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BETH A. SIMMONS, Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law, Political Science, and Business Ethics Penn Law, School of Arts and Sciences, and Wharton Business, University of Pennsylvania 3501 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204 [email protected]
Educational Background:
PhD., Harvard University, Cambridge MA, government, June 1991. M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, government M.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, international relations B.A., University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, summa cum laude, political science and philosophy
Work Experience:
Andrea Mitchell University “Penn Integrates Knowledge” Professor of Law, Political Science and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, July 2016-present. Courses taught: International Law and International Relations; Borders and Boundaries in International Relations; International Humanitarian and International Criminal Law and the Colombian Peace Process. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University, July 2006-June 2016. Courses taught: graduate seminars: International Relations, International Political Economy, Empirical Models of International Relations; Undergraduate courses: International Law, International Law Theory and Research, International Law and Human Rights, Borders and Boundaries in International Relations. Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, July 2006-2013. Professor of Government, Harvard University, July 2002-June 2006 Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, July 1996 – July 2002. International Monetary Fund, Research Department, Capital Markets and Financial Studies Division (1995-1996). Research and policy analysis on the growth, development, and regulation of international capital markets. (Position held during tenure as Council on Foreign Relations Foreign Affairs Fellow.) Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University, September 1991 to June 1996.
Publications:
Books:
2010 winner of the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs; the International Studies Association’s Annual Best Book Award in the field of international studies; the Stein Rokkan Prize, awarded by the International Social Science Council and European Consortium for Political Research for a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research; and the American Society for International Law’s Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship:
Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
1995 winner of the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs, and the American Political Science Association's Section on Political Economy Award for the best book or article in political economy published in the past three years:
Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy during the Interwar Years 1923-1939. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
Edited Volumes:
The Power of Global Performance Indicators. With Judith Kelley. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
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International Relationships in the Information Age. International Studies Review (Presidential Issue). With JP Singh. 15:1 (March), 2013. Preface, pp. 1-4. Handbook of International Relations. 2nd Edition. With Walter Carlsnaes and Thomas Risse. Sage Publications, 2012. Encyclopedia of International Law (6 volumes). Sage Publishers, 2008. The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy. With Geoff Garrett and Frank Dobbin. Cambridge Univ Press, 2008. International Law and International Relations. With Richard Steinberg. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (Reader.) Handbook of International Relations. With Walter Carlsnaes and Thomas Risse. Sage Publications, 2002. International Institutions.With Lisa Martin. MIT Press, 2001. (Reader.)
Journal Articles:
“Introduction: The Power of Global Performance Indicators,” with Judith Kelley. International Organization 73:3 (Summer 2019). (forthcoming.) “The Power of Ranking: The Ease of Doing Business Indicator as a Form of Social Pressure.” With Rush Doshi and Judith Kelley. International Organization 73:3 (Summer 2019). (forthcoming.) “Do Self-reporting Regimes Matter? Evidence from the Convention against Torture.” With Cosette Creamer. International Studies Quarterly (forthcoming). “Border Rules.” International Studies Review (forthcoming). “Measuring Norms and Normative Contestation: The Case of International Criminal Law.” With Hyeran Jo. Journal of Global Security Studies, 4:1 (January 2019 ). 18-36. “The Dynamic Impact of Periodic Review on Women’s Rights,” with Cosette Creamer. Law and Contemporary Problems 81:4 (December 2018). 31-72. “The Global Diffusion of Law: Transnational Crime and the Case of Human Trafficking.” With Paulette Lloyd and Brandon Stewart. International Organization 72:2 (Spring 2018), 249-281. “Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity?” With Hyeran Jo, International Organization, 70:3 (Summer 2016), 443-475.[Note: correction available here.] “East Asia, Investment, and International Law: Distinctive or Convergent?” Korean Journal of International Studies, 13:3 (December 2015). 