October 31, 2007 Curriculum Vitae
T. DAVID MASON
Department of Political Science
University of North Texas
P. O. Box 305340
Denton, TX 76203-5340
940-565-2276 (fax: 4818)
masontd@unt.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Georgia (1982)
M.A., University of Georgia (1978)
B.A., University of Georgia (1973, magna cum laude with general honors)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
Hoover Institution Summer Program in International Politics (1994)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2008- Regents Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas
2002- Johnie Christian Family Professor of Peace Studies, University of North Texas
2000-2002 Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis
2000-2002 Research Director, Benjamin Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis
1993-2002 Professor of Political Science (tenured 1994), University of Memphis
1992-93 Associate Professor of Political Science, Memphis State University.
1986-92 Associate Professor of Political Science (with tenure), Mississippi State University.
1981-86 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1983-92 Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University: Associate Director for Research (1985-87); Senior Fellow, Co-Director, Japan Program (1987-92).
1985-92 Research Associate, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.
1981-84 Director, Mississippi Model Security Council, Mississippi State University.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2004 Pi Sigma Alpha Faculty Mentor Award, University of North Texas
2000 Best Paper presented at the Southwest Political Science Association (with Robert Blanton and Brian Athow)
2000 Thomas W. Briggs Foundation “Excellence in Teaching Award”, University of Memphis
1992 Mississippi State University's "Outstanding Faculty Member", Higher Education Appreciation Day Working for Academic Excellence, Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities.
1991 Mississippi State University Alumni Association Faculty Achievement Award "Most Outstanding Upper Level Undergraduate Teacher".
1991 Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching.
1990 Most Outstanding Honors Faculty, University Honors Program, Mississippi State University
1990 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Gamma Beta Phi Society, Mississippi State University
1990 Special Teaching Project Award (with Frank M. Howell), Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Mississippi State University
1984 Paideia Award for Outstanding Contributions to the College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University
1984, 1992 Pi Sigma Alpha Outstanding Teacher Award, Mississippi State University
1973 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Georgia
1973 Phi Kappa Phi, University of Georgia
OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
2008- Executive Council, International Studies Association
2004- Associate Editor, International Studies Quarterly; Editor in Chief (2007-8)
2006 Program Committee, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans)
2004- APSA Task Force on Political Violence
1997 Program Committee, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Norfolk, VA)
1997 Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee, to select the best paper presented at the 1996 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.
1996- Editorial Board, Political Research Quarterly.
1993-97 Editorial Board, Journal of Politics.
1992-95 Executive Council, Conflict Processes Section of the APSA (ex officio 1996-2000).
1992-2000 Newsletter Editor, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association.
1996 Chair, Award Committee for “Best Book in Conflict and Peace Studies, 1993-95", Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association.
1993 Selection Committee for the Lifetime Achievement Award of the APSA Conflict Processes Section
1995 Program Committee, Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Dallas, TX).
1988 Program Committee, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1988-90 Executive Council, International Studies Association-South.
1990, Brooks-Cole Award Committee for the Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the
1985,84 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Graduate Seminar: Comparative Politics
*Graduate Seminar: International Security
Graduate Seminar: Political Development
Graduate Seminar: Latin American Politics
Graduate Seminar: State-Society Relations
Graduate Seminar: Transition to Democracy
Graduate Seminar: Civil War/Political Violence
*Transitions to Democracy
*Arms Control and Disarmament
*International Security and Strategy
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to American Politics
Contemporary Problems in International Relations
*Revolution and Political Violence
*International Conflict
Third World Politics
East Asian Politics
Politics of China
*Politics of Japan
Politics of Latin America
Soviet Politics
Post-Soviet Politics
Soviet Foreign Policy
Diplomacy in the Atomic Age
U.N. Simulation
Political Inquiry
Introduction to Peace Studies
(* indicates new course developed and added to the University curriculum)
PUBLICATIONS:
Books and Monographs
2007 Sustaining the Peace After Civil War. Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College.
2006 Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. London: Routledge (co-edited with James Meernik)
2004 Caught in the Crossfire: Revolution, Repression, and the Rational Peasant. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
1994 Japan, NAFTA and Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation? London: Macmillan, Ltd. (co-edited with Abdul M. Turay)
1992 A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta. Starkville, MS: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University and the Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 325 pp. (co-edited with Arthur G. Cosby, Eunice McCulloch, and Mitchell Brackin).
1991 U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin. London: Macmillan, 228 pp. (co-edited with Abdul M. Turay).
