CURRICULUM VITAE
Beth K. Dougherty
| Associate Professor, Political Science |
| Manger Chair of International Relations |
| Beloit College |
| 608-363-2084 |
| Email: doughert@ beloit.edu |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., May 2001, University of Virginia
- Dissertation Title: Breaking Away: Identity, Intervention & Secession.
- Readers:
- R. K. Ramazani
- Robert Fatton
- William Quandt
- Norman Graebner
- Fields:
- Comparative Politics (Middle East)
- Foreign Policies of the Middle East and United States
- International Politics and Theory
- Contemporary Middle Eastern Political Thought
M.A., May 1990, University of Virginia
- Thesis Title: The Reagan Administration & Angola
B.A., cum laude, May 1987, Chatham College
- Senior Thesis Title: Mortal Struggle: The Iran-Iraq War
PUBLICATIONS
Under review, Beth K. Dougherty, “Sect, Trials, and the United States: Searching for Transitional Justice in Iraq,” Middle East Policy, (submitted August 2007).
Beth K. Dougherty, “Angola,” in Civil Wars of the World, edited by Uk Heo & Karl DeRouen, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA: ABC – Clio Press (2007).
Steve Saideman, Beth K. Dougherty, & Erin Jenne, “Dilemmas of Divorce: How Secessionist Identities Cut Both Ways,” Security Studies 14, 10 (Oct – Dec 2005): 607 – 636.
Edmund Ghareeb with Beth K. Dougherty, A Historical Dictionary of Iraq, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Searching for Answers: Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” African Studies Quarterly 8, 1 (Fall 2004): available at http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Victims’ Justice, Victors’ Justice: Iraq’s Flawed Tribunal,” Middle East Policy 11, 2 (Summer 2004): 61-74.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Right-sizing International Criminal Justice: The Hybrid Experiment at the Special Court for Sierra Leone,” International Affairs 80, 2 (March 2004): 311-328.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Teaching African Conflicts,” Active Learning in Higher Education 4, 3 (November 2003): 271-283.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Byzantine Politics: Using Simulations to Make Sense of the Middle East,” PS: Political Science (April 2003): 239-244.
Beth K. Dougherty, “Comic Relief: Using Political Cartoons in the Classroom,” International Studies Perspectives 3, 3 (August 2002): 258-270.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Central Treaty Organization,” “Qatar,” “Mohammed Siad Barre, and “United Arab Republic,” in Dictionary of the Developing World, edited by Thomas Leonard, New York: Routledge, 2006.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Transitional Justice on Trial: Evaluating the Iraq High Tribunal. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, March 2007.
Combating Impunity: The Charles Taylor Case. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2006.
Dropping the Ball on International Justice: the Bush administration in the post-9/11 world. Paper delivered at the “War Crimes and International Responsibility: Human Rights, Law and Governance” conference at Florida International University, Miami, February 2006.
Implementing Lessons Learned: Innovations and Adaptations at the SCSL. Paper delivered at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2005.
Pursuing Justice on a Shoestring: The Case of Sierra Leone. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, March 2005.
Achieving Justice on a Shoestring: The Special Court for Sierra Leone. Paper delivered at the “Challenges and Paths to Justice” conference, Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October, 2004.
Right-sizing International Criminal Justice: The Hybrid Experiment at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Paper delivered at the “Senses of Right and Wrong” conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2003.
Beyond Impunity? The Role of International Criminal Courts in Promoting Justice. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual International Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, June 2003.
No Punishment Can Ever Be Sufficient: The Special Court for Sierra Leone. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, February 2003.
Teaching African Conflicts. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2002.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Explaining the Frequent Failure of Secessionist Movements. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 2001.
Comic Relief: Using Political Cartoons in the Classroom. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 2001.
Secessionist Foreign Policy and the Strategic Use of Identity. Paper co-authored with Stephen M. Saideman. Delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000.
Byzantine Politics: Using Simulations to Make Sense of the Middle East. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000.
Making the Real World Relevant: Use of Simulations in Teaching. Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 1999.
Iraq and Sovereignty After the Gulf War. Paper delivered at International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 1998.
The Politics of Eritrean Identity Formation. Poster presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 1997.
