Charity Butcher is an Instructor in Political Science.
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• PhD in Political Science, Indiana University, expected December 2008
• B.A. in Political Science, Transylvania University, 1999

Vitae

• POL-101: Introduction to Political Science
• POL-395: Advanced Special Topic: The International Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict
• POL-250: Politics of International Relations
• POL-295: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

• Security Studies
• Interstate and Intrastate Conflict
• Terrorism
• U.S. Foreign Policy
• Peace and Conflict Resolution
• International Rivalry Processes
• Territorial Disputes
• Contentious Politics
• Democratization and Regime Change
• Resource Wealth and Conflict/Regime Change
• Research Methods

• "Offense-Defense Theory: An Empirical Test," review of War and the Engineers: The Primacy of Politics over Technology. By Keir A. Lieber. International Studies Review. 8 (3) (Sept. 2006): 489-491.
• "Book Review: Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions" Book by Ellen Lust-Okar. Comparative Political Studies. 39 (2) (March 2006): 257-261.