Emizet François KISANGANI

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response 1997-2008 (Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012). In Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 120-121.

2008. Thomas Turner, The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality (London and New York: Zeb Books, 2007). In African Studies Review, vol. 51, No 3, pp. 196-198.

2008. Marie-Soleil Frère, The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007). In African Studies Review, vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 194-196.

2003. John F. Clark (ed.), The African Stakes of the Congo War (New York: Palgrave, 2002). In Perspectives on Politics, vol. 1, No 4, pp. 828-829.

2003. Deng, F. M., and W. I. Zartman, A Strategic Vision for Africa: The Kampala Movement (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institute Press, 2002). In International Politics, vol. 40, No 2, pp. 293-295.

2001. Maddison, Angus, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective (Paris: OECD, 2001). In International Politics vol. 39, No 2, pp. 254-255.

2002. Mbaku, J. M., Bureaucratic and Political Corruption in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective (Malabar: Krieger Publishing 2000). In Africa Today, vol. 49, No. 4, pp.

2001. Mshomba, Richard E, Africa in the Global Economy (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. In Africa Today vol. 48, No 4, pp. 142-144.

2001. Ihonvbere, Julius O, Africa and the New World Order (New York: Peter Lang, 2000). In Africa Today vol. 48, No 2, pp. 164-167.

Contribution to Encyclopedia and Reference Books: 2009. “Democratic Republic of Congo: Analysis of a Human Rights Tragedy,” in David Forsythe, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Rights. London: Oxford University Press.

2005. “Democratic Republic of Congo,” in Tate C. Neal, ed., Government of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities. Volume 1. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

2005. “Zaire: Politics, Regional,” in Encyclopedia of African History. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2005.

2000. “Smuggling,” in Encyclopedia of Tourism. London: Routledge 2000.

Data Collection 2008 “International Military Intervention, 1989 – 2005.” Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR 21282. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

SELECTED CONSULTANCY

Consultant, “Varieties of Democracies.” V-Dem Project, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2016 to present.

Consultant, “Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Causes, Impact, and Implications for the Great Lakes Region,” Expert Group Meeting, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa December 2014

Consultant, “Peace and Security in Africa,” Institute for Peace and Security Studies/African Union Commission-University of Addis Ababa May 2013.

Consultant, “Varieties of Democracy or V-Dem Project (Democratic Republic of Congo,” University Gothenburg (Sweden), Lund University (Sweden), The Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, and Boston University, 2013.

Consultant, United Nations/International Peace Academy, “Sub-Regional Security,” Working Papers Series – Central Africa, 2008 - 2010.

Consultant, The Library of Congress, Global Survey of Civil-Military Relations (Africa), 2003- 2004

Consultant, United Nations/International Peace Academy, Project on “Legacies of the War Economy and Challenges for Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the DRC,” IPA-Oxfam Project: The Economic Dimensions of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the DRC: Sub-Project of the Program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars, International Peace Academy and OXFAM, 2001-2003.

Consultant, Yale University-World Bank Project on Political Economy of Civil Wars, 2001- 2002. “The Economics of Civil War: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Project on Case Studies on the Economics and Politics of Civil War, 2001-2003

MAJOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL GRANTS

US Department of State, “Legislature & Banking System in Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Fulbright Scholar, African Regional Research, January-July 2012.

US Department of Education-Grant, “Undergraduate Minor in African Studies and Foreign Language,” 28 May 2008.

US Department of Defense-Grant, “KSU Graduate Degree Program Development and Implementation for CGSC Leadership and Security Studies: Enhance Cooperative Degree Program, September 2009.

Targeted Excellence-Grant, “The Political Economy of Agriculture, the Environment and Health,” Kansas State University, 15 February 2006. (With Wayne Nafziger and David Hartnett.)

National Science Foundation-Grant, “The Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention: An Analysis of Economic Growth, Democratization and Physical Quality of Life in Developing Countries, 1960-1996, 15 July 2005. (With Jeffrey Pickering.)

Fulbright Senior Specialists, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, April 2005.

