RENATO CORBETTA Department of Government Office: 205-934-2336 411 Heritage Hall Home: 205-978-2068 1401 University Blvd. Fax: 205-975-5712 The University of Alabama at Birmingham Email: corbetta@uab.edu Birmingham, AL 35294 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, August 2005-present Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, August 2003-July 2005 EDUCATION 2004 Ph.D. Political Science, University of Arizona Major: International Relations. Minors: Political Methodology, American Politics 1998 M.S. Political Science, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University 1996 B.S. (with High Honors), Political Science, Portland State University DISSERTATION Title: State Partisan Interventions in International Conflicts Committee: William J. Dixon (chair), Gary Goertz, and Bradford S. Jones RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS International Relations: conflict processes and conflict management; international law and organizations; national/international security; US/comparative foreign policy Political Methodology: research designs; introductory and advanced research methods; statistical computing; event data collection and analysis techniques American Politics: women and politics; voting behavior; institutions; the Presidency BOOKS Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird, eds. Forthcoming (2011). Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ARTICLES Corbetta, Renato and Keith A. Grant. Forthcoming (2012). Intervention in Conflicts from a Network Perspective. Conflict Management and Peace Science. Corbetta, Renato. N.d. Cooperative and Antagonistic Networks: Multidimensional Affinity and Intervention in Ongoing Conflicts, 1946-2001. (Conditionally accepted at International Studies Quarterly). Corbetta, Renato, Thomas J. Volgy, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird. 2010. Major Powers, Major Power Status and Status Inconsistency in International Politics. Fifth Russian International Studies 1
Association Convention Proceedings. Moscow: MGIMO University. Corbetta, Renato. 2010. Determinants of Third Parties' Intervention and Alignment Choices in Ongoing Conflicts, 1946 2001. Foreign Policy Analysis 6(1): 61--85. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. 2005. Danger Beyond Dyads: Third Party Participants in Interstate Disputes. Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(1): 39-61. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. 2004. Multilateralism, Major Powers, and Militarized Disputes Political Research Quarterly 57(1): 5-14. Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie and Renato Corbetta. 2004. Gender Turnover and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives. Legislative Studies Quarterly 29(2): 215-229. REPRINTS Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. 2005. Danger Beyond Dyads: Third Party Participants in Interstate Disputes. In Palmer, G. ed., The Causes and Consequences of International Conflict: Data, Methods, and Theory. New York: Routledge (2008). BOOK REVIEWS Corbetta, Renato. 1998. Beyond Cultural Imperialism. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 39 (August): 318-19. Corbetta, Renato. 1998. International Theory: Positivism and Beyond. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 39 (August): 333-34. UNDER REVIEW Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, J. Patrick Rhamey, Ryan G. Baird, and Keith A. Grant. Which States Are Next: Seeking Entrance into the Club of Major Powers. WORKING PAPERS Foreign Aid as a Conflict Management Tool. Status Matters: Exploring Variations in Major Power Status Attribution (with Keith A. Grant, Ryan G. Baird, and Thomas J. Volgy). Foreign Policy Elites, Political Survival, and Decision-Making from a Network Perspective. Bullies and Victims: Targets of Third Party Interventions in Ongoing Conflicts. The Dynamics of Multiparty Conflicts: Collective Dispute Initiation and Third Party Intervention Social Networks, Conflict and Cooperation in International Politics Major Powers and Membership in International Environmental Agreements (with Andrew Long) 2
Fatal Attraction? Rivalries and Third Party Intervention Third Party Intervention and Outcomes in Interstate Conflicts (with Regina Branton) International Social Proximity and Third Party Intervention Techniques in Ongoing Disputes CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS Corbetta, Renato and Keith A. Grant. Intervention in Conflict from a Network Perspective. Paper presented at the 52 nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 16-19, 2011, and the 69 th Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Il, March 30-April 2, 2011. Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Patrick Rhamey, Ryan G. Baird and Keith A. Grant. The Two Clubs: Major Global Powers, Major Regional Powers and Status Considerations in International Politics. Paper presented at the 52 nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 16-19, 2011. Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, J. Patrick Rhamey, Ryan G. Baird, and Keith A. Grant. Which States Are Next: Seeking Entrance into the Club of Major Powers. Presented at the seminar on Beyond American Hegemony: Rising Powers, Status and the World Order. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, October 22-23, 2010. Corbetta Renato and Keith A. Grant. Intervention in Conflict from a Network Perspective. Poster presentation at the 2010 Political Network Conference. Durham, NC, May 19-21, 2010. Corbetta, Renato, Charles B. Gibson, and Benjamin Hall. Foreign Policy Elites, Political Survival, and Decision-Making from a Network Perspective. Paper presented at the 68 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010. Domestic Interest Groups in American Foreign Policy. Panel chair and discussant. 68 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010. Corbetta, Renato. Foreign Aid as a Conflict Management Tool. Presented at the 2010 Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20. Grant, Keith A., Ryan G. Baird, Renato Corbetta, and Thomas J. Volgy. Status Matters: Exploring Variations in Major Power Status Attribution. Presented at the 2010 Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20. Understanding Capabilities and Power: What Counts? Panel chair. 2010 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20, 2010. Corbetta, Renato, Charles B. Gibson, and Benjamin Hall. Revolving Doors and Collective Foreign Policy Decision-Making: A Network Analysis. Presented at the 2 nd Harvard Political Networks Conference, Cambridge, Mass, June 11-13, 2009. Corbetta, Renato. International Social Proximity and Third Party Intervention Techniques in Ongoing Disputes. Presented at the 2009 Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18. 3
