Courses Taught
Civil-Military Relations: cross-national perspectives, U.S. Naval War College (syllabus forthcoming)
Civil-Military Relations, Elective (with Jessica Blankshain), U.S. Naval War College
International Security, U.S. Naval War College
US Foreign Policy Analysis, U.S. Naval War College
Politics of the Middle East (Senior Seminar), University of Northern Iowa
Terrorism, University of Northern Iowa
US Foreign Policy, University of Northern Iowa
War and Peace/International Security, University of Northern Iowa
International Relations (Seminar for University Honors Program), University of Northern Iowa
International Relations, University of Northern Iowa
Civil-Military Relations in Developed Democracies (seminar in German), Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Winter 2004/05
American Civil-Military Relations (seminar in English), Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Summer 2004
International Law and International Politics (TA to Robert O. Keohane, PhD), Duke University, Fall 2003
International Law and International Politics (TA to Catherine Admay, JD), Duke University, Fall 2001
Thesis/Exam Committees
Boris Nikoltchev, UNI, MA in Political Geography (2011), Thesis Committee member
Dennis McNamara, UNI, MPP (2010), Exam Committee member
Independent Studies and Independent Research Supervised
Kevan Hudson (UNI) - Policy and Intelligence Analysis, Spring 2013
Clif White (UNI) - supervised readings on energy, environment, and international public policy, Spring 2013
Kellie Petersen (UNI) - Senior Honors Thesis on institutional and social approaches to reducing feelings of alienation among immigrants, AY 2012-2013
Jordan Bancroft-Smithe (UNI) - Senior Honors Thesis on Hannah Arendt, AY 2012-2013
Chris Apling (UNI) - Comparative Civil-Military Relations, Fall 2012
Majda Sarkic (UNI) - War and Peace in the Middle East/North Africa (policy paper), Spring 2012
Jorgen Rose (UNI) - Negotiation with Terrorist Organizations (research paper presented at the UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference), Spring 2012
Ramon Cantú (UNI) - Gangs, Cartels, and Terrorists (research paper), AY 2011-2012
Kelsey Whiting (UNI) - Rwanda genocide, Terrorism in Chechnya (research posters presented at MPSA Meeting, Chicago), 2011, 2012
Tim Tolliver, Chris Apling, and Alex Zenor (UNI) - Policy and Intelligence Analysis, Spring 2011
Sean Lenihan (UNI) - Turkish Civil-Military Relations (research paper accepted for presentation at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee on Armed Forces and Society (RC 24) Triennial Conference, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, June 2011), Fall 2010
Matt Ludemann (UNI) - US Foreign Policy, Spring 2010
Teaching Interests
International Relations: Security and Strategy, Asymmetric Conflict, Warfare
International Law/Law of War/Humanitarian Law
Civil-Military Relations
Foreign and Defense Policy
Philosophy of Science/research design