Participation in Workshop-Grant on “Poverty,” The inaugural Study Group of Development Studies Association, Reading, UK: UN University/WIDER, 8-11 April 1999

Participation in Workshop on "The Political Economy of Humanitarian Emergencies," Helsinki: United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research, 6-8 October 1996

Presidential Travel Grant, Kansas State University, Fall 1996 ISBR Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University, Summer 1995.

Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Political Science, The University of Iowa, 1992-1994 Rockefeller Foundation African Dissertation Internship Award, Department of Political Science, The University of Iowa, 1991-1992

Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Political Science, The University of Iowa, 1989-1991

National Research Council Grant, Participation in one-week conference on Common Property Resource Management, Washington, D.C., 1985

National Research Council Grant, Participation in a four-day workshop on Common Property Resource Management, Washington, D.C., 1984

Fulbright Fellowship, Department of Economics, The University of Oregon, 1978-1980

Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Economics Institute, The University of Colorado, Boulder, 1977.

SELECTED INVITED TALKS [out of 26]

“The Debacle of the 2011 Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Its Consequences for Democratization,” Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa March 7, 2012.

“Super-kleptocracy and Poverty in Congo-Kinshasa,” Lecture presented at the American Cultural Center, Kinshasa April 4, 2012.

“Failure of UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa,” School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle May 26, 2011.

“The International Military Intervention Dataset: An Updated Tool for Conflict Scholars.” Presented at the PRIO, 7 August 2006.

“Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Peace Academy, New York, 27 May 2006.

“Post-War Reconstruction in Central Africa,” World Bank, 7 November 2005.

“Coopération Régionale et Résolution des Conflits en Afrique.” Presentation at the American Cultural Center, Embassy of the USA, Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, 19 April 2005

“US Elections: The World Is Watching.” Panelist, University of Kansas-Bob Dole Institute of Politics, Lawrence, KS, 27 October 2004.

“Causes of civil wars and prospects for peace in Central Africa.” Presentation at the National Defense University – African Faculty, 8 March 2004.

“Traditional Authority and building peace in the DRC.” Presentation at African Group of the University of Amherst and Five Colleges. 3 May 2002.

“Domestic and International Causes of the Congo’s War.” Presentation at the African Studies Center, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 12 October 2001.

“Exploring Post-Transition Violence in Africa.” Presentation the African Studies Resource Center at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 5 October 2001.

“The Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Non-State Actors on the Center Stage.” Presentation at the Center for Strategic Leadership, The US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on 18 September 2001.

“International and Domestic Roots of the Congo Conflict and Prospects for Peace.” Presentation at the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 6 April 2001.

SELECTED CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS (out of 102)

“Major Power Military Intervention and Domestic and Transnational Terrorism,” International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2013 (with Orlandrew Danzell and Jeffrey Pickering).

“Foreign Military Intervention, Foreign Aid, and Terrorism,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2012 (with Orlandrew Danzell and Jeffrey Pickering).

“Measuring and Explaining Poverty in the War-Torn Democratic Republic of Congo.” Workshop on “Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa,” United Nations University-World Institute for Development and Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland, September 18-21, 2013 (with Patrick Lusenge Ndungo).

“Military Intervention and State-Building,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April 1-2, 2012 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Military Intervention and State-Building,” Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association, Dublin, Ireland, June 16-18, 2011 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Foreign Military Intervention, Foreign Aid, and Terrorism,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 31-April 3, 2011 (with Orlandrew Danzell and Jeffrey Pickering).

“Foreign Military Intervention, Foreign Aid, and Terrorism,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 16-20, 2011 (with Orlandrew Danzell and Jeffrey Pickering).

“Regime Type and Intervention Duration,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 16-20, 2011 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Follow the Money: International Conflict, Trade, and Finances.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA , February 17-20, 2010 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Democracies and Benevolent Diversionary Force.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY February 15-19, 2009 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Diversionary Despots: Comparing Diversionary Military Force in Personalist, Military and Single-Party Regimes.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA March 26-29, 2008 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Direct Investments in Infrastructure: Post-Civil War Reconstruction in Africa,” Paper presented at the Workshop on “Helping Failed States Recover: The Role of Business in Promoting Stability and Development,” CIBER, Lawrence 4 – 6 April 2007.

