Paul Bezerra P.O. Box 210027 bezerra@email.arizona.edu [Mobile Phone Omitted] [Personal Address Omitted] Web: www.paulbezerra.com Twitter: @paulbezerra EDUCATION 2017 Ph.D.,, Dissertation: Blunder or Plunder? Donor, Recipient, and Aid Attributes for the Successful Use of Bilateral Aid as a Foreign Policy Tool. Committee: Thomas J. Volgy (Chair), Alex Braithwaite, Faten Ghosn Examination Fields: International Relations, Public Policy 2017 Geographic Information Science (GIS) Graduate Certificate, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, 2012 M.P.A., Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Seton Hall University 2012 M.A., John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University 2008 B.A., Department of Psychology, San Diego State University CURRENT POSITION 2017 Lecturer,, PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles 2017 Volgy, Thomas J., Paul Bezerra, Jacob Cramer, and J. Patrick Rhamey, Jr. 2017. The Case for Comparative Regional Analysis in International Politics. International Studies Review 19 (3): 452-480. 2016 Bezerra, Paul, and Alex Braithwaite. 2016. Locating Foreign Aid Commitments in Response to Political Violence. Public Choice 169 (3-4): 333-355. 1
2015 Miller, Jennifer L., Jacob Cramer, Thomas J. Volgy, Paul Bezerra, Megan Hauser, and Christina Sciabarra. 2015. Norms, Behavioral Compliance, and Status Attribution in International Politics. International Interactions 41 (5): 779 804. 2015 Bezerra, Paul, Jacob Cramer, Megan Hauser, Jennifer Miller, and Thomas J. Volgy. 2015. Going for the Gold versus Distributing the Green: Foreign Policy Substitutability and Complementarity in Status Enhancement Strategies. Foreign Policy Analysis 11 (3): 253 272. Book Chapters Volgy, Thomas J., Kelly Marie Gordell, and Paul Bezerra. Forthcoming. Crucial Fault Lines in the Middle East: Inter-State Rivalries in Comparative Perspective. In Imad Mansour and William R. Thompson (eds.), Shocks and Rivalry: Whatever Happened to Interstate Antagonisms in the Middle East. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 2017 Volgy, Thomas J., Kelly Marie Gordell, Paul Bezerra, and J. Patrick Rhamey, Jr. 2017. Conflict, Regions, and Regional Hierarchies. In William R. Thompson (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory. New York: Oxford University Press. Datasets Militarized Interstate Dispute Location Dataset (MIDLOC), v 2.0, (with Alex Braithwaite; pending initial checks at Correlates of War). Cross Domain Deterrence: Basing Strategy and Power Projection, (with Clara Suong, Erik Gartzke, and Alex Braithwaite). Manuscripts in Preparation Where Civilizations Clash?: Geographic Proximity to Civilizational Fault Lines and Conflict Propensity. Are Islam s Borders Bloody?: A Subnational Evaluation of Huntington s Contentious Claim. People, Places, Problems: Political Violence and the Targeting of Local Resources, (with Alex Braithwaite, and Tiffany Chu). A Geographic Logic of Attacks Against Aid Workers, (with Alex Braithwaite). Getting What You Pay For: DAC Membership and Foreign Policy Cooperation Between Bilateral Aid Donors and Recipients. 2
Web-Based Publications 2013 Edwards, Martin S., Paul Bezerra, Alva-Araya, Katsukawa, Andrew, Marte, Armstrong, McGillis, Baxter, Messina, Oztoprak, Bolton, Pantel del Queto, Carroll, Prempeh, Christianson, Roods, Einhaus, Rosario, Hampton, Saha, Harold, Shong, Ijichi, Soukas, Guarino, Karten, and Pine. Can Economic Surveillance Make a Difference? Insights from the OECD, Global Policy Journal. April 2013. CONFERENCE ACTIVITY AND PARTICIPATION Papers Presented 2018 People, Places, Problems: Political Violence and the Targeting of Local Resources. Presented at the Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, April 4 7. 2018 A Geographic Logic of Attacks Against Aid Workers. Presented at the Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, April 4 7. 2018 Where Civilizations Clash?: Geographic Proximity to Civilizational Fault Lines and Conflict Propensity. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Four Corners Conflict Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 23 24. 