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Graduate Adviser - Prof. Phil Paolino - paolino@unt.edu
Here are a few reasons why studying
Political Science at the University of North Texas might be the best
choice for you:
EXCELLENT FACULTY
The faculty of the Department of Political
Science are among the most productive in the nation and the world. The
UNT Political Science Department has received official recognition for
its research productivity compared to other political science
departments in the United States and the world. In an article from the
September, 2001 issue of Political Science, our department was ranked
#6 in affiliation rankings. This ranking is based on research output in
the top journals in the profession of political science. In the same
article, the UNT Political Science Department was ranked #3 in terms of
the research productivity of its graduate students.
These rankings place our department well
ahead of other programs that may be more widely known, including the
University of Texas, Yale, Harvard, every Big Ten and every PAC 10
school. In another worldwide survey of the research productivity of
Political Science departments, UNT Political Science ranked #53 in the
world.
The department is currently the home of the International Studies
Quarterly, perhaps the premier journal of international studies in
the world, as well as the
Journal of Political Science Education, an
intellectually rigorous, path-breaking, agenda-setting
journal that publishes the highest quality scholarship
on teaching and pedagogical issues in political science. This reflects the Department's academic strength, and also
creates research and internship possibilities for graduate students.
We pride ourselves on being not only strong
researchers, but fine teachers. The Department's teaching evaluations
have been historically very high, and our faculty have won many
campus-wide and even state-wide teaching awards. Faculty bring graduate
students into their research, and frequently co-author conference
papers and journal articles with them.
AFFORDABLE EDUCATION and FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Tuition and fees at the University of North
Texas are very competitive. For current rates, go to http://essc.unt.edu/saucs/tuition.htm
The Department of Political Science offers
several forms of financial
assistance. Teaching and Research assistantships are awarded
competitively per academic year (9 months) and are commensurate with
packages at peer institutions. The application deadline is January 31
of each year. Students receiving these awards can normally expect to
pay in-state tuition rates.
University wide competitive scholarships
also are available. Many of these are listed on the web pages of UNT's Toulouse
School of Graduate Studies. UNT's Office for Nationally
Competitive Scholarships assists graduate and undergraduate
students in identifying and pursuing externally funded research and
study.
UNT graduate students may also apply for
traditional financial aid in the form of state and federal grants, as
well as for work-study jobs and loans. Most funds are awarded based on
financial need, although some loans are not. To be considered for these
funds, complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) on paper or online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. For more
information, contact the UNT financial aid office at (940) 565-2302.
LOCATION and LIVING EXPENSES
The university is located in Denton, a
pleasant town of 115,000 in the Dallas-Fort Worth "Metroplex," an area
with a population of some 5 million and the country's eighth most
populous metropolitan area. Living expenses in Denton and the
Dallas-Fort Worth area generally are reasonable. Some graduate students
live on campus, but most reside in off-campus housing. Ample housing is
available within walking distance of the UNT campus.
For more information on Denton, go to DiscoverDenton.com
For information on events and entertainment in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area, go to GuideLive.com.
LIBRARY SYSTEM
UNT's library system, the largest in the region,
has been designated a major research library by the U.S. Department of
Education. The University Libraries house a collection of more than 2
million catalogued items, in a variety of formats, in four separate
facilities. The library system is a member of the national Center for
Research Libraries (CRL), enabling UNT graduate students to access more
than 3.5 million volumes and 1.1 million microforms for indefinite loan
periods.
UNT's libraries are open more than 100 hours
per week during the regular academic year and are served by 112
full-time staff, including 38 librarians. Special services include
remote access, an online circulation system, a 24-hour computer lab and
reciprocal agreements with 26 academic libraries in the region to
provide graduate students with journals, books, papers, and other
materials. The library system's database searching services have access
to more than 750 databases in nearly all academic areas.
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
The UNT campus is highly wired. Graduate
students on financial aid have a (shared) office, with computers.
Political science faculty and graduate students have access to computer
networks that provide connections to a wide variety of general-purpose
and specialized computing equipment. The central computing resources
include an IBM mainframe computer and several UNIX systems. Access
campuswide is through a fiber-optic network, with off-campus access
provided to support standard asynchronous and PPP protocols, with
service points in the Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth areas. General access microcomputer
labortories provide access to both IBM-compatible and Macintosh
personal computers, as well as draft- and laser-quality printing. The
university supports many general purpose and specialized statistical
analysis programs including SPSS, Stata, Rats, R, S-plus and SAS.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
The Department of Political Science offers
programs of study leading to master of arts, master of science and
doctor of philosophy degrees. Degrees in political science prepare
students for a wide range of careers. In addition to teaching and
research positions in academic setting, political science degree
holders have excellent preparation for careers at all levels of
government, and in journalism, international business, international
risk analysis and political campaign organization. Students in our
program also may develop special expertise in survey research and
statistical analysis. These skills are in high demand in both the
public and private sectors.
