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Contents
Mark Your Calendars.
1) April 10, 11-12:30pm, MD Rm, Marie Mount Hall, GVPT Distinguished Lecture Series
with Professor Jacob Hacker
2) April 13, 11-12:15pm, GVPT FACULTY MEETING, 2113 Chincoteague
3) April 22, 11-12:00pm, 1101 Morrill Hall TENURED FACULTY MEETING (Associate and Full Professors Only)
4) April 25, MARYLAND DAY
5) May 13, “End of Year Reception,” 11-1:00pm in 1101 Morrill Hall
6) May 22, GVPT Graduation, 12:30pm in the Armory
Messages
Chair – Irwin Morris
Director of Graduate Studies – Michael Hanmer
Placement Director – Kathleen Cunningham
Director of Undergraduate Studies – Scott Kastner
The GVPT Graduate Student Association
Staff and Administration
Columns
Accomplishments of our PhD Alums
Field Updates - Workshops and Seminars
American Politics Field – Workshops and Seminars
International Relations Field/CIDCM – Workshops and Seminars
Comparative Politics Field – Workshops and Seminars
Political Theory Field – Workshops and Seminars
Political Methodology and Formal Theory Field – Workshops and Seminars
Announcements
Center Announcements
Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC)
Center for Int. Development and Conflict Man. (CIDCM)
 Sadat Chair for Peace
 ICONS
Faculty Achievements
Graduate Student Achievements
Calendar of Department Events
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
On April 10, GVPT will be hosting our next Distinguished Guest Lecturer, Professor Jacob Hacker from Yale
University. Prof. Hacker’s talk title is entitled “American Amnesia: Reclaiming the Forgotten Roots of
American Prosperity.” Watch for emails from Cissy about this lecture and I hope to see you there.
GVPT will again be participating in Maryland Day on Saturday, April 25th. Please stop in and visit us. The
Event will run from 10a.m. to 4p.m. GVPT will be located in the tent outside of Tydings Hall. Faculty or
graduate students interested in participating should contact Cissy and Mike.
The GVPT “End of Year Reception” is scheduled for study day, May 13, at 11am in Morrill Hall. We will
announce all our scholarship awards that day and will have the opportunity to meet our Student Commencement
Speaker as well. Mark your calendars.
Also in May, the GVPT Commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:30PM in the
Armory. If you are a volunteer, that’s great and thank you! If not, please reconsider being a part of this very
important event in the future. Graduation is an important time for our students as it was for you. The students
are looking for you after the ceremony to introduce their favorite faculty members to their families. There are
huge rewards for simple and small gestures.
Best,
Irwin L. Morris
Professor and Chair
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Ann Marie, the faculty, and students have done a remarkable job with our graduate recruitment efforts. Thank
you for all of your help with recruitment.
Registration will open soon. Please be sure to register quickly so we can avoid having to cancel classes due to
low enrollment and so that we can minimize the amount of assignment switching due to course conflicts.
Please stay tuned for news on GVPT awards and Graduate Appreciation Week.
Mike Hanmer
GVPT, Director of Graduate Studies
MESSAGE FROM THE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR
Jonathan Hensley was offered a position at Middle Tennessee State University!
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As Placement Director, I am here to help with any issues related to job searches and career planning more
generally. Please feel free to ask me questions about any aspect of the process – from thinking about what type
of job to pursue, to applying and interviewing, to seeking job outside academia. I am happy to comment on
CVs and job application materials.
Anyone on the market this year who receives an invitation to interview should immediately contact me to
arrange a practice job talk.
Maryland has recently placed graduate students at top departments for tenure-track jobs and post-docs, and I
look forward to helping to continue this trend.
Kathleen Cunningham
Director of Placement
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Fall 2015 Registration
Fall 2015 registration begins on April 2 and continues through the first week of May.
Spring 2015 Commencement
The GVPT Commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:30PM in the Armory. The
department is currently looking for faculty volunteers to serve as members of the platform party. If you are
available, please contact Apitchaya.
