conference Chair, International Studies Association- Hong Kong
2016 Chair MPSA Kellogg/Notre Dame Best Paper in Comparative Politics Awards
Committee
2015 Member of NSF Committee of Visitors (independent review panel reviewing NSF grant
review procedures)
2014- Member National Science Foundation REU awards committee
2012 - 2016 Lead Editor/Editor in Chief, American Political Science Review
2012- 2016 Member APSA National Executive Council
2012- 2016 member of APSA Publications Committee
2011-2013 Co- Chair APSA Asian Pacific American Caucus
2011-Member of NSF Committee of Visitors (independent review panel reviewing NSF grant
review procedures)
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2011- Member Advisory Board, APSA Distinguished Teaching Award
2011- Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award Committee
2011- Member Best Paper Selection Committee, APSA Political Science Education Section
2011- Member APSA Task Force/Ad Hoc Working Group on Assessment
2010- 2014 Member Executive Committee Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honorary
Society (this is top leadership committee made up of five people)
2010 Member Board of Editorial Consultants The Encyclopedia of Political Science (CQ Press)
2010-2013 Member Midwest Political Science Association Executive Council
2010-present Manning Dauer Award Committee Southern Political Science Association
2010- present Nominations Committee Pi Sigma Alpha
2009- present Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Studies Perspectives
2009- present Member of Advisory Board, Soomo Publications, Asheville NC.
2009- Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award Committee, Pi Sigma Alpha
2009- Malcolm Jewell Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Southern Political Science
Association
2009-present Member, Nominations Committee, American Political Science Association
2010 Southern Political Science Association Conference Program Committee
2008-present Editorial Board Member, Social Science Quarterly
2008-present Editorial Board Member, Opportunity Matters journal of the Pell Institute for the
Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
2008-10 Member, Nominations Committee, International Studies Association
2008-12 Member, Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project Advisory Board
2007-2009 Member APSA National Executive Council (member of council’s Administrative
Committee)
2007-present Editorial Board Member, The Open Political Science Journal
2007 Conference Co-Chair, 11th Annual Heartland McNair Research Conference
2006-2007 President, International Studies Association-Midwest
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2005- present—Co-Director Research and Evaluation Institute, Mid-America Association of
Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)
2005-2006 President Elect and Conference Chair, International Studies Association-Midwest
2005- 2007- Member APSA Teaching and Learning Standing Committee
2003, 2004, 2005- Program Committee APSA Teaching and Learning Conference
1999-2002; 2004-present Reviewer NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
2004- 12 Editor in Chief, Journal of Political Science Education, journal of the Undergraduate
Education Division of the American Political Science Association
2002-2005 Chairperson, Undergraduate Education Section of American Political Science
Association
2002-2008 Elected Member of Social Science Council of Council for Undergraduate Research
(CUR)
2001- present Editorial Board Member of journal Party Politics
2001- present Editorial Board Member of journal Controversia
2000-2004 Book Review Co-Editor International Politics
2002- 2005 Editor, Political Science Educator (newsletter)
2001-2005 Co-Chair of Research and Evaluation Committee, Mid America Association of
Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP)
2000-2004 Member of the Governing Board for Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska (MOKANE) Chapter
of Mid America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP), Chair
of Research and Evaluation Committee
1995-2006 Editor, McNair Scholarly Review of Truman State University (Undergraduate
Research Journal)
1996-1999 Director, Truman State University Chapter of the International Center for the
Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation.
1993-97 Faculty Associate, Residential Colleges of Truman State University.
1992-96 Assistant Director, Truman State University Chapter of the International Center for the
Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation.
Reviewed manuscripts for the journals Acta Politica, American Journal of Political Science,
American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Slavonic
Papers, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Controversia, Democratization,
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Demokratizatsiya, Equity and Excellence in Education, Europe-Asia Studies, Foreign Policy
Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, International Politics, International Studies
Perspectives, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal
of Theoretical Politics; Naval War College Review, Polity, The Open Political Science Journal,
Opportunity Matters, Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science
Quarterly, Party Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, Politics and Gender, Politics and
Policy, Publius, Slavic Review, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Studies in
Comparative International Development and Southeastern Political Review.
Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation
Reviewed book manuscripts for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press,
Houghton-Mifflin, Lynne Rienner, Palgrave, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Sage, University of
British Columbia Press, Wadsworth.
Numerous radio, newspaper, and television interviews on various international political topics
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Southwestern Political Science Association
International Studies Association
African Studies Association
Association for the Study of East European and Eurasian Societies
The Council for European Studies
International Society for Political Psychology
Truman Scholars Association
Council on Undergraduate Research
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism
ECPR Standing Group on Central and East European Politics
REFERENCES
Provided upon request
