Political Science Student Research

Articles Published in Professional Peer-Reviewed Journals

Bilsborough, Shane. "The Strategic Implications of China's Rare Earths Policy." Journal of Strategic Security, vol. 5, 3 (fall 2012): 1-12.
Fetzer, Joel S., and Brandon Alexander Millan. "The Causes of Emigration from Singapore: How Much is Still Political?" Critical Asian Studies, vol. 47, 2 (July 2015).
Marshall, Mason, and Shane A. Bilsborough. "The Republic's Ambiguous Democracy." History of Philosophy Quarterly, vol. 27, 4 (October 2010): 301-316. [Abstract]
Millan, Brandon Alexander and Joel S. Fetzer. "Public Support for the 1990 Student Democracy Movement and Emigration from Taiwan: Exit and Voice or Exit or Voice?" American Journal of Chinese Studies, vol. 15, 2 (October 2008): 111-122.
Newman, Brian and Adrian Davis. "Character and Political Time as Sources of Presidential Greatness." Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 46, no 2 (June 2016): 411-33. [Abstract]
Newman, Brian and Andrew Forcehimes. "'Rally Round the Flag' Events for Presidential Approval Research." Electoral Studies, vol. 29, no. 1 (March 2010): 144-54. [Abstract]
Newman, Brian, James L. Guth, William Cole, Chris Doran, and Edward J. Larson. "Religion and Environmental Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives." Environmental Politics, vol. 25, no. 2 (2016): 289-314. [Abstract]
Newman, Brian and Kevin Lammert. "Polls and Elections: Divided Government and Foreign Relations Approval." Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2 (June 2011): 375-92. [Abstract]
Newman, Brian and Emerson Siegle. "The Polarized Presidency: Depth and Breadth of Public Partisanship." Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 2 (June 2010): 342-363. [Abstract]
Ocepek, Melissa G. and Joel S. Fetzer. "The Causes of Pro-Immigration Voting in the United States Supreme Court." International Migration Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (Fall 2010): 659-96. [Abstract]
Rainwater, Shiloh. "Race to the North: China's Arctic Strategy and Its Implications," Naval War College Review, vol. 66, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 62-82.

Articles Published in Undergraduate Peer-Reviewed Journals

Bourke, Tyler J. "The Role of NGOs in the International Human Rights System: Case Study--IJM in Thailand." Global Tides, vol. 4, article 2 (2010).
Clausen, Taylor, "Why Bashar Al-Assad Remains in Power," Global Tides, vol. 9, article 8 (2015).
Clayton, Taylor, Billy Cole, and Paul Henderson. "God, Politics, and the Environment: Religious Affiliation and Voting Patterns by Congress on Environmental Legislation, 1970-2010." Global Tides, vol. 6, article 9 (2012).
Farber, Justin. "A Legal Analysis of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program." Global Tides, vol. 6, article 1 (2012).
Groves, Brendan, "An Innocent Murder? The Laws of International Armed Conflict and the 2006 Tragedy at Qana," Global Tides, vol. 1, article 1 (2007).
Kitsmarishvili, Anna. "The Rise of the Unilateral Executive." Global Tides, vol. 10, article 8 (2016).
Mull, Kelleen R. "The Pitfalls of the Microfinance Promise." Global Tides, vol. 10, article 9 (2016).
Mills, Kevin. "Israeli Immigration: An Analysis." Global Tides, vol. 1, article 4 (2007).
Morton, Catherine. "Reconciling American Marijuana Policy in a Federal System." Global Tides, vol. 7, article 11 (2013).
Myers, Christine N. "Tribalism and Democratic Transition in Libya: Lessons from Iraq." Global Tides, vol. 7, article 5 (2013).
Rear, Patrick G. "Ataturk's Balancing Act: The Role of Secularism in Turkey." Global Tides, vol. 8, article 9.

Articles Published in Editor-Reviewed Journals

Shane Bilsborough, "Counterlawfare in Counterinsurgency." Small Wars Journal, December 14, 2011.

Essays Published in Edited Books

Miller, Matthew G.. "Helen Caldicott," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 312-14.
Miller, Scott A. "Randall Forsberg," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 317-20.
Scott, Calvin M. "Mikhail Gorbachev," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 322-25.
Scott, Calvin M. "Woodrow Wilson," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 295-97.
Siegle, Emerson. "J. Robert Oppenheimer," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 302-305.
Young, Benjamin M. "Andrei Sakharov," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 307-309.
Young, Benjamin M. "Nicholas II," in Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, 2 vols., ed. Robert E. Williams, Jr. and Paul R. Viotti (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2012), 297-99.

Award-Winning Papers

Bilsborough, Shane. "The Strategic Implications of China's Rare Earth Policy." ISA-West Best Undergraduate Paper Award, 2011.
Booker, Alexander. "Finding a Frame that Fits: Analyzing Rival Framing of American Gun Control Policy in 2013." Pepperdine Library Undergraduate Research Award, Honorable Mention, 2014.
Clausen, Taylor. "Policy towards the Private Military Industry: A Focused Comparison of Sierra Leone, Croatia, and Iraq." Pepperdine Library Undergraduate Research Award, Honorable Mention, 2015.
Fisher, Wil. "Public Opinion towards Bicycle Lanes: The Case of New York." Pepperdine Library Undergraduate Research Award, 2014.
Galik, Alyssa. "Water Poverty in Disadvantaged Communities in California." Pepperdine Library Undergraduate Research Award, 2015.
Ryon, Rachel. "The Applicability of the Uniting for Peace Resolution to the Crisis in Burma." ISA-West Best Undergraduate Paper Award, 2010.

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