The Precipitants and Preconditions of Secession. Paper delivered at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, Tampa, FL, November 1995.
State, Society and Saddam: The Political Future of Post-Saddam Iraq. Paper delivered at the Association of Third World Studies Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, October 1994.
How to Succeed at Secession: Lessons from the Eritrean Experience. Paper delivered at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 1994.
The Bush Administration’s Response to the 1991 Uprisings in Iraq. Paper delivered at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 1993.
INVITED LECTURES
The Iraq War. Janesville School District Global Issues Forum: Iraq, Janesville, WI, May 2007.
Update on the UN: Promise and Reality in Post-Conflict Peace-Building. League of Women Voters, Rockford, IL, April 2007.
Mistaking Vengeance for Justice in Iraq: Missed Opportunities in the Trial & Execution of Saddam. Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI, April 2007.
Torture, Justice and the American Way. League of Women Voters, Rockford, IL, April 2007.
Update on the Iraq War. Cedar Crest Retirement Home, Janesville, WI, October 2006.
Keynote address on study abroad, Wisconsin NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Geneva, WI, April 2006.
History of Iraq. Conference “Disentangling the Iraq War: History, Politics, Media, and the Veteran Experience,” Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI, March 2006.
Buyer’s Remorse: Iraq, the Bush administration, and the American public. League of Women Voters, Janesville, WI, September 2005.
Iraq after the Elections. Lion’s Club, Janesville, WI, February 2005.
No Punishment Can Ever Be Sufficient: Confronting Mass Atrocities. League of Women Voter’s Annual Luncheon, Rockford, IL, November 2004.
All the King’s Horses: Can Iraq Be Put Together Again? American Association of University Women, Janesville, WI, October 2004.
International Criminal Tribunals. Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004.
Confronting Evil: Punishing Mass Atrocities in Iraq and Sierra Leone. A. Frank Smith Lecture Series, Southwestern University, April 2004.
Legacy of Ataturk & Turkey and the European Union, NAFSA: Association of International Educators’ Turkey Workshop, Atlanta, GA March 2004.
Welcome to Free Eritrea: The Construction of National Identity in an African State, 2003 Jackson Lecture, Baylor University, April 2003.
Imperial Temptation: The U.S. and the Future of Iraq. Highland Community College, Freeport, IL, October 2002.
UN Peacekeeping in the 21st Century. League of Women Voters, Manitowac, WI, March 2002.
Internationalizing a Curriculum. Faculty Conference at Edgewood College, Madison, WI, January 2002.
The Language of War: Constructing Right and Wrong in the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Global Issues Series Lecture, Baylor University, Waco, TX, October 2001.
Afghanistan & the Taliban. Coalition for Peace and Justice, Rockford, IL, October 2001.
The Roots of Anti-American Sentiment in the Middle East and Islamic Worlds. League of Women Voters, Rockford, IL, September 2001.
The Middle East After Desert Storm. Council on Foreign Relations, Charlottesville, VA, February 1992.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Beloit College, 1996-present
introductory level:
- International Politics
- UN Diplomacy (Model United Nations)
- First Year seminar - Origins of National Identity, Contemplating Evil
upper level:
- African International Relations
- Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- International Law and Organizations
- Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
- U.S. Foreign Policy
- Politics of West Asia (Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Turkey, Afghanistan)
seminar level:
- Human Rights Seminar
- Senior Seminar in International Relations
Bogazici University, summer term 2002 - 2004 (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Comparative and International Politics of the Middle East
- Introduction to International Relations
University of Virginia, Instructor, 1992-1995
University of Virginia, Teaching Assistant, 1988-1992
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
- Cornerstone Award for International Relations, Chatham College, 2007.
- Travel Grant to Sierra Leone, Office of the President, Beloit College, 2005.
- Fulbright Scholar, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, Fall 2003
- Manger Chair of International Relations, June 2002 - present
- Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science, 2001
- Mouat Junior Professor of International Studies, Beloit College, 2000-2002
- Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, Beloit College, 1999
- Keefer Travel Grant, Beloit College, 1996-97, 2001
- DuPont Fellowships, University of Virginia
- Academic Enhancement Fellowship, University of Virginia
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, University of Virginia
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
- Human Rights / Humanitarian Interventions
- African International Relations
- Domestic & Foreign Policies of the Middle East
- Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Organizer, four linked panels on transitional justice, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2008.
