CURRICULUM VITAE
D. Scott Bennett, Jr.
May 15, 2016
Address: 2345
Corinna Ct., State College,
Department of Political
Science, 318 Pond Lab, The
Phone: (814) 777-7417 (Cell); (814) 865-6566 (Office).
FAX: (814) 863-8979
Email: sbennett@psu.edu
Ph.D.: Political Science,
Major in World Politics; First Minor in Methodology.
Dissertation (Robert Axelrod, Chair): Security, Economy, and the End of Interstate Rivalry.
M.A.: Political Science,
B.A.: Political Science and Computer Studies, Northwestern University. June, 1988.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2004. The Behavioral Origins of War.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2012. “Teaching the Scientific Study of International Politics.” In Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, Paul F. Diehl, and James D. Morrow. Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2011. " Is EUGene a Collective Bad?" Conflict Management and Peace Science 28 (September): 315-330.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2009. “Teaching the Scientific Study of International Politics.” In Denemark, Robert, ed., The International Studies Encyclopedia. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2009. “Revisiting Predictions of War Duration.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 26 (July): 256-267.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2008. “Governments, Civilians, and the Evolution of Insurgency: Modeling the Early Dynamics of Insurgencies.” Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 11:4.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2008. “Merging and Meshing Data: Difficulties, Lessons, and Suggestions.” In Mayeul Kauffmann, ed., Building and Using Datasets for Armed Conflicts. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series E: Human and Societal Dynamics, v. 36. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2006. “Exploring Definitions of Political Relevance.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 23 (Fall): 245-261.
Bennett D. Scott, and Allan C. Stam. 2006. “Predicting
the Length of the 2003 US-Iraq War: A Postwar Assessment.” Foreign
Policy Analysis 2 (April):101-115.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2006. “Towards a Continuous Specification of the Democracy-Autocracy Connection.” International Studies Quarterly 50:513-537.
Bennett, D. Scott.
2004. “Patterns of Conflict
Management and Resolution in Interstate Rivalries.” In Zeev Maoz, Alex Mintz,
Bennett, D. Scott, and Matthew Rupert. 2003. “Comparing Measures of Political Similarity: An Empirical Comparison Of Using S Or tB In The Study Of International Conflict.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 47 (June):367-393.
Bennett, D. Scott.
2002. “Teaching the Scientific
Study of International Relations to Undergraduates.” PS 35 (March):127-131.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2000. “Research Design and Estimator Choices in the
Analysis of Interstate Dyads: When
Decisions Matter.” Journal
of Conflict Resolution 44
(October): 653-685.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2000. “
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2000. “A Universal Test of an Expected Utility Theory of War.” International Studies Quarterly 44:451-480.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2000. “A Cross-Validation of Bueno de Mesquita and Lalman’s International Interaction Game.” British Journal of Political Science 30 (October): 541-561.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Timothy Nordstrom. 2000. “Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 44 (February): 33-61.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2000. “Landscapes as Analogues of Political Phenomena.” in Diana Richards, ed., Political Complexity: Nonlinear Modes of Politics. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI.
Bennett, D. Scott. 1999. “Parametric Models, Duration Dependence, and Time-Varying Data Revisited.” American Journal of Political Science 43 (January):256-270.
Bennett, D. Scott. 1998. “Integrating and Testing Models of Rivalry Termination.” American Journal of Political Science 42 (October): 1200-1232.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 1998. “The Declining Advantages of Democracy: A Combined Model of War Outcomes and Duration.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 42 (June):344-366.
Axelrod, Robert, and D. Scott Bennett. 1998. “Response to Galam’s Comment.” British Journal of Political Science 28:412-414.
Bennett, D. Scott.
1997. “Testing Alternative Models
of
Bennett, D. Scott. 1997. “Democracy, Regime Change, and Rivalry Termination.” International Interactions 22 (4):369-397.
Bennett, D. Scott. 1997. “Measuring Rivalry Termination, 1816-1992.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 41 (April):227-254.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 1996. “The Duration of Interstate Wars, 1816-1985.” American Political Science Review 90 (June):239-257.
Bennett, D. Scott. 1996. “Security, Bargaining, and the End of Interstate Rivalry.” International Studies Quarterly 40 (June):157-184.
Axelrod, Robert, Will Mitchell, Robert E. Thomas, D. Scott Bennett, and Erhard Bruderer. 1995. “Coalition Formation in Standard-Setting Alliances.” Management Science 41:1493-1508.