461-487. “Ratification, Reporting and Rights: Quality of Participation in the Convention against Torture.” With Cosette Creamer. Human Rights Quarterly 37:3 (August 2015), 579-608. “Rewards for Ratification: Payoffs for Participating in the International Human Rights Regime?” With Rich Nielsen, International Studies Quarterly 59:2 (June 2015), 197-208. “Frames and Consensus Formation in International Relations: The Case of Trafficking in Persons.” With Volha Charnysh and Paulette Lloyd. European Journal of International Relations 21:2 (June 2015), 323-352. “Politics by Number: Indicators as Social Pressure in International Relations.” With Judith Kelley. American Journal of Political Science 59:1 (January 2015) 55-70. “The Future of the Human Rights Movement.” Ethics and International Affairs 28:2 (summer 2014). 183-196. “Bargaining over BITs, Arbitrating Awards: The Regime for Protection and Promotion of International Investment,” World Politics 66:1 (January 2014), 12-46. “Getting to Rights: Treaty Ratification, Constitutional Convergence, and Human Rights Practice,” with Zachary Elkins and Tom Ginsburg. Harvard International Law Journal 54:1 (winter), 2013, 201-234. “Reflections on Mobilizing for Human Rights,” Symposium issue, Journal of International Law and Politics, 44 (April) 2012, 729-750. “Credible Commitments and the International Criminal Court.” With Allison Danner. International Organization, 64:2 (April 2010), 225-256. “Treaty Compliance and Violation.” Annual Review of Political Science, 13 (May 2010) 273-296. “Should States Ratify the Protocol? Process and Consequences of the Optional Protocol of the ICESCR.” Norwegian Journal of Human Rights 27:1, S. (spring 2009), 64-81. Reprinted in Olivier De Schutter (ed.), Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights (Edward Elgar, November 2013). “Civil Rights in International Law: Compliance with Aspects of the ‘International Bill of Rights’.” 16:2 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (July, 2009), 437-481. “The Global Diffusion of Public Policies: Social Construction, Coercion, Competition, or Learning?” with Frank Dobbin and Geoff Garrett. Annual Review of Sociology 33:1 (August 2007), 449-472. “Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000.” With Andrew Guzman and Zachary Elkins. International Organization 60:4 (October 2006), 811-846.
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“Introduction: The International Diffusion of Liberalism.” With Frank Dobbin and Geoffrey Garrett. International Organization 60:4 (October 2006), 781-810. “Rules over Real Estate: Trade, Territorial Conflict, and International Borders as Institutions.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49:6 (December 2005) 823-848. “The Constraining Power of International Treaties.” With Daniel Hopkins. American Political Science Review, 99:4 (November 2005) 623-631. “Power Plays and Capacity Constraints: The Selection of Defendants in WTO Disputes.” With Andrew Guzman. Journal of Legal Studies 34:2 (June 2005) 557-598. Reprinted in The WTO, Economic Interdependence, and Conflict, Marc Busch and Edward Mansfield, eds. Edward Elgar, 2007. “On Waves, Clusters, and Diffusion: A Conceptual Framework.” With Zachary Elkins. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science No. 598 (March 2005) 33-51. “The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy.” With Zachary Elkins. American Political Science Review 98:1 (February 2004) 171-189. “Capacity, Commitment, and Compliance: International Law and the Settlement of Territorial Disputes.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 46:6 (December 2002) 829-856. “To Settle or Empanel? An Empirical Analysis of Litigation and Settlement at the WTO.” With Andrew Guzman. Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 31:1 (part 2), (January 2002) S205-S235. Reprinted in Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes (Aspen Publishers, 2003). “The International Politics of Harmonization: the Case of Capital Market Regulation.” International Organization 55:3 (Autumn 2001) 589-620. 2001 winner of the American Political Science Association’s Heinz Eulau Award for the best article published in the APSR in 2000: “International Law and State Behavior: Commitment and Compliance in International Monetary Affairs.” American Political Science Review, 94:4 (December 2000) 819-835. “Money and the Law: Why Comply with the Public International Law of Money?” Yale Journal of International Law. 25:2 (Summer 2000) 323-362. “The Legalization of International Monetary Affairs.” International Organization. 54:3, (Summer 2000) 573-602. Reprinted in Benjamin J. Cohen (ed.), International Monetary Relations in the New Economy (Edward Elgar, 2004). “Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions.” with Lisa Martin. International Organization. 52:4 Autumn 1998. 729-757. Reprinted in Katzenstein, Keohane, and Krasner (eds.) Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics (MIT Press,1999); John Kirton (ed.), The Library of Essays in Global Governance (Ashgate Publishers, 2010). “Compliance with International Agreements.” The Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 1, 1998, 75-93. “Rulers of the Game: Central Bank Independence During the Interwar Years,” International Organization, 50:3, summer 1996, 407-43. “Why Innovate? Founding the Bank for International Settlements, 1929-30,” World Politics, 45:3, Apr 1993, 361-405. “Theories of International Regimes,” with Stephan Haggard, International Organization, 41:3, summer 1987, 491- 518. Reprinted in Oran Young (ed.), The International Political Economy and International Institutions. (Edward Elgar, 1996).