“Lean, Mean Fighting Machine? A Survey of US Officer Attitudes toward Recent Doctrinal Changes and the Revolution in Military Affairs.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL February 28-March 3, 2007 (with Stephen B. Long and Jeffrey Pickering).

“Political Economy of Terrorism.” Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Conference on Economics and Security, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22 – 24 June 2006 (with Wayne Nafziger).

“Political Economy of State Building and Foreign Aid: A Comparative Analysis.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, 22-25 March 2006.

“Strategic Conflict Avoidance and Socioeconomic Intervention.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, 22-25 March 2006 (with Jeffrey Pickering)

“Strategic Military Intervention: A Democratic Response to Strategic Conflict Avoidance.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, 1-5 March 2005 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Undaunted Diversion: Strategic Interaction and Types of Diversionary Military Intervention.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 15- 18 April 2004 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“The Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention: A Preliminary Analysis of Democratization, Economic Growth, and Quality of Life.” Paper presented at the Annual Midwest of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 17-20 March 2004 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Democracy and Diversion: Reassessing Regime Types and Diversionary Military Intervention.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 27-31 2003 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Swift and Sure: Assessing the Types of Military Force Leaders Use for Diversion.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL 3-5 April 2003 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“Scapegoating and Its Consequences: Reciprocal Relations among Societal Unrest, Economic Performance, and Diversionary Military Force.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 28 August-1 September 2002.

“The Economics of Civil War: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Yale-World Bank Workshop on Case Studies on the Economics and Politics of Civil War, New Haven-Yale University, 13-14 April 2002 (with Leonce Ndikumana).

“Downturns and Diversions: Reciprocal Relationships among State Economic Performance, Leader Support, and External Military Force.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 24-27 March 2002 (with Jeffrey Pickering).

“The Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Non-State Actors on the Center Stage.” Paper presented at Workshop on Africa and the New Millennium: Capabilities and Challenges, the Center for Strategic Leadership, The US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on September 18-19, 2001.

“International and Domestic Roots of the Congo Conflict and Prospects for Peace.” Presented at Workshop on The Conflict & Conflict Management in Sierra Leone and the Great Lakes: What Role for Outside Actors?, James S. Coleman African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, April 6, 2001.

“Testing the Scapegoat Theory of Military Force, 1950-1996.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest and the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association 27-28 October 2000, St. Louis, Missouri, (with Jeffrey Pickering)

“State disintegration, poverty and humanitarian emergency in the Congo.” Paper presented at the Development Studies Association Inaugural Study Group on the Theme The New Poverty Strategies: What have they achieved? What have we learned? University of Reading, Reading -- England, 9-10 April 1999

“Health care policy in the Congo: Political instability and state failure.” Paper presented at the 4th North American Conference on the Congo, Daytona Beach, FL 18-20 March 1999.

“Security Dilemma in Central Africa: How to Build a Lasting Peace.” Paper presented at the Third North American Conference on Congo/Regional Security in Africa, Murfreesboro, TN, 9-11 April 1998

“The Unofficial Economy and Capital Accumulation: A Cross-sectional Time Series Analysis.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA- USA, 23-26 November 1996.

“Zaire after Mobutu: A Potential Case of Humanitarian Emergency.” Paper presented at United Nations University/ World Institute for Development Economics Research-Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford Meeting on “The Political Economy of Humanitarian Emergencies.” Helsinki, FINLAND, 6-8 October 1996.

“Cash Crops vs. Food Crops: The Plight of African Peasants.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Orlando, FL-USA, 3-6 November 1995.

“The End of Revolution and the Beginning of Revolution: Silent Revolution from Below in Third World Countries.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 23-26 February 1995.

“Making Choices or Just Being Wise: The Analysis of Qualitative Dependent Variables,” paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, 5-8 April 1995 (with Charles Tien).

“Commerce and Coalition: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 18-21 April 1993.

“The Impact of Smuggling on Rural Development in Northeastern Zaire.” Paper presented at the Annual Third World Conference, Chicago, IL, 9-11 April 1987,

“Implementation of Stabilization Programs in an Authoritarian Setting, Zaire 1970-1980.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Madison, WI, 29 October - 2 November 1986.