Scholarships
The department has over $20,000 to award undergraduate students in this year’s scholarship funds. Current
freshman, sophomores, and juniors who have distinguished themselves academically and have financial need
are strongly encouraged to apply. More information on scholarships can be found on the website at:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/undergraduate/scholarships/ .
Scott Kastner
Director for GVPT Undergraduate Studies
Apitchaya Pimpawathin
Assistant Director for GVPT Undergraduate Studies
GVPT GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
We hope that everyone is having a productive semester and is managing to stay warm – spring is right around the corner.
February was a busy month. First, we would like to thank Professor Ernesto Calvo for his informative workshop on
Google Trends and R. Second, we would like to thank Professor Beth Simmons who was kind enough to meet with
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graduate students and field questions on academic/professional development. Finally, we would like to thank Brian
Humes who gave a workshop on the NSF dissertation grant process. A special thanks goes to all those who contributed to
organizing these informative events.
At our last meeting we discussed a variety of important issues. First, we went over how budget issues will impact
graduate students. Second, we discussed how to proceed with student led workshops. Third, we discussed future
volunteering and social options. Finally, we discussed future/upcoming workshops. There are several very informative
workshops coming up (or in the works), so make sure to check your e-mail and attend if you can. We thank all of you who
are instrumental in setting up these important events.
Due to budget cuts we are no longer able to purchase food through the department. However, we set up a TILT account in
order to receive electronic donations and there is also a donation jar in the graduate lab. We will have food!
Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 4 at 11am in Tydings 1136.
Upcoming GSA Meeting Dates:
Wednesday April 1 11am Tydings 1136
Wednesday May 6 11am Tydings 1136
You’re GSA Co-Chairs,
Andrew Lugg and Caitlin McCulloch
([email protected] and [email protected])
STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION
SOCIAL NETWORKS
and
The Department of Government and Politics is on Twitter and Face Book. “Follow” and “Like” GVPT. Information that you want to
share on either (or both) of these outlets can be forwarded to [email protected].
MAKE-UP EXAMS (Proctoring)
The main office staff does not proctor or oversee make-up exams. Make-up exams will not be held in the GVPT main Office
Conference Room.
RETURNING STUDENT PAPERS
The main office staff does not collect or return student papers. If you want to provide a pick-up service, give the students a time when
you will be in your office for them to pick the papers up. Leaving papers out for the students to flip through is a violation of student
privacy. The best suggestion is to ask the students to provide a self addressed and stamped envelope and you will return the papers to
them.
INSTALLING Personal Network Devices IS PROHIBITED
Please refrain from connecting your own networking devices to the campus network. Not only is this a violation of the Policy on the
Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources (http://www.nethics.umd.edu/aup/), but also could cause much disruption to
you, your colleagues, and our students. Such disruptions may be as serious as multi-building wide network outages (i.e., entire
building data and voice services become unavailable).
If such a device is found on the network (i.e., a wired or wireless device that can hand out IP addresses) the device owner will be
referred to the Division of IT’s Security Office and their device will be confiscated.
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If you have needs that you feel the campus network cannot fulfill, please contact OACS. We will work with you and our network and
security offices to devise a networking solution that works for you, yet is in compliance with the campus’ security rules and
regulations.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR PHD Alums
Books
Wilmer, Franke, PhD 1990: “HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: AN
INTRODUCTION,” https://www.rienner.com/title/Human_Rights_in_International_Politics_An_Introduction;
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO. 2015.
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This comprehensive introduction to the study of human rights in international politics blends concrete
developments with theoretical inquiry, illuminating both in the process.

Franke Wilmer presents the nuts and bolts of human rights concepts, actors, and implementation before
grappling with issues ranging from war and genocide to social and economic needs to racial and
religious discrimination. Two themes—the tension between values and interests, and the role of the state
as both a protector of human rights and a perpetrator of human rights violations—are reflected
throughout the text. The result is a clear, accessible exposition of the evolution of international human
rights, as well as the challenges that those rights pose, in the context of the state system."