[Reprinted in
Axelrod, Robert. 1997. The
Complexity of Cooperation.
Axelrod, Robert, and D. Scott Bennett. 1993. “A Landscape Theory of Aggregation.” British Journal of Political Science 23:211-233.
[Reprinted in
Axelrod, Robert. 1997. The
Complexity of Cooperation.
Huth, Paul, Christopher Gelpi, and D. Scott Bennett. 1993. “The Escalation of Great Power Militarized Disputes: Testing Rational Deterrence Theory and Structural Realism.” American Political Science Review 87 (September):609-623.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Christian Davenport. 2003. MARGene: Minorities at Risk Data Generation and Management Program. Web site: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 1997-2007. EUGene: Expected Utility Generation and Data Management Program. Web site: http://eugenesoftware.org. Latest major version: 3.2, released October, 2007.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2012. "Drawing on Your Alumni." APSA Department Handbook.
Pechenkina, Anna, and D. Scott Bennett. 2011. "Is OLS Dead in IR?" The Political Methodologist 19 (Fall): 2-3.
Ghosn, Faten, and Scott Bennett. 2003, 2007. Codebook for the Dyadic Militarized Interstate Incident Data, Version 3.0. Online: http://correlatesofwar.org. [Version 3.1, 2007]
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2003. “Research Report: Predicting the Duration of the 2003 Gulf War.” Online at http://www.personal.psu.edu/dsb10/warduration.html.
Bennett, D. Scott.
1999, 2003. The Strategic Perspective in the Classroom: Teaching with Principles of International
Politics.
[2 editions; 2nd ed. 2003]
Bennett, D. Scott.
1999, 2003, 2005. Applying the Strategic Perspective: Problems and Models to Accompany Principles
of International Politics.
[3 editions; 2nd ed. 2003, 3rd ed. 2005]
Bennett, D. Scott. 1997. “Testing Theories of War.” Harrisburg Centers Dimensions Spring: 2-5.
2009. Michael P. Colaresi, Karen Rasler, and William R. Thompson. Strategic Rivalries in World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge, 2007. Journal of Peace Research 46.
2001. Hein E.
Goemans. War and Punishment: The Causes of War Termination and the
1999. Paul F. Diehl,
ed. The
Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Anna Pechenkina. 2015. “Recruiting Your Way to Victory:
Varying Strategies in Counterinsurgent Warfare.”
Bennett, D. Scott, Allan Stam, and Paul Poast. 2015. “NewGene: A Conceptual Model.” Development of the NewGene software program (successor to EUGene).
Bennett, D. Scott. 2013. “Being Your Own Worst Enemy, and
Learning to Win: A Model of Learning in
Government Responses to Insurgency.”
Bennett, D. Scott. “Revisiting the Correlates of War Project: The Development of Best Practices.”
Bennett, D. Scott. “Using Time-Varying Covariates to Understand Balance of Power Dynamics and War Escalation.”
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. “Simulating a Bargaining Model of War.”
Participant, “Israel Under the Shadow of Conflict,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2016.
Chair, Computational Models of Conflict in IR, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Atlanta, GA, March 2016.
Chair and Discussant, International Dimensions of Civil War, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2015.
Chair, Computational Models of Conflict in IR, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2015.
Bennett, D. Scott, Allan Stam, and Paul Poast. “Easing the Application of Spatial Dependent Data: The NewGene Software.” Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, March 2014.
Chair, Computational Models of Conflict, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, March, 2014.
Participant, “Exploring Militarized Dispute Data,” University of California, Davis, January 24-25, 2014.
Participant, “The Evolution of Cooperation and The Framing of Peace,” Conference in honor of Robert Axelrod, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 16-17, 2013.
Bennett, D. Scott. “Revisiting the Correlates of War Project: The Development of Best Practices.” ISA workshop on “Best Practices in Conflict Data Collection,” San Francisco, CA, April, 2013.
Chair, Computational Models of Civil War, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2013.
Chair and Discussant, Computational Models of Internal Conflict, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012..
Bapat, Navin, and D. Scott Bennett. 2011. “Understanding the Dynamics of Terrorist Campaigns.” Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, February 2011.
Chair and Discussant, Computational Models of Conflict, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2011..