“A Social Dilemma in a Less Developed Country: The Massacre of the African Elephant in Zaire.” Paper presented at the Conference on Common Property Resource Management, Washington, DC 21-26 April 1985.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATIONS [out of 27]

Panel Discussant, “Diasporas, Business, and Post-Conflict Development.” The Workshop on “Helping Failed States Recover: The Role of Business in Promoting Stability and Development,” CIBER, Lawrence 4 – 6 April 2007.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “State Strength, Capacity and Economic Development.” Panel 3-23, Annual Meeting the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 15-19 April 2004. Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Foreign Aid, Development, and Globalization,” Panel FB-3 the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest and the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association, St. Louis, MO, 2-3 November 2001.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Exploring Post-Transition Violence in Africa,” Panel 2 of Workshop on Elites, Institutions, and the Fate of Africa’s Democratic Experiments,” organized by the African Studies Resource Center at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 5 October 2001.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Foreign Aid and Investment.” Panel F-3, the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest and the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association 27-28 October 2000, St. Louis, Missouri

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Political Issues in the Next Millennium” Political Panel of the Mid- America Alliance for African Studies Conference, Manhattan, KS, 28-29 September 2000.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Investment and Aid in Emerging Markets,” Panel 5-C and “New Directions in Electoral Research in Transitional Democracies: Developing Countries.” Panel 3-J, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 27-30 April 2000.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Africa and the Democratic Wave.” Economics Panel of the Mid- America Alliance for African Studies Conference, Lawrence, KS, 23-25 September 1999.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Comparative Politics, Democracy, Power, and Finance.” Panel 2-3, the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 15-17 April 1999.

Chair/Discussant, “Pan African Responses to the Congo Crisis: Consequences of War.” The 4th North American Conference on the Congo, Daytona Beach, FL, 18-20 March 1999.

Panel, Chair/Discussant, “Party Development in Post-communist Societies.” Panel 3-6, the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, , Chicago, IL, 10-12 April 1997.

Panel Chair, “Capital Accumulation, Industrial Development, and the Role of the Informal Sector in Stimulating Economic Growth.” The Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA-USA, 23-26 November 1996,

Panel Chair, “Democratization in Africa: Historical Perspectives in Zaire,” Annual Meeting of All North American Conference on Zaire, Lexington, KY, 5-7 April 1996.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Section Chair, African Politics Section of the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, 2006

Journal Referee African Studies Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Cpmparative Economic Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Defence & Peace Economics, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, International Organization, Studies in Comparative International Development

Promotion Reviewer University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University, Boise State University. University of North-Carolina at Charlotte

Text and Monograph Reviewer Oxford University Press, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Palgrave, Longman, Sage Publications, and Prentice Hall.

Ph. D. Students, Chair Orlandrew Danzell, Associate Professor, Mercyhurst University Simon Nyambura, Associate Dean & Lecturer, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi. Melia Pfannensteil, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University. David Mitchell, Work for an NGO

Committee Member, Ph. D. Students Bruce Stanley, Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Justin Kidd, in progress. Christina Chadwick, in progress

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Comparative Politics & Political Economy Ethnic Conflicts Introduction to Comparative Politics (lower-division course)

African Politics (upper-division course) Latin American Politics (upper- division course) Seminar: Comparative Politics

International Relations Introduction to International Relations International Politics of Africa (upper-division course) International Law (upper-division course) International Political Economy (upper-division/graduate) International Security Seminar: International Relations (graduate division course) Transnational Terrorism (Ph. D. Program)

Research Methods Political Inquiry (lower-division course) Statistical Methods in Social Sciences Advanced Research Methods (Ph. D. program)

Economic Courses Microeconomics (lower-division course) 1975-1984 University of Kinshasa and 1992 Catholic University of Graben-Butembo (Congo) Macroeconomics (lower-division course) 1975-1984 University of Kinshasa and 1992 Catholic University of Graben-Butembo (Congo) International Economics (upper-division course) 1992 Catholic University of Graben-Butembo (Congo)