Articles
Fox, Jonathan, PhD 1997: “Empirical Evidence Regarding the Influence of Free Speech and Religious
Freedom on Public Order and Public Morality” Review of Faith in International Affairs, 13 (1), 2015, 59-68.
DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2015.1005915. Jonathan Fox & Yasemin Akbaba “Securitization of Islam and
Religious Discrimination: Religious Minorities in Western Democracies, 1990 to 2008" Comparative European
Politics, 13 (2), 2015, 175-197. Also in a special edition of the Journal The Review of Faith and International
Affairs published online by Routledge – see http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfia20/13/1. It is a special issue on
Public Order and Public Morality: Uses and Abuses of the Legal Limits on Free Speech and Religious Liberty.
Gusmano, M.K., PhD 1995: with Weisz, D., G. Wong and J. Trombley II. 2015. “Emergency Department Use:
A Reflection of Poor Primary Care Access?” American Journal of Managed Care 21(2): 91-98; with V.G.
Rodwin, D. Weisz, J. Cottenet, and C. Quantin. 2015, “Rehospitalizations in France and the United States: A
Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, DOI: 10.1177/1355819614551849;
with Chau, P.H., and J. Woo. 2015, “Social Vulnerability Index for the Older People: Hong Kong and New
York City as Examples,” Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
doi:10.1007/s11524-014-9901-8; and with L. Luo, D. Weisz, V.G. Rodwin, C. Wang and F. Hua. 2015,
“Shanghai Rising: Evidence on Health Improvements Since 2000,” International Journal of Health Policy and
Management 4(1): 7–12.
Kim, Sungmoon, PhD 2007: "Public Reason Confucianism: A Construction," appeared in the Feb. 2015 edition
of the American Political Science Review.
Other
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Josephson, Jyl, PhD 1994: During the spring 2014 semester, served as co-chair of the Rutgers UniversityNewark Strategic Planning Oversight Committee. The strategic plan that resulted from this participatory
process is available here:
http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/strategic-plan-convocation. Also during the 2014-2015 academic year, she
served as a member of the Strategic Implementation Team, which is overseeing the initial implementation of the
strategic plan, and as co-chair of the Diversity Study Group, which is developing an action plan for leveraging
the diversity of Rutgers University-Newark. Jyl is also serving this year as Acting Director of the Graduate
Program in American Studies.
FIELD UPDATES - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
AMERICAN POLITICS FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
The American Politics Workshop is a bi-monthly research colloquium for faculty and graduate students. The
workshop constitutes an ongoing research community where participants present and discuss papers in an
informal, supportive environment. Papers are made available via the workshop website in advance of our
meetings, and participants are expected to have read them. Discussion leaders are assigned on a rotating basis,
matching papers with discussants who share complementary research interests. Many of the papers presented in
recent years have gone on to publication in top tier political science journals.
The workshop is especially beneficial for our graduate students. It provides an excellent opportunity to interact
with the American Politics faculty outside of the classroom and, for advanced graduate students actively
engaged in scholarly research, the workshop can also be an invaluable source of professional advice. The
American Politics faculty strongly encourages all of our graduate students to regularly participate in the
workshop.
The AP Workshop website is: http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/apworkshop. While the workshop focuses on issues in
American politics, all faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend.
Spring Workshop Schedule:
January 30 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Genny Mayhew, UMD GVPT "Politics at the Water-Cooler: A Field Experiment on Information
Transmission in Workplace Social Networks" (co-authored with Christopher B. Mann and Arend Edward
Sokhey).
Discussants: Antoine Banks will be the faculty discussant and Zack Scott will be the student discussant.
February 6 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University - cosponsored and supported by the Women's Graduate Student
Group
Kira Sanbonmatsu will discuss her book (coauthored with Susan J. Carroll), titled More Women Can Run: Gender and Pathways to the State
Legislatures (Oxford University Press, 2013). Analyzing nationwide surveys of state legislators conducted by the Center for American
Women and Politics (CAWP), the book advances a new approach for understanding women’s election to office, challenging assumptions of
a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to assimilate to men’s pathways to office. Carroll and Sanbonmatsu
argue that a relationally embedded model of candidate emergence better captures women’s decision-making than an ambition framework
in which candidacy is self-initiated. They argue that more women can run if more efforts are made to recruit women of varying
backgrounds. Their research also examines party differences and the reasons that Democratic women are outpacing Republican women.
