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). âStates as Role Models: Why Some Countriesâ Policies Matter More Than Others.â International Studies Perspectives.
- Angela Pashayan, E. Stefan Kehlenbach, Huei-Jyun Ye, Grace Mueller, and Charmaine N. Willis. (2023). âThe Realities Facing Graduate Students: Before, During, and After the 2020 Covid Pandemic.â 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). âField Research When There Is Limited Access to the Field: Lessons from Japan.â PS: Political Science and Politics 56 (1): 99-105.
- Ezgi Irgil, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Myunghee Lee, Charmaine N. Willis, and Kelebogile Zvobgo. (2021). âField Research: A Graduate Studentâs Guide.â International Studies Review 23 (4): 1495-1517.
- Amira Jadoon, Julia Lodoen, Charmaine Willis, and Nakissa Jahanbani. (2020). âBreaking the Glass Ceiling?: Islamic State-Linked Female Militancy in Southeast Asia.â Terrorism and Political Violence 34 (8): 1774-1796.
- Victor Asal, Charmaine Willis, Christopher Linebarger, and Nakissa Jahanbani. (2020). âIf the Lords Are So Revolting, Why Are Revolutions So Rare: The Peasant Game.âPS: Political Science and Politics 54 (2): 331-335.
- Injeong Hwang and Charmaine N. Willis. (2020). âProtest by Candlelight: A Comparative Analysis of Candlelight Vigils in South Korea.â Journal of Civil Society 16 (3): 260-272.
- Victor Asal, Inga Miller, and Charmaine Willis (2020). âSystem, State, or Individual: Gaming Levels of Analysis in International Relations.â International Studies Perspectives 21 (1): 97-107.
- Charmaine N. Willis (2020). âDemocratization and civil society development through the perspectives of Gramsci and Tocqueville in South Korea and Japan.â Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 5 (4): 371-384.
- Nakissa P. Jahanbani and Charmaine N. Willis (2019). âThe Ballot or the Bomb Belt: The Roots of Female Suicide Terrorism Before and After 9/11.â Small Wars and Insurgencies 6-7: 1117-1150.
- Nakissa Jahanbani, Charmaine Willis, and Donnett Lee (2018). âWhat We Wish We Knew: Reflections on Being a Teaching Assistant.â Journal of Political Science Education 14 (3): 409-413.
Book Chapters
- âPaddling the Pupils: The Legality (or Not) of Corporal Punishment in Schoolsâ (with Lucy Sorenson, Victor Asal, and Melissa Breger), (forthcoming) in Childrenâs Rights in Crisis: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives, ed. Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr.
- âInternational Studies in Action: A Guide to Using Simulations in Political Scienceâ (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.
- âAbstract Blitzing and Beyond: Teaching Political Methodologyâ (with Victor Asal and Reyhan Topal), in Teaching Graduate Political Methodology, eds. Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies. 2022.
- âFieldwork for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers: A Practical Guideâ (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
- âTrading with Pariahs: International Trade and North Korean Sanctionsâ with Keith Preble.
- âNot All Boats Float on the Rising Tide: Democratization and Anti-US-Base Protest Movements in South Korea and the Philippines.â
- âThe Enemy of My Enemy: Threat Perception and Public Support for the US Military in South Korea and Japanâ (with Myunghee Lee and Charles Crabtree).
- âThe Right Frame of Mind: An Analysis of Global Anti-US Military Activism.â
- âSitting on a Nickel Mine: A Spatial Analysis of Ethnic Mobilization in the Philippinesâ (with Nakissa Jahanbani).
- âPrayforMarawi: Global Reactions to the 2017 Marawi Siegeâ with Asif Nawaz and Amira Jadoon.
- âWith Friends Like These: Sanctions-Busting and US Bases Abroadâ with Keith Preble.
Selected Awards and Grants
- 2023: Best Graduate Student Paper Award for âOut of Sight, Out of Mind: Contemporary Resistance to the US Military in the Philippines,â 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 âTrading with Pariahs: The Failure of Economic Statecraft in a Weaponized Interdependent World,â 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.