Book Chapters:
“Assessing the International Criminal Court.” With Hyeran Jo and Mitchell Radtke. In The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals, Andreas Follesdal, Theresa Squatrito, and Geir Ulfstein (eds.). Cambridge University Press (2018), 193-233. “Human Rights and Human Welfare: Looking for a ‘Dark Side’ to International Human Rights Law.” with Anton Strezhnev. The Future of Human Rights, eds. Jack Snyder, Leslie Vinjamuri and Stephen Hopgood. Cambridge University Press (2018), 60-87. “Framing and Transnational Legal Organization: The Case of Human Trafficking.” With Paulette Lloyd. Transnational Legal Orders, eds. Terence Halliday and Gregory Shaffer. Cambridge University Press (2015), pp. 400-438. “The European Union Commitment to Fight Human Trafficking.” With Ashley DiSilvestro. Ch. 7 in The EU With(in) International Organizations:Commitment, Consistency and Effects Across Time, ed. Amandine Orsini. Ashgate Press (2014), pp. 137-156. “Transparency at Home: How Well Do Governments Share Human Rights Information with Citizens?” With
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Cosette Creamer, Ch. 11 in Andrea Bianchi and Anne Peters (eds), Transparency in International Law, Cambridge University Press (2013), pp. 239-267. “From Ratification to Compliance: Quantitative Evidence on the Spiral Model,” in Thomas Risse, Stephen Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink (eds), The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance. Cambridge University Press (2013), pp. 43-59. “International Law.” Chapter 14, Handbook of International Relations. Sage Publications, 2012, pp. 352-378. “International Organisations and Institutions.” With Lisa Martin. Chapter 13, Handbook of International Relations. Sage Publications (2012), pp. 326-351. “Combating Transnational Crime: The Role of Learning and Norm Diffusion in the Current Rule of Law Wave,” with Paulette Lloyd and Brandon Stewart, in Andre Nolkaemper, Michael Zurn and Randy Peerenboom (eds.), The Dynamics of the Rule of Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 153-180 “Women and International Institutions: The Effect of the Women's Convention on Female Education,” in Helen V. Milner and Andrew Moravcsik (eds.), Power, Interdependence, and Non-State Actors in World Politics, Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 108-125. “International Law and International Relations.” In K. E. Whittington, R. D. Kelemen and G. A. Caldeira (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 187-208. “The Future of Central Bank Cooperation.” 2008. In Claudio Borio, Gianni Toniolo and Piet Clement (eds.) Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation, Cambridge University Press, 174-210. Earlier published as Working Paper Number 200, February 2006. Bank for International Settlements, Working Paper Series. http://www.bis.org/publ/work200.htm. “Globalization, Sovereignty and Democracy: The Role of International Organizations in a Globalizing World.” In Peter F. Nardulli (ed.), International Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy. University of Illinois Press, 2008, pp. 158-182. “Trade and Territorial Conflict in Latin America: International Borders as Institutions.” in Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter (eds.), Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 251-287. “From Unilateralism to Bilateralism: Challenges for the Multilateral Trade System.” in Edward Newman, Ramesh Thakur and John Tirman (eds.), Multilateralism under Challenge? Power, International Order, and Structural Change. United Nations University Press, 2006, pp. 441-459. “Forward Looking Dispute Resolution: Ecuador, Peru and the Border Issue.” In I. William Zartman and Victor Kremenyuk (eds.), Peace v. Justice Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005, 283-308. “Globalization and Policy Diffusion: Explaining Three Decades of Liberalization.” With Zachary Elkins, Ch. 11 in Miles Kahler and David Lake, Governance in a Global Economy: Political Authority in Transition, Princeton University Press, 2003. “Pax Mercatoria and the Theory of the State.” in Brian Pollins and Edward Mansfield (eds.), New Perspectives on Economic Exchange and Armed Conflict. University of Michigan Press, 2003, 31-43. “International Organizations and Institutions.” With Lisa Martin. Chapter 10, Handbook of International Relations. Sage Publications, 2002, 192-211. “International Efforts Against Money Laundering.” In Dinah Shelton (ed.) Commitment and Compliance: The Role of Non-binding Norms in the International Legal System. Oxford University Press, 2000, 244-263. “The United States and Europe: The Emerging Regulatory Framework for International Capital Markets.” Ch. 10 in Frances Burwell and Ivo Daalder (eds.), The United States and Europe in the Global Arena New York: MacMillan, 1999, 242-275. “The Internationalization of Capital,” Ch. 2 in John Stephens, Herbert Kitschelt, Peter Lange, and Gary Marks (eds.), Change and Continuity in Contemporary Capitalism New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 36-69. “See you in 'Court'? The Appeal to Quasi-Judicial Legal Processes in the Settlement of Territorial Disputes.” Ch. 7 in Paul F. Diehl (ed.), A Roadmap to War: Territorial Dimensions of International Conflict Vanderbilt University Press, 1999, 205-237. “International Economics and Domestic Politics: Notes on the Twenties,” with Barry Eichengreen, in Charles Feinstein (ed.), Banking, Currency, and Finance in Europe Between the Wars Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 131-147.