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February 20 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Mike Parrott, UMD GVPT
February 27 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Thomas F. Schaller, UMBC
March 6 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Mark Graber, UMD Law School
March 27 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Patrick Wohlfarth, UMD GVPT
April 10 – GVPT Distinguished Lecturer Series – Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall
Jacob Hacker, Yale University
April 24 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Alexander Theodoridis, UC Merced
May 8 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:30pm
Raymond Williams, UMD GVPT
COMPARATIVE POLITICS FIELD – WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Throughout the course of the semester we will hold periodic gatherings for the comparative field, including
social events, speakers, and special topic seminars (e.g. how to do research in the field, how to get grants to go
overseas). Watch for our lineup of guest speakers for the 14-15 academic year. Although the Comparative
Politics Workshop focuses on comparative politics, all faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend.
Any students and/or faculty interested in presenting their work at the Comparative workshop in November
should contact Kanisha Bond, [email protected].
Spring Workshop Schedule:
February 13 – 1109 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
A joint CIDCM/IR & Comparative Workshop with Dr. Patricia Justino, from the Institute of Development
Studies in the UK, will be giving a talk regarding her current research entitled, "Conflict, Violence and
Development: A Micro-Level Perspective and New Research Directions."
February 25 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Jacob Lewis, University of Maryland. "Contentious Performances in Rentier Africa: Resources,
Corruption, and Collective Action"
April 1 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Graduate Student Meeting with Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University. 10am-10:50amWorkshop. Sidney Tarrow,
Conell University. TBA.
April 8 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
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Anne Fruge, University of Maryland. TBA
April 20 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Joint Comparative and CIDCM/IR Workshop. Jim Vreeland, Georgetown University. "Data Dissemination and
Regime Stability".
April 30 – Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall – 9am-4pm
The first annual DC - Area Comparative Workshop
Those who are interested in attending need to RSVP by March 2. Please send all RSVPs to [email protected].
9 am - 4:00 pm -- Maryland Room. University of Maryland.
May 6 – 2113 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Joe Braun and Steve Arves, University of Maryland. TBA.
 DC AREA WORKSHOPS
This spring the comparative politics subfield will be hosting the first annual DC-Area Comparative Workshop. The date
for the workshop has been set for Thursday, April 30 here at the University of Maryland.
The event is scheduled to go all day with 3 papers presented in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, leaving plenty of time
for socializing. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Each of the five universities attending (Georgetown, George
Washington, George Mason, American and UMD) will present one paper and offer up both a graduate student and
faculty member to serve as discussants.
Those who are interested in attending need to RSVP by March 2, so that we are able to plan accordingly. If interested,
please send all RSVPs to [email protected]. In the meantime, if there any questions and/or concerns, please do not
hesitate to reach out to either Dr. Johanna Birnir or Eric Dunford.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FIELD/CIDCM – WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
The international relations workshop brings together faculty and graduate students with an interest in
international relations. We invite faculty and graduate students to discuss their latest research; present papers in
progress, with a formal discussant; present information for professional development; and invite guest speakers.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend and we would also like to see some students present their own work
in the workshop. Working papers will be posted on the IR Workshop website at
www.gvpt.umd.edu/irworkshop as they become available.
Students could present dissertation work or a conference paper. Students interested in presenting their work or
would like to act as a discussant should contact Todd Allee at [email protected].
Spring Workshop Schedule:
February 10, Maryland Room Marie Mount Hall – 3-4:30pm
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Beth Simmons, Harvard (Distinguished Lecture) "Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity?"
Whether and how violence can be controlled to spare innocent lives is a central issue in international relations.
