CURRENT PROJECTS

• “From Pariah to Phoenix: Improving a National Reputation from the Ashes of the Past” (Book Project)

• “Rethinking the Management of National Reputations: Socially Constructed Idea, Tool of Public Diplomacy, or Both?

• Interdisciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project: “Tapping Into the Mainstream: Using Popular Culture in Course Readings and Discussions to Improve Learning Experiences in the College Classroom.” (with Denise Domizi, Elizabeth Lucht, Mark Jones, Robin Henager-Greene, and Stacy Musgrave)

• “Asabiyyah Revisited: Exploring the Microfoundations for the Sustainability of Dynastic Monarchies in the Middle East during the Arab Spring.”

• “Crisis-Management in Action: Using a Crisis Simulation to Teach Foreign Policy Decision- Making under Duress.”

• “Threat Down: Using Threat Assessment Activities to Teach Foreign Policy Decision-Making and National Security in the College Classroom.”

• “Does Experience Matter?: The Cultural Knowledge and Experience of Secretaries of State and the Frequency of American Involvement in Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs).”