Public Documents/Reports:
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Review and Assessment of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes. (Multi-authored report.) National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Washington DC: The National Academies Press. 2018. https://doi.org/10.17226/XXXXX. “Territorial Disputes and Their Resolution: The Case of Ecuador and Peru.” Peaceworks Series, No. 27 (United States Institute of Peace: Washington DC), March 1999. International Capital Markets: Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues, with the staff of the Capital Markets and Financial Studies Division, (International Monetary Fund: Washington DC), September 1996.
Published Proceedings/Comments/Speeches:
“The Laws of War and Public Opinion: An Experimental Study: Comment,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2015, 171(1), 202-207. Presidential Address, International Studies Association: “International Studies in the Global Information Age.” International Studies Quarterly 55:3, 2011, pp. 589-599. Keynote Address, ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group: “The Empirical Turn in International Economic Law,” with Andrew Breidenbach, Minnesota International Law Review. Vol. 20:2, 2011, 198-222. Comment, “Rational Choice or Deliberation? Customary International Law: between Coordination and Constitutionalization: Comment,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2009, 165(1), 86-89. Remarks, “Collective Problems, Collective Responses: International Organizations and US Interests in an Era of Terrorism.” Congressional Briefing, sponsored by the Consortium of Social Science Associations, Washington DC, September 25, 2003. Lecture, “International Law and International Relations: Scholarship at the Intersection of Principles/Politics.” Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting, American Society for International Law, April 4-7, 2001. Washington DC, pp. 1-9, 2002. Remarks, “International Law: Stepchild in Political Science Research? A Rejoinder to Paul Diehl.” [Roundtable on International Law and International Relations, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1999.] International Studies Review, Spring 2001, pp. 9-12. Remarks, “Wrap-Up Plenary: What's Next on Implementation, Compliance, and Effectiveness?” Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting, American Society for International Law, Washington DC (1998) 508-511. Remarks, “Reform of the International Monetary System: Is it Necessary? Is it Likely?” Money, Finance, and Monetary Policy in the Global Economy: Challenges to National Governments and the International Monetary System. The XIV. Dialogue Conference, Friedrich Naumann-Stiftung: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, pp. 95-97, 1997.
Media/Book Reviews/Short Encyclopedia Entries:
“Border Barriers are on the Rise.” With Michael Kenwick. CNN http://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/opinions/border- wall-trump-barriers-on-rise-worldwide-simmons-kenwick/index.html “Electing Peace: From Civil Conflict to Political Participation.” By Aila Matanock. Democratization 26:1 (January 2019) 163-164. “Making Human Rights a Reality.” By Emilie M. Hafner-Burton. American Journal of International Law, 109:2 (April 2015), 442-448. “What’s Right with Human Rights.” Review of The Twilight of Human Rights Law, by Eric A. Posner. Democracy: Journal of Ideas, 35 (Winter 2015), 99-106. “The Power and Purpose of International Law.” By Mary Ellen O’Connell. American Journal of International Law, 109:3 (July 2009), 388-393. “The International Criminal Court.” With Allison Danner. Routledge Handbook of International Law. Routledge Press, 2009. 239-246. “Protecting Human Rights: A Comparative Study.” By Todd Landman. Perspectives on Politics, 4:4, (December 2006), 808-810. “The Role of Law in International Politics.” Edited by Michael Byers. American Journal of International Law, 95:3 (July 2001), 632-637. “Institutional Designs for a Complex World.” Edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal. Journal of Politics, 63:1 (February 2001) 353-356. “Forging an Integrated Europe.” Edited by Barry Eichengreen and Jeffry Frieden. American Political Science Review, Vol. 94, No. 1 (March 2000), 235-236.
