Resume

• 2005

  Ph.D.

  Political Science

  Master of Science (MS)

  Political Science

  Florida State University

• 2001

  BA

  International Relations

  The Flat Hat

  German House

• I help out yearly with volunteer duties for Festival International de Louisiane.

  Festival International de Louisiane

  Political Science

  SPSS

  Stata

  Statistics

  Research

  Quantitative Research

  Higher Education

  International Law

  Politics

  Editing

  Qualitative Research

  Regression Analysis

  Teaching

  University Teaching

  Data Analysis

  Maritime Law

  Policy Analysis

  Grant Writing

  International Conflict

  Public Speaking

  Understanding the Arctic: Three Popular Media Views on the North

  Review essay analyzing three recent books about the Arctic region.

  Understanding the Arctic: Three Popular Media Views on the North

  This article considers whether island states

  due to their geographical circumstances

  might be more likely to have maritime conflicts with each other.

  Island Exceptionalism and International Maritime Conflicts

  This article considers the problem of maritime piracy from an international legal perspective

  detailing flaws in the treatment of piracy under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

  Modern Piracy and the Law of the Sea

  Considers five types of oceanic resources that might attract international conflict.

  Oceans of Conflict? Determining Potential Areas of Maritime Disputes

  Considers the impact of offshore oil drilling technology on the likelihood of maritime conflict over reserves.

  Offshore oil development and maritime conflict in the 20th century: A statistical analysis of international trends

  This paper examines Barbadian newspaper coverage of the maritime dispute between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago over the waters of the flying fish.

  Culture

  Economics

  and Maritime Disagreements: Barbados and the Flying Fish

  Elizabeth

  Florida State University

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Georgia Southern University

  Lafayette

  LA

  Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. I was responsible for teaching undergraduate courses on international relations and comparative politics

  such as World Politics

  International Law

  and Middle Eastern Politics. I also advised students majoring in political science and international relations and was the faculty sponsor for UL's International Studies Society.

  Assistant Professor of Political Science

  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Statesboro

  GA

  Instructor in the Center for International Studies

  which houses the study abroad and international student programs as well as majors in International Studies and International Trade. I taught several sections of Introduction to International Studies

  as well as upper-level courses on international maritime governance and international law. I also advised undergraduate majors in our two degree programs

  attended teaching workshops and roundtables

  and promoted the department at conferences and on campus events.

  Visiting Instructor

  Georgia Southern University

  Sole instructor of 40-75 person undergraduate classes in international relations and comparative politics. Courses included Introduction to Comparative Politics

  International Law

  and Theories of International Relations.

  Florida State University

  Florida State University

  Tallahassee

  Florida

  Team member on National Science Foundation funded project examining proposed ideas for Arctic governance. I conducted interviews in the US and Canada of representatives of government agencies

  indigenous groups

  industry associations

  and other relevant institutions. I am also a co-author on a book based on our fieldwork discussing proposed visions of the Arctic in the five Arctic Ocean states.

  Post-Doctoral Associate

  Galveston

  TX

  I conduct research in the area of maritime policy. My area of research expertise is international maritime law and conflict

  and I have published multiple articles on these topics. I am particularly interested in maritime piracy as well as international conflict over oceanic resources such as fish or offshore oil and gas.

  Assistant Professor of Political Science

  Texas A&M University at Galveston

  Read news stories and formed chronologies of events for various territorial conflicts and border disputes in the Middle East. I then coded these chronologies for inclusion in a large-scale global conflict database.

  Florida State University

  German

  English

  Monroe Scholarship

  Received undergraduate research grant to create documentary on the history and geography of Iceland. Spent two weeks in southeast Iceland

  speaking to Icelanders and foreign visitors

  and filming activities in the city of Reykjavik as well as the natural wonders of the area.

  College of William and Mary

  NOAA Teacher at Sea

  Selected as a Teacher at Sea by NOAA to travel aboard a NOAA research vessel conducting reef fishery surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. I was responsible for assisting the scientists and blogging about the experience for NOAA. After my return

  I am responsible for engaging in relevant research and presentations about NOAA and their research and policy.

  NOAA

  Dissertation Grant

  Received grant to conduct archival research in Bridgetown

  Barbados on a maritime dispute between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. Read and coded newspaper articles covering the dispute between 1998-2008

  creating a dataset that explored the various lenses through which the dispute was viewed by different sources. An article based on this research is currently under review at a professional journal.

  Florida State University

  Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars

  Research award to support work on a book manuscript. Funding for the year included a semester sabbatical

  short research trips

  and conference support.

  Louisiana Board of Regents

  Janet Box-Steffensmeier Fellowship

  Received a fellowship to attend summer courses in advanced statistics at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. I took classes in Complex Adaptive Systems and Advanced Maximum Likelihood Estimation.

  University of Michigan