ACADEMIC PLACEMENT
The department has an excellent record of
placing graduates in academic and non-academic positions. Academic
placements include graduates joining the faculties of Florida Atlantic
University, Mississippi State University, University of Canterbury (New Zealand),
SUNY-Stony Brook, Southern Methodist University, Washington State
University, Louisiana State University, University of Central Florida,
University of Evansville, West Virginia University, California State
University at Bakersfield, University of Texas at Dallas, and Rochester
Institute of Technology. Non-academic placements of our graduates
include federal government agencies like U.S. State Department and
private foundations like the Liberty Fund.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Department of Political Science has an
exceptionally active graduate faculty. Faculty members publish
regularly in journals such as the American Political Science Review,
American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political
Research Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of
Conflict Resolution, and the Journal of Peace Research. In recent
years, the department has had more publications, per person, in the top
five political science journals than any other department in the
nation.
The Department of Political Science was
ranked #3 for graduate student research in the ranking mentioned at the
top of this page. Our graduate students participate in much of our
grant-funded research as paid assistants and frequently collaborate
with the faculty on publications.
Travel grants are available from the
Department as well as the university to facilitate participation of
graduate students in academic conferences.
Here is a selection of recent publications
and conference presentations by our graduate students:
Selected Recent Graduate Student
Publications
Journal Articles
Brandt, Patrick, T. David Mason, Mehmet Gurses, Dasha
Radin, and Nicolai Petrovsky. 2008. “How and When the
Fighting Stops: Explaining the Duration and Outcome of
Civil Wars.” Defense and Peace Economics.
Forthcoming.
Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew and Tom Miles. 2009. “George W.
Bush’s Domestic Policy Agenda.” American Review of
Politics. Forthcoming.
Gurses, Mehmet and T. David Mason. 2008. “Democracy Out
of Anarchy: How Do Features of A Civil War Influence the
Likelihood of Post-Civil War Democracy?” Social
Science Quarterly 89(2): 315-336.
Gurses, Mehmet, Nicolas Rost, and Patrick McLeod 2008.
“Mediating Civil War Settlements and the Duration of
Peace.” International Interactions 34(2):
129-155.
Joshi, Madhav and T. David Mason. 2008. “Between
Democracy and Revolution: Peasant Support for Insurgency
versus Democracy in Nepal.” Journal of Peace Research
45(6): 765-782.
Joshi, Madhav and T. David Mason. 2007. “Land Tenure,
Democracy, and Insurgency in Nepal: Peasant Support for
Insurgency versus Democracy in Nepal.” Asian Survey
47(3): 393-414.
Meernik, James and Rosa Aloisi. 2008. “Is Justice
Delayed at the International Criminal Tribunals?”
Judicature 91(6): 276-287.
Meernik, James and Rosa Aloisi. 2009. “I Do Declare:
Politics, Declarations and the International Criminal
Court.” International Criminal Law Review.
Forthcoming.
Meernik, James and Chelsea Brown. 2007. “The Short Path
and the Long Road: Explaining the Duration of US
Military Operations.” Journal of Peace Research
44(1): 65-80.
Meernik, James and Christopher Fariss. 2006. “The
Influence of Attorney Background on Judicial Decision
Making at the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda.” Judicature 89(6): 326-333.
Oldmixon, Elizabeth A. and Brian Calfano. 2007. “The
Religious Dynamics of Decision-Making on Gay Rights
Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1993-2002.”
The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
46(1): 55-70.
Quinn, Jason, T. David Mason, and Mehmet Gurses. 2007.
“Sustaining the Peace: Determinants of Civil War
Recurrence” International Interactions. 33(2):
167-193.
Rost, Nicolas and John A. Booth. 2008. “Determinants of
Regime Type in Newly Independent States.” European
Journal of Political Research 47(5): 635-664.
Salzman, Ryan and Rosa Aloisi. 2009. “News Media
Consumption and Political Participation in Central
America: Causation and Explanation.” Journal of
Spanish Language Media. Forthcoming.
Tan, Alexander C. and Jun-deh Wu. 2005. “The
Presidential Election in Taiwan, March 2004.”
Electoral Studies 24(February): 519-524.
Watson, Wendy L., McKinzie Craig, and Daniel Orion
Davis. 2007. “Federal Court Certification of State-Law
Questions: Active Judicial Federalism.” Justice
System Journal 28(1): 98-103.
Wu, Jun-deh and Alexander C. Tan. 2005. “To Vote or Not
to Vote, That Is the Question: An Exploratory Analysis
of the Presidential and Referenda Vote in Taiwan.”
Taiwan Democracy Quarterly 2(December): 67-98.
Book Chapters
Booth, John A. and Amber Aubone. 2008. “Las elecciones
del 2005 y la participacion electoral en Honduras en
perspectiva regional comparada.” (The Honduran 2005
Elections and Electoral Participation in Comparative
Regional Perspective). In Elecciones y politica en
America Latina, ed. Manuel Alcantara, Saez y Fatima,
and Garcia Diez. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Politicos y
Constitucionales.
Calfano, Brian, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, and Peter Von
Doepp. 2005. “Religious Lobbies and the Texas
Legislature.” In Representing God at the Statehouse:
Religion and Politics in the American States, ed.
Edward L. Cleary and Allen Hertzke. Lanham: Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers.
Gurses, Mehmet. 2007. “The Lebanese Civil War,
1975-1978.” In Civil Wars of the World Encyclopedia:
Major Conflicts since World War II, ed. Karl DeRouen
and Uk Heo. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Hickey, Dennis V. and Lilly Kelan Lu. 2008. “The Future
of Sino-US Military Cooperation.” In China in Search
of a Harmonious Society, ed. Sujian Guo. Lanham:
Lexington Books.
Hickey, Dennis V. and Lilly Kelan Lu. 2007. “Japan’s
Military Modernization: The Chinese Perspective.” In
China and Japan at Odds: Deciphering the Perpetual
Conflict, ed. James C. Hsiung. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan.
Joshi, Madhav. 2008. “Between Clientelistic Dependency
and Liberal Market Economy: Rural Support for Maoist
Insurgency in Nepal.” In The Maoist Insurgency in
Nepal: Dynamics and Growth in the 21st
Century, ed. Mahendra Lawoti and Anup Pahari.
London: Routledge.
Mason, T. David and Jason Quinn. 2006. “Sustaining the
Peace: Stopping the Recurrence of Civil Wars.” In
International Conflict Prevention and Peace-building:
Sustaining the Peace in Post-Conflict Societies, ed.
T. David Mason and James Meernik. London: Routledge.
Quinn, Jason. 2006. “The Mozambican Civil War,
1979-1991.” In Civil Wars of the World Encyclopedia:
Major Conflicts since World War II, ed. Karl DeRouen
and Uk Heo. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Salzman, Catherine, and
Ryan Salzman. 2009. “Central America.” In The
Handbook of Spanish Language Media, ed. A. B.
Albarran. New York: Taylor and Francis.
Stephens, M. Israel. 2009. “Rebels, the State, and Civil
War.” In 21st Century Political Science: A Reference
Handbook, ed. John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning.
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Other Publications
Batta, Anna. 2004. “Comparative Administration from the
People’s Perspective: Palestinian Refugees in Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon.” Proceedings from the Fourth
International Symposium of the Center for International
Research, Education, and Development: 137-162.
Elliot, Natalie J. 2007. “A Review of Mary Nichols,
Reconstructing Woody: Art Love and Life in the Films of
Woody Allen.” Interpretation: A Journal of
Political Philosophy 35(4): 89-94.
Hickey, Dennis V. and Lilly Kelan Lu. 2007. “A Review of
Sujian Guo, The Political Economy of Asian Transition
from Communism.” Journal of Chinese Political
Studies 12(June): 93-104.
Steele, Galen L. 2008. “The Duration of Policy Adopted
Through Presidential Executive Orders.” PRG Report
31(1): 10-12.
Selected Recent Graduate Student
Conference Presentations
Aubone, Amber, Madhav Joshi, and Dasha Radin. 2005. “The
Impact of Structural Adjustment Loans and Trade on Civil
War Duration.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
Batta, Anna. 2008. “Territorial Disputes, Peaceful
Secessions, and Conflict Management Processes.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace Science
Society, Claremont.
Batta, Anna. 2008. “Refugee Integration,
Transnationalism, and Refugee Related Violence.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Batta, Anna. 2004. “Comparative Administration from the
People’s Perspective: Palestinian Refugees in Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon.” Presented at the International
Symposium at the Center for International Research,
Education, and Development, Arlington.
Calvin, Bryan, Paul M. Collins, Jr., and Matthew
Eshbaugh-Soha. 2009. “On the Relationship between Public
Opinion and Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of
Appeals.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Case, Christina. 2008. “Choosing a Path: Third Party
Strategies in Negotiated Settlements.” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association
(Midwest), St. Louis.
Elliot, Natalie J. 2008. “Letters and Liberty in the
Democratic Age: Alexis de Tocqueville on the Importance
of the Literary Arts for Liberal Democracy.” Presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago.
Elliot, Natalie J. 2007. “On the Political Lessons of
Francis Bacon’s New Organon.” Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago.
Enterline, Andrew J. and Steven R. Liebel, 2008. “‘Paths
of Glory?’ Battles, Dynamic Utility, and Interstate War
Duration, 1816-1985.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Peace Science Society, Claremont.