The most ambitious effort to date has been the International Criminal Court (ICC), designed to enhance security
and safety by preventing and deterring war crimes. A key question facing the young ICC is whether or not it can
deter perpetrators and reduce intentional violence against civilians in civil wars. We offer the first systematic
assessment of the deterrent effects of the ICC for both state and non-state actors. We argue that the ICC can
potentially deter through both prosecution and social deterrence. While no institution can deter all actors, we
argue that the ICC can deter some governments and those rebel groups that seek legitimacy. We find support for
this conditional impact of the ICC cross-nationally. Our work has implications for the study of international
institutions and international relations, and supports the violence-reducing role of pursuing justice in
international affairs.
February 13 – 1109 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
A joint CIDCM/IR & Comparative Workshop with Dr. Patricia Justino, from the Institute of Development
Studies in the UK, "Conflict, Violence and Development: A Micro-Level Perspective and New Research
Directions."
February 23 – 1109 Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Livia Schubiger (ETH-Zurich), “One for All? State Violence and Insurgent Cohesion.”
Kathleen Cunningham and Dan Siegel will serve as discussants.
March 2 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Sabine Otto, Konstanz "The Grass Is Always Greener. Why Armed Groups Switch Sides in Civil Conflict"
March 23 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Dan Siegel, UMD "State Hosting of Foreign Rebel Groups"
March 30 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Elisabeth Gilmore, UMD Public Policy “projected Future Armed Intrastate Conflict Along the Shared
Socioeconomic Pathways”
April 20 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Jim Vreeland, Georgetown "Data Dissemination and Regime Stability"
May 1 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 2-3:00pm
Rachel Stein, George Washington "War and Revenge: Explaining Conflict Initiation by Democracies"
May 7 – 2141K Chincoteague Building – 11-12:15pm
Page Fortna, Columbia (in conjunction with Women Graduate Student Group) Title TBA
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POLITICAL THEORY FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Please watch for emails and newsletters for panels as we schedule them. All graduate students and faculty are
welcome, especially those with some interest in wars and/or game theory. A lot of really clever work has been
done recently in this area. So even if you don't care at all about wars, and couldn't care less about game theory,
you should come just to find out what is going on.
For more information contact Professor James Glass [email protected].
POLITICAL METHODOLOGY & FORMAL THEORY FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Friday, May 1, 2015 – 1101 Morrill Hall – 11-12:30
David Nickerson from Notre Dame University
For information and details of the Methods Field Workshops, please contact Professor David Cunningham at
[email protected].
CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC)
CAPC Sponsors Second Poll with The Washington Post
CAPC recently announced the results of its second Washington Post/University of Maryland Poll. This public
opinion survey focused on the economic and social issues that are salient across Maryland. Results show that
while Marylanders like Governor Larry Hogan and support his tax cutting initiatives, they oppose some of his
efforts such as slowing the growth of education funding. Similar to the initial poll, the second poll garnered
significant nationwide attention.
A deeper analysis of the survey data by CAPC graduate assistant Jared McDonald shows that then-Lt. Governor
Anthony Brown did not lose his gubernatorial election because of low voter turnout, rather it was a lack of
support from Democratic voters that doomed his election bid.
A panel discussion of the Washington Post/University of Maryland poll occurred on February 23rd, featuring
CAPC faculty, reporters form the Washington Post, and members of the Maryland House of Delegates. The
event was well attended by UMCP students, faculty, staff, and members of the general public.
CAPC Announces Internship Application Dates
Are you a capable and motivated undergraduate student looking for an internship? CAPC offers the Maryland
Internship Program (MIP), a comprehensive program focused on state and local government that allows
students to integrate what they learn in the classroom with real world experience in the political process.
This competitive program places highly qualified undergraduate students in internships where they work with
and learn from officials in state and local government. Internship placements include the offices of the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, members of the General Assembly, state and local agencies, and courts.
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Alumni of the Maryland Internship Program will also take with them invaluable experiences, skills, and
networking that will help them find, and succeed in, careers in government, politics, or any other field.
For more information please contact CAPC at [email protected] or at 301-314-2736.
To apply: visit our website at www.capc.umd.edu/MIP
Applications are accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis.
