Curriculum Vitae

September 2006

 

Brian Lai

 


Department of Political Science

University of Iowa

341 Schaeffer Hall

Iowa City, IA 52242

 

Phone: 319-335-2353

Fax: 319-335-3400

Email: brian-lai@uiowa.edu

 

 

Educational and Professional History

 


I. Education

 

1996-2001       Ph.D., Political Science, Emory University.

Dissertation: “Military Mobilization and International Crises”

                       

1996-2000       M.A., Political Science, Emory University

 

1992-1996       B.A., Political Science and International Studies, Northwestern University

 

II. Positions

 

2001-               Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Department of Political Science

 

2000-2001       Instructor, Emory University, Department of Political Science

 

 


Scholarship

 

Publications

 

Brian Lai and Clayton Thyne Forthcoming. “The effect of civil war on education, 1980-1997.” Journal of Peace Research.

 

 

Brian Lai and Daniel Morey. Forthcoming. “The Impact of Regime Type on the Influence of US Foreign Aid” Foreign Policy Analysis

 

Brian Lai and Dan Slater. 2006. “Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes, 1950-1992.” American Journal of Political Science. 50(1): 113-126.

 

Brian Lai. 2006. “An Empirical Examination of Religion and Conflict in the Middle East, 1950-1992.” Foreign Policy Analysis. 2(1): 21-36.

 

Brian Lai and Ruth Melkonian-Hoover. 2005. “Democratic Progress and Regress: The Effect of Parties on the Transitions of States to and Away from Democracy.” Political Research Quarterly 58(4): 551-564.

 

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter. 2005. “Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use of Force in the United Kingdom, 1948-2001”. International Studies Quarterly 49(2): 255-272.

 

Brian Lai. 2004 “The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the Outcome of International Crises.”  The Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(11): 211-229.

 

Brian Lai. 2003. " Examining the Goals of US Foreign Assistance in the Post-Cold War period, 1991-1996." Journal of Peace Research 40:1: 103-128 

 

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter. 2000 "Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992." Journal of Conflict Resolution. 44:2:203-227.

 

Manuscripts Under Review

 

Brian Lai. “Rally Around the Tri-Color: Examining the Effect of War and Uses of Force on the Popularity of French Presidents.” Revise and Resubmit at International Interactions

 

Brian Lai. “’Draining the Swamp’: Empirical Examination of Factors that lead to the Production of International Terrorism, 1967-1997.” Submitted to Conflict Management and Peace Science.

 

Brian Lai. “Examining When States Stop Getting Aid, 1950-2000.” Submitted to International Studies Quarterly

 

Brian Lai and Fred Boehmke “Empirically Modeling Strategic Behavior with a Unified Model of Crisis Outcome and Duration.” Submitted to Journal of Peace Research

 

Working Papers

 

Brian Lai and Kevin Hansen. “Rally Around the UN: Public Opinion and Peacekeeping in Canada.”

 

Brian Lai and Kevin Hansen. “Do Treaties with Rivals Produce Rally Effects? An Empirical Analysis of the US, 1955-2002.”

 

Brian Lai and Erik Tillman. “The Impact of Regime Type on the Relationship between Conscription and Conflict.”

 

Brian Lai “The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the Outcome of International Crises”

 

Grants- Internal

 

Iowa Research Experience for Undergraduates (2005-6). $3,000.  2005-6.

 

Curriculum Development Award (2005-6). $4,000.

 

Second Old Gold Summer Fellowship (2003). $6,000.

 

Old Gold Summer Fellowship (2002). $6,000.

 

Curriculum Development Award (2001-2). $6,000.

 

Selected Conference Presentations

 

Brian Lai (with Kevin Hansen). “Rally Around the UN: Public Opinion and Peacekeeping in Canada.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2006, Chicago, IL.

 

Brian Lai (with Erik Tillman). “The Impact of Regime Type on the Relationship between Conscription and Conflict.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society. November, 2005, Iowa City, IA.

 

Brian Lai. “Securing Tenure: Authoritarian Institutions, International Conflict, and Leadership/Regime Survival.” Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2005, Washington D.C.

 

Brian Lai. “How Long Do States Receive Aid? Examining the Duration of US Foreign Aid Allocations, 1948-2000.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2005, Chicago, IL.

 

Brian Lai. “Rally Around the Tri-Color: Examining the Effect of War and Uses of Force on the Popularity of French Presidents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society. November, 2004, Houston, TX

 

Brian Lai. “Empirically Modeling Strategic Behavior with a Unified Model of Crisis Outcome and Duration.” Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2004, Chicago, IL

 

Brian Lai (with Daniel Morey). “Winning Votes: Examining How States Vote with the US in

the UN, 1950-1992.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2004, Chicago, IL.

