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Emizet François KISANGANI Emizet François KISANGANI Department of Political Science/Security Studies 114 Calvin Hall Kansas State University e-mail: [email protected] Manhattan, Manhattan Kansas 66506 Tel.: (785) 532-0447//Fax: (785) 532-2339 EDUCATION B.A., Economics, University of Kinshasa, 1975 M.A., Economics and Political Science, University of Oregon, 1982/1983 Ph.D., Political Science, University of Iowa, 1994 TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, 2008 – present. Professor, Security Studies Program, Kansas State University, 2007 – present. Director, African Studies Program, Kansas State University, 2006 – 2011. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, 2000- 2007. Interim Head, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, December 2000- June 2002. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, 1994-2000. Interim Director, M.A. Program, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, 1994- 1995. Instructor, Department of Political Science, the University of Iowa, Summer 1993 and Summer 1994. Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, the University of Iowa, Iowa, 1989-1994. Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Catholic University of Graben, Butembo (Congo), Spring 1992. Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, 1976-1986. 1 PUBLICATIONS Books Published 2022. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering. African Interventions: State Militaries, Foreign Powers, and Rebel Forces. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2016. The Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fourth edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2012. Civil Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1960-2010. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2006. Michael Nest, François Bouillon, and Emizet F. Kisangani. The Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. American Libraries Outstanding Choice Title – 2006. 1997. Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of Humanitarian Emergency. Helsinki: United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research. Books Translated 2014. Guerres Civiles dans la République Démocratique du Congo, 1960-2010. Translated from English by Mathieu Mulenga and Claire Dehon. Paris: L’Harmattan. Originally published in 2012 by Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2011. Michael Nest, François Bouillon, and Emizet F. Kisangani. La République Démocratique du Congo. Les Enjeux Economiques de la Guerre et de la Paix. Translated from English by Mathieu Mulenga and Roland Brajoux. Kinshasa: Editions St. Paul. Originally published in 2006 by Lynne Rienner Publishers. Articles in Refereed Journals & Refereed References 2021. Emizet F. Kisangani. “Congo-Kinshasa: The Military in the State-Building Process.” Oxford Encyclopedia of the Military in Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. 2021. Emizet F. Kisangani and David Mitchell. “The Impact of Integrated UN Mission on Humanitarian NGO Security: A Quantitative Analysis.” Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations.27, 2, pp. 202-225. 2019. Orlandrew Danzell, Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “Aid, Intervention, and Terror: The Impact of Foreign Aid and Foreign Military Intervention on Terror Events and Severity.” Social Science Quarterly 100, 3, pp. 951-964. 2017. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “The Human Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention.” Defence and Peace Economics 28, 2, pp. 230-248. 2015. “Social Cleavages and Politics of Exclusion: Instability in the Central African Republic,” International Journal on the World Peace 32, 1, pp. 33-59. 2015 Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “Soldiers and Development Aid: Military Intervention and Foreign Aid Flows,” Journal of Peace Research 52, 2, pp. 215-227. 2 2014 Jeffrey Pickering and Emizet F. Kisangani, “Foreign Military Intervention and Post- Colonial State Building: An Actor Centric Analysis,” Conflict Management and Peace Science 31, 3, pp. 244-264. 2014 Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “Rebels, Rivals, and Post-Colonial State Building: Identifying Bellicist Influences on State Extractive Capability,” International Studies Quarterly 58, 1, pp. 187-198. 2012. “The Tuaregs’ Rebellions in Mali and Niger and the U.S. Global War on Terror,” International Journal on World Peace 29, 1, pp. 59-97. 2011. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering. “Democratic Accountability and Diversionary Force: Democratic Regime Types and the Use of Benevolent and Hostile Military Force,” Journal of Conflict Resolution 55, 6, pp. 1021-1046. 2010. Jeffrey Pickering and Emizet F. Kisangani, “Diversionary Despots? Comparing Autocracies’ Propensities to Use and to Benefit from Military Force,” American Journal of Political Science 54, 2, pp. 477-493. 