EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D., Political Science, George Mason University
2010 M.A., Political Science, George Mason University
2006 B.A. , Honors Political Science & Legal Studies,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
PUBLICATIONS
June 2021 “Government Funding for Faith-Based International Development: Empirical Evidence from a US Survey," Politics & Policy.
Jan 2020 “Power Play: A Game Illustrating Power Transition in Authoritarian Regimes,” PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 53, No. 1 (2020): 167-171.
Dec 2019 Susan Turner Haynes, “Chinese Nuclear Strategy” in Baxter, Phil & Warren, Aidan, eds. Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century: A Technical, Policy, and Strategic Review (Routledge, London: 2019).
Nov 2019 “Acrimony, Asymmetry, and the Sino-Indian Nuclear Relationship,” The Nonproliferation Review Vol. 26, No. 5-6 (2019): 427-447.
June 2018 “The Power of Prestige: Explaining China’s Nuclear Weapons Decisions,” Asian Security Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer 2018): 35-52.
March 2018 “Dragon in the Room: Disarmament’s Missing Player,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2018): 25-47.
Jan. 2017 “Anarchy and the New Arms Race,” The Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Vol. 23, No. 3-4 (2016): 513-518.
July 2016 Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization, (Potomac Books, an Imprint of University of Nebraska Press, Dulles, Virginia: July 2016).
June 2016 “China’s Nuclear Threat Perceptions,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2016): 25-62.
July 2012 “China’s Bilateral Interactions with Russia” in Kavalski, Emilian, ed. The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy (University of Western Sydney, Australia: July 2012).
Jan. 2011 “China and Russia after the Russian-Georgian War,”
Comparative Strategy Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-March 2011): 50-59.
May 2009 “China and Russia and the Multipolar World Order: The Danger in the Undefined,” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No.1 (Spring 2009): 159-184.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
March 2019 “Faith in Foreign Aid: The Uneasy Alliance between the US Government and International Faith Based Organizations,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada-Ontario.
March 2019 “Russia's Quest for Platinum Status: Explaining Russia's Recent Nuclear Weapon Developments,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada-Ontario.
June 2018 “Sisterhood of Shame,” paper presentation at the Christian Scholars Conference in Nashville, Tennessee
March 2018 “Powerplay: Using Games to Teach Regime Change,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California.
June 2017 “Faith and Fear: Analyzing David Lipscomb’s ‘On Civil Government’ in the Time of Trump,” paper presentation at the Christian Scholars Conference in Nashville, Tennessee
March 2017 “The Dragon in the Room: Including the Missing Player in Nuclear Disarmament” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland
October 2016 “More than Membership: When Joining the Nuclear Club Isn't Enough,” International Studies Association South Regional Conference, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
March 2016 “From Russia to China: Lessons in Land-grabbing,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
March 2016 “The Power of Prestige: Explaining China’s Nuclear Developments,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
April 2019 “The Future of US Arms Negotiations” presentation at Vanderbilt University, Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute, Great Decisions course
Jan. 2019 “Engaging China in the Nuclear Disarmament Conversation,” virtual presentation to Department of Defense, Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Group, Future of Great Power Competition & Conflict Speaker Series
April 2018 “US Missile Defense Review- Priorities, Postures, and Pivots,” presentation at Belmont University, Global Dialogue Series
Aug. 2015 “China’s Nuclear Buildup” presentation at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 - present Assistant Professor at Lipscomb University
Courses taught: International Law, International Security, Counterterrorism, Research Methods, American Government, Comparative Politics, Constitutional Law, Chinese History & Politics, Politics of Developing Countries, American Foreign Policy, Great Ideas in Politics
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2020-2021 Member, CLAS Faculty Advisory Committee
2020-2021 Member, CLAS General Education Subcommittee
2018-2020 Lipscomb Media Ambassador Team
2019-2020 Chair, Operational Efficiencies Forward Working Group
2019-2020 Chair, Faculty Senate Revision Committee
2017-2018 Member, Provost Faculty Research Panel
2016-2017 Member, CLAS Faculty Advisory Committee
INTRA-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2020-2021 Faculty Sponsor, Lipscomb UNICEF Chapter
2018-2021 Faculty Sponsor, Lipscomb Model United Nations Team
2015-2021 Faculty Co-Sponsor, Pi Sigma Alpha,
2015-2021 Faculty Co-sponsor, Lipscomb Phi Alpha Delta, Law Fraternity
2015-2021 Coordinator & Moderator, TNWAC International Career Panel
2015-2019 Host, Political Science Bi-annual Cookout
2017-2019 Institutional Liaison, Tennessee Academic World Quest
2018 Coordinator, United States Institute of Peace Campus Visit
2018 Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders Refugee Exhibit
2018 Faculty Sponsor, Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Competition
2018 Lecturer, Lipscomb Landiss Lecture Series “Hidden Figures”
2016 Panelist, HumanDocs “The Look of Silence”
2015 Panelist, HumanDocs “Welcome to Leith”
EXTRA-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2017-2020 Executive Committee, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2017-2020 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2015-2019 Secretary, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2016-2020 Ad hoc Reviewer for The Nuclear Nonproliferation Review,
International Studies Quarterly, Strategic Studies Quarterly; Cold War History
June 2017 Session Chair, "Intersections of Faith and Politics: From the Contours of the First Amendment to the Role of Religious Bias in US Presidential Elections,” Christian Scholars Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jan. 2017 “Faith and Fear: Terrorism in the Modern World,” presentation at Donelson Presbyterian Church
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Tennessee World Affairs Council
Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, International Studies Association
Member, ISA Security Studies Section
Member, Christians in Political Science
2014 Ph.D., Political Science, George Mason University
2010 M.A., Political Science, George Mason University
2006 B.A. , Honors Political Science & Legal Studies,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
PUBLICATIONS
June 2021 “Government Funding for Faith-Based International Development: Empirical Evidence from a US Survey," Politics & Policy.
