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JONATHAN B. ISACOFF

Political Science Department

Environmental Studies Department

Box 52, Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA 99258-0052

Tel.: 509-991-1637 (cell)

Fax: 509-313-5718

EDUCATION

2002Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, Political Science

1998M.A.University of Pennsylvania, Political Science

1996Middlebury Language School-Arabic

1995M.P.A.Cornell University, Public Administration

1992B.A.Cornell University, History

EMPLOYMENT

Academic Positions

2016-Professor, Political Science andEnvironmental Studies, Gonzaga University

2008-2016Associate Professor, Pol. Science andEnvironmental Studies, Gonzaga University

2006-2015Founding Chair, Environmental Studies Department, Gonzaga University

2004-2008Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Gonzaga University

2002-2004Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Dept., Saint Joseph's University

2001-2002Visiting Instructor, Political Science Department, Haverford College

Non-Academic Positions

1994-1995Consultant, MeretzUSA/Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace

1992-1993Confidential Assistant to Governor Mario M. Cuomo, State of New York

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2017Brandeis University Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Fellowship, $2,500

2015Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) G2015-P3-Phase 1 Grant, Co-Investigator (Noel Bormann, Principal Investigator), $15,000

2008UCLA Center for Middle East Development/Routledge Press, Commissioned Review, TheIsrael-Palestine Conflict: Parallel Discourses, $2,000

2008Gonzaga University, Service Learning-Civic Engagement Grant, $2,000

2007Gonzaga University, Service Learning-Civic Engagement Grant, $2,000

2006Gonzaga University, Service Learning-Civic Engagement Grant, $2,000

2005Gonzaga University, Research Council Grant, $500

2003International Studies Association (ISA) Travel Grant, $500

2001International Studies Association (ISA) Travel Grant, $500

1997Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Palestine Abraham Center forLanguages, Gaza, Palestine, $5,000

1996Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Middlebury College Language School,Arabic Program, $5,000

AWARDS

2012Exemplary Faculty Award, Gonzaga University

1999Graduate Student AssociationCouncil Teaching Excellence Award, University of Pennsylvania

PUBLICATIONS

Books

John Dewey and the Politics of Hope. Manuscript in preparation.

2006Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Pragmatism and Historical Inquiry. Lanham, MD: LexingtonBooks, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield.

  • Choice recommended title.

Reviewed in:

  • Choice
  • H-Net
  • IsraelStudies Forum (Published by the Association for Israel Studies)
  • Journal of Palestine Studies
  • Middle East Journal
  • Perspectives on Politics (Published by the American Political Science Association (APSA))
  • Pitt Political Review

Publications-Refereed Journal Articles and Chapters

2015"On the Historical Imagination of IR: The Case for a 'Deweyan Reconstruction,'" reproduction of 2002 article in Halvard Leira and Benjamin de Carvalho, Eds., Historical International Relations, SAGE Library of International Affairs Collection. Sage Publications.

2015“Why IR Needs Deweyan Pragmatism,” Perspectives on Political Science, Volume 44, No. 1.

2014“Achieving what Political Science is for,” Journal of Political Science Education, Volume 10, No. 4.

2008“Pragmatism, History, and IR,” in Harry Bauer and Elisabetta Brighi, Eds., Pragmatism in International Relations. London, UK: Routledge.

2005“Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Historical Bias and the Use of History in Political Science,”Perspectives on Politics,Vol. 3, No. 1.

2003“Why Diplomacy Failed and How it could Have Succeeded,” in Art Shostak, Ed., Defeating Terrorism/Developing Dreams: Beyond 9/11 and the Iraq War, Vol. 3. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House.

2003"Systemic Interpretations and the National Interest: Presidential “Lessons of Vietnam”International Relations, Vol. 17, No. 2. (With Wesley W. Widmaier).

2002"On the Historical Imagination of IR: The Case for a 'Deweyan Reconstruction,'" Millennium:Journal of International Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3.

Publications-Book Reviews

2008Review of Matthew Klingle, Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle, Columbia (June).

2003Review of Douglas Little, American Orientalism, Intelligence and National Security, Volume 18, No. 3.

2003Review of Michael Oren, Six Days of War, Intelligence and National Security, Volume 18, No. 3.

2002"Constructing Death: Norms, War, and Civilian Casualties." Review of Ward Thomas, TheEthics of Destruction, H-Diplo, H-Net Humanities and Sciences Online.

2000Review of Keith Jenkins, Why History? Ethics and Postmodernity, International Studies Review, Vol. 2, No. 3.

1999Review of Motti Golani, Israel in Search of a War, Israel Studies Bulletin.

Other Publications

2015Featured eBird Northwest Hotspot: Lincoln Canyons Highlighting Mill Canyon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird Northwest Portal,

2015Featured eBird Northwest Hotspot: Slavin Ranch (Spokane, Washington), Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird Northwest Portal,

2014“Birding Sprague,” WOSNews (newsletter of the Washington Ornithological Society) #151.

2010“eBird,” WOSNews (newsletter of the Washington Ornithological Society) #126,

2007"Zags on the Trail," Peak Experience (newsletter of Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness) Vol. 3, No. 6.

2007"Tales of Scotchman Peaks: Rain, Sleet or Shine," Peak Experience, (newsletter of Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness) Vol. 3, No. 1.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

2017“The Effects of Multicultural v. Non-Multicultural Policies on Muslim Immigrant Integration,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (with Stacy Taninchev)

2006“Pragmatism, Political Science, Politics,” American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA.

2006“Power between North and South: External Influence and State-Making in the Modern MiddleEast,” 47thInternational Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA.

2005“The Rise of a Middle Eastern “Great Power”: Arab-Israeli State Development in HistoricalPerspective,” Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (PNWPSA), Coeur D’Alene, ID.

2003"Constructing Foreign Policy Crises: The Vietnam War and the Definition of the NationalInterest," 44thInternational Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR. (With W Widmaier).

2002(By Invitation) “John Dewey and Historical IR,” “Pragmatism and International Relations,”conference sponsored by Millennium: Journal of International Studies, London School ofEconomics and Political Science, London, UK.

2002"Pragmatism, International Relations, and Historical Inquiry," 43rd International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans.

2001"The Historical Revisionism Problem in Sinai 1956 and Vietnam,"42nd International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago, IL.

2000(By Invitation) "Between Militarism and Moderation: Security, Partnership, and the Insolubilityof the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," "Redefining Security in the Middle East: Effects of thePeace Process," McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

2000"Learning from History: International Relations, Historiology, and Suez 1956," 41st International Studies Association (ISA), LosAngeles, CA.

1998"Space, Security, and Expansion in Israel-Palestine," 39th International Studies Association (ISA), Washington, DC.

1998“National Security, Political Discourse, and Territorial Disputes,” 30thNortheastern Political science Association (NPSA), Boston, MA.

1998“Political Discourse and State Expansion in International Politics,” Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), Atlanta, GA.

1997"Towards a Liberal Materialist Theory of State Expansion: The United States 1775-1848 andIsrael 1967-1997," 29thNortheastern Political Science Association (NPSA), Philadelphia, PA.

Other Conference Participation

2007Chair, International Relations Panel, Pacific Northwestern Political Science Association(PNWPSA), Spokane, WA.

2005Discussant, International Relations Panel, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association(PNWPSA), Coeur D’Alene, ID.

2003Co-Chair, "The Social Construction of International Crises, State Interests, and the Use of Knowledge," International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR.

2002Chair, "Pragmatism & International Relations," International StudiesAssociation (ISA), New Orleans, LA.

2001Chair, "Influence of PublicOpinion on Policy Choices," Northeastern Political ScienceAssociation (NPSA), Philadelphia, PA.

INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES

2015“World Relief Panel on Syrian Refugee Crisis,” Whitworth University, February 24.

2013“President Obama and Pragmatism,” Inland Northwest Pragmatism Network, Gonzaga University, January 26.

2010"What We Can Learn" Lecture, with Brian Steverson, endowed lecture series at Gonzaga University, October 21.

2010"The Arab-Israeli Conflict," Gonzaga GEL Weekend Lecture, April 17.

2009 “What Can the US do about the Arab-Israeli Conflict?” Inspired to Learn Gonzaga Alumni Lecture Series, Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, WA, February 26.

2008 “What is Terrorism and How Does America Respond?: Offense, Defense, and the War on Terror,” Great Decisions Lecture, Whitworth University, February 21.

2007College Hall Inauguration Day Lecture, “Why the Arab-Israeli Conflict Persists and What the US Can Do About It,” Gonzaga University, October 20.

2006“Beyond Shah’s and Ayatollah’s: A Historical Perspective on Iran and the US 1945-2006,” Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, July 5.

2006“Democracy in the Middle East?” Coeur D’Alene Democratic Club, April 14.

2004“Through the Looking Glass of Terror: A View of America’s War on Terror from the Outside-In,” Inaugural Lecture, Other Side of War Series, Gonzaga, September 28.

2003“Israel and Palestine: Peace and Resistance,” Panel, Saint. Joseph’s University, March 6.

2003"International Implications of the Iraq War," Saint Joseph’s University, March 24.

2003Great Decisions: US-Saudi Relations,” World Affairs Council, Philadelphia, PA, February 25.

2003“USA at War,” Voices of Change Week Panel, Saint Joseph’s University, February 17.

2003“Scholar Shabbat,” Temple Bnai Aaron, Havertown, PA, February 7.

2003“War or Peace w. Iraq: Spiritual and Moral Issues,” Saint. Katherine’s, Wayne, PA, January 30.

2002“War with Iraq,” Panel sponsored by Penn Forum and Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania, October 22.

2002“War with Iraq?” Faith Justice/International Relations Panel, St. Joseph’s University, September 24.

2002"Seeds of Peace of Roots of Discord: The Past and Present of Israel and Palestine" Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA, January 27.

2001"The Historical Revisionism Problem and International Relations," Political Science Department, University of Delaware.

2001"Terrorism, Islam, and the Future for US Foreign Policy," Bishop McDevitt High School, Philadelphia, PA, October 24.

2000"From Blackboard to Bargaining Table: IR Theory and International Mediation in Practice," Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Blue Bell, PA, January 26.

1999"International Relations and International Mediation: Theory and Practice," Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Newtown Square, PA, October 21.

1999"From Blackboard to Bargaining Table: IR Theory and Int. Mediation in Practice," Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Norristown, PA, Oct. 9.

1999"Beyond Oslo, Saddam, and King Hussein," Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Wallingford, PA, April 14.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

CN8-Comcast TV News, Philadelphia, PA

Fars News Agency, Iran (Translated in Persian)

Lynn Doyle Show, CN8-Comcast, TV Philadelphia, PA

Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA

WSBN, Radio 1230, Spokane, WA

WTVI, ABC TV Affiliate, Philadelphia, PA

WB17, Warner Brothers TV Affiliate, Philadelphia, PA

COURSES TAUGHT

Comparative/International Politics

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Introduction to International Relations

Understanding Global People and Politics (First Year Seminar (FYS))

War and Peace

Environmental Politics and Policy

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Climate Change Science and Politics (Co-taught with Dr. Hugh Lefcort, Biology, fall 2017)

Ecological Thought and Politics(Service Learning 2008-2011)

Environmental Politics and Policy

Global Environmental Politics

Middle Eastern Politics

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Comparative Middle East Politics

Democracy in the Middle East

SERVICE

Manuscript Reviewer

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

International Studies Perspectives

International Studies Review

Journal of Political Science Education

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

Review of International Studies

Longman Publishers

Lynne-Reiner Publishers

McGraw Hill Publishers

Routledge Publishers

University Service – Committees and Appointments

2016-Wellness Committee, Gonzaga University

2016-2017Chair, Environmental Studies Program Review Committee, Gonzaga University

2014-2015Chair, First Joint Biology/Environmental Studies Faculty Search Committee, Gonzaga University

2014-Cataldo Project Sustainability across the Curriculum Advisory Committee

2013-2014Sustainability Director SearchCommittee, Gonzaga University (appointed by Academic Vice President)

2013-2014College of Arts and Sciences Rank, Promotion, and Tenure Procedures Committee, Gonzaga University

2011-2012Chair, First Environmental Studies Faculty Tenure-line Search Committee, Gonzaga University

2009-Faculty Advisor, Gonzaga Environmental Organization (GEO)

2007-2009Service Learning Advisory Board, Gonzaga University

University Service – Programs/Events Organized

2014Environmental Studies Internship Program workshop, Gonzaga University

2011-2012University Environmental Studies Strategic Planning Faculty Summit workshops, convenedby Academic Vice President, Gonzaga University

2011Visit to Gonzaga University by Deans of Woodrow Wilson, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Tufts Fletcher Schools

2011Public Lecture at Gonzaga, Paul Bannick, Author and Photographer,The Owland the Woodpecker, Development Director, Conservation Northwest

2009Public Lecture at Gonzaga University, Clean Energy America, November 2

2007Public Lecture at Gonzaga University, Patty Martin, Director, Safe Foods andFertilizer, November 12

2007Public Lecture at Gonzaga University, Phil Hough, Chair, Friends of ScotchmanPeaks Wilderness, September 19

2006Public Lecture at Gonzaga University, Doug Scott, Policy Director, Campaign forAmerica’s Wilderness, October 30

2006Visit to Gonzaga University by Deans of: Woodrow Wilson, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Johns HopkinsSchool of Advanced International Studies (SAIS),and Tufts Fletcher Schools, October 15

Community Service and Citizen Science

2015-2016Chair, Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) Patrick Sullivan Young Birders Fund

2012-Reviewer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird

2012-2014Board Member, Washington Ornithological Society (WOS)

2010-Photographer, Washington Ornithological Society (WOS)

2009-2014Field Trip Chair, Spokane Audubon Society

2006-2008Co-Chair, Spokane Mountaineers Hiking Committee

2005-Field Trip Leader

  • Coeur D’Alene Audubon Society
  • Dishman Hills Conservancy
  • Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
  • Spokane Audubon Society
  • Spokane Mountaineers
  • Washington Ornithological Society (WOS)

LANGUAGES

Arabic (4 years formal training)

Hebrew (2 years formal training)

French (6 years formal training)

Updated September 2016