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“Review Essay: Is Sovereignty Still Relevant?” Review of “Global Law Without a State,” Edited by Gunther Teubner; “Anarchy and Order: The Interplay of Politics and Law in International Relations,” by James C. Hsiung; “Sovereignty Through Interdependence,” by Harry G. Gelber. American Journal of International Law, Vol. 94 No.1 (January 2000), 226-231. “Central Bank Independence.” Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Routledge Press, 1999, 2001. “Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism.” By Margaret Levi. Comparative Political Studies. 32:1 February 1999. “State Authority and Market Power.” Review of “The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy,” by Susan Strange, and “Who Elected the Bankers? Surveillance and Control in the World Economy” by Louis W. Pauly. Mershon International Studies Review. 42 May 1998, 135-139. “Allies, Adversaries and International Trade,” by Joanne Gowa, Annals of the American Academy of Political Science, Vol. 540 (July 1995), 161-162. “Revolution and World Order: The Revolutionary State in International Society,” by David Armstrong, American Political Science Review, Vol 88, No. 3. “Managing the Franc Poincaré,” by Kenneth Mouré, French Politics and Society, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1992. “The Pacific Way: Regional Cooperation in the South Pacific,” by Michael Haas, American Political Science Review, Vol. 84 (December 1990), 1447-1448.
Academic Awards and Honors:
National Academies and Societies:
American Philosophical Society, elected 2017. National Academy of Sciences, elected 2013. American Academy of Political and Social Science, elected 2010, Edward M. Kennedy Fellow (inducted May 2012). American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected Fellow, 2009.
Scholarly Professional Organizations:
Distinguished Senior Scholar Award (biennial), International Law Section, International Studies Association, 2018. Distinguished Senior Scholar Award, IPE Section, International Studies Association, 2013. Karl Deutsch Award recipient, International Studies Association, for the most significant contribution to the study of international relations and peace research, 2001.
Book and Article Awards:
International Studies Association Annual Best Book Award in the field of international studies, 2010 (Mobilizing for Human Rights, 2009). Stein Rokkan Prize, International Social Science Council, awarded to a submission in any social science discipline that is deemed by the Jury to be “a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research,” 2010 (Mobilizing for Human Rights, 2009). Woodrow Wilson Award, American Political Science Association: best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs, 2010 (Mobilizing for Human Rights, 2009). American Society for International Law’s Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship, 2010 (Mobilizing for Human Rights, 2009). Heinz Eulau Award, American Political Science Association, best article published in the American Political Science Review in 2000; 2001. Woodrow Wilson Award, American Political Science Association: best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs, 1995 (Who Adjusts? 1994). American Political Science Association's Section on Political Economy Award for the best book or article in political economy published in the past three years, 1995 (Who Adjusts? 1994). Helen Dwight Reid Award recipient, best dissertation in international relations, law, and politics written in 1990 or 1991, American Political Science Association, 1992. Sumner Dissertation Prize, best dissertation in international studies, Harvard University, 1991.
Various Fellowships and Grants:
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To conduct research:
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, “Structures and Sentiment: Understanding Anxieties about International Borders in the Modern World,” 2018-2020. Fellow, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, for sabbatical leave, 2018-2019. Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard, Undergraduate Research Award, “The Built Environment: State Presence at Border Crossings in the Modern World.” 2014-2016. Smith Richardson, “Law Enforcement in a Globalized World: The Case of Human Trafficking.” 2017-2019. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Award, 2013. Fellow, Straus Institute for Advanced Study of Law & Justice, New York University Law School, 2009-10. Visiting Scholar, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway, August 2009. Incubation Award, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 2009. Clark Fund, Harvard University, 2007-2008. Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 2002-2003. Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Research/Teaching Grant, University of California, 1999-2000. Abigail Reynolds Hodgen Publication Fund Award, University of California, 1998. Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace, United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC, September 1996-August 1997. Selected as a Social Science Research Council/MacArthur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, program on International Peace and Security in a Changing World, 1996-1998 (declined). Trent Grant (Duke University), to study the problem of compliance in international law, 1994. Harvard MacArthur Fellowship in International Security, Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1990-91. Ford Dissertation Fellowship in European Society and Western Security, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 1989-90. Krupp Scholarship for Dissertation Research, 1987-88. Morris Abrams Award, International Relations, 1987. Ford Program in European Society and Western Security, summer language training, 1987. Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship, Harvard GSAS, 1986. Full graduate scholarship to Harvard University, 1984-1986 Fulbright Scholarship, London School of Economics, 1983-1984. Overseas Research Student Scholarship (British Government); International History, London School of Economics, 1983-1984.