Participant and discussion facilitator, ACE Internationalization Collaborative meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2007.
Chair, Transitional Justice: Truth-Seeking in Post-Conflict Rebuilding, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2007.
Co-organizer and panelist, Teaching Peace, Justice, and Human Rights, Associate Colleges of the Midwest workshop, Beloit College, January 2007.
Panelist and participant at the workshop on teaching human rights at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.
Teaching Iraq: What to Do When It Is Complicated, Controversial, and Current. Presentation at the University of Wisconsin, Madison conference “Change in the Middle East: Disciplinary and Pedagogical Perspectives,” November 2005.
Participant, Associated Colleges of the South Global Partners Turkey Program meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 2005.
Chair and organizer, Truth, Justice and Accountability After Mass Atrocities, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, March 2005.
Consultant and keynote speaker, Internationalization of the Saint Xavier University Campus and Curriculum, Chicago, IL, February 2005.
Participant, ACE Internationalization Collaborative meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2005.
Panelist, Israel and Palestine, Highland Community College, Freeport, IL, January 2005.
Invited participant, Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in Post-conflict Societies: The Role of International Actors, Wilton Park conference, January 2005.
State Collapse and De-Development: Teaching African Conflicts. Presentation at the ACM Conference on African Studies, Colorado Springs, CO, September 2004.
The Special Court for Sierra Leone. Cotton Tree Association of Sierra Leone Annual Fundraising Dinner, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2004.
Teaching with Film. Presentation at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY, New York, NY, May 2004.
Chair and organizer, Internationalizing Campus & Curriculum: Ideas and Innovations, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004.
No Punishment Can Ever Be Sufficient: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, lecture at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2003.
Internationalizing the Curriculum, presentation at the ACE meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2003.
Rowman & Littlefield Award committee, American Political Science Association, 2002.
Chair and organizer, Funs and Games: Innovative Techniques in Teaching International Relations, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2002.
Discussant, Innovation and Imagination in the Teaching of International Relations, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2002.
Chair and organizer, Genocide and Intervention: A Retrospective on Rwanda, one-day conference at Beloit College, February 2002.
Consultant and keynote speaker, Internationalizing Campus and the Curriculum, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, January 2002.
Discussant, Teaching with Case Studies, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 1998.
PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL
CIEE Faculty Development Seminar, Cambodia & Vietnam, July 2006.
Research trips to Sierra Leone, November 2003, October 2004, May-June 2005.
Travel to Turkey, June-August 2002, June -August 2003, October 2003, June-August 2004.
CIEE Faculty Development Seminar, Ghana, July 2001.
CIEE Faculty Development Seminar, Jordan, June 2004.
Travel in Turkey with Baylor-in-Turkey summer program, June 2001.
Global Partners Faculty Seminar in Turkey, June 2000.
Travel to Syria and Oman, June-July 2000.
Research trip to Eritrea, Jordan and Palestine, June-July 1997.
Research trip to Eritrea & Egypt, October-November 1994.
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Member, Faculty Status & Performance Committee, 2004-present.
Chair, Political Science department, January 2007- present.
Chair and Major Advisor, International Relations program, Fall 1997-present.
Chair and Minor Advisor, African Studies minor, Fall 2001- present.
Member, Weissberg Chair Committee, Spring 1999-present.
Chair, Political Science Search Committee, Summer 2007 – Spring 2008.
Chair, International Relations Search Committee, Summer 2006 – Summer 2007.
Mentor, Scott Lyngass & Joy Beckman, Fall 2004 – present.
Member, Teaching and Learning Task Force, Fall 2006 – April 2007.
Member, Communications subcommittee of the strategic plan, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007.
Member, Development Search Committee, Summer 2006.
Member, Economics Search Committee, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.
Member, International Education Committee, Fall 2002 – Spring 2003.
Member, Academic Policy Committee, Spring 2001- Spring 2003.
Member, International Education Assistant Director Search Committee, Summer 2003.
Advisor and Moderator of a session at Student Symposium, April 2003.
Member, International Relations Search Committee, Spring 2003.