2017 How Locations Conditions Where States Fight. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Peace Science Society, Tempe, Arizona, November 3 4. 2017 Regions and Hierarchies: The Impact on Conflict Behavior. Presented at the Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Baltimore, Maryland, February 22 25. 2016 Asymmetric Aid Relations and Differential Foreign Policy Cooperation. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Peace Science Society, South Bend, Indiana, October 20 22. 2016 Hierarchies in Regions of the International System: Coping with Region as the Unit of Analysis, (with Thomas J. Volgy, Kelly Marie Gordell, J. Patrick Rhamey, Jr, and Jacob Cramer). Presented at the Annual meeting of the Central and East European International Studies Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 23 25. 2016 Getting What You Pay For: Aid Commitment Changes and Foreign Policy Adjustment. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Four Corners Conflict Network, Tempe, Arizona, April 15 16. 2015 The Role of Regions in Recent Large N Research: Conceptual and Empirical Issues, (with Jacob Cramer, J. Patrick Rhamey Jr., and Thomas J. Volgy). Presented at the Annual meeting of the Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy, September 23 26. 3
2015 The Local Determinants of Aid in Sub-Saharan Conflict Societies. Presented at the Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 18 21. 2015 Tactical Diversity of Terrorism: A Spatial and Temporal Approach to Understanding the Determinants of Strategy, (with Jacob Cramer). Presented at the Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 18 21. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2017 International Studies Association Conference Travel Grant, International Studies Association 2017 Arizona Methods Workshop Grant, 2016 Peace Science Society Graduate Student Travel Grant, Peace Science Society 2016 Michael P. Sullivan Graduate Research Award in International Relations, University of Arizona 2016 Conference Travel Grant, 2015 International Studies Association Conference Travel Grant, International Studies Association 2015 Arizona Methods Workshop Grant, 2015 Conference Travel Grant, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record Global Political Economy (Graduate), University of Arizona (Spring 2018, Fall 2017 Online) Introduction to International Relations, University of Arizona (Spring 2018, Fall 2017 Online) Theories of International Relations, University of Arizona (Summer 2017, Summer 2016 Online) 4
Terrorism and Counterterrorism, University of Arizona (Spring 2017) American Foreign Policy, (Winter 2015 Online) Teaching Assistantships Introduction to International Relations, University of Arizona (Fall 2016) Introduction to Spatial Analysis and Modeling School of Natural Resources and the Environment, (Spring 2016) Applications of Geographic Information Systems School of Natural Resources and the Environment, (Fall 2015) Criminal Justice Administration, University of Arizona (Spring 2014) Comparative Politics in the Age of Globalization, (Fall 2013, Fall 2012) The Politics of Happiness, (Spring 2013) NGO Management Training Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Duhok in partnership with Seton Hall University (Summer 2011) SERVICE TO PROFESSION Manuscript Review International Studies Review Review of International Organizations SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Instructional Technologist Hiring Committee Member, (2018) Running and Winning Volunteer, and League of Women Voters (2015) Academic Integrity Taskforce Member, (2014) 5
REFERENCES Thomas J. Volgy Professor Post Office Box 210027 (520) 621 7600 volgy@email.arizona.edu Alex Braithwaite Associate Professor Post Office Box 210027 (520) 621 7600 abraith@email.arizona.edu Faten Ghosn Associate Professor Post Office Box 210027 (520) 621 7600 fghosn@email.arizona.edu D. Phillip Guertin (Teaching Reference) Professor School of Natural Resources and the Environment Environment and Natural Resources 2 1064 East Lowell Street Tucson, Arizona 85721 (520) 621 1723 dpg@email.arizona.edu 6