BRIAN J. PHILLIPS Curriculum vitae June 2015 División

BRIAN J. PHILLIPS
Curriculum vitae
June 2015
División de Estudios Internacionales
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Carretera México-Toluca 3655
Lomas de Santa Fe, México D.F. 01210
México
[email protected]
POSITION
Assistant Professor (Profesor Investigador Títular), Department of International Studies,
CIDE. June 2011-present.
EDUCATION
PhD, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2012.
Dissertation: “How Terrorist Organizations Survive: Cooperation and
Competition in Terrorist Group Networks.”
Fields of Study: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Research Methods
ICPSR quantitative methods program, University of Michigan, 2008, 2011.
MA, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
BA, Political Science, University of Cincinnati, 2005. High honors in major.
Editor-in-chief of university student newspaper.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Deadlier in the U.S.? On Lone Wolves, Terrorist Groups, and Attack Lethality.”
Terrorism and Political Violence, forthcoming.
“Civil War, Spillover, and Neighbors’ Military Spending.” Conflict Management and
Peace Science, forthcoming.
“How Does Leadership Decapitation Affect Violence? The Case of Mexican Drug
Trafficking Organizations.” 2015. Journal of Politics 77 (2): 324-366.
“What is a Terrorist Group? Conceptual Issues and Empirical Implications.” 2015.
Terrorism and Political Violence 27 (2): 225-242.
“Enemies with Benefits? Violent Rivalry and Terrorist Group Longevity.” 2015. Journal
of Peace Research 52 (1): 62-75.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
“Terrorist Group Cooperation and Longevity.” 2014. International Studies Quarterly 58
(2): 336-347.
“Foreign Aid as a Signal to Investors: Predicting Aid in Post-Conflict Countries.” 2014.
Journal of Conflict Resolution 58 (2): 280-306. Co-authored with Ana Carolina
Garriga.
“When Politicians Sell Drugs: Examining Why Middle East Ethnopolitical Organizations
Are Involved in the Drug Trade.” 2012. Terrorism and Political Violence 24 (2):
199-212. Co-authored with Victor Asal and Kathleen Deloughery.
Reprinted as a chapter in Intersections of Crime and Terror (James J. F.
Forest, ed.), New York: Routledge. 2012.
“Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism.” 2009. Journal of Conflict Resolution 53
(6): 878-904. Co-authored with Burcu Savun.
To be reprinted as a chapter in The Economics of Terrorism (Walter Enders, ed.),
Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
BOOK CHAPTER
“Los Particulares Desafíos que Grupos Terroristas Religiosos Presentan para Países
Democráticos” (The Particular Challenges that Religious Terrorist Groups Pose
for Democratic Countries), in forthcoming book “Democracia y Religión en
Medio Oriente y Norte de Africa” (Democracy and Religion in the Middle East
and North Africa), published by Universidad Anáhuac (Mexcito City) and Porrúa
BOOK REVIEW
The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas,
Courtney Jung. Cambridge University Press, 2011. In Política y Gobierno 28 (2):
362-364.
WORKING PAPERS
“Causes of Terrorist Group Cooperation and Competition.”
“Inequality and the Presence of Vigilante Groups.”
“How Does Designation as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ Affect Terrorist Groups?”
“Undercounting Terrorism in Autocracies?”
“Criminal Violence and Foreign Direct Investment.”
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
American Political Science Association 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 (accepted; conference
not held), 2013.
International Studies Association 2008, 2010-2013.
International Studies Association-FLACSO 2014.
Midwest Political Science Association 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015.
Peace Science Society 2012, 2014.
Political Networks 2011.
Society for Terrorism Research 2014.
Southern Political Science Association 2008.
REVIEWER
American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science,
Congressional Quarterly Press (books), Conflict Management and Peace Science,
Foreign Policy Analysis, Fondo de Cultura Económica (books), International
Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of
Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Oxford Economic Papers, Perspectives on
Terrorism, and Terrorism and Political Violence
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Peace Science Society (International)
Society for Terrorism Research
FUNDING
2014-2015
2013
2010-2011
2011
Fall 2009
Summer 2009
Summer 2008
Summer 2008
$5,000 Terrorism Research Award, START, University of
Maryland
$40,000 from Mexican government to host international
conference and write policy paper on intersections of
national security and public security
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Full Tuition for ICPSR at University of Michigan
Umberger Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Full Tuition for ICPSR at University of Michigan
International Studies Fund, Center for International Studies,
University of Pittsburgh
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TEACHING
Undergraduate
“International Security,” CIDE.
“Introduction to International Relations,” CIDE. Taught in Spanish.
“Conflict and War Theory,” University of Pittsburgh.
“U.S. Foreign Policy,” University of Pittsburgh.
Graduate lectures at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
“Terrorism and the Middle East,” For the graduate certificate, “Keys of the Middle East
for Latin America,” 2010-2014.
Graduate/professional
“Cases of Terrorism.” Class for Mexican federal police leadership.
2-hour seminar given on 15 different occasions. 2014, 2015.
THESIS DIRECTION AND READING
PhD
Rocío Alejandra Rivera Barradas. University of Miami. “Violence in Urban Mexico: A
Municipal Analysis of State Capacity and Competition Among Drug Trafficking
Organizations.” Defended May 2015. Outside reader.
BA (licenciatura) theses at CIDE
Guillermo Gómez García. “Narcoviolencia en México: Elecciones, Geografía, y
Cárteles.” Defended December 2014. Reader.
Amelia Olvera de la O. “Conflictos Violentos Territoriales: Circunstancias que Llevan
a una Resolución Pacífica.” Defended May 2014. Director.
Elsy María González Cubría. “Estados de Facto: El Problema del Reconocimiento de
Nuevos Actores en una Comunidad Internacional Cerrada.” Defended April 2014.
Director.
José Guillermo Castillo Koschnick. “El Perfil Geográfico del Homicidio en las Entidades
Federativas Mexicanas, 1995-2010: Una Aproximación Institucional.” Defended
January 2013. Reader.
RELEVANT SKILLS
Language: Spanish.
Software: ArcGIS geographic information system, STATA statistical, UCINET social
network analysis
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Cincinnati Enquirer, copy editor and online editor, 2003-2006.
United States Marine Corps, infantry, 1997-2001. Worked in U.S., Greece, Japan, Peru,
South Korea, and elsewhere.
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