Jan 2020 “Power Play: A Game Illustrating Power Transition in Authoritarian Regimes,” PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 53, No. 1 (2020): 167-171.
Dec 2019 Susan Turner Haynes, “Chinese Nuclear Strategy” in Baxter, Phil & Warren, Aidan, eds. Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century: A Technical, Policy, and Strategic Review (Routledge, London: 2019).
Nov 2019 “Acrimony, Asymmetry, and the Sino-Indian Nuclear Relationship,” The Nonproliferation Review Vol. 26, No. 5-6 (2019): 427-447.
June 2018 “The Power of Prestige: Explaining China’s Nuclear Weapons Decisions,” Asian Security Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer 2018): 35-52.
March 2018 “Dragon in the Room: Disarmament’s Missing Player,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2018): 25-47.
Jan. 2017 “Anarchy and the New Arms Race,” The Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Vol. 23, No. 3-4 (2016): 513-518.
July 2016 Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization, (Potomac Books, an Imprint of University of Nebraska Press, Dulles, Virginia: July 2016).
June 2016 “China’s Nuclear Threat Perceptions,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2016): 25-62.
July 2012 “China’s Bilateral Interactions with Russia” in Kavalski, Emilian, ed. The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy (University of Western Sydney, Australia: July 2012).
Jan. 2011 “China and Russia after the Russian-Georgian War,”
Comparative Strategy Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-March 2011): 50-59.
May 2009 “China and Russia and the Multipolar World Order: The Danger in the Undefined,” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No.1 (Spring 2009): 159-184.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
March 2019 “Faith in Foreign Aid: The Uneasy Alliance between the US Government and International Faith Based Organizations,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada-Ontario.
March 2019 “Russia's Quest for Platinum Status: Explaining Russia's Recent Nuclear Weapon Developments,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada-Ontario.
June 2018 “Sisterhood of Shame,” paper presentation at the Christian Scholars Conference in Nashville, Tennessee
March 2018 “Powerplay: Using Games to Teach Regime Change,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California.
June 2017 “Faith and Fear: Analyzing David Lipscomb’s ‘On Civil Government’ in the Time of Trump,” paper presentation at the Christian Scholars Conference in Nashville, Tennessee
March 2017 “The Dragon in the Room: Including the Missing Player in Nuclear Disarmament” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland
October 2016 “More than Membership: When Joining the Nuclear Club Isn't Enough,” International Studies Association South Regional Conference, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
March 2016 “From Russia to China: Lessons in Land-grabbing,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
March 2016 “The Power of Prestige: Explaining China’s Nuclear Developments,” paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
April 2019 “The Future of US Arms Negotiations” presentation at Vanderbilt University, Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute, Great Decisions course
Jan. 2019 “Engaging China in the Nuclear Disarmament Conversation,” virtual presentation to Department of Defense, Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Group, Future of Great Power Competition & Conflict Speaker Series
April 2018 “US Missile Defense Review- Priorities, Postures, and Pivots,” presentation at Belmont University, Global Dialogue Series
Aug. 2015 “China’s Nuclear Buildup” presentation at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 - present Assistant Professor at Lipscomb University
Courses taught: International Law, International Security, Counterterrorism, Research Methods, American Government, Comparative Politics, Constitutional Law, Chinese History & Politics, Politics of Developing Countries, American Foreign Policy, Great Ideas in Politics
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2020-2021 Member, CLAS Faculty Advisory Committee
2020-2021 Member, CLAS General Education Subcommittee
2018-2020 Lipscomb Media Ambassador Team
2019-2020 Chair, Operational Efficiencies Forward Working Group
2019-2020 Chair, Faculty Senate Revision Committee
2017-2018 Member, Provost Faculty Research Panel
2016-2017 Member, CLAS Faculty Advisory Committee
INTRA-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2020-2021 Faculty Sponsor, Lipscomb UNICEF Chapter
2018-2021 Faculty Sponsor, Lipscomb Model United Nations Team
2015-2021 Faculty Co-Sponsor, Pi Sigma Alpha,
2015-2021 Faculty Co-sponsor, Lipscomb Phi Alpha Delta, Law Fraternity
2015-2021 Coordinator & Moderator, TNWAC International Career Panel
2015-2019 Host, Political Science Bi-annual Cookout
2017-2019 Institutional Liaison, Tennessee Academic World Quest
2018 Coordinator, United States Institute of Peace Campus Visit
2018 Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders Refugee Exhibit
2018 Faculty Sponsor, Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Competition
2018 Lecturer, Lipscomb Landiss Lecture Series “Hidden Figures”
2016 Panelist, HumanDocs “The Look of Silence”
2015 Panelist, HumanDocs “Welcome to Leith”
EXTRA-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2017-2020 Executive Committee, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2017-2020 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2015-2019 Secretary, Tennessee World Affairs Council
2016-2020 Ad hoc Reviewer for The Nuclear Nonproliferation Review,
International Studies Quarterly, Strategic Studies Quarterly; Cold War History
June 2017 Session Chair, "Intersections of Faith and Politics: From the Contours of the First Amendment to the Role of Religious Bias in US Presidential Elections,” Christian Scholars Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jan. 2017 “Faith and Fear: Terrorism in the Modern World,” presentation at Donelson Presbyterian Church
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Tennessee World Affairs Council
Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, International Studies Association
Member, ISA Security Studies Section
Member, Christians in Political Science
