David J. Traven Assistant Professor of Political Science Phone Number: (614) 961-9670 Division of Politics, Administration, and Justice Email: dtraven@fullerton.edu University Hall, Room 541 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92831 Education PhD. in Political Science 2006-2013 The Ohio State University, Columbus OH M.A. in Philosophy 2004-2006 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH B.A. with Honors and Distinction in Philosophy 2000-2004 Summa cum Laude The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Academic Employment Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State University, Fullerton 2016-present Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Williams College 2015-2016 MacArthur Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 2014-2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kenyon College 2013-2014 Peer-Reviewed Publications Moral Cognition and the Law and Ethics of Armed Conflict. International Studies Review, 17(4), 2015, 556-587. Acting Rationally without Really Thinking: The Logic of Rational Intuitionism in IR Theory. Co-authored with Marcus Holmes. International Studies Review, 17(3), 2015, 414-440. Works in Progress Law and Sentiment in International Politics: Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War. Book manuscript under review at Cambridge University Press. A Moral Revolution in the History of Humankind? The Geneva Conventions, Evasive Sincerity, and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons Use. Under review as part of a symposium for The Journal of Global Security Studies. 1
Communicating Compliance: The Laws of War and the Politics of U.S. Bombing Practices in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1965-1972. Article Manuscript. Shouting to Get Everyone to Shut Up: Compliance and Noncompliance with Deontic and Utilitarian Norms. Article Manuscript (with Marcus Holmes, The College of William and Mary). News Commentary How Many Dead Civilians Make a War Crime? Ask the UN, Israel, and Hamas. The Washington Post, The Monkey Cage, July 14, 2015. Grants and Fellowships MacArthur Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellowship ($60,000) 2014-2015 Mershon Center for International Security, Research Grant ($4,300) 2011 Teaching Experience International Law (Two times: 2015-2017, Williams College and CSUF) Political Terrorism (Spring 2017, CSUF) Seminar in World Order (Fall 2016, CSUF) Introduction to Politics (Three times: 2016-2017, CSUF) Social Movements in International Politics (Fall 2015, Williams College) Introduction to International Relations (Nine times: 2009-2014, Kenyon College and OSU) The Politics of Human Rights (Fall 2013, Kenyon College) Law and Morality in International Politics Seminar (Spring 2013, Kenyon College) IR Theory Seminar (Spring 2014, Kenyon College) International Law and the Ethics of Armed Conflict (Four times: 2010-2012, OSU) Introduction to Political Theory (Three times: 2011-2012, OSU) 2
Academic Presentations Shouting to Get Everyone to Shut Up: Compliance and Noncompliance with Deontic and Utilitarian Norms. (with Marcus Holmes, The College of William and Mary). Paper presented at the International Studies Association-Hong Kong Conference, Hong Kong, June 17, 2017. Civilians in the Bombsights? Moral Intuitions and the Politics of Killing in U.S. Foreign Policy in Vietnam, 1965-1972. Paper presented at the Global International Studies Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, April 1-3, 2017. Humanizing Hell: The Hague Peace Conferences and the Second World War, 1899-1945. Paper to be presented at the International Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 22-25, 2017. Civilians in the Bombsights? Moral Intuitions and the Politics of Killing in U.S. Foreign Policy in Vietnam, 1965-1972. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference in Baltimore, MD, February 22-25, 2017. Protocols, and the Politics of International Humanitarian Law. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2016. Protocols, and the Politics of International Humanitarian Law. Paper presented at the International Studies Association-Northeast Conference, Providence, RI, November 5-8, 2015. Protocols, and the Politics of International Humanitarian Law. Presentation, the Nuclear Reading Group, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, June 2, 2015. Moral Psychology and Civilian Immunity: Culture, Cognition, and the Evolution of the Laws of War. Presentation at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, February 19, 2015. Democratizing Military Violence: Political Deliberation and the Authority to Wage War. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 26-29, 2014. Communicative Action and the Evolution of the Laws of War. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2013. Intuiting Legitimacy: The Social Psychology of Normative Judgments in World Politics. Coauthored with Marcus Holmes (Fordham University). Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2013. 3
Moral Discourse and Moral Cognition: The Cognitive Basis of Civilian Immunity. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011. Moral Discourse and the Cognitive Foundations of Legal Constraints on the Use of Force. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011. Liberty and Rights: A Justification of the More than Minimal State. Paper Presented at the 22 nd Annual Social Philosophy Conference, Troy, NY, July 28-30, 2005. A Deontic Conception of Epistemic Justification. Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the Ohio Philosophical Association, Cincinnati, OH, April 9, 2005. Professional Service Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Review, International Theory, The New Political Science, and The Hague Journal of International of Diplomacy. Co-organizer for New Research on the Intersection of Diplomacy and Norms in Asia-Pacific Politics. Panel at the International Studies Association-Hong Kong Conference in Hong Kong, June 17, 2017. With Marcus Holmes, Assistant Professor at The College of William and Mary. Co-organizer for Challenges to Humanitarianism in the Laws of Armed Conflict. Panel at the International Studies Association Conference in Baltimore, MD, February 22-25, 2017. With Jon Chu, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Stanford University. Co-Program Chair of the Diplomatic Studies Section for the 2018 International Studies Association Conference. Professional Affiliations American Political Science Association International Studies Association 4
References Alexander Wendt Professor of Political Science Phone #: 614-292-9219 Email: wendt.23@osu.edu Jennifer Mitzen Associate Professor of Political Science Phone #: 614-292-7400 Email: mitzen.1@osu.edu Scott Sagan Senior Fellow, CISAC Professor of Political Science Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Phone #: (650) 725-2715 Email: ssagan@stanford.edu Michael Neblo Associate Professor of Political Science Phone #: 614-292-7839 Email: neblo.1@osu.edu 5