CV: /amarcum.pdf

BA: Wright State University, 2003

MA: Purdue University, 2005

Expected Graduation: May 2013

First Field: International Relations

Second Field: Political Economy

Dissertation: "The Initiation, Duration, and Outcome of Military Occupations, 1815-2003."

Dissertation Committee: Paul Huth (Chair), Scott Kastner, George Quester, and Sarah Croco

Research Interests: international conflict, domestic political accountability, military occupations, crisis bargaining, diplomacy, secrecy, research design & quantitative methods 

Other Interests: Reading Novels, Watching Movies

Words of Wisdom: "Do, or do not. There is no try." —Yoda

"...the striving for knowledge and the search for truth are still the strongest motives of scientific discovery." —Karl Popper

Email: amarcum at gvpt dot umd dot edu