david.malet@gmail.com

ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EMPLOYMENT

colorado state university, Pueblo, CO

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, August 2009 – Present

• Tenure-track teaching and research position, 2-2 current teaching load.
• Courses taught: Introduction to International Relations, International Relations Theory,  Human Conflict, Terrorism, Islamic Insurgencies, U.S. Foreign Policymaking, Honors Seminar
• Departmental service including student advising, website design, search committee co-chair.

Director, Center for the Study of Homeland Security, November 2009 – Present  

• Founding director of Center; developed Homeland Security Studies Minor and Certificate programs.
• Hire and supervise adjunct faculty; coordinate speaker programs; successfully obtain research grants.
• Implemented courses taught by videoconference to expand student enrollment.

 

Director, University Honors Program, August 2011 – July 2012

• Inaugural program director, established Minor curriculum and program administration.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary seminars and collaborate with colleges to provide Honors courses.
• Oversee scholarship and programming budgets; Program staff.

 

george washington university, Washington, DC
Lecturer, University Honors Program, June 2008 – May 2009

• Regular part-time appointment as seminar instructor, 2-2 teaching load.
• Courses taught: Comparative Political Institutions, Foreign Fighters in Islamic Insurgencies, Nations and the State, Identity in International Conflict
• Collaborated in working group to develop Honors Program social science curriculum.

Graduate Fellow, September 2003 – May 2007

• Teaching Assistant:  Discussion section and online participation leader for undergraduate introductory courses in International Relations (Chad Rector), American Politics (Lee Sigelman), Comparative Politics (Michael Sodaro), and Political Theory (Steven Kelts).
• Research Assistant: James Lebovic, Deterring International Terrorism and Rogue States; Ingrid Creppell, “The Idea of the Enemy” ; Lee Sigelman, Multidisciplinarity in Political Science; Eric Lawrence and Robert Stoker, “Adopting Direct Democracy”.

 

sharon high school, Sharon, MA
Student-Teacher, January 1998 – May 1998

• State-certified teacher for social studies, with 400 hours of classroom management in practicum.
• Developed and executed lesson plans, including for Honors and special needs students.  

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• Co-Principal Investigator, “Risk Communication Strategies in Biological Decontamination: Using Social Media to Build Trust.” US Environmental Protection Agency-National Homeland Security Research Center ($375,000), September 2011- August 2014.
• International Studies Association 2012 Catalytic Workshop Grant, “Transnational Actors and Conflict Outcomes.” ($2,275) 2011.

 

• US Department of Education Title V Grant for Innovative Programs, creation of Politics and Society Theme Residential Academic Community at CSU-Pueblo ($8,000), 2011
• CSU-Pueblo Provost’s Faculty Development Grant ($1,000), 2010, 2011
• Kraus Endowment Fellowship in Political Science, George Washington University ($8,000), 2007
• Richards Endowment Fellowship, George Washington University ($10,000) , 2007
• George Washington University Graduate Assistant Fellowship ($15,000 annually) , 2003-2006
• Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society, 1996
• Boston University Distinguished Sophomore Award, 1995

 

PUBLICATIONS
Books

• Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts (Forthcoming, Oxford University Press)
• Biotechnology and International Security (External review, Oxford University Press)

Book Chapters

• “Framing to Win: The Transnational Recruitment of Foreign Insurgents.” in Global Effects of Intrastate Wars (Forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Press)
• “Involving Foreign Fighters in Somalia.” (with Bryan Priest and Sarah Staggs) in The Globalization of the Conflict in Somalia (External review, Hurst & Co. Publishers)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

•  “Does Homeland Security Have a Place in Political Science Curricula?” (Under review)
• (2010) “In Afghanistan, Less is More.” Small Wars Journal, 6(10)
• (2008) “Faith in the System: Conceptualizing Grand Strategy in the Post-9/11 World Order.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 31(8)
• (2007) “Trade Vote Determinants: Partisan Effects of Political Action Committee Contribution Percentages.” The Social Science Journal, 44(3)

Invited Articles

• (2011) “Biological Weapons and Security Dilemmas.” (with Herman Rogers) The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 11(2)
• (2009) “The Transnational Future of Insurgency.” International Affairs Forum. Special Report (Winter 2009/2010)
• (2009) “Why Foreign Fighters? Historical Perspectives and Solutions.” Orbis 54(1)

