Charmaine N. Willis
Contact Information & Background:
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: Ladd Hall #308
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Email: cnwillis@skidmore.edu
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Education:
- Ph.D., Political Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
- M.A., Political Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
- M.A., International Affairs, American University
- B.A., Political Science, University of Southern Maine
- Study Abroad: Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies (Nagasaki, Japan)
Research Interests:
- Contentious politics
- Social movements
- Terrorism
- International security
- US foreign policy
- East Asia (including Southeast Asia)
- Civil Society
- Pedagogy
Courses:
- Introduction to Comparative and International Politics
- East Asian Politics
- US Foreign Policy
- Global Militarization and the Politics of Empire
Select Publications
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Brian D. Greenhill and Charmaine N. Willis. (2023). 鈥淪tates as Role Models: Why Some Countries鈥� Policies Matter More Than Others.鈥� International Studies Perspectives.
- Angela Pashayan, E. Stefan Kehlenbach, Huei-Jyun Ye, Grace Mueller, and Charmaine N. Willis. (2023). 鈥淭he Realities Facing Graduate Students: Before, During, and After the 2020 Covid Pandemic.鈥� PS: Political Science and Politics.
- Kenya Amano, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Timothy Fraser, Etienne Gagnon, Trevor Incerti, Jinhyuk Jang, Charles McClean, Austin Mitchell, Sayumi Miyano, Colin Moreshead, Harunobu Saijo, Diana Stanescu, Ayumi Teraoka, Charmaine N. Willis, Yujin Woo, Hikaru Yamagishi, and Charles Crabtree). (2022). 鈥淔ield Research When There Is Limited Access to the Field: Lessons from Japan.鈥� PS: Political Science and Politics 56 (1): 99-105.
- Ezgi Irgil, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Myunghee Lee, Charmaine N. Willis, and Kelebogile Zvobgo. (2021). 鈥淔ield Research: A Graduate Student鈥檚 Guide.鈥� International Studies Review 23 (4): 1495-1517.
- Amira Jadoon, Julia Lodoen, Charmaine Willis, and Nakissa Jahanbani. (2020). 鈥淏reaking the Glass Ceiling?: Islamic State-Linked Female Militancy in Southeast Asia.鈥� Terrorism and Political Violence 34 (8): 1774-1796.
- Victor Asal, Charmaine Willis, Christopher Linebarger, and Nakissa Jahanbani. (2020). 鈥淚f the Lords Are So Revolting, Why Are Revolutions So Rare: The Peasant Game.鈥漃S: Political Science and Politics 54 (2): 331-335.
- Injeong Hwang and Charmaine N. Willis. (2020). 鈥淧rotest by Candlelight: A Comparative Analysis of Candlelight Vigils in South Korea.鈥� Journal of Civil Society 16 (3): 260-272.
- Victor Asal, Inga Miller, and Charmaine Willis (2020). 鈥淪ystem, State, or Individual: Gaming Levels of Analysis in International Relations.鈥� International Studies Perspectives 21 (1): 97-107.
- Charmaine N. Willis (2020). 鈥淒emocratization and civil society development through the perspectives of Gramsci and Tocqueville in South Korea and Japan.鈥� Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 5 (4): 371-384.
- Nakissa P. Jahanbani and Charmaine N. Willis (2019). 鈥淭he Ballot or the Bomb Belt: The Roots of Female Suicide Terrorism Before and After 9/11.鈥� Small Wars and Insurgencies 6-7: 1117-1150.
- Nakissa Jahanbani, Charmaine Willis, and Donnett Lee (2018). 鈥淲hat We Wish We Knew: Reflections on Being a Teaching Assistant.鈥� Journal of Political Science Education 14 (3): 409-413.
Book Chapters
- 鈥淧addling the Pupils: The Legality (or Not) of Corporal Punishment in Schools鈥� (with Lucy Sorenson, Victor Asal, and Melissa Breger), (forthcoming) in Children鈥檚 Rights in Crisis: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives, ed. Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr.
- 鈥淚nternational Studies in Action: A Guide to Using Simulations in Political Science鈥� (with Joseph W. Roberts, and Victor Asal, (forthcoming) in The Oxford Handbook of International Studies Pedagogy, eds. Mark A. Boyer, David J. Hornsby, and Heather A. Smith.
- 鈥淎bstract Blitzing and Beyond: Teaching Political Methodology鈥� (with Victor Asal and Reyhan Topal), in Teaching Graduate Political Methodology, eds. Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies. 2022.
- 鈥淔ieldwork for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers: A Practical Guide鈥� (with Kelebogile Zvobgo, Myunghee Lee, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, and Ezgi Irgil), in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, eds. Kevin G. Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, and J. Cherie Strachan. 2022.
Working Papers
- 鈥淭rading with Pariahs: International Trade and North Korean Sanctions鈥� with Keith Preble.
- 鈥淣ot All Boats Float on the Rising Tide: Democratization and Anti-US-Base Protest Movements in South Korea and the Philippines.鈥�
- 鈥淭he Enemy of My Enemy: Threat Perception and Public Support for the US Military in South Korea and Japan鈥� (with Myunghee Lee and Charles Crabtree).
- 鈥淭he Right Frame of Mind: An Analysis of Global Anti-US Military Activism.鈥�
- 鈥淪itting on a Nickel Mine: A Spatial Analysis of Ethnic Mobilization in the Philippines鈥� (with Nakissa Jahanbani).
- 鈥淧rayforMarawi: Global Reactions to the 2017 Marawi Siege鈥� with Asif Nawaz and Amira Jadoon.
- 鈥淲ith Friends Like These: Sanctions-Busting and US Bases Abroad鈥� with Keith Preble.
Selected Awards and Grants
- 2023: Best Graduate Student Paper Award for 鈥淥ut of Sight, Out of Mind: Contemporary Resistance to the US Military in the Philippines,鈥� Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association.
- 2023: Travel and Accessibility Grant, Committee on the Status of LGBT Individuals in the Profession, American Political Science Association.
- 2022: Research Grant for 鈥淭rading with Pariahs: The Failure of Economic Statecraft in a Weaponized Interdependent World,鈥� American Political Science Association Spring Centennial Center (with Keith A. Preble).
- 2021-2022: Field Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
- 2020-2021: Asia Fellowship, American Political Science Association.
- 2020-2021: Field Research Fellowship, Korea Foundation.
- 2018-2019: Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG).
- 2018: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Political Science, University of Albany.