To host conferences/seminars/workshops:
Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminar “Border Science: Data, Technology, and Meaning at Political Boundaries,” to be funded for the academic year 2019 – 2020. Conference on International Borders in a Globalizing World, Perry World House, May 3-4, 2018 & May 2-3, 2019. Graduate Student Conference on International Law and International Relations, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania, March 2017, 2018, and 2019. Workshop on “Assessment Power in World Politics.” Co-sponsored by International Organization (Journal) and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard. May 2016. Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminar, “Cooperative Exchanges in Confronting Transnational Crime: Institutions, Transactions and Trust Relationships in the Transnational Administration of Justice.” 2012. Conference: “The Domestic Consequences of International Human Rights Treaty Ratification,” Florence, Italy, 25 November 2009, and New York University Law School, October 2010; supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo and New York University. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, seminar grant, International Law and International Relations, 2006- present Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, book workshop grant, 2005. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, conference grant, The International Diffusion of Democracy and Markets (2003).
To improve teaching:
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Curriculum Innovation Grant, Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies, summer 2004. Distinguished Research Mentor of Undergraduates in the Social Sciences, UC Berkeley, 2001. Classroom Technologies Grant, UC Berkeley, for multi-media development of “International Law.” 2001. Canadian Studies Grant (Duke University) to develop “North American Economic Relations.”, 1994-1995. Provost Fund Award (Duke University) to develop “International Law and Domestic Politics,” 1994-1995. Pew Faculty Fellowship for Teaching, Harvard University, 1993-1994. Selected in national competition to participate in a program to develop case study teaching techniques.
For professional development:
Selected by the Council on Foreign Relations as an International Affairs Fellow (1995-1996). Selected to participate in a workshop (summer 1994) at the Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, on the theme of the International Political Economy and National Politics. Selected to participate in a workshop (summer 1994) at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, California on game theory and international relations theory.
Professional Papers, Conferences, and Panels (last three years only):
“The Built Environment: State Presence at Border Crossings in the Modern World.” New York University Law School, March 2016; American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 2016; University of Virginia, April 2017; Perry World House University of Pennsylvania, 2017; Global Civil Society Seminar, organized by the Rafael del Pino Foundation and HKS, September 2017; Princeton University Nov. 2017, NYU Abu-Dhabi, January 2018; University of Connecticut, February 2018; Washington University St.Louis, February 2018. “The Built Environment: State Presence at Border Crossings in the Modern World,” public presentation, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard, February 2019. Available at: “Border Orientation in a Globalizing World: Concept and Measurement.” With Michael Kenwick. University of Michigan, April 2018; Penn State, April 2018; American Political Science Association August 2018; University of Wisconsin October 2018; Social Science History Association, Phoenix, November 2018; MIT, December 2018; University of Southern California, February 2019; Rochester University, February 2019; Michigan State University 2019. “Border Rules.” International Studies Association, April 2018; Harvard Law School International Law Workshop, November 2018. “Governance by Other Means: Rankings as Regulatory Systems.” With Judith Kelley. International Studies Association, April 2018. “Global Assessment Power in the Twenty-First Century.” American Political Science Association Meeting, Philadelphia, September 2016; Global Civil Society Seminar, organized by the Rafael del Pino Foundation and HKS, September 2016; London School of Economics and Political Science, London, October 2016; Wharton Business School, April 2017; Oxford University June 2017. Invited presentation, “Human Rights Futures: Findings and Research Frontiers,” Social Science Research Council, New York City, February 2018. Invited Speaker, “The Future of Human Rights: Where We Have Been, Where We Are, Where We Are Going,” Michigan State University College of Law, Talsky Center for Human Rights, February 2018. “A Nation of Laws or Men? International Law, Elite Cues and Public Opinion.” With Matthew Kim and Anton Strezhnev. ESIL Symposium on Psychology and International Law, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jan. 2018. Invited Commentator, Varieties of Democracy Academic Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 2017. “Do Self-reporting Regimes Matter? Evidence from the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.” With Cosette Creamer. University of Virginia Conference, The Future of Human Rights, April 2017. “Academies as Advocates? How Academic and Disciplinary Societies Take Action to Support Human Rights.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, April 2017. Moderator, “Soft Power in a Tough World.” Panel to Honor Joseph Nye, Harvard University, December 2016.