Member, Political Theory Search Committee, Spring 2003.
Member, International Education Week planning committee, Summer -Fall 2002.
Member, Biology Search Committee, Fall 2002.
Advisor and Moderator of two sessions of Student Symposium, April 2002.
Member, International Education Director Search Committee, Fall 2001.
Member, World Affairs Committee, Fall 1997-2001.
Member, Political Theory Search Committee, Fall 1996.
Member, Political Theory Replacement Committee, Summer 1996.
Member, Prestige Committee of the Faculty Meeting, 1996-97.
CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS
Speaker, Fishbowl on Iraq, March 2007.
Organizer and panelist, Assessing the 2006 Election Results, November 2006.
Moral Values Lecture Series, Torture, Justice and the American Way, December 2005.
Faculty Forum, Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone, February 2005.
Speaker, Genocide in Rwanda, January 2005.
Organizer and Speaker, Forum on Iraq, March 2003.
Speaker, Iraq, Church, March 2003.
Faculty Forum, No Punishment Can Ever be Sufficient: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, February 2003.
Speaker, Iraq, Pi Kappa Psi Fireside chat, October 2002.
Speaker, Women in Afghanistan, Womyn’s Center meeting, September 2002.
Speaker, The War on Terrorism: Next Stop Baghdad?, Reflections on 9/11 panel, September 2002.
Organizer of campus-wide 9/11 events, September 2002.
Speaker, Opening Convocation, The Challenges of the New World Disorder, August 2002.
Speaker, A Comparison of Pearl Harbor with 9/11, Pearl Harbor Day event, December 2001.
Organizer and Speaker, The Threat of Bioterrorism panel discussion, November 2001.
Organizer and Speaker, The Ethics of Violence panel discussion, November 2001.
Speaker, The Events of 9/11 panel discussion, September 2001.
Organizer and Speaker, The Cuban Missile Crisis Panel with Carlos Alzugaray, February 2001.
Speaker, Forum on Human Right, February 2001.
Speaker, Palestine: A Legal Right, November 2000.
Organizer and Moderator, Campus Forum on Violence in the Middle East, October 2000.
Speaker, International Education and International Relations, Fall Faculty Conference, August 2000.
Phi Kappa Psi fireside chat, March 2000.
Organizer & Speaker, Campus Forum on Chechnya, February 2000.
Speaker at Beloit College Excellence in Teaching Symposium, February 2000.
Organizer & Speaker, Campus Forum on East Timor, September 1999.
Speaker, Jerusalem Forum with Hanan Ashrawi, December 1999.
Faculty Forum presentation, Secession, November 1999.
Organizer & Speaker, Campus Forum on Kosovo, April 1999.
Talk About Teaching, Student Culture & Expectations, Beloit College, December 1998.
Brown Bag Lunch presentation, Secession, September 1998.
Emerson Divide Lecture Series, The Kurds in Iraq, October 1996.
CAMPUS SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Organizer, Weissberg Chair campus programs (Hanan Ashrawi, Carlos Alzugaray, Alain Destexhe, Roy Gutman, Anthony Zinni, Raufa al-Sharki, Richard Goldstone), 1999-present.
Advisor, Model United Nations Club, Fall 1997-present.
Visitor, Senegal Exchange Program, Spring 2006.
Advisor, Turkey and Morocco Exchange programs, Fall 1999-present.
Participant, World Affairs Orientation program, 2001 & 2002.
Liaison with Humanity in Action program, 2001-present.
Organizer, MUN Simulations for Parents’ Weekend / Alumni Weekend, September 2001 & 2002.
Co-Chair, Africa Year Committee, 2000-2001.
Transfer & Exchange Seminar Leader, Fall 1999.
FYI (First Year Initiative) Instructor, Fall 1998 & Fall 2006.
Organizer, International Relations Film Series, Fall 1996.
REFERENCES
Dr. David Burrows, Dean of the College, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 53511.
Dr. Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Political Science, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 53511.
Dr. John Rapp, Political Science, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 53511.
Dr. R. K. Ramazani, Government & Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22901.
Dr. Robert Fatton, Government & Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22901.
Senateur Alain Destexhe, member of the Belgian Parliament.
