Department of Political Science University of Texas at Tyler Amentahru Wahlrab Email: awahlrab@uttyler.edu Last updated 2/11/2013 Tyler, TX 75799 (O) 903-565-5876 CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT Department of Political Science and History, University of Texas at Tyler Senior Lecturer (Fall 2011 to present). EDUCATION Ph.D. International Studies, University of Denver Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, CO, 2010. M.S. Political Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2001 B.A. Politics, with minor in Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 1997. PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES Realism, Security, and Democracy: A 'Sophisticated' Realist Critique of the War on Terrorism, Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics (Spring 2003): http://lilt.ilstu.edu/critique/archives/spring2003edition.htm Jörg Haider and the FPÖ: A Threat to International Security, Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics (Spring 2001): http://lilt.ilstu.edu/critique/archives/spring2001edition.htm BOOK REVIEWS Forthcoming: Review of From Tyranny to Anarchy: The Somali Experience. Hussein M. Adam. Red Sea Press, 2008. International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 2012 Review of Towards a Credible Pacifism: Violence and the Possibilities of Politics. Dustin Ells Howes. New York, NY: SUNY Press, 2009. Perspectives on Politics, June 2012, 10 (2). Review of Arguing the Just War in Islam. John Kelsay. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009. Journal of Asian and African Studies, December 2010, 45 (6). 1
Review of Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire. Wendy Brown. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. E-Extreme (Spring 2007): http://webhost.ua.ac.be/extremismanddemocracy/newsletter/news8_2.htm. Review of Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950. Jan Oskar Engene. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Jan/Feb 2006: 99-100. Review of Violence: A Reader. Catherine Besteman (ed.). New York: Palgrave, 2002. E-Extreme 5.1 (Spring 2004): http://nssc.haifa.ac.il/extreme/news5_1.htm. ENCYCLOPEDIA/HANDBOOK ENTRIES Forthcoming, Globalization and Nonviolence, in The SAGE Handbook of Globalization. Edited by Manfred B. Steger, Paul Battersby, and Joseph Siracusa. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications USA, 2013/2014. Henry David Thoreau. in International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press with the Assistance of the American Political Science Association, 2010. "Gandhi and the British." in Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace. Edited by Nigel Young. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. LETTERS In Praise of Grassroots, Dissent (Winter 2001): 126. CURRENT PROJECTS Democratic Uprisings: Critical Reflections on the Arab Spring. Edited volume with Matthew Weinert and Michael McNeal INVITED LECTURES Great Decisions: The Philippines, Talk given at the Tyler Public Library, Tyler, TX, March 8, 2012. Great Decisions: The Horn of Africa, Talk given at the Tyler Public Library, Tyler, TX, April 6, 2011. "Africa: Who We Are," Panel Discussion for Illinois State University's African Student Association, April 17, 2009. "Coffee, Cassiterite, & Coltan: a political Economy of Violence in Rwanda and the Congo," for Global Review, Illinois State University, March 19, 2009. Nonviolence and the United States Promotion of Democracy for Global Review, Illinois State University, October 9, 2008. 2
"Defeating Terrorism...with Nonviolence?" for Global Review, Illinois State University, February 14, 2008. The New Global Security Agenda, for The Globalism Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, March 14, 2007. The Power of Nonviolent Conflict, for Global Review, Illinois State University, April 6, 2006. CONFERENCES Representing US Foreign Policy as Popular Sovereignty Renewal: Nonviolent resistance and the Arab Revolts of 2011, Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA August 30 Sept 2, 2012. Somalia s Terrorist Shabaab: The Global Political Economy Of Impoverishment And Disempowerment, Paper presented at the Annual Africa Conference, University of Texas at Austin, March 30-April 1, 2012. Nonviolent (Inter)networks and the International Relations of the Arab Spring, Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, California, April 1-4, 2012. "Imperial Nonviolence in the Era of Obama," Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 16-19, 2011. "Democracy Promotion and Global Security in the Era of Obama," Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 16-19, 2011. The Goepolitics of Pirates, Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, February 17-20, 2010. Polyarchy versus Popular Nonviolence, Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, February 17-20, 2010. "Defeating Terrorism...with Nonviolence?" Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, March 26-29, 2008. "The New Global Security Agenda," Paper presented at the International Studies Association annual convention, Chicago, Illinois, February 28 - March 3, 2007. "Choosing Nonviolence," Paper presented at the International Studies Association annual convention, San Diego, California, March, 2006. Internationalizing Nonviolence, International Studies Association annual convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, March, 2005. "Realism, Security, and Democracy: A 'Sophisticated' Realist Critique of the War on Terrorism," International Studies Association annual convention, Montreal, March, 2004 The Case of Austria: Policing Democratic Values in the Global North, 30 th Joint Sessions of Workshops, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Edinburgh, UK, March 28-April 2, 2003. 3