Keynotes and Named Lectures:
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Keynote Address, “The Future of Human Rights: Social Science Research and Reality on the Ground," Donia Human Rights Center Conference, University of Michigan, April 2018. Convocation Speaker, Berea College, “The Future of Human Rights.” Berea KY, November 2017. Opening Address, Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, “The Built Environment at the Border: Architectures of Anxiety in an Era of Globalization.” May 2017. John Kennard Eddy Memorial Lecture on World Affairs, “The Future of Human Rights.” Ohio Wesleyan University, February 2017. Keynote Address, “The United Nations and International Order.” Conference on the Pre- and Post Charter Order, Institute for International Law and Justice, New York University School of Law, 1 November 2015. Law and Politics of International Security Inaugual Lecture, 2014-2015: “Prospects and Limits of International Law in Times of Conflict.” Free University, Amsterdam. September 2014. Keynote Speaker, “Beyond the Peace v Justice Dichotomy: Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity?” Pluricourts Annual Meeting, Oslo, 13 June 2014. Keynote Speaker, Swiss Political Science Association, “Diffusion of Democracy: The Good, the Bad, and the Curious.” Zürich, January 2013. Second Annual Joseph S. Nye Lecture, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, “Constructing ‘Crime’ on a Global Scale: The Case of Human Trafficking.” Princeton University, March 2013. Keynote Speaker, “Diffusion of Norms on Human Trafficking.” Workshop on Human Trafficking, International Crime and National Security: A Human Rights Perspective. Goettingen, Germany, February 3-4, 2012. Distinguished Guest Speaker, World Congress of Law Students, Cancun, Mexico, 2012. Keynote Speaker, “International Law and Human Rights,” Bi-annual Conference of the Colombian International Relations Network (Redintercol), Bogotá, Colombia, 28-29 September, 2011. Princeton Department of Politics Annual Distinguished Lecture, “Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics.” Princeton, New Jersey, 14 April 2011. Keynote Speaker, Australia, New Zealand Society for International Law Annual Meeting, “The Promise and Limits of International Law,” Australia National University Law School, Canberra, 23 June 2011 Presidential Address, “International Studies in the Global Information Age.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2011; Keynote Speaker for the following: Midwest International Studies Association Meeting, St. Louis, 11-12 November 2012; Annual Meeting of the Mexican International Studies Association (MISA), Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 13-15 October, 2011; Annual Meeting of the Northeast International Studies Association, Providence RI, 4-5 November 2011; Annual Meeting of the Western International Studies Association, Pasadena CA, 23-24 September 2011. Keynote Speaker, American Society for International Law International Economic Law Interest Group Bienniel Meeting, “The Empirical Trend in International Economic Law” University of Minnesota Law School, November 2010. Harold K. Jacobson Lecture, University of Michigan, October 2009. “Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics.”
Professional Service, National/International:
Advisory Board (Chair), Pluricourts Research Program, University of Oslo, Norway. Jury, Grawemeyer Award on World Order, University of Louisville, 2016. Jury, Francqui Award, Brussels, Belgium, 2016. National Academy of Sciences: Human Rights Committee, 2014-2015 Class membership Committee, 2015-2016 DBASSE representative, 2014-2016; International Temporary Nominating Group for Class V, 2017-2019. NASA Planetary Protection Policy Development Review Committee, 2017-2018. William and Katherine Estes Award, for behavioral research relevant to the prevention of nuclear war, Selection Committee, 2017. International Studies Association, James N. Rosenau post-doctoral fellowship committee, 2014-2016. President, International Studies Association, 2011-2012; (President-elect, 2010-2011; past president 2012-13). Programmatic Steering Board, Hague Institute for Internationalization of Law, The Hague, Netherlands. 2013-2018. Editorial Boards, Current:
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American Political Science Review, 2001-2007; 2012-present. International Organization, 1997-2002, 2004-2016; 2017-2019; Chairman of the Board, 2008-2009; Executive Committee member, 2000-2002; 2006-2008; 2010-2012. 2018-present. Investment Committee, 2004-2006; Editorial Search Committee, 2005 and 2010; Keohane Award Committee, 2011, 2015 (chair). Polity, 2005-present. Review of International Organizations, 2005-present. European Journal of International Relations, 2004-2008; 2013-2015; 2016-present. International Studies Quarterly, January 1999-2003. 