Enterline, Andrew J. and Steven R. Liebel, 2008. “‘Paths
of Glory?’ Battles, Dynamic Utility, and Interstate War
Duration, 1816-1985.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of
the International Studies Association, New York.
Enterline, Andrew J., M. Israel Stephens, and Kyle A.
Joyce. 2008. “Dyads de Novo? The Origins of
State Pairs and International Politics.” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, San Francisco.
Enterline, Andrew J., M. Israel Stephens, and Kyle A.
Joyce. 2008. “Dyads de Novo? The Origins of
State Pairs and International Politics.” Presented at
the Networks in Political Science Conference, Cambridge.
Enterline, Andrew J., M. Israel Stephens, and Kyle A.
Joyce. 2009. “Dyads de Novo? The Origins of
State Pairs and International Politics.” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, New York.
Gurses, Mehmet. 2008. “Wealth and Regime Formation:
Social and Economic Origins of the Change toward
Democracy.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of
International Studies Association, San Francisco.
Gurses, Mehmet. 2006. “Democracy out of Conflict: Toward
Democratic Consolidation in Turkey?” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science
Association, San Antonio.
Gurses, Mehmet and T. David Mason. 2008. “Repression,
Democracy, and the Duration of Peace after Civil War.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Boston.
Gurses, Mehmet and T. David Mason. 2008. “Weak States,
Repression, and Civil War.” Presented at the Annual
Meeting of Southern Political Science Association, New
Orleans.
Gurses, Mehmet and T. David Mason. 2006. “Democracy Out
of Anarchy: How Do Features of A Civil War Influence the
Likelihood of Post-Civil War Democracy?” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, San Diego.
Joshi, Madhav. 2008. “Post-Civil War Democratization:
Promotion of Democracy in Post-Civil War States,
1946-2005.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, San Francisco.
Joshi, Madhav. 2008. “Post-Civil War Democratization:
Promotion of Democracy in Post-Civil War States.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Joshi, Madhav and T. David Mason. 2007. “Control Over
Political Resource and State Repression: Statistical
Analysis of Death Squads in Nepal, 1996-2005.” Presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, New Orleans, LA.
Joshi, Madhav. 2006. “Pragmatic Ideologues: The Conflict
of Strategic and Normative Interests in the Promotion of
Democracy in Post-Civil-War States.” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago.
Lu, Lilly Kelan. 2008. “Capital Account Openness in
Developing Countries—A focus on China.” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Association of Chinese Political
Studies, Springfield.
Lu, Lilly Kelan. 2007. “Has the UN Anti-Landmine
Campaign Influenced China’s Anti-Landmine Policy?”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of International Studies
Association (Midwest), St. Louis.
Lu, Lilly Kelan. 2007. “The Future of Sino-US Military
Cooperation.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Association of Chinese Political Studies, San
Francisco.
Lu, Lilly Kelan. 2006. “Can the China Lobby Effectively
Promote Beijing’s Interests in the U.S.?” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of International Studies Association
(Midwest), St. Louis.
Meernik, James and Rosa Aloisi. 2007. “I Would like to
Make a Reservation: Explaining State Reservations to the
Treaty of Rome.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Chicago.
Meernik, James, Rosa Aloisi, and Marsha Sowell. 2008.
“Human Rights Infractions, Political Traction and Urgent
Actions: Networks and the International Human Rights
Agenda.”Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace
Science Society, Claremont.
Stephens, M. Israel, Steven R. Liebel, and J. Michael
Greig, 2008. “Correlates and Resolutions of Civil War:
Correcting Anarchy as Conflict Management.” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago.
Stephens, M. Israel, Steven R. Liebel, and J. Michael
Greig, 2008. “Correlates and Resolutions of Civil War:
Correcting Anarchy as Conflict Management.” Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago.
Stephens, M. Israel. 2009. “What’s the Deal
with Peacekeeping? Toward a Standard Definition of
Peacekeeping Success.” Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the International Studies Association, New York.
Townsen, Ashly Adam 2009. “Funding Conflict? An
Examination of How Global Markets Affect Conflict.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Townsen, Ashly Adam 2008. “Creating Ripeness? Can
Third-Parties Manipulate the Ripeness of a Conflict?”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association (Midwest), St. Louis.
Williams, C.J. 2008. “Reassessing the Role of Anxiety in
Information Seeking: A Replication and Revision of the
Theory of Affective Intelligence.” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political
Psychology, Paris.
Williams, C.J. 2008. “The American Anxiety Disorder: The
Effects of Prolonged War on Presidential Approval
Ratings.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Wu, Jun-deh. 2008. “Explaining Party Influence on
Roll-Call Voting: The U.S. House of Representatives,
1879-1998.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
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