What are the Gender and Feminist Dimensions of the War on Terrorism? for the 10 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, Normal, Illinois, April 2002. Evolutionary Nonviolence: From Nonviolent Nationalism to a Theory of Nonviolence with a Cosmopolitan Intent, for the 97 th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30-September 2, 2001. Jörg Haider and the FPÖ: A Threat to International Security? for the 9 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, Normal, Illinois, April 2001. The Ideological War over Globalization: A little Bit Further to the Right, for the 5 th Annual Border Subjects Conference, Global Disconnections, Normal, Illinois, April 2001. Discussant: 8 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science (Spring 2000). Nonviolence or Resistance to Evil? Rethinking the Primacy of Nonviolence in Gandhi s Search for Truth, 8 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, Normal, Illinois, April 2000. RESEARCH INTERESTS International Political Theory: The English School, Constructivism, Realism, Critical Theory, Feminism, Post-structuralism, and Liberalism. Security Studies: Human Security, The Welsh School (Critical Security Studies), National, International, and Global Security; Globalization and Security, The Copenhagen School (Securitization or the Politics of Security ); Peace Studies; Early Warning and Conflict Prevention; Conflict Resolution, terrorism, American Foreign Policy Democratic Theory, Political Theories of Nonviolence, Comparative Political Theory TEACHING AREAS International Politics: o International Political Theory, Introduction to International Politics, Introduction to the Politics of Latin America, Asia, and Africa, Globalization, International Conflict and Security, Human Rights, Ethics and International Affairs, Sovereignty, International Society, Peace Studies; Early Warning and Conflict Prevention; Conflict Resolution Comparative Politics : o Africa, Latin America, Revolutions, Democratization, Nonviolence, Comparative Political Theory Political Theory: 4
o Ancient, Modern, Contemporary, Marx, Rawls, Theories of Violence and Nonviolence, Comparative Political Ideologies International Political Economy: o Introduction to International Political Economy, Normative Foundations of Global Political Economy, Theories of Political Economy American Politics o Introduction to American Government, US Foreign Policy, Citizens and Governance AWARDS Honored by the ISU Student Education Association at its Professor Appreciation Week, February 29, 2008 Award for Best Graduate Paper at the 11 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, Normal, Illinois, April 10, 2003. Outstanding Graduate Student, Illinois State University, Department of Politics and Government (May 2001). Awarded distinction on Master s Thesis (April 2001) First Place for Best Graduate Paper at the 9 th Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science, Normal, Illinois, April 2001. Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Residence Life (Awarded May 1996). UNIVERSITY SERVICE The University of Texas at Tyler: Co-lead faculty orientation workshop on Classroom Management (Fall 2011). The University of Texas at Tyler: Co-lead faculty orientation workshop on Globalizing the Curriculum (Fall 2011). Illinois State University: Faculty Advisor for Illinois State University Student Veterans Association (Fall 2009 to Spring 2010). Illinois State University: Co-Faculty Advisor for Global Review (Fall 2009 to Spring 2010). Illinois State University: Academic Advisor for Students Acting Now: Darfur (STAND) (Fall 2006 to Spring 2010). Illinois State University: Academic Advisor for Model United Nations (Fall 2006 to Fall 2007). University of Denver: Served as the graduate student representative for the Promotions and Tenure Committee (2005). University of Denver: Served as the graduate student representative for the Appointments Committee (2004). 5
Illinois State University: Served as the graduate student representative for the College of Arts and Sciences Council (Fall 1999 to Spring 2001) Illinois State University: Served as graduate student representative for the Political Science Department s Graduate Student Recruitment/Retention Committee (Fall 1999 to Spring 2000). RELATED EXPERIENCE Department of Political Science and History, The University of Texas at Tyler Senior Lecturer (Fall 2011 to present) Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 2010 to Spring 2011) Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University Instructional Assistant Professor (Fall 2005 to Spring 2010) Classes Taught at UT Tyler KINE 1201.012: Health and Fitness Related Activity: Beginning Taekwon Do POLS 2305: Introduction to American Government POLS 3380:Introduction to the Politics of Latin America POLS 4365: Topics in Political Science (Politics of Africa) POLS 4325: Politics of Africa POLS 4365: Topics in Political Science (Political Theories of Nonviolence) POLS 4365: Topics in Political Science (Global Studies) POLS 5330: Topics in Comparative Politics (Politics of Africa) POLS 5330: Topics in Comparative Politics (Political Theories of Nonviolence) Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University Instructional Assistant Professor (Fall 2005 to 2010) Classes Taught at ISU POL 101: Individuals and Civic Life: Citizens and Governance POL 140: Politics Of Africa, Asia, And Latin America POL 255: International Conflict and Security POL 344: Topics in Global Studies (International Terrorism) POL 363: Political Theories of Nonviolence Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver INTS 1700: Introduction to International Politics, (Fall 2004). 6
Professional Memberships American Political Science Association (Section memberships: New Political Science, Foundations of Political theory) International Studies Association (Section memberships: Peace Studies, Political Theory) Referee/Reviewer Oxford University Press New Political Science Pearson Longman Sage/Pine Forge Rowman & Littlefield Zed Books Review of International Studies REFERENCES Professor Ali Riaz, Chair Department of Politics and Government Illinois State University Schroeder Hall Normal, IL 61790-4600 Tel. (309) 438-8638 (w) Fax: (309) 438-7638 Jack Donnelly, PhD. Director Andrew Melon Professor Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver Ben Cherrington Hall Denver, CO 80208 Tel. (303) 871-2534 Alan Gilbert, John Evans Professor Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver Ben Cherrington Hall Denver, CO 80208 Tel. (303) 871-2534 Professor Micheline Ishay International Human Rights Program Director Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver Ben Cherrington Hall Denver, CO 80208 Tel. 303.871.2313 George DeMartino, Associate Professor 7
Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver Ben Cherrington Hall Denver, CO 80208 Tel. (303) 871-2534 Professor Manfred B. Steger Professor of Global Studies Director, Globalism Research Centre Research Leader, Globalization and Culture Program, Global Cities Institute School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning RMIT University Tel: +613 / 03 9925 3081 Fax: +613 / 03 9925 3049 Email: manfred.steger@rmit.edu.au RMIT, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia