Dr. CHARLES R. BOEHMER
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Employment
2002-presentUniversity of Texas at El Paso, Assistant Professor
1997-2002The Pennsylvania State University, lecturer
1997BinghamtonUniversity, lecturer
1996WesleyCollege, DoverDE, lecturer
Education
Ph. D. 2002The PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Major Field: International Relations.
Minor Fields: Methods, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory.
Dissertation: Economic Growth and Interstate Conflict: Growth as a Catalyst of Conflict.
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Stuart A. Bremer and D. Scott Bennett.
M.A. 1995University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
Major Fields: Political theory and international political economy
M.A. Thesis: Long Cycles in the Periphery of the Global Economy.
B.A. 1989West ChesterUniversity, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Major in International Relations and Political Science, Minor in History
Graduated cum laude
Publications
Boehmer, Charles, and David Sobek. 2005. “Violent Adolescence: State Development and the Propensity for Militarized Interstate Conflict.” Journal of Peace Research42(1). (Refereed)
Boehmer, Charles, Erik Gartzke, and Timothy Nordstrom. 2004. “Do Intergovernmental Organizations Promote Peace?” World Politics 57 (1): 1-38. (Refereed)
Gartzke, Erik, Quan Li, and Charles Boehmer. 2001. “Investing in the Peace: The Impact of Economics on International Conflict.” International Organization, 55(2):391-438. (Refereed)
Boehmer, Charles. 1998. “Peripheral Long Cycles in Trade and Production: The Peruvian and Argentine Cases.” Journal of the Third World Spectrum 5(Spring):51-86. (Refereed)
Reprint
Erik Gartzke, Quan Li, and Charles Boehmer. (2001), “Investing in the Peace: Economic Interndependence and International Conflict”, International Organization, 55 (2) reprinted in International Conflict and the Global Economy, edited by Edward D. Mansfield. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2004).
Current Submissions and Working Papers
“A Re-assessment of Liberal Pacifism at the Monadic Level of Analysis.” Invited to Revise and Resubmit to the Conflict Management and Peace Science.
“Disaggregating IGOs in Time and Space” (With Erik Gartzke, Joe Hewitt, and Tim Nordstrom). Under review as part of Journal of Conflict Resolution special issue.
“Institutional Attributes of IGOs and Interstate Peace: Examining the ‘Virtuous Circle’ of IGO Memberships and Interstate Conflict.” (With Timothy Nordstrom of the University of Mississippi) Submitted to International InteractionsJune 2006. Invited to Revise and Resubmit.
“If They Only Had Cake: The Effect of Food Supply on Civil War Onset, 1960-1999”, with David Sobek (LouisianaStateUniversity). Under review atJournal of Politics.
“Economic Growth and Violent International Conflict: 1875-1999.” Preparing for submission.
“Political Interstate Communities and Interstate Violence” (with David Sacko) preparing for submission.
“Combining Levels of Analysis in tests of the Liberal Peace by Controlling for Monadic Effect.”
“The Determinants of Open and Closed Borders”(with Sergio Peña).
“Tradeoffs in Trade Data?: Do Our Assumptions Affect Our Results.” With Bernadette Jungblut (University of Central Florida) and Richard Stoll (RiceUniversity).
“Political Interstate Community and the Escalation of Interstate Violence.” With David Sacko (United States Air Force Academy).
“Political Interstate Community and Peace: Fostering CommonState Preferences through Intergovernmental Organizations”.
“Regional Integration as a Vehicle for Development: Tangled Networks or Orderly Associations?” With Gaspare Genna. Recently presented in New Orleans and the Southern Political Science Association. Proposed the same for APSA 2007.
Conference Papers
“Regional Integration as a Vehicle for Development: Tangled Networks or Orderly Associations?”
2007. Presented with Gaspare Genna at the annual meetings of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 6th.
“Political Community and the Escalation of Interstate Violence.” 2006. Presented with David Sacko (United StatesAirForceAcademy) at the International Studies Association in San Diego, March 22.
“Peace by Numbers: Disaggregating IGOs in Time and Space.” 2006. Presented at the International Studies Association in San Digio, March 22, with Erik Gartzke (ColumbiaUniversity) and Tim Nordstrom (University of Mississippi), and Joe Hewitt (University of Maryland).
“Political Community and the Escalation of Interstate Violence.”2006. Presented with David Sacko (United StatesAirForceAcademy). By invitation only mini-conference on quantitative study of international organization. Held March 26th and 27th at Sea Lodge (since renamed La Jolla Shores Hotel) in La Jolla, CA.
“Peace by Numbers: Disaggregating IGOs in Time and Space.” 2006. Presented with Erik Gartzke (ColumbiaUniversity) and Tim Nordstrom (University of Mississippi), and Joe Hewitt (University of Maryland). By invitation only mini-conference on quantitative study of international organization. Held March 26th and 27th at Sea Lodge (since renamed La Jolla Shores Hotel) in La Jolla, CA.
“The Determinants of Open and Closed Borders”2006. Presented with Sergio Peña at Lineae Terrarum, University of Texas at El Paso, March 28th.
“Disaggregating IGOs in Time and Space.” 2006. Presented with Erik Gartzke (ColumbiaUniversity) and Tim Nordstrom (University of Mississippi), and Joe Hewitt (University of Maryland). By invitation only mini-conference, A New Science of International Organization, on quantitative study of international organization, hosted by University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia August 30th.
“Economic Growth and Violent International Conflict: 1875-1999.” 2006. Presented at Security, Globalization, andMass Society into the Global Information and Terrorism Age, sponsored by ISAC/ISSS, in Tucson, AZ, October 26th-28th.
“Tradeoffs in Trade Data? Do Our Assumptions Affect Our Results?” 2005. Presented at the annual meetings of the Peace Science Society International, November, Iowa City, IA., with Bernadette Jungblut and Richard Stoll.
“Political Community and Interstate Trade.” 2005. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 2, with David Sacko.
“Peace by Numbers: Disaggregating IGOs in Time and Space.” 2005. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 2, with Erik Gartzke and Tim Nordstrom.
“Political Community and the Escalation of Interstate Violence.” 2004. Presented at the Meetings of the Peace Science Society International, November 13th, in Houston, TX, with David Sacko.
“Prosperity or Sprawl: Economic Development and the Source of Civil War.” 2004. Presented at the Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2nd, Chicago, with David Sobek.
“Domestic Crisis and Interstate Conflict: The Impact of Economic Crisis, Domestic Discord, and State Efficacy on the Decision to Initiate Interstate Conflict.” 2004. Presented at the Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
“Economic Affinity and Liberal Pacificity: Why Democracies Really Kant Fight: Political Community and Peace.” 2004. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, March, Montreal, Canada, with David Sacko.
“Can Institutions Stop Internal Hemorrhaging?” 2003. Presented at the Meetings of theMidwestPolitical Science Association, April 3-6, Chicago, IL, with Christopher Reenock.
“Institutional Attributes of IGOs and Interstate Peace: Examining the ‘Virtuous Circle’ of IGO Memberships and Interstate Conflict.” 2003. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, February 26, Portland, OR, with Timothy Nordstrom.
“Combining Levels of Analysis in International Politics Research: Controlling for Monadic Processes in Dyadic Models.” 2003. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, February 27, Portland, OR.
“The Endogeneity of Joining IGOs and Interstate Conflict.” 2002. Presented at the Meetings of the Peace Science Society (International), November, Tucson, AZ, with Erik Gartzke and Timothy Nordstrom.
“Domestic Crisis and Interstate Conflict: The Impact of Economic Crisis, Domestic Discord, and State Efficacy on the Decision to Initiate Interstate Conflict.” 2002. Presented at the Meetings of the International Studies Association, March, New Orleans.
“Economic Growth, Domestic Discord, and the Initiation of Militarized Conflict: True dyadic effects versus monadic effects.” 2001. Presented at the Meetings of the Peace Science Society International.
“Violent Adolescence: State Development and the Propensity for Militarized Interstate Conflict.” 2001. Paper presented at the Meetings of the Western Political Science Association with David Sobek.
“Economic Growth, Strategic Interaction, and Interstate Conflict.” 2001. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association.
“Do Intergovernmental Organizations Promote Peace?” 2000. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of Peace Science Society International with Timothy Nordstrom and Erik Gartzke.
