Dov H. Levin Curriculum Vitae Department of Political Science Dovlvn@ucla.edu, 4289 Bunche Hall Dovlvn@yahoo.com University of California, Los Angeles www.dovhlevin.com Los Angeles, CA 90095 PLACE OF BIRTH: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S. citizen) EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014 Dissertation: George Washington Must Go : The Causes and Effects of Great Power Electoral Interventions Committee: Art Stein (chair), Barbara Geddes, Robert Trager, Etel Solingen, Mark Kleiman. M.A. School of Political Science, University of Haifa, 2007 (Summa Cum Laude) Thesis: The Wolves who Learned how to Dwell with the Lambs: An attempt to explain the transition From War to Peace of North America in the 19 th and 20 th Centuries. Advisor: Benjamin Miller B.A. University of Haifa, Political Science & Jewish History, 2004 (Summa Cum Laude in both majors) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014-Present Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Forthcoming When the Great Power Gets A Vote: The Effects of Great Power Electoral Interventions on Election Results International Studies Quarterly 2011 Dov Levin & Benjamin Miller. Why Great Powers Expand in their own Neighborhood: Explaining the Territorial Expansion of the US 1819-1848 International Interactions, 37(3): 229-262 2008 Why Following the Rules Matters: The Customs of War and the Case of the Texas War of Independence Journal of Military Ethics, 7(2): 116-135.
Chapters in Edited Volumes Forthcoming The Prerequisites Matter: North America s Transition to Regional Peace in Carmela Lutmar and Benjamin Miller (editors) Regional Peacemaking and Conflict Management: A comparative approach (Routledge Press) In Submission/Under Review Meddling in the Ballot Box: The Causes of Great Power Electoral Interventions War finds a way : An attempt to develop a new theoretical pathway of issue indivisibility as a cause of war. Partisan Electoral Interventions by the Great Powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset In Preparation A Vote for Freedom? The Effects of Partisan Electoral Interventions on Regime Type Voting for Trouble? Partisan Electoral Interventions and Terrorism FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS 2013 IGCC Dissertation Fellowship 2012 George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowship 2012 Moody/ LBJ Library Grant-in-Aid Award 2011 Graduate Research Mentorship, UCLA 2010 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA 2009 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA 2008 Chancellor Prize Summer support, UCLA 2008 UCLA Department of Political Science Fellowship 2007 Wolf Foundation Scholarship (M.A) 2006 Honors Scholarship, Univ. of Haifa 2005 Dean s List Special Excellence Scholarship, Univ. of Haifa CONFERENCE ACTIVITY Meddling in the Ballot Box: The Causes of Great Power Electoral Interventions 2014 Conference presentation, American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. August 28-31 2013 Poster Presentation, American Political Science Association, Chicago August 28- Sept 1 2013 Conference presentation, Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago April 11-14, 2013 2013 Conference presentation, Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles March 28-30 2012 Conference presentation, Cal-APSA, Los Angeles November
When the Great Power Gets a Vote: The Effects of Great Power Electoral Interventions 2014 Poster presentation, American Political Science Association, Washington D.C. August 28-31 2014 Conference presentation, International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada March 26-29 2013 Conference presentation, American Political Science Association, Chicago August 28- Sept 1 2013 Conference presentation, International Studies Association, San Francisco April 3-6 Janus Faced: the contradictory effects of different components of democracy on terrorism 2010 Conference presentation, International Studies Association, New Orleans February 17-20 2010 Conference presentation, Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago April 22-25 2015 War finds a way : An attempt to develop a new theoretical pathway of issue indivisibility as a cause of war. Conference presentation, International Studies Association, New Orleans February 17-20 2014 George Washington Must Go : The Causes of Great Power Electoral Interventions Conference presentation, International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, March 26-29 2010 Why great powers expand in their own Neighborhood: explaining the territorial expansion of the U.S. 1819-1848 Conference presentation International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20 2006 The Lebanon on the Banks of the Mississippi: The U.S. S/N compatibility problems and the War of 1812 Conference Presentation, Graduate Conference in Israeli Political Science, Haifa, Israel, December 26 2006 The Iraq of the Midwest: The U.S., regional S/N compatibility problems, and the descent into violent conflicts Conference presentation, the Israeli Association For International Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, June 6 TEACHING EXPERIENCE UCLA, Sole Instructor International Relations Theory (Spring 2015) Terrorism and Insurgency (Winter 2015) Studies in the formulation of U.S. Foreign Policy- Intervention (Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, In progress-fall 2015) Graduate Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (Graduate students) (Fall 2013) UCLA, Teaching Assistant Communities and Nations in Conflict (Spring 2014) (In Honors Collegium)
Globalization: Governance & Conflict (Winter 2014) (In Global Studies) Introduction to International Law (Spring 2012) World Politics (Spring 2010, Fall 2011) Diplomacy and War (Winter 2010, Winter 2012) Peace and War (Spring 2009) International Political Economy (Winter 2009, Fall 2009) International Relations Theory (Fall 2008) University of Haifa, Teaching Assistant Introduction to Government and Politics (Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2004-2007 Research Assistant to Prof. Benjamin Miller, School of Political Science, Univ. of Haifa Collected data for various research projects and assisted in the preparation of an academic book manuscript for publication OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013-2014 Teaching Assistant Counselor, 2004-2007 Tutor, Student Advancement Department, University of Haifa PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Summer 2009 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models- EITM (Summer Institute in Washington University at St. Louis) June 2011 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research-SICAR (at George Washington University) DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2010-2011 Graduate Studies Committee, graduate student representative, Department of Political Science, UCLA 2009-2010 Admissions committee, graduate student representative, Department of Political Science, UCLA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Political Science Association (2007- present) International Studies Association (2007-present) Midwestern Political Science Association (2010- present) VOLUNTEER/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Member of the Univ. of Haifa Debating Society (British Parliamentary format): 2005 1 st place winner-the Israeli English Cup Debating Championship (English) 2004 Best Speaker -The Open Technion Debating Competition 2003 1 st place winner - The Israeli Debating Championship (Hebrew) REFERENCES Art Stein, Professor Email: stein@polisci.ucla.edu Phone: 310-825-1173 Barbara Geddes, Professor Email: geddes@ucla.edu Phone: 310-794-3484 Robert Trager, Associate Professor Email: rtrager@ucla.edu Phone: 310-825-8809 Benny Miller, Professor School of Political Science, University of Haifa Division of International Relations Faculty of Social Sciences Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel Phone: 972-4-8240510 E-mail: bmiller@poli.haifa.ac.il