David Kinsella, Curriculum Vitae

DAVID KINSELLA
Curriculum Vitae
January 2008

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Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
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Current Appointment

Professor of Political Science, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University.
Editor-in-Chief, International Studies Perspectives.

Personal

Born 9 December 1961 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; one child

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1993, Political Science, Yale University

Dissertation: "In the Shadow of Giants: Superpower Arms Transfers and Third World Conflict During the Cold War"
Dissertation Committee Chair: Bruce Russett
M.Phil., 1988, Political Science, Yale University
M.A., 1986, Political Science, Yale University
B.A., 1985, Political Science, University of California, Irvine: cum laude, honors program

Additional Training

Hoover Summer Program in International Politics, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1995 (rational choice theory).
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 1988.

PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Books and Monographs

The Morality of War: A Reader (edited with Craig L. Carr). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2007.
Regime Change: Origins, Execution, and Aftermath of the Iraq War, second edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007. First edition, 2004.
World Politics: The Menu for Choice, eighth edition (with Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2006. Seventh edition, 2003; sixth edition, 2000 (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's); Japanese sixth edition by Japan Uni Agency; Chinese seventh edition by Peking University Press.

Articles

"The Black Market in Small Arms: Examining a Social Network." Contemporary Security Policy, volume 27, number 1 (April 2006), pp. 100-117.
"No Rest for the Democratic Peace." American Political Science Review, volume 99, number 3 (August 2005), pp. 453-457.
"Conflict Emergence and Escalation in Interactive International Dyads" (with Bruce Russett). Journal of Politics, volume 64, number 4( November 2002), pp. 1045-1068.
"Rivalry, Reaction, and Weapons Proliferation: A Time-Series Analysis of Global Arms Transfers." International Studies Quarterly, volume 46, number 2 (June 2002), pp. 209-230.
"Symbols of Statehood: Military Industrialization and Public Discourse in India" (with Jugdep S. Chima). Review of International Studies, volume 27, number 3 (July 2001), pp. 353-373.
"Arms Production in the Third Tier: An Analysis of Opportunity and Willingness." International Interactions, volume 26, number 3 (2000), pp. 253-286.
"Arms Transfers and Foreign Policy Conflict." Journal of Peace Research, volume 35, number 1 (January 1998), pp. 7-23.
"Nested Rivalries: Superpower Competition, Arms Transfers, and Regional Conflict, 1950-1990." International Interactions, volume 21, number 2 (1995), pp. 109-125.
"Arms and Aggression in the Middle East: Overt Military Interventions, 1948-1991" (with Herbert K. Tillema). Journal of Conflict Resolution, volume 39, number 2 (June 1995), pp. 306-329.
"Did Americans' Expectations of Nuclear War Reduce Their Savings?" (with Bruce Russett, Jonathan Cowden, and Shoon Murray). International Studies Quarterly, volume 38, number 4 (December 1994), pp. 587-603.
"Conflict in Context: Arms Transfers and Third World Rivalry During the Cold War." American Journal of Political Science, volume 38, number 3 (August 1994) pp. 557-581.
"The Impact of Superpower Arms Transfers on Conflict in the Middle East." Defence and Peace Economics, volume 5, number 1 (February 1994), pp. 19-36. Reprinted in Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, eds., The Economics of Conflict (London: Taylor and Francis, 2004).
"Defence Spending and Economic Performance in the United States: A Reply." Defence Economics, volume 2, number 3 (August 1991), pp. 265-267.
"Defence Spending and Economic Performance in the United States: A Causal Analysis." Defence Economics, volume 1, number 4 (November 1990), pp. 295-309.
"Religious Incident Statistics for Soviet Lithuanian Schools" (with Rein Taagepera). Journal of Baltic Studies, volume 15, number 1 (Spring 1984), pp. 27-47.