Peacemaking and Peace-building. Panel discussant. 2009 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18. Corbetta, Renato, Thomas J. Volgy, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird. So Who Gets into the Club? The Attribution of Major Power Status in International Politics. Presented at the Workshop #8 ( The new geopolitics and changing territorialities: between international studies and political geography ) of European Consortium for Political Research s Joint Sessions, Rennes (France), April 11-16, 2008 and the Peace Science Society (International) s 42 nd North American Conference, Claremont, CA, October 24-26, 2008. Long, Andrew G. and Renato Corbetta. Major Powers and Membership in International Environmental Agreements (with Andrew Long). Presented at the 66 th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Society Association, Chicago, April 3-6. Alliance and Coalition Politics. Panel chair and discussant. 66 th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Society Association, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008. Corbetta, Renato. Networks of Solidarity? Multidimensional Affinity and Intervention in Ongoing Conflicts, 1946 2001. Presented at the 2008 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 26-29, and at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 28-31. Advances in Conflict Resolution and Mediation. Panel chair and discussant, at the 2008 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 26-29, 2008. Corbetta, Renato. Bullies and Victims: Targets of Third Party Interventions in Ongoing Conflicts. Presented at the 6 th Pan-European International Relations Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research' s Standing Group on International Relations, Turin (Italy), September 12-15, 2007. Corbetta, Renato. Social Networks, Conflict and Cooperation in International Politics. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 2, 2007. Corbetta, Renato and Regina P. Branton. Third Party Intervention and Outcomes in Interstate Conflicts Presented at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2007. Corbetta, Renato. Fatal Attraction? Rivalries and Third Party Intervention. Presented at the 2007 International Studies Association Convention, Chicago, IL, February 28-March 3, 2007. Third Party Intervention and Conflict Management. Panel chair. International Studies Association Convention, Chicago, IL, February 28-March 3, 2007. Corbetta, Renato. Status and Capabilities: The Power of Major Power States. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 3, 2006. Corbetta, Renato. Promises, promises... Informal commitments and military interventions in ongoing disputes. Presented at the 2006 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL, April 20-23, 2006. 4
Globalization and Security. Panel chair. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 20-23, 2006. Intervention in an International Context. Panel chair and discussant. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 20-23, 2006. The Dynamics of Multilateral Conflicts: Collective Dispute Initiation and Third Party Interventions. Presented at the 2006 International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006, and at the 2005 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2005. Third Party Interventions. Panel Discussant. 2006 International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006. Corbetta, Renato. Bullies and Victims: Targets of Third Party Interventions in Ongoing Conflicts. Presented at the 2005 International Studies Association Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1-5, 2005. Territory and the Diffusion of War. Panel discussant. 2005 International Studies Association Convention. Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1-5, 2005. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. In It for the Long Haul? Third Parties and the Duration of Interventions in Militarized Disputes. Presented at the Thirty-eighth North American Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International). Houston, TX, November 12-14, 2004. Corbetta, Renato. Is it a Matter of Degrees? Forms of States Partisan Intervention in Militarized Disputes. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association 2004 National Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, April 15-18, 2004. Crisp, Brian, Renato Corbetta, and Felipe Botero-Jaramillo. Institutional Determinants of Political Stabilities in Presidential Democracies, 1950-2000. Presented at the Southern Political Science Association 2004 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, January 8-10, 2004. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Third Party Participants in Militarized Interstate Disputes. Presented at the Bremer Symposium of the 2003 Peace Science Society (International) Thirty-Seventh North American Meeting. Ann Arbor, MI, November 14-16, 2003. Domestic Politics and Militarized Conflict. Panel chair. 44th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. Portland, OR, February 25-March 1, 2003. Corbetta, Renato. Homophily, Expected Utility, and Third Party Interventions in Conflict. Presented at the 44th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. Portland, OR, February 25- March 1, 2003. Corbetta, Renato. Analyzing the Decision to Enter Ongoing Conflicts: Military and Non-Military Interventions. Poster presentation. 2002 American Political Science Association Meeting. Boston, Mass, August 29-September 1, 2002. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Unilateralism, Multilateralism, and Great Powers Conflict Behavior. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association National Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, April 24-27, 2002. 5