1991 The Supply of Child Care in Mississippi: A Study of Program Costs, Organization, and Quality. Starkville, MS: Social Science Research Center, Report Submitted to the Office of Children and Youth, Mississippi Department of Human Services, 73 pp. (with Frank M. Howell)
1991 The Child Care Equation in Mississippi: A Study of Public Priorities, Beliefs, and Usage. Starkville, MS: Social Science Research Center, Report Submitted to the Office of Children and Youth, Mississippi Department of Human Services, Jackson, MS., 84 pp. (with Frank M. Howell)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
2008 (forthcoming) “When and How the Fighting Stops: Explaining the Duration of Civil Wars”, Defence and Peace Economics with Patrick Brandt, Mehmet Gurses, Nikolai Petrovsky, Dagmar Radin,.
2008 (forthcoming) “Between Democracy and Revolution: Peasant Support for Insurgency versus Democracy in Nepal”, Journal of Peace Research, with Madhav Joshi
2008 “Democracy Out of Anarchy: The Prospects for Post-Civil War Democracy”, Social Science Quarterly, 89(2): 315-336 (with Mehmet Gurses).
2008 (forthcoming) “The Evolution of Theory on Civil War and Revolution,” in Manus Midlarsky, ed., Handbook of War Studies, 3rd ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2007 “Land Tenure, Democracy, and Insurgency in Nepal: Peasant Support for Insurgency versus Democracy”, Asian Survey, 47 (3): 393-414 (with Madhav Joshi).
2007 “Sustaining the Peace: Determinants of Civil War Recurrence”, International Interactions, 33 (2): 167-193 (with Jason Quinn and Mehmet Gurses).
2007 “Sustaining the Peace: Stopping the Recurrence of Civil Wars”, (with Jason Quinn) in James Meernik and T. David Mason, eds. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. London: Routledge.
2006 “Introduction: Sustaining the Peace in the Aftermath of Conflict”, (with James Meernik) in James Meernik and T. David Mason, eds. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. London: Routledge.
2006 “Conclusion”, (with James Meernik) in James Meernik and T. David Mason, eds. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. London: Routledge.
2003 “Globalization, Democratization, and the Prospects for Civil War in the New Millennium,” International Studies Review 5 (4): 461-478. (revised version of Chapter 10, Caught in the Crossfire).
2003 “Structures of Ethnic Conflict: Revolution versus Secession in Rwanda and Sri Lanka,” Terrorism and Political Violence 15 (3): 83-114.
2003 "Ethnicity and Politics", pp. 542-574 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2nd ed., edited by Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kegan. London: Routledge. (with David Galbreath) (revised and updated version of 1992 chapter)
2002 “Tiananmen Square Thirteen Years After: The Prospects for Civil Unrest in China,” Asian Affairs 29 (3): 159-188.
2001 “Colonial Style and Post-Colonial Ethnic Conflict in Africa”, Journal of Peace Research 38 (4): 473-489 (with Robert Blanton and Brian Athow)
2000 "The Calculus of Fear: Revolution, Repression, and the Rational Peasant", Social Science Quarterly 81: 622-633. (with Julie Heath, William Smith, and Joseph Weingarten).
1999 “Win, Lose, or Draw: Predicting the Outcome of Civil Wars”, Political Research Quarterly 52: 239-268. (with Joseph P. Weingarten, Jr. and Patrick J. Fett)
1999 “The Civil War in El Salvador: a Retrospective Analysis”, Latin American Research Review 34 (3): 179-196.
1998 “Take Two Acres and Call Me in the Morning: Is Land Reform a Remedy for Peasant Unrest?”, Journal of Politics 60 (1): 199-230.
1996 “How Civil Wars End: A Rational Choice Approach”, Journal of Conflict Resolution 40 (4): 546-568 (with Patrick J. Fett).
1996 "Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, and the Rational Peasant", Public Choice 86 (1-2): 63-83.
1996 "Japan-Bashing and America-Bashing: Public Opinion and U.S.-Japan Relations in a Time of Transition", Journal of East Asian Affairs 10 (Winter/Spring): 156-191. (with Nana Goto Bellerud).
1995 "Guerrillas, Drugs, and Peasants: The Rational Peasant and the War on Drugs in Peru", Terrorism and Political Violence 7 (Winter): 140-170. (with Christopher Campany).