2019-present. Editorial Boards, Past: Journal of Politics, 2005-2014; 2015-2016. World Politics, 2013-2015. American Journal of International Law, 2000-2010. Deak Prize Committee, 2001-2002; Nomination Committee, 2003-2004; 2009-2010. American Journal of Political Science, 1997-2001; 2009-2013. International Interactions, 1999-2018. Publications Committee, American Society for International Law, 2014-2016. Selection Committee and Chair, American Political Science Association’s Helen Dwight Reid Award for best dissertation in International Relations, 2013. Book manuscript conferences: Wendy Hunter, Univerity of Texas Austin, 2018; Tonya Putnam, Columbia University 2017; Aila Matanock, Berkeley 2014; Tanisha Fazal, Notre Dame 2014; Brian Greenhill, Dartmouth 2014; Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M 2013; Tana Johnson, Duke 2013; Thania Sanchez, Yale 2012. Selection Committee, American Society for International Law’s Certificate of Merit (best book award), 2012-2013. External Reviewer, Norwegian Research Council, 2012. External Examiner, PhD dissertation, Sciences Po, Paris, France, 2012. Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2009-present Board of International Advisors, Jindal School of International Affairs, Delhi, India, 2010-2014. Chair, Deutsch Award Selection Committee, International Studies Association, 2007-2009. Advisory Council, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, 2008-2014. National Science Foundation, political science panels, 2005-2007. Executive Council, American Society of International Law, 2003-2006 and 2011-2014. Program Organizer, International Relations, North East Political Science Association, 2006. Fellowship proposal reviewer, Russell Sage Foundation, 2003-2004. Vice President, Executive Council, International Studies Association, 2003-2004. Fellowship consultant, United States Institute of Peace, 2000, 2001, 2004. Strategic Planning Committee, American Political Science Association, 1999-2000 Visiting Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 1999-2002. Nominating Committee, International Studies Association, 1999-2000. Council Member, American Political Science Association, 1997-1999. Program Organizer, Section on International Political Economy, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 1998-1999. Consultant, MacArthur Foundation, 1996; 2000. Advisor, Educational Testing Service,1996 - 1998. Program Organizer, Section on International Political Economy, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 1996-1997. Executive Committee, Political Economy Section, American Political Science Association, 1994-95. Book Award Committee, Section on Political Economy, American Political Science Association (Committee to make the APSA's award for the Best Book in Political Economy). 1994. Senior participant, Student Conference on United States Affairs, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, November 1988, November 1993; November 1996.
PhD Advisees/Committees:
University of Pennsylvania: Vivienne Born (2019) Texas Women’s University Max Margulies (2018) West Point, United States Military Academy
Curriculum Vita
Harvard University: Anton Strezhnev (2018) Post Doc, Penn Law Peter Volberding (2018) Bain & Company, New York City. Ranjit Lall (2017) London School of Economics and Political Science Matthew Kim (2017) Harvard Law (matriculated). Gabrielle Ramaiah (2017) MacKenzie Consulting Yeling Tan (2017, Harvard Kennedy School) University of Oregon George Yin (2017) Post Doc, Dickey Center for international Understanding, Dartmouth College. Kara Ross Camarena (2017) Post Doc, University of Chicago Erin Baggott (2016) University of Southern California Cosette Creamer (2016) University of Minnesota Akos Lada (2015) Facebook Brandon Stewart (2015) Princeton (sociology) Daniel Honig (Harvard Kennedy School, 2015) Johns Hopkins, SAIS Sparsha Saha (2014) Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of International Relations Jane Vaynman (2014) Temple University Richard Nielsen (2013) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Adam Chilton (2013) University of Chicago Law Jill Goldenziel (2012), Marine Corps University Quantico VA Yongwook Ryu (2011) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University (Singapore) Han-pu Tung (2011) National Chengchi University,Taipei Suzanna Challen (2011) National and International Scholarships coordinator, University of Illinois Rebecca Nelson (2009) Congressional Research Service Odette Lineau (2009) Cornell University Law Nathan Paxton (2009) American University Asif Efrat (2008) Herzliya Interdiscriplinary Center (Israel) Philip Lipscy (2008) Stanford University Katerina Linos (2008) UC Berkeley Law Benjamin Ansell (2006) Nuffield College, Oxford University Robert Urbatsch (2005) Iowa State
UC Berkeley: Kirsten Rodine Hardy (2005) Northeastern University Zachary Elkins (2003) University of Texas, Austin Grigore Pop-Echeles (2003) Princeton University Brian Rathbun (2002) University of Southern California Nina Rathbun (2003) University of Southern California Intaek Han (2002) Associate Research Fellow, Jeju Peace Institute (Korea) Kitti Prasirtsuk (2001) Thammasat University (Thailand)
Duke University: Scott Cooper (1999) Brigham Young University Elayna Mosely (1999) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill David Rowe (1992) Kenyon College
External/Foreign PhDs examined: Lukas Linsi, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016. Catherine Worsnop, Brandeis University, 2016. Salla Garský, University of Helsinki, 2014 Fabio Wasserfallen, University of Zurich, 2013. Max Büge, Institut d'études Politiques de Paris, 2012.
Last updated: May 15, 2019.