Bapat, Navin, and D. Scott Bennett. 2010. “Understanding the Early Dynamics of Terrorist Campaigns: An Empirical Test of an Agent Based Simulation.” Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2010.
Bennett, D. Scott. “Being your Own Worst Enemy, and Learning to
Win.” Presented at the 2009 Midwest
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2009.
Bennett, D. Scott. “Being your Own Worst Enemy, and Learning to
Win.” Presented at the 2008 Peace
Science Society International Annual Meeting, Claremont, CA, October 25, 2008.
Bennett, D. Scott. “Recruiting Your Way to Victory: Varying Strategies in
Insurgent/Counterinsurgent Warfare.”
Paper presented at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 5, 2008.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. “Simulating Bargaining and the Nature of War.” Poster presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 28, 2008.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Allan Stam. “Simulating a Bargaining Model of War.” Paper presented at the Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina, November, 2007.
Bennett, D. Scott.
“Merging and Meshing Data:
Difficulties, Lessons, and Suggestions.”
Paper presented at the NATO
Advanced Research Workshop on “Indicators and Databases for Risk Prevention,”
Bennett, D. Scott and Tatiana Vaschilko. “Multinomial Probit Applications in
International Politics.” Paper presented
at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Bennett, D. Scott, and Andreea Mihalache. “Modeling War Fatalities.” Paper presented at the Peace Science Society
Annual Meeting,
Bennett, D. Scott. “Balance
of Power Dynamics and War Escalation.”
Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Bennett, D. Scott. “Balance
of Power Dynamics and War Escalation.”
Paper presented at the Peace Science Society Annual Meeting,
Bennett D. Scott, and Christian Davenport. 2003.
“Introducing MARGene.” Part of the conflict data workshop, 2003
Midwest Political Science Association Annual meeting,
Bennett D. Scott, Christopher Baker, and Allan C. Stam. 2002. “The Extent of Selection Effects in the Study of International Conflict.” Presented at the 2002 Peace Science Society Annual meeting, Tucson, AZ, November.
Bennett D. Scott, Allan C. Stam, and Christopher Baker. 2002. “A Multi-state Model of War Duration.” Presented at the 2002 Midwest Political Science Association Annual meeting, Chicago, IL, April.
Chair and panelist, roundtable on “Teaching with Principles of International Politics,” International Studies Association, New Orleans, March 2002.
Bennett, D. Scott. 2001. “Improving The Empirical Fit Of Expected Utility Models Of International Conflict.” Presented at the 2001 American Political Science Association Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, August.
Bennett, D. Scott, and Scott E. Tarry. 1996. “Self-Perpetuation or Rational Choices? A Model of Rationality and Hysteresis in International Alliances.” Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago, IL.
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, The
Research Professor, Department of Political Science, The
Professor, Department of Political Science, The
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, The
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The
Research Associate, Institute for Policy Research and
Evaluation, The
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
Hoover Summer Institute on International Politics. June 1992.
Research Assistant, Professor Robert Axelrod (1989-1992), Program on International Peace and Security (1993), University of Michigan.
Director of Computing Services, ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Summer Program, University of Michigan. Summer 1991 and Summer 1992. Consultant 1988-1990.
2011 Co-recipient (with Allan C. Stam) of the J. David Singer Data Innovation Award, American Political Science Association, Conflict Processes Section, for development of EUGene software.
National Science Foundation Award SES 1059758. “Management of Complex Data Structures: Upgrades to EUGene data software.” 2011-2013. $84,395. (Collaborative research with Allan Stam, University of Michigan, and Paul Poast, Rutgers University.)
National Science Foundation Award SES-1000344, “Collaborative Research: Simulating the Dynamics of Insurgency.” 2010-2012. $185,990. (Collaborative Research with Navin Bapat, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency. “A Summary of Conflict Forecasting Models in International Relations / Political Science.” May 15, 2008 through December 30, 2008. $70,718.
National Science Foundation Award SES-0452173, “Improving the EUGene Software Program.”
National Science Foundation Award SES-0213727,
“Data Management in International
Relations: Expanding the EUGene
Software Program.”
National Science Foundation Award SES-0001802, “Collaborative Research on Updating the
Militarized Interstate Dispute Data.”
National Science Foundation Award SES-0079120, “Improving
Empirical Applications of the Expected Utility Theory of War.”
National Science Foundation Award SES-9975115, “Collaborative
Research on the Expected Utility Theory of War.”