1994 "Modernization and its Discontents Revisited: The Dynamics of Mass-Based Opposition in the People's Republic of China", Journal of Politics 56 (May): 400-424.
1994 "Trade Blocs and the Future of Japan's Relations with the People's Republic of China", in Japan, NAFTA and Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation?, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay. London: Macmillan, Ltd.
1992 "Women's Participation in Central American Revolutions: A Theoretical Perspective", Comparative Political Studies. 25 (April): 63-89.
1992 "Ethnicity and Politics", pp. 568-586 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, edited by Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kegan. London: Routledge. (invited contribution).
1992 "The Poverty Hurdle: Poverty as an Impediment to Development in the Mississippi Delta", pp. 279-296 in A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta, edited by Arthur G. Cosby, T. David Mason, Eunice McCulloch, and Mitchell Brackin. Starkville, MS: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University and the Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1991 "U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation Amid the Shifting Security Environment in Asia", pp. 158-192 in U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay. London: Macmillan, Ltd.
1991 "The Strategic Context of U.S.-Japan Trade Friction", pp. 1-7 in U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Impact on Security Cooperation in the Pacific Basin, edited by T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay. London: Macmillan, Ltd.
1990 "Dynamics of Revolutionary Change: Indigenous Factors in Third World Revolutions", pp. 30-53 in Revolution and Political Change in the Third World, edited by Barry M. Schutz and Robert O. Slater. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
1989 "The Political Economy of Death Squads: Towards a Theory of State-Sanctioned Terrorism", International Studies Quarterly, 33:175-198 (with Dale A. Krane).
1989 "Nonelite Response to State-Sanctioned Terror" Western Political Quarterly 42: 467-492.
1989 "Land Reform and the Rise of Sendero Luminoso in Peru", Terrorism and Political Violence 1 (4): 516-538. (with Janet Schwartzfager).
1989 "Non-Military Dimensions of the Soviet Union's Security Policy in Asia", Bulletin of Peace Proposals 20: 405-419.
1986 "Land Reform and the Breakdown of Clientelist Politics in El Salvador", Comparative Political Studies 8 (4): 487-517.
1986 "Population Growth and the Struggle for the Hearts and Minds of Rural Populations in Central America", pp. 183-222 in Latin American Population Growth and U.S. National Security, edited by John Saunders. New York: Allen & Unwin.
1986 "The Developmental Parameters of Relative Deprivation Theory", Studies in Comparative International Development 21 (3): 85-117 (with Han S. Park).
1986 "Sino-Soviet Relations Amid the Transition in Leadership". Korean Journal of International Studies 17 (4): 23-71.
1985 "Who Riots? An Empirical Test of the 'New Urban Black' and 'Social Marginality' Hypotheses", Political Behavior 7 (4): 352-373. (with Jerry A. Murtagh).
1984 "Individual Participation in Collective Racial Violence: A Rational Choice Synthesis", American Political Science Review 78 (4): 1040-1056.
1984 "China's Four Modernizations: Blueprint for Development or Prelude to Turmoil", Asian Affairs 11 (3): 47-70.
Reviews and Other Publications:
2006 “Civil Wars”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Macmillan Reference.
2003 “The U.S. Party System in Comparative Perspective”, Perspectives on American and Texas Politics, Gloria Cox, ed. (Denton, TX: University of North Texas).
2003 book review (invited) From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict. By Jack Snyder. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. Forthcoming in American Political Science Review.
2001 book review (invited) Civil Wars and Foreign Powers: Outside Intervention in Intrastate Conflicts, by Patrick M. Regan,. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. In International History Review. 23 (September, 2001):
1999 book review (invited) The Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hopes for Peace, by Sumit Ganguly (Cambridge University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1997). In Journal of Politics. 61 (August 1999): pp. 873-5.
1997 book review (invited) The Protection Racket State: Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador by William Stanley (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1996) forthcoming in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
1997 book review (invited) Tethered Deer: Government and Economy in a Chinese County by Marc Blecher and Vivienne Shue. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996) in Journal of Politics. 59 (November 1997): pp. 1329-32
1995 book review (invited) Women and Revolution in Africa, Asia, and the New World, edited by Mary Tétreault (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994) in American Political Science Review 89:3 (September): 788-9.
1993 book review (invited) Shining Path of Peru, edited by David Scott Palmer (New York, NY: St. Martins, 1992), in American Political Science Review 87:2 (June): 532-3.