 

Brian Lai. “Examining the Number of Incidents of Terrorism Within States, 1968-1977” Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2003, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Brian Lai. “The Initiation of Disputes by Authoritarian States, 1950-1992” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. March 2003, Chicago, IL.

 

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter “Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use of Force in the United Kingdom, 1948-1994” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society. October, 2002, Tucson, AZ

 

Brian Lai. “The Conflict Behavior of Authoritarian States.” ” Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2002, Boston, MA.

 

 

Brian Lai and Daniel Morey “Liberalism, Realism, and United Nations Voting:

An Empirical Test of Contending Theories” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2002, Boston, MA.

 

Brian Lai. “Empirically Modeling International Crises with a Heteroskedastic Probit Model.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2002, Chicago, IL.

 

Brian Lai. “The Effects and Causes of Secret Mobilization.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society. October, 2001, Atlanta, GA

 

Brian Lai. “Military Mobilization and International Crises.” Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2001, San Francisco, CA.

 

Brian Lai and Ruth Melkonian-Hoover. "Testing Theories of Democratic Development, 1950-1992." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2001, San Francisco, CA

 


Teaching

 

Courses Taught:

 

Undergraduate:

Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to American Foreign Policy, Advanced American Foreign Policy, and the Politics of Terrorism

 

Graduate:

International Politics, Foreign Policy, and Conflict and Cooperation

 

Dissertation Committees:

 

Clayton Thyne (Political Science)                      In Progress, Expected Finish May 2007 (co-chair)

Daniel Morey (Political Science)                       In Progress, Expected Finish July 2006

Dong-hun Kim (Political Science)                      In Progress, Expected Finish July 2006

Jeremy Youde (Political Science)                      Completed (co-chair), 2005

Ha-Lyong Jung (Political Science)                     Completed, 2002

 

 


Service

 

Professional

 

Conference Service

 

Co-Host (with Kelly Kadera and Sara Mitchell) of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society, November, Iowa City, IA.

 

Discussant and Chair for Conflict Processes Panel, ”Alliances and Conflict.”  Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2006, Chicago, IL

 

Discussant for International Relations and Domestic Politics Panel, “Domestic Political Approaches to International Political Issues.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2006, Chicago, IL

 

Discussant for Conflict Processes Panel, “Major Powers.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2005. Washington D.C.

 

Discussant and Chair for International Relations Panel, “Causes and Consequences of Terrorism.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2005, Chicago, IL

 

Discussant and Chair for International Relations Panel, “Politics of Military Alliances.”

Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2005, Chicago, IL

 

Discussant for Conflict Processes Panel, “International Systems.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2004. Chicago, IL

 

Discussant for International Relations Panel, “Alliances and Strategic Behavior.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2004, Chicago, IL

 

Discussant for Conflict Processes Panel, “Civil Conflict.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2003. Philadelphia, PA

 

Discussant for Foreign Policy Panel, “Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association, April 2003, Chicago, IL

 

Journal Reviewer:

 

American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics

 

Department

 

2005-6 Chair of Visiting Speakers Committee, Member of the Outcome Assessment Committee, Member of the Visiting Assistant Professor in Latin American Politics Search Committee, Chair of International Relations Qualifying Exam Committee

 

2004-2005 Chair of International Relations Qualifying Exam Committee

 

2003-2004- Members of Visiting Assistant Professor in International Relations Search Committee, Chair of International Relations Qualifying Exam Committee

 

2002-2003- Member of Graduate Admissions Committee, Member of International Relations Qualifying Exam Committee

 

2001-2002- Member of International Relations Qualifying Exam Committee

 

University

 

2006- Faculty Judge for James F. Jakobsen Conference

 

2003- Faculty Sponsor for Junior Faculty Development Program Fellow, Sevara Scharapova

 

Community

 

2006                Interviewed for Article in Daily Iowan

 

2005                Interviewed for Article in Daily Iowan

 

2004                Roundtable on Foreign Policy and the 2004 Election

Interviewed for Articles in the Iowa Press Citizen, Iowa City Gazette, and the Daily Iowan

 

2003                Interview on KCRG-TV

Interviewed for Articles in the Iowa Press Citizen, Iowa City Gazette, and the Daily Iowan

 

2002                                    Appearances on WSUI’s Iowa Talks

                                                      Interview on KCRG-TV

Interviewed for Articles in the Iowa Press Citizen, Iowa City Gazette, and the Daily Iowan

Speech on Terrorism for the Iowa City Council on Foreign Relations

 

2001                               Four Appearances on WSUI’s Iowa Talks

                                                 Two Interviews on KCRG TV

Interviewed for Articles in the Iowa Press Citizen, Iowa City Gazette, and the Daily Iowan