KEITH A. GRANT, PHD Department of Political Science Office Phone: (540) 568-4336 James Madison University Cell Phone: (610) 937-0627 91 E. Grace St, MSC 7705 Email: grantka@jmu.edu Harrisonburg VA 22807 Office: 2189 Miller Hall Employment: Assistant Professor, Political Science, James Madison University. August 2013 Present Senior Political Scientist, Guardian Six Consulting, LLC, January 2012 Present. Visiting Assistant Professor, International Relations, Bucknell University, August 2011 December 2011. Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, Bucknell University, August 2010 July 2011. Education: Ph.D. Political Science, University of Arizona, 2010. Major in International Relations, Minor in Research Methodology. M.A. Political Science, University of Arizona, 2005. B.A. International Relations and French, Bucknell University, 2004. Articles: Priya P. Sundararajan, Barbara M. Porter, Keith A. Grant, and Jeffrey M. Robbins. 2015. Foot Infections in the Veterans Health Administration. The Foot and Ankle Online Journal 8(3): 1-11. {This is a peer-reviewed medical journal} Grant, Keith A. 2013. Outsourcing Security: Alliance Portfolio Size, Capability, and Reliability. International Studies Quarterly 57(2): 418 429. Corbetta, Renato and Keith A. Grant. 2012. Intervention in Conflicts from a Network Perspective. Conflict Management and Peace Science 29: 314 340. Volgy, Thomas J., Elizabeth Fausett, Keith A. Grant, and Stuart Rodgers. 2008. A New Database for Identifying Formal Intergovernmental Organizations. Journal of Peace Research 49: 837 851. Books: Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird. 2011. Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan. Book Chapters: Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, J. Patrick Rhamey, Ryan G. Baird, and Keith A. Grant. 2014. Status Considerations in International Politics and the Rise of Regional Powers. in TV Paul and William Wholforth (eds.) Status in World Politics. Cambridge University Press. Gerlak, Andrea K. and Keith A. Grant. 2009. The Correlates of Cooperative Institutions for International Waters. In Thomas J. Volgy et al. (Eds.) Mapping the World Order: Participation in Regional and Global Organizations. London: Blackwell.
Volgy, Thomas J., Keith A. Grant, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers. 2009. Mapping the Architecture of the New World Order: Continuity and Change in the Constellation of Post-Cold War Formal Intergovernmental Organizations. In Thomas J. Volgy et al. (Eds.) Mapping the World Order: Participation in Regional and Global Organizations. London: Blackwell. Grant, Keith A., Thomas J. Volgy, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers. 2009. Accounting for the New World Order of FIGO Architecture and its Effectiveness. In Thomas J. Volgy et al. (Eds.) Mapping the World Order: Participation in Regional and Global Organizations. 2009. London: Blackwell. Volgy, Thomas J., Keith A. Grant, and Elizabeth Fausett. 2009. Changing Architecture and Post- Cold War Transition. In William Thompson (Ed.) Systemic Transitions: Past, Present & Future. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Reprints: Volgy, Thomas J., Elizabeth Fausett, Keith A. Grant, and Stuart Rodgers. 2010. A New Database for Identifying Formal Intergovernmental Organizations. In Paul F. Diehl & Brian Frederking (Eds.) The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations and an Interdependent World, 4 th Edition. Lynne Rienner. Non-Academic Articles: Could the Arab Spring Create a New Balance of Power in the Middle East. (with Bernd Kaussler). The National Interest, May 26, 2014 Working Papers: Presidential Risk Propensity and Intervention in Interstate Conflicts (with Jon Keller and Dennis Foster). Revise and Resubmit at Foreign Policy Analysis Status grabs in the domain of losses: Status Inconsistencies as an Explanation of Conflict Initiation (With Ryan Baird) Measuring Embeddedness in the State IGO Network After Transition: The Primacy of Governance Infrastructure in Preventing Democratic Failure in New and Fragile Democracies (with Ryan Baird) The Battle of Aleppo : Third Party Intervention and Strategic Use of Violence against Civilians in Syria (with Bernd Kaussler) The Use of Big Data in Public Sector Recruitment and Screening (with Bob Roberts) Disaggregating and Re-evaluating External Threat to States (with Aakriti Tandon) Security Self Sufficiency: Why Some States Choose Arms Over Allies. (With Aakriti Tandon). Dependent Disputants and Third Party Political Leverage. (With Ryan G. Baird).
