Paul A. Kowert

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
September 2006

Complete CV in PDF Format is also available.

 

Academic Positions

2005-present Graduate Program Director, Institute of Asian Studies
2005-present Graduate Program Director, International Relations Department
2001-present Associate Professor, Florida International University
1994-2001 Assistant Professor, Florida International University
1992-1994 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mershon Center, Ohio State University

Personal Data

Email kowert@fiu.edu
Webpage http://www.fiu.edu/~kowert
Languages English, French, Japanese

Education

Ph. D. Cornell University, Department of Government, 1992
M.A. Cornell University, Department of Government, 1989
A.B. Davidson College, Center for Special Studies, 1986, magna cum laude
   
Other: Ohio State University, Summer Program in Political Psychology, 1992
  University of Michigan, ICPSR Program in Quantitative Methods, 1987
  University of Montpellier, France, 1984-1985
  School of Protestant Theology, Montpellier, France, 1984-1985

Publications -- Books

  • Cultures of Order: Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan, co-authored with Katja Weber (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, forthcoming 2007).
  • Groupthink or Deadlock: When Do Leaders Learn from Their Advisors? (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2002).
  • International Relations in a Constructed World, co-edited with Vendulka Kubalkova and Nicholas G. Onuf (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1998); chapters on "Constructive Constructivism" (with Kubalkova and Onuf, pp. 3-21), and "Agent versus Structure in the Construction of National Identity" (pp. 101-122).

Publications -- Selected Articles and Book Chapters

  • "Alexithymia and Psychopathy: Comparison and Application of California Q-set Prototypes," with Mark G. Haviland and Janet L. Sonne, Journal of Personality Assessment 82, 3 (2004), pp. 306-316.
  • "Language, Rules and Order: The Westpolitik Debate of Adenauer and Schumacher," with Katja Weber, in Francois Debrix, ed., Language, Agency, and Power in a Constructed World (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2003), pp. 196-219.
  • "Toward A Constructivist Theory of Foreign Policy," in Vendulka Kubalkova and Ralph Pettman, eds., Foreign Policy in a Constructed World (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2001), pp. 266-287.
  • "Political Science is What We Make of It," Bunmei 21 (Civilization 21) 7 (September 2001), pp. 77-98.
  • "Leadership and Learning in Political Groups: The Management of Advice in the Iran-Contra Affair," Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 14, 2 (April 2001), pp. 201-232.
  • "The Peril and Promise of Constructivist Theory," Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu (Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies) 13, 3 (March 2001), pp. 157-170.
  • "The Role of Culture and Identity in National Economic Crises," Ritsumeikan Kokusai Chiiki Kenkyu (Ritsumeikan Journal of International and Regional Studies) 16 (March 2000), pp. 53-70.
  • "National Identity: Inside and Out," Security Studies 8, 2 (Winter 1998/99), pp. 1-34; also appears as a chapter in Glenn Chafetz, Michael Spirtas, and Benjamin Frankel, eds., The Origins of National Interests (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 1-34.
  • "Who Takes Risks? Daring and Caution in Foreign Policy Decision Making," with Margaret G. Hermann, Journal of Conflict Resolution 41, 5 (October 1997), pp. 611-637.
  • "Where Does the Buck Stop? Assessing the Impact of Presidential Personality," Political Psychology 17 (1996), pp. 421-452.
  • "Norms, Identity, and Their Limits: A Theoretical Reprise," with Jeff Legro, in Peter J. Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), pp. 451-497.

Recent Grants and Fellowships

  • Visiting Scholar Research Grant, for research on national identity in Japan and the United States, Center for International Affairs, Kansai University (Osaka, Japan); 2002.
  • Extension of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (Grant P 97272), for research on "A Theory of National Identity: Visions of Self and Other in Twentieth Century U. S.-Japan Relations," Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1999.
  • Monbusho Research Grant, with Professor Kei Karasawa, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1998.
  • Social Science Research Council and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (Grant P 97272), for research on "A Theory of National Identity: Visions of Self and Other in Twentieth Century U. S.-Japan Relations," Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1998.

Academic Honors and Awards

  • Faculty Senate Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Florida International University, 2005.
  • Best Poster in the "Political Theory and Methodology" Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, for a poster on "The Political Personality: Q-Sort Profiles of Six Postwar American Presidents," co-authored with Daryl J. Bem, 1996.
  • Alfred Freedman Award (Best Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology), for a paper on "Prospect Theory and Leadership in Foreign Policy," co-authored with Margaret G. Hermann, 1996.

Selected Professional Activities

  • President, Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 2004-2005; Program Chair, 2003-2004.
  • Editorial Board Member, M. E. Sharp Series on "International Relations in a Constructed World," 1999-Present.
  • Umpire (simulation coordinator), Atlantic Council, "The 2000 Atlantic Crisis Game," internet simulation of international crisis with faculty and student participants from 40 universities in Eurasia and North America, April 10-21, 2000.
  • Section Chair, Graduate Student Panels on Comparative Politics and International Relations, Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, Miami, Florida, April 7, 2000.
  • Co-organizer (with Nicholas Onuf), Graduate Program in International Studies Conference on "Citizenship and National Identity in a Global Context," Florida International University, February 21-22, 1997.
  • Member, Research Training Group on the Role of Cognition in Collective Political Decision Making (National Science Foundation Grant DIR-9113599), The Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1992-1996.

Professional Association Memberships

  • Association for Asian Studies
  • International Society of Political Psychology
  • International Studies Association
  • American Political Science Association

 


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