Summer 2015 final due date: April 10, 2015
Fall 2015 final due date: May 8, 2015
Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)
Lecture offered by Amitav Acharya and Virginia Haufler – Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 4pm. Location
TBD.
Frontiers of Globalization and Governance Series: International Institutions in a Multiplex World
Amitav Acharya, Ph.D., UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, Professor of
International Relations, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. Virginia
Haufler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Government and Politics, Director of Global Communities, University of
Maryland, College Park.
The emerging world order is going to be neither multipolar nor bipolar, but a multiplex one. A multiplex world
is defined by actors that are not just the great powers, as with a multipolar system, but also by others such as
regional powers, global and regional institutions, corporations, social movements, and transnational criminal
and terrorist organizations. In a multiplex world, there is no single hegemon, and interdependence is both global
and regional in scope. As with a multiplex theatre, there is a variety of plots, actors, directors and producers to
win the audience. What sort of institutional landscape will emerge in the multiplex world? Reform and shared
leadership is vital to fostering democratization, legitimacy and longevity of existing global institutions. New
institutions initiated by non-Western nations will join existing ones and add to the pressures for their reform. In
some parts of the world, regional governance mechanisms are likely to assume greater importance, even at the
expense of global institutions. Some of these will be under the influence of the emerging powers. There is also
likely to be a growing trend towards inter-regionalism. All these trends might create short-term institutional
uncertainty or even chaos, but pave the way for a new, multiplex, global governance structure.
Title and abstract forthcoming.
Additional information is available at the Bahá'í Chair website.
 Sadat Chair for Peace
In March, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences cohosted the Sadat Forum- The Iran Nuclear Issue: Current State of Play. Dean Ball and President Loh provided
introductory remarks at this event. Dr. Steven Kull, Dr. Shibley Telhami’s co-principal investigator and Director of the
Program for Public Consultation, presented the key findings from a poll, “Americans on the Iran Nuclear Issue.” This poll
was sponsored by the Program for Public Consolation and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development. This
presentation was followed by a panel discussion featuring top experts on Iran- Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Dr. Jessica
Mathews, Dr. Suzanne Maloney, and was moderated by Dr. Shibley Telhami.
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The Livestream of the Sadat Forum can be viewed here: http://new.livestream.com/UMDThestamp/SadatForum2015
The poll results for the “Americans on the Iran Nuclear Issue” poll can be found here:
http://sadat.umd.edu/Iran%20Poll.pdf
Dr. Telhami also had two articles come out in March that featured the results of his latest poll. The links to these articles
can be found below:
Shibley Telhami and Steven Kull on “What Americans really think about an Iran deal,” The Washington Post’s Monkey
Cage, March 3, 2015.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/03/what-americans-really-think-about-an-irandeal/?postshare=8381425407152459
Shibley Telhami, “The Bibi Bump Backfires,” Foreign Policy, March 2, 2015.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/02/netanyahu-boehner-congress-iran-israel/
Looking ahead to April, Dr. Telhami will be delivering a lecture to the University of Maryland’s Arabic Flagship Series
on April 2nd in 2112 Susquehanna Hall.
In addition, Dr. Telhami will also be traveling to Tufts University on April 7th where he will be delivering two talks. He
will also be participating on a panel for the Army War College Strategy Conference entitled, “Forever War: MENA/South
Asia Disorder and Its Worldwide Military Implications” on April 8th in Carlisle, PA. Dr. Telhami will also be delivering a
lecture for the University of Massachusetts-Lowell’s “Day Without Violence” event on April 14th entitled, “America in
Arab Eyes and Arabs in American Eyes.”
At the end of April, Dr. Telhami will be traveling to Brandeis University where he will be delivering the keynote address
at “The Teaching of Israel” Conference. Dr. Telhami will also be participating on the “Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict”
panel while at this conference. In addition, Dr. Telhami will be delivering the Joel Barkan Memorial Lecture at the
University of Iowa’s Provost’s Global Forum 2015: Arab Spring in a Global Context on April 29th.
 International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS)
ICONS Project work featured at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event:
http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/04/02/cooperation-and-conflict-in-asia-pacific/i4r7
Devin Ellis will present on the support the ICONS Project provided to a Strategic Multilayer Assessment project
for the US Pacific Command at this event at Carnegie on Thursday, April 2.
