David Sobek University Address Residence Louisiana State University 6531 Chippendale Drive Department of Political Science Baton Rouge, LA 70817 240 Stubbs Hall Home: (225) 927-9063 Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5433 Cell: (225) 284-4308 Office: (225) 578-2134 Fax: (225) 578-2540 e-mail: dsobek@lsu.edu Professional Experience Associate Professor (Fall 2010-present) Louisiana State University Rector of the Global Studies Residential College (Fall 2008-present) Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science (Fall 2009-Spring 2010) Assistant Professor (Fall 2004-Spring 2010) Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 2003-Fall 2004) Louisiana State University Binghamton University (SUNY) Education PhD. August 2003 Pennsylvania State University Major Field: International Relations First Minor: Comparative Politics Second Minor: Methodology Dissertation Title: War Across Time: An Empirical Analysis of Alternate International Systems. Thesis Committee: D. Scott Bennett (Chair); Glenn Palmer; Michael Bernhard; and Colin Flint (Geography) ICPSR Summer 2000 University of Michigan Class: Maximum Likelihood Estimation M.A. 1999 Pennsylvania State University Major field: International Relations B.A. 1997 The College of William and Mary, High Honors in International Relations Publications 2013 Me, Myself, and Allies. Journal of Peace Research. 50(4): 469-87. With Joe Clare. 2013: Dangerous Liaisons: Dyadic Power Transitions and the Risk of Militarized Disputes and Wars Canadian Journal of Political Science. 46(1): 69-92. 2013. There Can Be No Compromise: Institutional Inclusiveness, Fractionalization and Domestic Terrorism. With Dennis Foster and Alex Braithwaite. British Journal of Political Science. January: 1-17. 2012. Conventional Wisdom? The Effect of Nuclear Proliferation on Armed Conflict, 1945-2001. With Dennis Foster and Samuel Robison. International Studies Quarterly.
Sobek 2 2010. Ballots, Bargains, and Bombs: Terrorist Targeting of Spoiler Opportunities. With Alex Briathwaite and Dennis Foster. International Interactions. 36(3): 294-305. 2010. Masters of their Domains: The Role of State Capacity in Civil Wars. Journal of Peace Research. 47(3): 267-273. 2010. Three s Company: International War, Economic and Political Development. With Cameron Thies. International Studies Quarterly. 54(1): 267-87. 2010. A Tale of Two Types: Rebel Goals and the Onset of Civil Wars. With Caroline Payne. International Studies Quarterly. 54(1):213-40. 2010. Unspoken Reciprocity: The Effect of Major Shifts in Israeli Policy on International Terrorism. With Alex Braithwaite. In Coping with Terrorism: Origins, Escalations, Counterstrategies, and Responses. Rafael Reuveny and William Thompson, eds. SUNY Press. 2008. The Causes of War. Polity Press. 2007. "Basic Needs Satisfaction and Democratic Survival: A Cross National Analysis 1961-1995." International Studies Quarterly. 51(3): 677-699. With Michael Bernhard and Christopher Reenock. 2007. Rally Around the Podesta: Testing Diversionary Theory Across Time Journal of Peace Research. 44(1): 29-45. 2006. The Human Rights Peace: How the Respect for Human Rights at Home Leads to Peace Abroad. Journal of Politics. 68(3): 519-529. With M. Rodwan Abouharb and Christopher Ingram. 2005. Victim of Success: American Dominance and Terrorism." Conflict Management and Peace Science. 22(2): 135-49. With Alex Braithwaite 2005. "Machiavelli s Legacy: Domestic Politics and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly. 49(2): 179-205. 2005. Violent Adolescence: State Development and the Propensity for Militarized Interstate Conflict. Journal of Peace Research. 42(1) With Charles Boehmer. 2004. The Dynamics of Civil War Duration and Outcome. Journal of Peace Research. 41(3) With Karl DeRouen. 2003. Regime Type, Preferences, and War: An Empirical Analysis of Renaissance Italy. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 47(2): 204-225. Book Reviews 2006. European Warfare, 1494-1660. Jeremy Black. In The Sixteenth Century Journal. 37(1): 265-6. Also online for the De Re Militari : http://www.deremilitari.org/reviews/housley.htm
Sobek 3 2005. Firearms: A Global History. Kenneth Chase. De Re Militari http://www.deremilitari.org/reviews/chase_firearms.htm Current Research Conventional Wisdom? The Effect of Nuclear Proliferation on Armed Conflict, 1945-2001? With Dennis Foster and Sam Robison Was previous published but will be included as a book chapter in Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture: Causes and Consequences for the Spread of Nuclear Weapons. State Capacity, Regime Type, and Civil War. With Karl DeRouen. Accepted to be published as a book chapter in What Do We Know About Civil War? War Across Time: An Empirical Analysis of Alternate International Systems. Book manuscript under contract at Pennsylvania State University Press. If They Only Had Cake: The Effect of Food Supply on Civil War Onset, 1960-1999. With Charles Boehmer. Revise and Resubmit at International Studies Quarterly. Name Your Price: Economic Compensation and Suicide Terrorism. With Sam Roher and Josh Harris. Revise and Resubmit at European Journal of International Relations. Bringing History Back to the System: How the Effect of the Distribution of Capabilities Changes across Time. Revise and Resubmit to Journal of Peace Research. Select Conference Presentations Strategic Assessment of the War in Afghanistan, 2004-2009. With Jeremy Wells International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA. 2011. International Politics among Polis(es): An Analysis of War Among Greek City States American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Seattle, WA. September 3 rd -5 th, 2011. Civil Wars and Contemporary State Building: Rebellion, Conflict Duration, and Lootable Resources American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Seattle, WA. September 3 rd -5 th, 2011. Food Deprivation and Duration of Civil Peace and Civil War International Studies Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. March 26 th -29 th. 2008. With Charles Boehmer. Three s Company: International War, Economic and Political Development. International Studies Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. February 28 th to March 3 rd, 2007. With Cameron Thies. The Price of Conflict: The Effect of Prices on the Amount of Conflict in the International System, 1816-2000. International Studies Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. February 28 th to March 3 rd, 2007. Assessing the Temporal Nature of the Peace Among Democracies. International Studies Annual Convention. San Diego, CA, March 22 nd -26 th, 2006. With Dave Clark and Anessa Kimball.
