Emma Leonard Boyle The Pennsylvania State University ejl196@psu.edu EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D., Political Science & African Studies, The Pennsylvania State University (expected) Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, & African Studies Dissertation: Explaining Violence in African Civil Wars: Sierra Leone and Liberia Compared Committee: James A. Piazza, Kidane Mengisteab, Doug Lemke, Donna Bahry, & Kevin Thomas 2013 M.A., Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University Master s Essay: Explaining Patterns of RUF Violence in Sierra Leone. 2008 M.Sc., African Studies, Oxford University Master s Essay: A Comparison of US and UK Government Policy Towards the Conflict in Northern Uganda, 1986-2006. 2005 M.A., International Relations, University of St Andrews (Under the Scottish University system, all undergraduate Arts degrees are awarded as Master of Arts degrees) PUBLICATIONS Books 2013 Leonard, Emma & Gilbert Ramsey (Eds.) Globalizing Somalia: International, Multilateral and Transnational Consequences of Conflict. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic Press Reviewed in the Journal of Modern African Studies 2015, 53(1) Articles 2015 Leonard Boyle, Emma. Was Idi Amin s Government a Terrorist Regime? Terrorism & Political Violence, Online First http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005741 2010 Leonard, Emma The Lord s Resistance Army: An African Terrorist Group? Perspectives on Terrorism (4:6)
Book Chapters 2016 Counter-terrorism in Museveni s Uganda in Michael J. Boyle (Ed.) Non-Western Responses to Terrorism (Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press) forthcoming Book Reviews 2011 Review of: Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics: Algeria Compared, by Miriam R. Lowi, in Terrorism and Political Violence, 23:5, 848-849 2010 Review of: Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone s Revolutionary United Front, by Myriam Denov, in Journal of Terrorism Research 2010 Review of: Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War, by Hugo Slim, in Terrorism and Political Violence 22:4, 663-664 WORKING PAPERS Why They Leave: An Analysis of Terrorism Disengagement and Re-engagement Events Based on 87 Autobiographical Accounts. with John Horgan, Mary Beth Altier, and Neil Shortland Under Review The Relevance of Roles and Functions in Terrorist Groups for Understanding Exit Processes. with John Horgan (PI), Mary Beth Altier, and Neil Shortland Are Certain Types of Terrorist Groups Easier to Leave Than Others? An Empirical Study of the Role of Group Ideology in 87 Terrorist Autobiographies. with John Horgan (PI), Mary Beth Altier, and Neil Shortland Explaining the link between terrain and violence in the Sierra Leone civil war. The link between diamonds and violence in the Sierra Leone civil war. Identity Salience and Electoral Violence: Comparing Kenya and Zimbabwe. WORKS IN PROGRESS Oil and Civil War Intervention with James Igoe Walsh and James A. Piazza The Impact of Oil on Political Attitudes in Africa with Elizabeth C. Carlson and Chris Culver
Can Civil Wars Lead to Democracy? Testing the Robustness of the Current Findings & What This Means for the Prospects for Democratization in Africa. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS 2015-2016 Sheila B. & Douglas T. Noakes, Jr Graduate Fellowship College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University 2015 Robert S. Friedman Award for Excellence in Teaching ($1,000) Political Science Department, Pennsylvania State University FA2014 PEIR Teaching Fellow Political Science Department, Pennsylvania State University 2013 Summer research grant ($3,000) Political Science Department, Pennsylvania State University Travel grants (various years) to attend the International Studies Association Annual Conference and the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association. PRESENTATIONS Invited Talks 2015 Boko Haram La Salle University, Philadelphia 2013 Explaining Westgate: Who are Al Shabaab and why did they attack Kenya? La Salle University, Philadelphia Conferences 2015 Does Group Strength Explain Patterns of Violence in African Civil Wars? Pennsylvania Political Science Association 2015 Does Group Strength Explain Patterns of Violence in African Civil Wars? Journeys in World Politics Conference, Women in Conflict Studies Group, University of Iowa 2015 Does Group Strength Explain Patterns of Violence in African Civil Wars? International Studies Association, New Orleans 2013 Explaining the geography of RUF and Government violence in Sierra Leone. African Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore
2013 Terrorism and War: the RUF in Sierra Leone. Terrorism and Political Violence Association Conference, London 2013 Explaining the Geography of RUF Violence in Sierra Leone. Society for Terrorism Research, London 2013 Into Terrorism, Out of Terrorism, and Back Again. International Studies Association, San Francisco (with Mary Beth Altier, John G. Horgan & Christian Thoroughgood) 2011 An African Case Study: The Lord s Resistance Army, International Studies Association, Montreal 2010 An Exploration of Violence in Uganda under Idi Amin, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, 3rd Annual Conference, Washington DC 2010 Somalia and Globalization, The Globalization(s) of the Conflict in Somalia, St Andrews University 2010 Explaining the US designation of terrorist groups in Africa, International Studies Association, New Orleans 2006 African Conflicts and Just War Theory, Mbarara University Annual Conference, Mbarara, Uganda TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor: AFR 110: Introduction to Contemporary Africa, The Pennsylvania State University Spring 2015, online Instructor: PLSC 414: Dictators and Their Demise, The Pennsylvania State University Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant to Professor Kidane Mengisteab, Pennsylvania State University Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 Ethnic Conflict in Africa (classroom-based course) Resource Conflicts in Africa (classroom-based course) Government and Politics in Africa (classroom-based course) Instructor: short course on 'Terrorism in sub-saharan Africa.' MLitt Terrorism Studies, St Andrews University, UK 2008-2011 (online and classroom-based course) Teaching Assistant to Dr Peter Lehr Certificate in Terrorism Studies, St Andrews University, UK 2008-2011 (online course)
Teaching Assistant to Dr Pamela Mbabazi: Conflict Resolution and Peace Building BA Development Studies, Mbarara University, Uganda Fall 2006 (classroom-based course) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant to Dr Joseph Wright, Summer 2014, 2015 Associate Professor, Political Science, Penn State University, US Project: Leadership Security Ties Research Assistant to Dr John Horgan, Fall 2011- Spring 2013 Director, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Penn State University, US Project: Pathways, Process, Roles and Factors for Terrorist Disengagement, Re-engagement and Recidivism Research Assistant to Dr Doug Lemke, Summer 2012, 2015 Associate Professor, Political Science, Penn State University, US Project: De Facto States in World Politics Research Assistant to Professor Kidane Mengisteab, Summer 2012 Professor, African Studies, Penn State University, US Project: Democracy, Elections and the Management of Diversity in North Africa Research and Administrative Assistant to Professor Max Taylor, 2008-2011 Director, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, St Andrews University, UK Research and Administrative Assistant to Dr Pamela Mbabazi Dean, School of Development Studies, Mbarara University, Uganda Fall 2006 OTHER EXPERIENCE Countries lived in: UK, US, Uganda In-country experience (4 weeks or more): France, Romania Languages: French (basic) Computer packages: STATA, R, NVivo, Python, GIS Methods Classes Taken: Methods of Political Analysis; Statistical Methods for Political Research; Multivariate Analysis for Political Research; Events Data Analysis; Duration Analysis, Geographic Information Systems PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Political Science Association African Studies Association International Studies Association Oxford Transitional Justice Research
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