Melanie Sisson

Dissertation: Choosing to Lose: How Ex-Ante Expectations Determine Asymmetric Conflict Outcomes Committee: Steve Chan (Chair), David Bearce, Jaroslav Tir, Anand Sokhey, Thomas Zeiler Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2013 Fellow, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Shannon Martin

Dissertation: Financial Stability, Guaranteed: The Use of Bank Guarantees in Financial Crisis Containment Committee: Moonhawk Kim (Chair), Andy Baker, Joseph Jupille, David Bearce, Robert McNown Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2013 Vice President of Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management at Fortis Private Bank

Katie Tipton Martin

Dissertation: Coordinating Human Rights Compliance Committee: Moonhawk Kim (Chair), Steve Chan, Anna Spain, David Bearce, Andy Baker Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2013 Data Scientist at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR )

Duncan Lawrence

Dissertation: South of the Border: Immigration Attitudes in Latin America Committee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Andy Baker, David Brown, Anand Sokhey, Joanne Belknap Major Fields: Comparative Politics Ph.D. 2013 Senior Advisor, Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University

Mark Denniston

Dissertation: When the U.S. Supreme Court is Not the Last Word: Dialogue Between State Supreme Courts and its Role in State Constitutionalism Committee: John McIver (Chair), Vanessa Baird, Kenneth Bickers, Frank Colucci, Scott Moss Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2013 Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Weber State University

Katherine Amber Curtis

Dissertation: The Psychology of Political-Territorial Identification Committee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Joseph Jupille, Jennifer Wolak, Sara Hobolt, David Leblang Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2013 Associate Professor, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University

Michael Burch

Dissertation: The Political Economy of Rebel Financing Committee: Aysegul Aydin (Chair), David Bearce, Amy Liu, Jaroslav Tir, Lucy Chester Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2013 Associate Professor of Political Science, Eckerd College

Book cover

Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods for Social Science

Aug. 6, 2013