Peace through Imbalance: A Policy Reinforcement Model. Conference Papers: Measuring Embeddedness in the State IGO Network, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco (April 2018) After Transition: The Primacy of Governance Infrastructure in Preventing Democratic Failure in New and Fragile Democracies, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco (April 2018), with Ryan Baird (US Department of Defense) Presidential Risk Propensity and Intervention in Interstate Conflicts, (with Jon Keller & Dennis Foster, Presented at 2017 Meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2017) Disaggregating and Re-evaluating External Threat to States, (with Aakriti Tandon, Presented at the 2017 meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2017). Major power status inconsistencies: Status grabs in the domain of losses, (with Ryan Baird, Presented at the 2017 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2017) Measuring Governance Infrastructure and Creating a Historical Dataset, (with Ryan Baird, Presented at the 2017 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2017). Security Self Sufficiency: Why Some States Choose Arms Over Allies. (With Aakriti Tandon). Presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2016. The Elusive Quest for Regional Security After the Arab Spring: External Intrusion and Internal Imbalances in the Middle East. (with Bernd Kaussler). Presented at the 2014 annual Middle East Dialogue, February 2014. The Two Clubs: Major Powers, Regional Powers, and Status Considerations in International Politics (With Thomas J. Volgy, Renato Corbetta, J. Patrick Rhamey, and Ryan Baird). Presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2011. Intervention in Conflicts from a Network Perspective. (With Renato Corbetta). Presented at the 2010 Political Networks Conference, May 2010, and at the 2011 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2011. Status Matters: Exploring Variation in Status Attribution in Major Powers. (With Ryan G. Baird, Renato Corbetta, and Thomas J. Volgy). Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2009. Pacifying Organizations. (With Thomas J. Volgy). Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), November 2009. Better to be Loved or Feared: Buckpassing in Conflict Joining Behavior. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2009. Policy Triangles and Interstate Conflict. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Peace
Science Society (International), October 2008. Who Gets Into the Club and What Does That Mean: Status and Status Inconsistency Among the Major Powers. (with Renato Corbetta, Thomas J. Volgy, and Ryan G. Baird). Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), October 2008. The Friend of a Foe: Structural Balance in International Relations. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2008 and at the Harvard Networks in Political Science Conference, June 2008. Searching for Changing Organizational Architecture During Global Transition: Where is the Post- Cold War Order? (with Thomas J. Volgy, Elizabeth Fausett, and Stuart Rodgers). Presented at the Bloomington Conference on Systemic Transition, Bloomington, IN, May 2007. (by invitation). A New Order or a Different Order? Assessing the Structure of the Network of Intergovernmental Organizations. (with Thomas J. Volgy). Presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2007. Ulterior Motives: The Role of Economic Interdependence in the Partisanship of Third Party Interventions. (With Ryan G. Baird). Presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2007. The Pacifying Effects of Indirect Economic Dependence on Interstate Conflict: A Social Networks Approach Presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), November 2006. Mapping the World Order: Participation in Regional and Global International Organizations (with Thomas J. Volgy, Elizabeth Fausett, Joanna Detamore, and Stuart Rodgers). Presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2006. In the Absence of Victory: Negotiations, Mediation, and Conflict Settlement. Presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2006. Courses Taught: James Madison University: POSC 230: Introduction to International Relations INTA 295: Cross-National Research Skills INTA 489: Senior Seminar in International Affairs POSC 370: U.S. Foreign Policy POSC 361: International Conflict POSC 396: International Organizations Bucknell University: POLS 170: Introduction to International Relations POLS 272: US National Security Policy POLS 284/IREL 218: International Relations of Europe POLS/IREL 275: Global Governance POLS 380/IREL 310: Seminar in Human Rights
University of Arizona: POL 361: International Organization POL 434: Quantitative Analysis of Political Problems POL 454: Theories of International Relations POL 462: Armed Conflict and Conflict Resolution Social Science Mathematics (Refresher course for incoming graduate students) Applied Data Analysis Lab (Graduate Level) Methodological Training: University of Arizona: POL 580: Methods of Political Inquiry. POL 582: Research and Methodology. POL 596E: International Relations Seminar in Events Data Analysis. POL 599: Independent Study in Game Theory. POL 681: Intermediate Research Methods, Regression and Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables. POL 682 (Fall 2005): Topics in Advanced Research Methods, Qualitative Methodology. POL 682 (Fall 2006): Topics in Advanced Research Methods, Event History Analysis, Advanced Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables. POL 682 (Spring 2007): Topics in Advanced Research Methods, Seminar in Agent Based Modeling. SOC 527: Social Network Analysis. SOC 596A: Advanced Problems in Research, Comparative Cross-National Analysis. Workshops: Social Network Analysis, Harvard Networks in Political Science Conference, June 11-12, 2008. Social Network Analysis, Duke University Political Networks Conference, May 19, 2010. Introduction to GIS, Bucknell University, June 1-3, 2011. Awards and Recognition: Johnston Junior Faculty Grant ($4,000), Political Science Department, James Madison University, 2015 2016. Bucknell University Yearbook Award for Favorite Professor, 2011 2012. Harvard Networks in Political Science Fellowship. 2008. Department of Political Science Graduate Student Fellowship. University of Arizona. 2007. International Studies Association Travel Grant. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Language Proficiency: Fluent in French: DELF (Diplôme d'etudes en langue française) I & II. Professional Service: Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science, British Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics. Invited Speaker, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Bucknell University. April 30, 2011. Invited Speaker, Global Zero Forum on Nuclear Proliferation. Lewisburg, PA. November 2010. President, Arizona Political Science Graduate Student's Association. January 2005 January 2006. Arizona Graduate Studies Committee, January 2008 January 2009. Arizona Political Science Natural Resource/Water Politics Search Committee. Spring 2006.
References: William J. Dixon, PhD (Dissertation Adviser) School of Government and Public Policy phone: (520) 621-9906 University of Arizona email: dixonw@u.arizona.edu Tucson, AZ 85721 Renato Corbetta, PhD Department of Government phone: (205) 934-2336 University of Alabama, Birmingham email: corbetta@uab.edu Birmingham, AL 35294 Gary Goertz, PhD Department of Political Science phone: (574) 631-7472 University of Notre Dame email: ggoertz@nd.edu Notre Dame, IN 46556 Thomas J. Volgy, PhD School of Government and Public Policy phone: (520) 621-1208 University of Arizona email: volgy@u.arizona.edu Tucson, AZ 85721 Professional References: Brig. General John Adams, U.S. Army (Ret.) President and CEO phone: (520) 396-8274 Guardian Six Consulting, LLC email: jadams@guardiansix.com Tucson, AZ 85718 Ryan G. Baird, PhD Social Science Research and Development Analyst phone: (540) 653-0348 United States Strategic Command email: rgbaird@gmail.com United States Department of Defense