Savun, Burcu and Renato Corbetta. A Formal and Empirical Assessment of the Duration of Militarized Interstate Disputes. Presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. New Orleans, LA, March 24-27, 2002. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Regime Type and Regime-related Conflicts: Exploring the Relationship between Democracy and Issues of Contention. Presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association Meeting. New Orleans, LA, March 24-27, 2002. Diversionary Theory. Panel chair. 43rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. New Orleans, LA, March 24-27, 2002. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Issues of Contention, Regime Type, and State Conflict Behavior, 1816-1992." Presented at the Thirty-Fifth North American Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International). Atlanta, GA, October 26-28, 2001. Dixon, William J., Mark Mullenbach, and Renato Corbetta. The Evolution of the Democratic Peace, 1816 1992. Presented at the Thirty-Fourth North American Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International). New Haven, CT, October 27-29, 2000. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Multilateralism in States Alignment Choices: Are Great Powers More Likely to Act Alone? Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. San Jose, CA, March 24-26, 2000. Corbetta, Renato and William J. Dixon. Capabilities and Constraints in Third Party Alignment Choices. Presented at the Thirty-Third North American Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International). Ann Arbor, MI, October 8-10, 1999. AWARDS & GRANTS Faculty Development Grant, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, August 15, 2006-August 15, 2007. Research & Development Summer Research Grant, Grand Valley State University, Summer 2005. Research & Development Internal Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005. Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute s Dissertation Research Grant, the University of Arizona, 2002 Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute s Travel Grant to Attend the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods at ICPSR (Ann Arbor: MI), the University of Arizona, 2000 METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING and COMPUTING SKILLS Methods: OLS; regression models for limited and categorical dependent variables; time series analysis; event history analysis; selection models; LISREL; social network analysis Statistical software: Stata; SAS; SPSS; S-Plus/R; LIMDEP Additional Computing Languages: LaTeX; HTML/XML; JAVA (UAB certificate); Unix ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Network Analysis with Statnet for Individual, Organizational, and International Relations Applications workshop, Duke Political Networks Conference, May 2010 6
Getting Started with Social Network Analysis Using R and Statnet workshop, Harvard Political Networks Conference, June 2009 Programming Basics (Introductory and Intermediate), the University of Alabama at Birmingham, spring 2009 Java Development Certificate, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Summer-Fall 2008 HTML/XHTML (Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced), the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fall 2005 Master Teacher Program, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, December 2006 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the Inter-Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Ann Arbor, MI, summer 2000 COURSES PSC 295, Political Networks, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 412, Introduction to Statistical Analysis, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 103, Introduction to International Relations, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 360, International Security, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC362, Diplomacy, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 403, Seminar in International Relations, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 465/565, International Law, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 260, American Foreign Policy, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PSC 411, Introduction to Research Methods, the University of Alabama at Birmingham PLS 211, International Relations, Grand Valley State University PLS 311, International Conflict and Conflict Management, Grand Valley State University SS 300, Research Methods, Grand Valley State University PLS 313, International Organizations, Grand Valley State University POL 360, International Political Economy (instructor), University of Arizona POL 434, Quantitative Analysis of Political Problems (instructor), University of Arizona POL 365, Contemporary International Politics (instructor), University of Arizona UNIVERSITY SERVICE Diversity Committee, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009-2010 Quantitative Literacy Committee, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008-present Teaching and Academic Affairs Committee, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007-2010 Pi Sigma Alpha, Upsilon Mu Chapter Advisor, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007-present Pre-Law Society, advisor, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005-2007 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & SERVICE Conflict Processes section program chair, 68 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010. American Political Science Association, Conflict Processes Section councilor, 2009-present Western Political Science Association, Committee on Membership, Attendance, and Registration, 2004-2006 Reviewer for: National Science Foundation; American Political Science Review; American Journal of 7
Political Science; Journal of Politics; International Interactions; International Organization; International Studies Quarterly; Conflict Management and Peace Science; Foreign Policy Analysis; Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy; International Political Sociology; Conflict and Cooperation; International Journal of Comparative Sociology. American Political Science Association, 2001-present Midwest Political Science Association, 2000-present Western Political Science Association, 2000-present International Studies Association, 2000-present Peace Science Society (International), 1999-present REFERENCES Professor William J. Dixon phone: 520-621-5728 Dept. of Political Science fax: 520-621-5051 Social Science 314C email: dixonw@u.arizona.edu The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Professor Gary Goertz phone: 520-621-1346 Dept. of Political Science fax: 520-621-5051 Social Science 328A2 email: ggoertz@u.arizona.edu The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Professor Brian F. Crisp phone: 314-935-5810 Department of Political Science fax: 314-935-5856 Washington University in St. Louis e-mail: bcrisp@artsci.wustl.edu Campus Box 1063 219 Eliot Hall One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Professor Bradford S. Jones phone: 530-752-1649 Dept. of Political Science fax: 530-752-8666 1246A Social Sciences email: bsjjones@ucdavis.edu One Shields Avenue University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616-8682 Professor Sara McLaughlin Mitchell phone: 319-335-2471 Department of Political Science fax: 319-335-3400 341 Schaeffer Hall email: sara@icow.org The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 8