Sobek 4 Elections, Government Ideology, and Terrorism in Western Europe Peace Science Society. Iowa City, IA, November, 3 rd 2005. With Dennis Foster and Alex Braithwaite. Three s Company: International War, Economic and Political Development. American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Washington, DC. September 2 nd -5 th, 2005. With Cameron Thies. Terrorist Violence and Israeli National Elections. International Studies Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI. March 1 st -5 th, 2005. With Dennis Foster and Alex Braithwaite. Rallying Around the Podesta: Testing Diversionary Theory Across Time. Mid-West Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. April 15 th -18 th, 2004. Bipolar Instability Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI. November 14 th -16 th, 2003. "Victim of Success: American Dominance and Terrorism." Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. November 1 st -3 rd 2002. With Alex Braithwaite. "The Effect of Equality on Democratic Survival: A Neglected Dimension." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. August 29 th -September 1 st, 2002. With Michael Bernhard and Christopher Reenock. "Regime Type, Preferences, and War: An Empirical Analysis of Renaissance Italy." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 24 th -26 th, 2002. "Domestic Institutions, Imperialism, and War: Machiavelli s Legacy." Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. October 26 th -28 th, 2001. "Violent Adolescence: State Development and the Propensity for Militarized Interstate Conflict." Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. March 15-17, 2001. With Charles Boehmer. "Phantom Transitions, or Why Power Transitions between the Two Leading States May Be Harmless." Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, New Haven, CT. October 27-29, 2000. With Joseph McGill. "The Stochastic Process of War." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. August 30-September 3, 2000. "Determinants of Conflict in the Developing World." Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI. October 8-10, 1999. "The Intervention of Democracy." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. September 2-6, 1999. "The Tell-tale Regime: The faint, dull beating of the Monadic Proposition."
Sobek 5 Peace Science Society (International) Annual Meeting, Rutgers, NJ. October 16-18, 1998. Additional Research Experience Summer 2002 Spring 2000 Teaching Experience Research Assistant on MID 3 (NSF Funded Project- Glenn Palmer Principal Investigator): -Collected Incidents and Aggregated Militarized Interstate Disputes Research Assistant for D. Scott Bennett Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University Introduction to International Politics Fall 2004 Military History and Politics Fall 2004; Spring 2006, 2007 International Terrorism Fall 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 Consequences of War Spring 2009 Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Graduate Course) Spring 2008 Approaches to the Study of Politics (Graduate Course) Fall 2008; Fall 2009 Scientific Study of Conflict (Graduate Course) Fall 2006; Spring 2005 Insurgency and Terrorism (Graduate Course) Fall 2005, 2010 Seminar in International Relations (Graduate Course) Spring 2006, 2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Binghamton Seminar in World Politics (Graduate Course) Fall 2003 Scientific Study of Conflict (Graduate Course) Spring 2004 Theories and Evidence of International Politics Spring 2004 Dynamics of International Conflict Spring 2004 Military History and Politics Fall 2003 Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University Theories and Evidence of International Politics Spring 2003 Introduction to American Politics Summer 2001 Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University Multivariate Analysis (Graduate Course) Spring 2002 Introduction to American Politics Spring 2001 Introduction to Comparative Politics Fall 2002; Fall 2000 Introduction to International Relations Fall 1999; Spring 1999; Fall 1998 Reviewer for the Following Journals American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science Honors, Grants, and Awards Fall 2005 Faculty Research Grant Program. Louisiana State University. $10,000. Summer 2005 Manship Summer Research Grant. Louisiana State University. $5,000.
Sobek 6 Spring 2005 Faculty Travel Grant. Louisiana State University. $750. Spring 2003 Conference Travel Grant. Department of Political Science Spring 2003 International Studies Association Travel Grant Award. Fall 2002 Conference Travel Grant. Department of Political Science Fall 2000 Conference Travel Grant. College of Liberal Arts Research and Graduate Office and Department of Political Science. Summer 2000 CIC Traveling Scholar. Fall 1998 Conference Travel Grant. Department of Political Science.
Sobek 7 Reference Contact Information Professor D. Scott Bennett Associate Professor Cameron Thies 318 Pond Lab Department of Political Science Department of Political Science University of Iowa The Pennsylvania State University 361 Schaeffer Hall University Park, PA 16802-6200 Iowa City, IA 52242 (814) 865-6566 (319) 335-1923 e-mail: sbennett@psu.edu e-mail: cameron-thies@uiowa.edu Associate Professor Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego Department of Political Science Social Science Building 301 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0521 (858) 534-8211 e-mail: gartzke@ucsd.edu Last Updated: March 9, 2015