2009. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “The Dividends of Diversion: Mature Democracies’ Proclivity to Use Diversionary Force and the Rewards They Reap from It,” The British Journal of Political Science 39, 3, pp. 483-516. 2009. Jeffrey Pickering and Emizet F. Kisangani, “The International Military Intervention Data Set: An Updated Tool for Conflict Scholars,” Journal of Peace Research 46, 4, pp. 589- 599. 2007. Emizet F. Kisangani and Wayne Nafziger, “The Political Economy of State Terror,” Defence and Peace Economics 18, 5, pp. 405-414. 2007. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering, “Diverting with Benevolent Military Force: Reducing Risks and Rising above Strategic Behavior,” International Studies Quarterly, 51, 2, pp. 277-299. 2006. “Economic Growth and Democracy in Africa: Revisiting the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle,” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 39, 4, pp. 855-881. 2006 Jeffrey Pickering and Emizet F. Kisangani, “Political, Economic, and Social Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention,” Political Research Quarterly. 59, 3, pp. 363-376. 2005. Jeffrey Pickering and Emizet F. Kisangani, “Democracy and Diversionary Military Intervention: Reassessing Regime Type and the Diversionary Hypothesis.” International Studies Quarterly 49, 1, pp. 23-43. 2003. “Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Mosaic of Insurgent Groups.” International Journal on World Peace 20, 3, pp. 51-80. 3 2000. “The Massacre of Refugees in Congo: A Case of UN Peacekeeping Failure and International Law,” The Journal of Modern African Studies 38, 2, pp. 163-202. 2000. “The Relationship between the Liberal Ethos and Quality of Life: A Comparative Analysis of Pooled Time Series Data,” Comparative Political Studies 33, 8, pp. 1049-1078. 1999. “Explaining the Rise and Fall of Military Regimes: Civil-Military Relations in the Congo,” Armed Forces & Society 26, 2, pp. 275-299. 1999. “Political Cleavages in a Democratizing Society: The Case of the Congo (formerly Zaire),” Comparative Political Studies 32, 2, pp. 185-228. 1998. “Confronting Leaders at the Apex of the State: The Growth of the Unofficial Economy in Congo,” African Studies Review 41, 1, pp. 99-138. 1998. “Rebels vs. Democrats in Power: A Rejoinder,” International Journal on World Peace 15, 2, pp. 10-16. 1998. “Rebels vs. Democrats in Power: How to Establish Regional Security Cooperation in Central Africa,” International Journal on World Peace 15, 1, pp. 51-83. 1995. Kisangani F. Emizet and Vicki Hesli, “The Disposition to Secede: An Analysis of the Soviet Case.” Comparative Political Studies 27, 4, pp. 493-536. 1987. “Implementation of Stabilization Programs in an Authoritarian Setting, Zaire 1970-1980,” Canadian Journal of African Studies 21, 1, pp. 175-200. Selected Book Chapters 2014. “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Great Lakes Region.” In U.S.-Africa Relations: From Clinton To Obama, Cassandra R. Veney, ed. New York: Palgrave. 2010 Joseph A. Aistrup, Emizet Kisangani, and Roxanne Piri, “The Legacy of Race in 2008.” In Presidential Elections in the South: Putting 2008 in Political Context, Robert P. Steed and Laurence W. Moreland, eds. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2005. Leonce Ndikumana and Kisangani Emizet, “The Economics of Civil War: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo.” In Understanding Civil Wars (Volume 1: Africa): Evidence and Analysis, Paul Collier and Nicolas Sambanis, eds. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications. 2005. “Development of African Administration: Pre-Colonial Times and Since.” In Public Policy and Public Administration, Krishna Tummala, ed. New York: EOLSS & UNESCO. 2002. “The Democratic Republic of Congo: Non-State Actors on Center Stage.” In Proceedings Central African Security: Conflict in the Congo, Kent Hughes Butts and Arthur L. Bradshaw, Jr., eds. Carlisle, PA: Center for Strategic Leadership, 2002. 4 2000. “Congo (Zaire): Corruption, Disintegration, and State Failure.” In Weak States and Vulnerable Economies: Humanitarian Emergencies in Third World, E. W. Nafziger, F. Stewart, and Raimo Vayrynen, eds. London and New York: Oxford University Press. 1994. “Social Divisions and the Massacre of Elephants in Zaire.” In Elephants and Whales. Resources for Whom, Milton M. R. Freeman and Urs P. Kreuter, eds. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. 1986. “A Social Dilemma in a Less Developed Country: The Massacre of African Elephant in Zaire.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource Management, Elenor Ostrom, ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Selected Book Reviews 2013. Water C. Soderlund et al., Africa’s Deadliest Conflict. Media
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