1992 book review (invited) Communities of Grain: Rural Rebellion in Comparative Perspective by Victor Magagna (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991), in Journal of Politics 54 (4): 1218-1220
1989 book review (invited) Theories of Civil Violence by James Rule (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988), in American Political Science Review 83: 1367-1368.
1989 (invited essay) "Mississippi-Japan Relations: What Mississippians Need to Do", Speaking of Japan 10 (November):12-15. (also invited for publication in Japan Times, June 14, 1989).
MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW:
(Being revised for resubmission to Political Research Quarterly) “Structure Versus Grievance as Determinants of Ethnic Civil War,” (with Joseph P. Weingarten, Nikolai Petrovsky, and Ronnie Lindstrom)
(Being revised for resubmission to Journal of Peace Research) “Human Rights, Democracy, and Sustaining the Peace After Civil War”, with Steven C. Poe, Cynthia Colley, Jason Quin
(Under review at Journal of Conflict Resolution) “Weak States, Repression, and the Civil War”, with Mehmet Gurses.
(Under review at Journal of Peace Research), “When and Why Civil Wars Recur: Conditions for a Durable Peace After Civil Wars”, with Mehmet Gurses and Patrick Brandt.
(Under review at Journal of Politics) “Democracy, Insurgency and Control Over Political Resource: Patterns of State Repression in Nepal, 1996-2005", with Madhav Joshi
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
Revolution and Political Violence: Theories and Cases, co-edited with John Booth. Contract signed with Lynne Rienner, completed manuscript to be submitted by December 2007.
Comparative Politics in the New World Order, with Kenneth Holland. Contract signed with Allyn & Bacon. 12 of 16 chapters drafted, parts of other 4 completed.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
2008 "Repression, Democracy, and the Duration of Peace after Civil War", with Mehmet Gurses, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Boston, MA).
2008 “Weak States, Repression, and the Civil War”, with Mehmet Gurses, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA)
2007 “Control Over Political Resource and State Repression: Statistical Analysis of Death Squads in Nepal, 1996-2005", with Madhav Joshi. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA).
2006 “Democracy Out of Anarchy: How do Features of a Civil War Influence the Likelihood of Post-Civil War Democracy”, with Mehmet Gurses. International Studies Association Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA).
2005 “Durable Peace After Civil Wars? Civil War Outcomes and the Duration of Peace”, with Mehmet Gurses and Patrick Brandt. American Political Science Association (Washington, D.C.)
2005 “Never-Lasting Peace: Explaining the Duration of Civil Wars”, with Patrick Brandt, Mehmet Gurses, Nikolai Petrovsky, Dasha Radin, Patrick McLeod. International Studies Association (Honolulu).
2004 “Human Rights, Democracy, and Sustaining the Peace After Civil War”, with Steven C. Poe, Cynthia Colley, Jason Quin. International Studies Association (Montreal).
2003 “Sustaining the Peace: Determinants of Civil War Recurrence”, with Jason Quinn, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
2003 “Agreeing to Peace: Modeling Civil War Combatant and Third Party Decisions to Support Intervention by UN Peacekeepers,” with Andrew Enterline. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
2001 “Structures of Ethnic Conflict: Revolution versus Secession in Rwanda and Sri Lanka,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
2000 “Regional Differences in Ethnic Conflict: Structural versus Grievance-based Explanations” (with Joseph P. Weingarten) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).
2000 “Tiananmen Square Ten Years After: The Prospects for Civil Unrest in China” (with Jonathan Clements), Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Galveston, TX),
2000 “The Impact of Colonial Style on Post-Independence Ethnic Conflict in Africa” (with Robert Blanton and Brian Athow), Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Galveston, TX).
1998 “Regional Differences in Ethnic Conflict: Structural versus Grievance-based Explanations” (with Ronnie Lindstrom), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Boston, MA).
1997 “Structural Determinants of Ethnic Conflict”, (with Ronnie Lindstrom) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.).
1997 “Caught in the Crossfire: Repression, Revolution, and the Rational Peasant”, International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Toronto).
1996 “Win, Lose, or Draw: Predicting the Outcome of Civil Wars”, (with Joseph Weingarten, Jr. and Patrick Fett) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
1995 “How Civil Wars End: A Rational Choice Approach”, (with Patrick Fett) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1994 "The Ethnic Dimension of Civil Violence in the Post Cold War Era: Structural Configurations and Rational Choices", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New York, NY)
1993 "Guerrillas, Drugs, and Peasants: The Rational Peasant and the War on Drugs in Peru" (with Christopher Campany), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.).
