DR. KRISTA E. WIEGAND
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Hello! I am Director of the Global Security Program and Faculty Fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, and the Chair of Middle East Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I am an International Relations scholar specializing in international conflict management and political violence. 

I am Co-Editor-in-Chief with Dr. Brandon Prins of the journal International Studies Quarterly, the flagship journal of the International Studies Association. 

I can be reached for inquiries about my research, data sets, public talks, and media interviews at kwiegand at utk.edu or 865-974-0969. My address is Howard Baker Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee, 1640 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996-3839. 
EDUCATION
Duke University
Ph.D., Political Science, 2004
M.A., Political Science, 2001
Fields of concentration: International Relations & Security Studies

American University, School of International Service
M.A., Comparative & Regional Studies: Middle East, 1997
B.A., International Studies, 1993


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, 2018
Bridging the Gap International Policy Summer Institute, 2018
Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations & Strategy, 2003    
American University of Beirut, Intensive Arabic, 2002
MY LATEST CONTRIBUTIONS:
-My newest article "The U.S.-South Korea Alliance: How the Patron Benefits from the Protege" is available here.
-Listen to my podcast about legal strategies of China & the US
in the South China Sea - Center for International Maritime Security.
-War on the Rocks: "How Biden Should Handle the South China Sea Disputes"
-Duck of Minerva: "Can IR Have Its Own 'Big 3' Journals?"

-The NSF data project, Issues in Civil Wars (ICW)
is nearing completion!




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GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Korea Foundation, 2021
Consolidated Nuclear Security-Y-12, 2020-2021
National Science Foundation, 2018-2020
Department of Defense Minerva Initiative, 2015-2018

Fulbright Senior Scholar, De La Salle University, Philippines, 2017
Visiting Scholar, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2016

POSCO Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2013

Last updated August 12, 2021

  • About Me
    • International Experience
  • CV
  • Research
    • Journal Articles & Policy Reports
    • Datasets
    • Books
    • Conferences & Workshops
  • Public Talks & Interviews
  • Teaching