Book Chapters

"Democracy and Conflict Resolution" (with David L. Rousseau). In Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, and I. William Zartman, eds., Handbook on Conflict Resolution (Sage Publications, forthcoming 2008).
"Preemption, Prevention, and Jus ad bellum" (with Craig L. Carr). In David Kinsella and Craig L. Carr, eds., The Morality of War: A Reader (Lynne Rienner, 2007), pp. .
"Principles Under Pressure: Just War Doctrine and American Anti-Terror Strategy After 9/11." In Harvey Starr, ed., Unifying Theory, Method, and Policy in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries (New York: Palgrave, 2006), pp. 259-277.
"The Long and the Short of an Arms Race" (with Sam-man Chung). In Murray Wolfson, ed., The Political Economy of War and Peace (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998), pp. 223-246.

Book Reviews

Review of Electing to Fight: Why Democracies Go to War, by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, Canadian Journal of Political Science, volume 39, number 3 (September 2006).
Review of Arms Diffusion: The Spread of Military Innovations in the International System, by Thomas W. Zarzecki, International Politics, volume 40, number 4 (December 2003), pp. 581-583.
Review of Arming the South: The Economics of Military Expenditure, Arms Production and Arms Trade in Developing Countries, edited by Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne, Contemporary Security Policy, volume 24, number 2 (November 2003), pp. 159-161.

Recent Conference Papers

"The Illicit Arms Trade in Asia: A Social Network Analysis." Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, 28 February - 3 March 2007.
"Preemption, Prevention, and Jus ad bellum" (with Craig Carr). Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, 22-26 March 2006.
"Power Transition Theory and the Global Arms Trade: Exploring Constructs from Social Network Analysis." First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, 24–27 August 2005, and the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, 31 August - 4 September 2005.
"The Black Market in Small Arms: Examining a Social Network." Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, 1-5 March 2005.
"Mapping the Small Arms Trade: Insights from Social Network Analysis." Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17-20 March 2004.
"Changing Structure of the Arms Trade: A Social Network Analysis." Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 28-31 August 2003.
"Stability and Instability in Third World Security Complexes: The Role of Arms Transfers." Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, 24-27 March 2002.
"Inducing and Suppressing Conflict in Interactive International Dyads" (with Bruce Russett). Conference on the Political Economy of Conflict, Yale University, 23-24 March 2001.
"Global Arms Transfers and Regional Security Complexes: Some Time-Series Evidence." Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, 30 August - 3 September 2000.

Work in Progress

Preemption and Prevention: A Modern Natural Law Analysis" (with Craig Carr). Article manuscript under review.
Illicit Arms Transfer Database Project. Database documenting small arms flows in the international black market.

INVITED TALKS AND SYMPOSIA

"Guns for Hire: Private Military Companies in Today's War Zones," Yale Alumni Association, Portland, 6 February 2008.
"Teaching Cadets World Politics with World Politics," Departments of Political Science, Economics, and Geosciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, 11 September 2006.
"Mapping the Small Arms Network," Department of Political Science, University of Washington, 7 May 2004.
"The Second Gulf War? Causes and Consequences," Portland Public Schools Workshop, 1 November 2002.
"Emerging Issues in U.S. National Security" (participant), Georgetown University, 17 April 1998, sponsored by the National Security Education Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
"The International Arms Trade, Conventional and Nuclear: Problems and Prospects" (panelist), Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, 6 November 1997.
"We Arm the World," Stevenson Program on Global Security, University of California, Santa Cruz, 19 November 1996.
"Militarization in the Third World: Theory and Empirical Analysis," Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, 12 November 1996.
"Analyzing the Causes and Consequences of Third World Militarization," Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, 7 November 1996.
"The Arms Trade and Conflict in the Third World: A Time-Series Analysis," Department of Politics, New York University, December 1991.
"Arms Transfers and Regional Conflict," Department of Political Science, Emory University, November 1991.
"Third World Security and Regional Conflict in the 1990s: South Asia," New Faces Conference, Bellagio, Italy, 16-20 July 1990, sponsored by the Arms Control Association, Washington, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Fellowships

Ohio State University Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mershon Center, 1994-1995.
Yale University Dissertation Fellowship, 1990-1991.
Ford Foundation Fellowship in Defense Economics, Yale University, 1989-1990.
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in International Security Affairs, Yale University, 1989-1990.
Hubert H. Humphrey Doctoral Fellowship, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1988-1989.
Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, 1987-1988.
Yale University Fellowship, 1985-1987, 1988-1989.