1992 "Japanese Investment in the United States: A Study of Trends and Site Selection Behavior" (with Frank M. Howell), International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1991 "Guerrillas, Drugs, and Peasants: The Political Economy of Peasant Coca Cultivation and Insurgency in Peru", (with Chris Campany) International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.).
1990 "Land Reform, Repression, and Revolution: A Comparison of El Salvador and Peru", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
1989 "Modernization and its Discontents Revisited: The Dynamics of Mass-Based Opposition in the People's Republic of China". Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Memphis, TN).
1989 "The Calculus of Fear: Revolution, Repression, and the Rational Peasant", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1989 "Trade Blocs and the Future of Japan's Relations with the People's Republic of China" presented at Research Conference: Japan-North America-Western Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation?, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University (Jackson, MS, November 30-December 1).
1988 "Land Reform and the Rise of Sendero Luminoso in Peru" (with Janet Schwartzfager) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
1988 "Indigenous Factors in Third World Revolutions", presented at the Sixth Annual Defense Intelligence College Conference on Revolutionary Change in the Third World (Washington, DC).
1988 "Non-Military Dimensions of the Soviet Union's Security Policy in Asia". International Studies Association Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO).
1987 "Reform, Repression, and Revolution in Central America: A Catastrophe Model", (with Richard T. Cupitt), Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Charlotte, NC).
1987 "U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation Amid a Shifting Strategic Environment in Asia", International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting (Tuscaloosa, AL).
1987 "Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, and the Rational Peasant", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1986 "Women and Political Violence: A Comparative Analysis", International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1986 "Nonelite Response to State-Sanctioned Terrorism", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).
1986 "The Impact of Alliance Membership on the Diffusion of Conflict Across Borders" (with Andrew Vail), Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1986 "Sino-Soviet Relations Amid the Transition in Leadership", International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA).
1985 "The Impact of Leadership Change of the Soviet Union's China Policy", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, (Nashville, TN).
1985 "Modernization, Leadership Factions, and the Domestic Constraints on China's Soviet Policy", International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting (Columbia, SC).
1985 "The Political Economy of Death Squads" (with Dale A. Krane), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA).
1985 "Population Growth and the Struggle for the Hearts and Minds of Rural Populations in Central America", Conference on Latin American Population Growth and U.S. National Security, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1985 "Public Goods, Discrimination, and the Political Economy of Riot Participation", Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1984 "Land Reform and the Breakdown of Clientelist Politics in El Salvador", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).
1984 "Public Sector versus Private Sector Discrimination as Determinants of Riot Participation", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Savannah, GA).
1984 "The Impact of Leadership Change on Soviet Foreign Policy", Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1984 "The Use and Effectiveness of Multinational Peacekeeping Forces" (with Abdul M. Turay), International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1983 "China's Four Modernizations: Blueprint for Development or Prelude to Turmoil?", International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1983 "Individual Participation in Collective Racial Violence: A Rational Choice Synthesis", Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1983 "Who Riots? An Empirical Examination of the 'Underclass' versus the 'New Urban Black' Hypotheses", Southwest Social Science Association Annual Meeting (Houston, TX).
1982 "The Developmental Parameters of Relative Deprivation", International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1980 "America as a Developing Nation", Third World Conference (Omaha, NE).
OTHER PARTICIPATION AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
2006 Round Table, “Reports from the APSA Task Force on Terrorism and Political Violence,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA).
2005 Facilitator, Mellon Seminar on the Quality of the Peace, Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA).
2004 Discussant, “American’s Second Revolution: The Path to and From Brown v. Board of Education”, Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis.
2003 Discussant, “Human Rights and Repression: the Quest for Understanding,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
2003 Discussant, “Minorities at Risk: Ethnic Competition – Analyses and Policy,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Portland, OR).
2001 Discussant, “Forms of Internal Conflicts: Domestic and International Dimensions,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
2000 Discussant, “The Genesis of Conflict and the Role of the State in Controlling Conflict”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
2000 Panel Chair and Discussant, “Issues and Factors Affecting Democratic Consolidation”, Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Galveston, TX).
1997 Panel Chair and Discussant, “Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Theories of Social Conflict”, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Norfolk, VA).
1997 Panel Discussant, “Modeling Domestic Political Violence”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
1995 Panel Chair and Discussant, "Questions of Civil Society", Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Dallas, TX).
