Journeys in World Politics 2015 Workshop

University of Iowa, March 12-14

Flyer for 2015 Workshop

Schedule for 2015 Workshop

We are extremely grateful to our program assistant, Ruoxi Du, and the staff in the Political Science Department at the University of Iowa for their assistance including Shawn Pitton and Jessica Herndon.

Senior Mentors

Workshop Participants

A. Burcu Bayram, University of Texas at Arlington, "Due Deference: Cosmopolitan Social Identity and The Psychology of Obligation Toward International Law"

Emma Leonard Boyle, The Pennsylvania State University, "Does Group Strength Explain Patterns of Violence in African Civil Wars?"

Alexis Leanna Henshaw, Bucknell University, "Where Women Lead: Analyzing Patterns of Female Leadership in Armed Rebel Groups, 1990-2008"

Amira Jadoon, University at Albany, "Military Aid – Hit or Miss? The Impact of Military Aid on Civilian Killings"

Sabrina Karim, Emory University, "Finding the Right Security Sector Strategy: When and how do Post-Conflict States Reform their Domestic Security Sectors?"

Juliane Krüeger, University of Michigan, "Bombing to Stop the Killing: Humanitarian Intervention and Violence Against Civilians in Kosovo 1999"

Naoko Matsumura, Rice University, "Leadership Turnover and the Initiation of Investment Dispute Arbitration"

Gina Lei Miller, The University of Alabama , "Anticipating Backfire: The Effect of Institutions on Repression of Nonviolent Dissent"

Susanne Mueller-Redwood, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Developing a Theory of Autocratic Economic Cooperation"

E. Paige Price, University of South Carolina, "Leaders in Search of the Bomb: Institutional Incentives for Nuclear Decisions"

Lindsay Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Generating a Quality Peace: Negotiated Settlements and the Extension of Rights in the Wake of Civil War"

Katherine Sawyer, University of Maryland, "Conflict Resolution and Rebel Leader Selection"

Other Participants

Ruoxi Du, Program Assistant, University of Iowa

Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa

Alyssa Prorok, University of Iowa

CONFERENCE READINGS