1998 Research Software Award, American Political Science Association, Computers and Multimedia Section, for EUGene software.
National Science Foundation Award SBR-9601151, “Comparative
Theory Testing and Interstate Wars, 1816-1984.”
Runner-up, F. E. Peacock Award for best conference paper, International Studies Association-Midwest, 1993.
2001 Distinction in the Social Sciences Award, College of the
Liberal Arts,
Internal Faculty Award, “Historical Economic Data and
Interstate Rivalry.” Research and
Graduate Studies Office, College of the Liberal Arts, The
Internal Faculty Award, “Historical Economic Data and Interstate
Rivalry.” Institute for Policy Research
and Evaluation, The
Award for Improvement of Instruction, College of the Liberal
Arts, The
Dissertation Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Spring/Summer 1993.
Nominee, Teaching Assistant Award for excellence in teaching, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, January 1993.
MacArthur Scholar Fellowship, Program on International Peace
and Security,
Department
Head, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009-2014.
Chair, Asian Politics Search Committee, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008-2009.
Chair, Colloquium Committee, Department of Political Science,
The
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Political
Science, The
Building Committee, Department of Political Science, The
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999-2000, 2001-2004.
Computer Support Search Committee, Department of Political
Science, The
Head Search Committee, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999-2000, 2004.
Political Theory Postdoctoral Fellow Search Committee,
Department of Political Science, The
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994-1997, 1998-1999.
International Relations Search Committee, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2004.
Network Coordinator, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1995-1999.
Computing Committee, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994-1999. Chair, 1998-1999.
Profession
Nominating Committee, Peace Science Society, 2015-2017. Chair, 2016-2017.
Chair, J. David Singer Data Innovation Award committee, 2012-2013.
Nominating Committee, International Studies Association, 2010-2013. Chair, 2012-2013.
Annual Meeting Venue Review Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 2009-2010.
President, Peace Science Society, 2009-2010.
President and Treasurer, Conflict Processes Section, American
Associate Director, Correlates of War project, 2000-2002, 2005-present.
Editorial Boards:
Associate Editor, Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2003-present.
Interim Director, Correlates of War II project, 2002-2004.
Chair, 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association.
Advisory Council, Scientific Study of International Processes section, International Studies Association, 2001-present.
Council, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association, 2000-2003
Program Chair, International Relations section, 58th Annual Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2000.
Councilor, Peace Science Society, 1998-2001.
Nominating Committee, Peace Science Society, 1997.
Journal Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, Political Research Quarterly.
College/University
Speaker, College of the Liberal Arts Alumni Development Council, April 2016.
Chief Information Security Officer Search Committee, The Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2016.
Institute for CyberScience Steering Committee, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016.
Executive Committee, Research Computing and CyberInfrastructure governance, 2015-present. Co-chair, Fall 2015.
Data Center working group, Research Computing and CyberInfrastructure governance, 2015-present.
Liberal Arts Research Computing Faculty Committee, Spring 2015-present.
Advisory Board, Office of Information Security, The Pennsylvania State University, October 2015-present.
Co-chair, Provost’s ad hoc advisory committee on cybersecurity, The Pennsylvania State University, June 2015.
Institute for CyberScience Coordinating Committee, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014-2015.
Co-chair, Research Cyberinfrastructure Implementation Committee, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014-2015.
Task Force on Research Data and Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, 2013-2014.
IT Strategic Plan Development Committee, Research Computing Evaluation Subcommittee, The Pennsylvania State University, 2012-2013.
Head Search Committee, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2010-2011.
School of International Affairs Planning committee, 2005-2006.
Moderator, “Dark Winter” simulation exercise, Pi Sigma Alpha
political science honor society,
Speaker, “September 11: The Meaning and the Aftermath,”
Award Evaluation Committee, Research and Graduate Studies
Office, College of the Liberal Arts, The
Speaker, Trustee Partners group, The Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2001.
Speaker, Alumni Board, College of the Liberal Arts, The
Advisor, Penn State Model United Nations, 1998-2007.
Speaker/instructor, “Penn State Today” alumni program, May 1998.
Computing Committee, College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, 1996-1999.
General Education Subcommittee, University Senate, The Pennsylvania State University, 1996-1998.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Consultative Committee,
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Community: Speaker, State College Navy League, April 2005.
Introduction to International Relations (Undergraduate)
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War in World Politics (Undergraduate)
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International Conflict (Graduate)
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