1995 Panel Discussant, "State Terrorism, Human Rights, and Political Repression", Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Dallas, TX).
1992 Panel Discussant, "Post Cold War Conflicts in Asia Pacific", International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1989 Co-Director and Organizer, Japan-North America-Europe 1992: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation? (with Janos Radvanyi), Research Conference sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1989 Panel Discussant, "System Characteristics and Foreign Policy Activism", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Memphis, TN).
1988 Panel Chair, "The Politics of Civil Conflict and Conflict Resolution", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
1988 Discussant, "The China-Japan-United States Triangle: A Forecast for the 1990s and Beyond", Conference organized by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1988 Discussant, "On Terrorism: Organizational and Prescriptive Considerations", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1987 Panel Chair, "Intervention, Instability, and Influence in the Third World", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Charlotte, NC).
1987 Panel Chair, "U.S. Support for Authoritarian Regimes", International Studies Association Southern Regional Meeting (Tuscaloosa, AL).
1987 Roundtable Participant, "Teaching International Studies", (presentation on "Games and Simulations in the Classroom"), International Studies Association Southern Regional Meeting (Tuscaloosa, AL).
1987 Discussant, "Theories of Political Instability", International Studies Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).
1986 Co-Director and Organizer, U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Geopolitical and Security Considerations in the Pacific Basin, (with Janos Radvanyi), Research Conference sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1986 Discussant, "Trade Friction, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Security Environment in East Asia", Research Conference on U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Geopolitical and Security Considerations in the Pacific Basin, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1986 Panel Chair, "Alliances and Arms Transfers", Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL).
1986 Roundtable Participant, "Marxism in the Third World", Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
1985 Panel Chair, "Comparative Analysis of Elites and Foreign Policy in the Eastern Bloc", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Nashville, TN).
1985 Panel Discussant, "Regime Instability and Coercive Behavior", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, (New Orleans, LA).
1983 Panel Chair, "Response to Crises in Communist Countries", International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting, (Atlanta, GA).
1983 Panel Discussant, "Latin American Politics: Regime Change and the Rule of Law", Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Birmingham, AL).
1982 Panel Discussant, "The Use of Q-Methodology in Political Science" Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA).
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Principal Investigator or Co-PI
2006 “Sustaining the Peace After Civil War”, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, $14,143.
2004 “Program on Peace, Democracy, and Global Development”, U.S. Department of Education: Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Language Program ($164,000 over 2 years)
2002 “Support for the Ben Hooks Institute for Social Change,” (with Doug Imig and David Madlock), U.S. Congressional Award ($850,000; $1,000,000 in 2003).
2002 “Support for the Ben Hooks Institute for Social Change,” (with Doug Imig and David Madlock), Nike Corporation ($10,000)
2001 “Support for the Hooks Symposium,” (with Doug Imig and David Madlock) Academic Enrichment Fund, University of Memphis ($6,000); Public Service and Outreach Fund, University of Memphis ($3,000)
2002 “Support for the Hooks Symposium,” (with Doug Imig and David Madlock) Academic Enrichment Fund, University of Memphis ($5,000).
2000 “Support for the Hooks Symposium,” (with Doug Imig and David Madlock) Academic Enrichment Fund, University of Memphis ($5,000); Bank of Bartlett ($1,000)
1997 Research Grant: "Is Land Reform a Remedy for Rural Rebellion? A Test of Huntington’s Thesis” National Science Foundation ($37,000)
1996 Faculty Research Grant: "Land Reform, Repression and Revolution: Testing a Model with Data from El Salvador" University of Memphis, Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies ($4,000).
1991 Research Award: "A Facility for Monitoring Foreign Investment in Local Communities in the United States", (co-PI with Frank M. Howell) Sanderson Fund for Excellence, Mississippi State University ($19,250).
1987- Research and Development Grant: "The Delta Project", (Co-PI with Arthur G. Cosby and Eunice
1990 McCulloch) Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (1987-88, $110,000 approx.); Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1989-91; $330,000 approx.)
1989 Research Conference Grant: "Japan-North America-Western Europe: Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation?", (Co-PI with Janos Radvanyi) Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission ($39,478).