“Economic Growth and Interstate Bellicosity: A Comparative Test.” 2000. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association.
“Economic Growth and Interstate Conflict: A Comparative Test.” 2000. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association.
“Investing in the Peace: The Impact of Economics on International Conflict.” 1999. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association with Erik Gartzke and Quan Li.
“Bellicosity and Economic Growth: The Opportunity and Willingness to Engage in Militarized Interstate Disputes.” 1999. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association.
“Economic Growth and the Onset of MIDs.” 1998. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Peace Science Society International.
“Growth Cycles in Developing Countries and the Interdependence of the Global Economy.” 1998. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association.
Invited Talks and Lectures
Invited to speak to El Paso Electric Retirees Group, November 13, 2006
Guest lecturer (paid) at United States Air Force Academy, May 4th, 2006
Invited lecture as part of 47th annual Academy Assembly at the United StatesAirForceAcademy. “A Machiavellian Insight into Spreading Democracy: Overcoming Age-Old Problems in a New World?” (Honorarium paid) February 2005
Invited to speak to UTEP Young Republicans on “Bipartisanship and Foreign Policy”, March 30, 2003
Constitutional Crisis Committee of El Paso, March 15, 2003
Other Research Experience
1999-2000 Lab Assistant, Center for Political Analysis. Department of Political Science, PSU.
1999-2000 Research Assistant to Gretchen Casper
1999 Participated in Merriam Laboratory for Analytical Political Research workshop on Dynamic Modeling, at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1996-1997 Political Handbook of the World, 1997. Assistant Editor for Intergovernmental Organizations.
Teaching Experience and Courses offered
Undergraduate CoursesOffered
International Relations 7
Introduction to American Politics 4
Study of Politics 4
International Political Economy 2
Introduction to Political Theory 1
Political Theory: Machiavelli to Marx 1
Advanced Research Methods 1
Graduate Courses
Seminar on Research Methods 4
International Politics Seminar 3
International Political Economy 1
International Organization and Law 1
Honors, Grants, and Awards
Research grant from UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects for “The Determinants of Open and Closed International Borders.” With Sergio Pena. Proposal funded by URI, UTEP, for $2,850.00.
Conference Travel Grants from the Research and Graduate Studies Office of the College of Liberal Arts (RGSO), PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Dissertation Grant, RGSO, 2000.
Conference Travel Grants, Department of Political Science, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Charles Mayo Scholarship of Political Science, West ChesterUniversity, 1989.
Professional Organizations and Activities
Member of: American Political Science Association, International Studies
Association, Peace Science Society International, Midwest Political Science Association
Executive Member of Penn State Political Science Graduate Student Organization (2000-01)
Graduate Assistant to Director of Graduate Studies (Spring 2001)
Reviewed manuscripts in last two years
American Political Science Review (1)
American Journal of Political Science(2)
Journal of Politics (3)
International Studies Quarterly (2)
Journal of Peace Research (1)
Journal of Conflict Resolution (1)
British Journal of Political Science (1)
International Journal of Conflict Management (1)
Research and Teaching Interests
International relations: Peace and Conflict Studies, International Political Economy, InternationalOrganization, Border Politics and Theory.
Comparative politics:CivilConflict, Development, Regime Change, Political Capacity.
Research methods and statistics
Research methods
Research Design, Linear Regression, MLE, Time Series, Event History Analysis, Factor Analysis, GEE.
Stastical Software Skills
SPSS, STATA, Statistica, LIMDEP, RATS, Excel, Access.
Graduate Committee Work (completed)
MA Thesis Chair: Mark Gorman, Elsa Ontiveros
MA Thesis Secondary: Leslie Gonzales, Sudeshna Bhattacharyya, Amanda Vasquez
MA Thesis Outside: Magdolien Hajj (communications)
Media Appearences
TV news: 15
National Issues Forums broadcast on KCOS El Paso (PBS): 9
Radio: 6
Newspaper: 11
References
Dr. D. Scott Bennett. Phone: (814) 865-6566. Email:
Dr. Erik Gartzke. Phone: (212) 854-2208. Email:
Dr. John Oneal. Phone: (205) 348-3814 Email:
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