Grants

Hatfield Public Service and Constitutional Studies Grant, Portland State University, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08.
Faculty Enhancement Award, Portland State University, 2004-2005.
PSU Foundation Faculty Development Grant, Portland State University, 2004.
New Faculty Research Award, American University, 1997.
General Education Program Grant, University of Missouri, 1996.
Faculty Development Award, University of Missouri, 1995.
Research Board Grant, University of Missouri, 1994-1995.
MacArthur Research Grant, International Security Program, Yale University, summer 1993.
MacArthur Short-term Research Grant in International Security Affairs, Yale University, 1989.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1989.
Mellon Research Grant, Council on West European Studies, Yale University, 1989.
John F. Enders research grant, Yale University, 1989.

Awards

Award for Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching, School of International Service, American University, 2000, 2002.

EMPLOYMENT

Academic Appointments

Professor, Division of Political Science, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2007-. Associate Professor, 2002-2007.
Assistant Professor, Division of International Politics and Foreign Policy, School of International Service, American University, 1997-2002.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 2000-2001.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992-1997.

Courses taught

Introductory World Politics (undergraduate)
Conflict and Cooperation (undergraduate)
National Security Policy (graduate/undergraduate)
International Relations Theory (graduate/undergraduate)
International Law (graduate/undergraduate)
Political Economy of International Security (graduate/undergraduate)
Seminar in International Politics (graduate)
War and Morality (undergraduate)
Norms, Ethics, and Gender in International Relations (undergraduate)
Research Methods for Political Science (graduate/undergraduate)
Quantitative Methods for International Relations (graduate)
Simulation in International Relations (undergraduate)

Consulting

Institute for Physical Sciences, Inc., McLean, Virginia, October 2001-.
Innovative Management Concepts Inc., Sterling, Virginia, November 1999-June 2000.
Sparta Inc., McLean, Virginia, June 1993-May 1994.
Academic Computing Services, Computing and Information Systems, Yale University, 1989-1992. User consultant.
Department of Political Science, Yale University, 1989. Statistics and computing consultant.
President's Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Student Teaching Experience, Yale University, 1989. Statistical analyst.

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Departmental Service

Graduate Studies Committee, Division of Political Science, Portland State University, 2003-, Chair 2004-.
Curriculum Committee, Division of Political Science, Portland State University, 2002-.
Political Science Search Committee, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2007-2008.
Public Administration Search Committee, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2007, 2008.
Graduate Program Review Committee, Division of Political Science, Portland State University, 2003-2004. Chair.
Ph.D. Committee, School of International Service, American University, 1997-2002.
Graduate Studies Committee, School of International Service, American University, 1998-2002.
International Politics Search Committee, School of International Service, American University, 1999-2000.
Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, 1993-94, 1996-97.
Strategic Planning Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, 1993-1994.
International and Comparative Politics Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, 1995-1996.

University Service

Interdisciplinary Course Redesign Project, Office of Academic Affairs, Portland State University, 2003-2004.
Committee on Faculty Development and Research, University Senate, American University, 2001-2002.
Computing Resources Committee, University Senate, American University, 1997- 2000.
Faculty Advisor to the College Democrats, University of Missouri, 1993-1994.

Professional Service

Editor-in-Chief, International Studies Perspectives, 2005-.
Editorial Advisory Board, International Political Sociology, 2006-.
Editorial Advisory Board, International Studies Quarterly, 2005-.
Editorial Advisory Board, International Studies Review, 2005-.
Editorial Advisory Board, Foreign Policy Analysis, 2005-.
Governing Council, International Studies Association, 1996-1997, 2005-.
Publications Committee, International Studies Association, 2005-.
President, Midwest Region of the International Studies Association, 1996-1997.
Program Chair, annual meeting of the Midwest Region of the International Studies Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 18-20 October 1996.

Peer Review

Journals: Acta Politica, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Defence and Peace Economics, European Journal of International Relations, International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Review of International Studies, Security and Defense Studies Review, World Politics.
Publishers: Lynne Rienner, Oxford University Press, Prentice Hall, Rowman and Littlefield, St. Martin's, University of Michigan Press.
Other: National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Professional Associations

American Political Science Association
International Defence Economics Association
International Studies Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Peace Science Society (International)
World Affairs Council of Oregon