1986 Research Conference Grant, "U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Geopolitical and Security Considerations in the Pacific Basin", (Co-PI with Janos Radvanyi) Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission ($21,896)
1986 Program Development Grant: "An Exchange of People and Ideas between Japan and Mississippi".
(Co-Director with Janos Radvanyi). U.S.-Japan Foundation ($68,528)
1983 Research Grant: "A Cost/Benefit Model for Optimizing the Use and Effectiveness of Multinational Peacekeeping Forces", (with Abdul M. Turay) Office of Graduate Studies and Research, Mississippi State University ($5,000)
Other Grant Participation:
1991 Research Contract: "Child Care Needs and Delivery in Mississippi", (Frank M. Howell, PI). Office of Children and Youth, Mississippi Department of Human Services ($88,826).
1985- Curriculum Development Grant: "International Security and Russian and Chinese Language Education
1987 Program", (Janos Radvanyi, PI ) U.S. Department of Education ($60,000 per year, approximately)
1982- Curriculum Development Grant: "Developing an Undergraduate Curriculum in International Security
1984 and Russian Language", (Janos Radvanyi, PI) U.S. Department of Education ($41,000 per year (approximately)
Grants Currently Pending
UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2002- Director, Peace Studies Program, University of North Texas
2002- Member, International Studies Academic Advisory Council, University of North Texas
2003-6 Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
2002-3 Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on International Studies, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas
2003; Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas
2005-2007
2003-2006 Grants and Awards Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas
2000-2002 Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis
1998-2002 Research Director, Ben Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis
1998-2000 Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis.
1998-2000 Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Memphis.
1997-2000 Graduate Studies and Research Council, College of Arts and Science, University of Memphis.
1998 Search Committee, Executive Director, Center for International Programs and Students, University of Memphis
1993-1996 University Representative to the ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research), University of Memphis.
1993-4, M.A. Coordinator, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis.
1997-8
1992-6 Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis.
1992-02 Advisory Committee, International Relations Program, University of Memphis.
1994-02 Advisory Council, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Memphis
1991-3 Academic Excellence Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University.
1991 Coordinators Committee, Department of Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1990-91 Advisory Committee, Rotary Club Summer Youth Program on International Affairs, Division of Continuing Education, Mississippi State University.
1987- Member (elected Chair, 1989-90), College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee,
1990 Mississippi State University: compiled initial draft of "Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University" and coordinated production of final draft by the Committee for submission to the Dean and to the faculty.
1990 Chair, Search Committee for faculty position in comparative/international politics, Department of Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1988-91 M.A. Program Coordinator, Department of Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1989 Chair, Departmental Task Force on Revising Tenure and Promotion and Annual Evaluation Documents: coordinated the draft revision of department's Annual Evaluation and Promotion and Tenure documents for review by the faculty, Mississippi State University.
1988-9 Faculty Advisory Committee, Mississippi State University Off Campus Academic Program for the City of Omachi, Japan.
1987- Member, Search Committee for Chair of the Department of Sociology,
1989 Mississippi State University.
1987 Member, Search Committee for the Director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and the John C. Stennis Professor in Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1985 "A Survey of Demand for On-Site Day Care Facilities at Mississippi State University", (with Douglas Feig), study sponsored by the President's Commission on the Status of Women, Mississippi State University.
1986 "A Survey of Attitudes Towards Women in the Work Place at Mississippi State University", (with Pat Sanderson and Ellen Bryant), study conducted under sponsorship of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, Mississippi State University.
1988- Co-Director, Japan Program, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies,
1990 Mississippi State University.
1983- Associate Director for Research, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies
1987 Mississippi State University.
1981-84 Director, Mississippi Model Security Council Program: a three-day program involving 200+ high school and college students in simulations of the U.N. Security Council.
1983-86 Member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Mississippi State University.
1984-86 Member, Women's Studies Committee, Mississippi State University.
1983 Chair, Department Committee to Develop MA Intensive Semester Program, Department of Political Science, Mississippi State University.
1981-92 served on Department Undergraduate, MA, Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid, and Tenure and Promotion Committees.
1983-92 served on Political Science Department search committees for faculty positions in Public Law, Public Policy, City/County Management, American/Comparative Politics.
1981, 1983 Co-Chair, University Committee on U.N. Day Activities
SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE PRESENTATIONS:
2008 “Sustaining the Peace After Civil War”, presentation to the U.S. Army Unified Quest 08 Conference (Washington, DC).
2007 “Iraq Today and Tomorrow: Peace, Politics, and Insurgency”, panel discussion, Model International Organization, University of North Texas
2006 “Human Rights in an Age of Terror”, Forth Worth World Affairs Council, Great Decisions Roundtable
2005 Invited participant, Mellon Seminar on The Quality of Peace After Civil War, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
2003 “Winning the Peace”, presentation to Unitarian Congregation, Denton, TX.