Please contact Gillea Benitez, ICONS Program Coordinator, at [email protected], 301-405-4381. Follow us
on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/iconsproject
 Minor in International Development and Conflict Management (MIDCM)
MIDCM Faculty Stacy Kosko selected to pilot courses for Global Classroom and Fearless Ideas
Dr. Kosko’s Fearless Ideas course will be part of a pilot launched by the University of Maryland’s Academy for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship. Entitled “Innovation and Design for Entrepreneurship and Action (“IDEAs”) in Peace and Development,” In
this course, offered in the Spring 2015 semester, students will learn practical, applicable knowledge and skills through an
intensive, problem-based and design-oriented experience.
 Baha’i Chair for World Peace
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February 25, 2015 | 2PM - Solidarity Across Differences Series
Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, NY
"Mars, Venues, or Planet Earth? Women & Men on Campus in a New Millennium"
Location: Colony Ballroom, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
RSVP: http://www.bahaipeacechair.umd.edu/events/kimmel
March 25, 2015 | 3PM - Empowerment of Women and Peace Series
Farzaneh Milani, Raymond J. Nelson Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, Studies in Women
and Gender, University of Virginia
"Iranian Women Writers: A Moderating and Modernizing Force"
Location: Atrium, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
RSVP: http://www.bahaipeacechair.umd.edu/events/milani2015
Persian Women and Other Lies: Story-Telling as Historical Retrieval
Thursday, April 2, 2015
7:00 – 9:00PM
Biosciences Research Building (Building #413), Room 1101
http://www.bahaipeacechair.umd.edu/events/nakhjavani
Frontiers of Globalization and Governance
Amitav Acharya, Professor of International Relations, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, School of
International Services, American University
Virginia Haufler, Associate Professor, Government and Politics, Director of Global Communities, University of Maryland
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
4:00 – 6:00PM
McKeldin Library, Special Events Room #6137
http://www.bahaipeacechair.umd.edu/events/apr29-2015
 The George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace
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FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
Chapter and Article Publications
Karol, David New York Times Article, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/upshot/senators-are-announcingretirements-earlier-fund-raising-plays-a-big-role.html.
Rouse, Stella, “Economic Uncertainty, Job Threat and the Resiliency of the Millennial Generation’s Attitudes
Toward Immigration” with Ashley Ross. Forthcoming in Social Science Quarterly.
Telhami, Shibley and Steven Kull on “What Americans really think about an Iran deal,” The Washington Post’s
Monkey Cage, March 3, 2015. And Shibley also released “The Bibi Bump Backfires,” Foreign Policy, on March 2, 2015.
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GRADUATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Awards
Cil, Deniz was awarded the Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship. The award
is 7500 dollars for a period of one year. The award is given to the PhD dissertation research on American
foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and
military history. The fellowship will support the research and data collection for my dissertation.
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APRIL 2015
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
THURSDAY
2
FRIDAY
3
SATURDAY
4
9
10
11
Comparative
Politics
Workshop
11-12;15
2113 CHIN
GSA Meeting
11-12
TYD 1136
5
6
7
8
Comparative
Politics
Workshop
11-12;15
2113 CHIN
12
13
14
Faculty Mtg
2113 CHINl
11-12:15pm
19
20
15
GVPT
Distinguished
Lecture Series
11-12:30
Maryland Room
Marie Mount
Hall
16
17
18
23
24
25
Executive
Com Mtg
11-12:15
GVPT Conf Rm
21
22
MD DAY
IR/CIDCM with
Comparative
Politics
Workshop
11-12:30pm
2141K CHIN
26
27
TENURED
Faculty Mtg
1101 Morrill Hall
11-12:00pm
28
29
Executive
Com Mtg
11-12:15
GVPT Conf Rm
American Pol
Wrkshp
11-12:15pm
2113 CHIN
30
DC Area
Workshop
9am-4pm
Maryland Room
Marie Mount Hall