2002 “War with Iraq: Why, When, What If”, Panel presentation sponsored by UNT Model International Organizations, Department of Political Science and Peace Studies Program
2001 “Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective,” Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights Lecture, University of North Texas
2001 Panelist, “International Terrorism”, Central High School, Memphis, TN
2001 “The Terrorist Threat”, Memphis Area Association of Insurance Adjusters
2001 “Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Cold War Era”, Governor’s School in International Studies, University of Memphis
2000 Invited presentation: “The Diversity of the Social Sciences: the State and Regional University Perspectives”, Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence, 1950-2000, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
1999 Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture Series: “Transitions to Democracy in Comparative Perspective”
1997 “Hong Kong and China”, Governor’s School in International Studies, University of Memphis.
1996 “The Future of U.S.-China Relations”, Governor’s School in International Studies, University of Memphis.
1995 Panelist, "Racism in America", Bridge Builders Program of Youth Service in Memphis, Inc.
1995 "Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective", presented for the Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities Lecture Series on "The Construction of Race", University of Memphis.
1992 Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, conducted straw poll on Presidential race and local policy issues at the Chamber's "Hobnob in the Park" program.
1991 "Changes in the Soviet Union and the Threat to the U.S.", Mississippi Emergency Management Association Annual Meeting (Jackson, MS).
1989 "The Future of Mississippi's Relations with Japan", presentation at the Japan Economic Conference, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University (Jackson, MS).
1989 "East Central Europe and the Soviet Union in Turmoil and Transition: An Informal Exchange of Views", campus symposium organized and sponsored by Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University.
1989 "U.S.-Japan Relations", Rotary Club Youth Leadership Camp, French Camp, MS.
1989 Panel Discussant, "The Revolution and the Western World: Latin America", Department of History, Mississippi State University Forum on Turning Points in History: The French Revolution -- An Enduring Legacy.
1989 "The Future of Mississippi's Relations with Japan", presentation at the Japan Economic Conference, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University (presentation was later published in Japan Times and Speaking of Japan).
1987 Panelist, "The Future of Superpower Relations", National Issues Forum, sponsored by the Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University.
1986 Consultant, Governor's Private Sector Delegation to Japan, (briefed a delegation of Mississippi business leaders on Japanese culture, domestic and foreign policies, and current events).
1986 Panelist, "Symposium on Arms Control in the 1980s", Mississippi Valley State College.
1985 Panel Discussant, "Revolt in Central America: Child of the American and French Revolutions", Fourth Annual Presidential Forum on Turning Points in History, sponsored by the Department of History, Mississippi State University.
1982, Workshop, "The Use of Simulations in the High School Classroom",
1983 Taft Seminar on Government, Mississippi State University.
1983 "The Costs and Benefits of U.S. Membership in the United Nations", United Nations Day Symposium, Mississippi State University.
1983 Panelist, "Arms Control: Keeping Things Stable Through Negotiations", National Issues Forum on Nuclear Arms and National Security, Mississippi State University.
1982 "Women and Development", AAUW Symposium, Mississippi State University.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Southern Political Science Association
Peace Science Society International
MANUSCRIPT/PROPOSAL REVIEWER:
National Science Foundation
American Political Science Review
International Studies Quarterly
American Journal of Political Science
Political Research Quarterly
Journal of Politics
Law and Society
Social Science Quarterly
Polity
Southeastern Political Review
Journal of Theoretical Politics
Conflict Management and Peace Science
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Peace Research
Comparative Politics
Latin American Research Review
Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs
Studies in Comparative International Development
Sociological Spectrum
Terrorism and Political Violence
International Interactions
Security Studies
Defense and Peace Economics
Perspectives on Politics
REFERENCES: (provided on request)
James Meernik, Chair, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5340 (940-565-2276 (meernik@unt.edu)
John Booth, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5340 (940-565-2276) (booth@unt.edu)
Mark Lichbach, The Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland , 3140 Tydings Hall, College Park, MD 20742 (301-405-4156)
William J. Dixon, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (520-621-1347).
Paul Hagner, Special Assistant to the President, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT (860-768-5207)
Frank M. Howell, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 (601-325-2014).
Arthur G. Cosby, Director, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 (601-325-2495).
Douglas R. Imig, Director, Ben Hooks Institute for Social Change, 427 Clement Hall, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-3530 (901-678-2395).