Book Review

• (2010) Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint, Maria Rost Rublee. Journal of Human Security 6(3)

           

EDUCATION

PhD Political Science, george washington university, 2009

            Dissertation: Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts

            Supervisors: Martha Finnemore (Chair), James Goldgeier, Marc Lynch

Major Field: International Relations; Minor Field: American Politics

MA National Security Studies, Georgetown University, 1999

BA Political Science and International Relations, magna cum laude, Boston University, 1998

BS Education, magna cum laude, Boston University, 1998

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• KRDO  TV/Radio (ABC) political analyst,  Colorado Springs, CO, August 2010-present
• National History Day, “Teaching Diplomacy” workshop, CSU-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, February 2011
• KRCC Radio (NPR) Politics Roundtable, Western Skies,  Colorado Springs, CO, October 2010
• CSU-Pueblo College of Science and Math, Food for Thought Series, “A Biotech Revolution in International Affairs?” Pueblo, CO, October 2010
• United States Army 10th Special Forces Group, “Politics and Conflict in the Sahara and Sahel” pre-deployment briefing, Fort Carson, CO, October 2009
• Foreign Policy Research Institute, The Foreign Fighter Problem conference, “Why Foreign Fighters?” Washington, DC, July 2009
• Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Global Effects and Local Dynamics of Intrastate Conflicts workshop, “Framing to Win: The Transnational Recruitment of Foreign Insurgents and Responses by States” Jerusalem, Israel, May 2009
• Institute of International Studies, New Era Foreign Policy Conference, Washington DC, March 2009

 

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Designing simulated bioterrorism scenario for EPA-NHSRC-funded risk communications study
• “Foreign Fighter Mobilization and Persistence in a Global Context: Is Islam Really the Answer?” (Draft article)  
• “Storming the Ship of State: Civil Society Influence and Anti-Piracy Military Interventions.” (External review)
• “Does Regime Type Determine Anti-Maritime Piracy Policies?” (Collecting data)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• “A Global View of Foreign Fighter Persistence: Is Islam Really the Answer?” British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2012
• “Does Homeland Security Have a Place in Political Science Curricula?” International Studies Association Annual meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2011
• “Biotechnology and Just War” ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference, Irvine, CA, October 2011
• “Biological Attacks: Priorities of Homeland Security vs. Human Security” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC. March 2011
• “‘Political Considerations and Vengeance’: Democratic Responses to Terrorism and Piracy” American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Washington DC. September 2010
• “Involving Foreign Fighters in Somalia” The Globalization(s) of the Conflict in Somalia conference, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, March 2010
• “The Modern Prometheus at War: Biotechnology and International Security” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. February 2010
• “Securing Iraq: Lessons from Davy Crockett” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. September 2009
• “Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts”  American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. August 2008
•  International Studies Association – Northeast Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. September 2008
• “‘Crazy Guys from Outside’: Transnational Recruitment of Insurgents and Responses by States” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. March 2008
• “‘The More Irregular the Service’: Transnational Identity Communities and the Foreign Fighter” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 2007
• “‘Like in that Spanish Civil War’: Transnational Identity Movements and the Foreign Fighter” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. March 2007
• “Why Foreign Fighters?” Western Social Science Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. April 2006
•  “Warriors Without Borders: Systems Theory, Terrorism, and the Rejection of Westphalia,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 2006
• “Faith in the System: Fundamentalist Terrorism and Social Network Analysis,” International Studies Association-West Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. September 2005
• “Polls and Poles: The American Public and Indifference to Hegemony,” Western Social Science Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. April 2005
• “Alternatives to Democratic Regimes: Beyond East and West in the Next Century,” Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference, Annapolis, MD. April 1997

SERVICE

CSU-Pueblo

• Faculty advisor, Politics and Society Residential Academic Community, beginning Spring 2011
• Distinguished Speaker Series Selection Committee, August 2010-May 2011
• Pueblo Student Financial Aid Committee, August 2010-May 2011
• Pueblo Political Science Club advisor, August 2009-May 2011

Profession

• Reviewer: International Studies Perspectives; American Journal of Political Science; Polity; The Social Science Journal
• Conference Panels: International Studies Association: 2010, Chair; 2012, Discussant ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference: 2011 Chair, Discussant American Political Science Association: 2011, Chair; Institute for Global and International Studies Research Series: 2006, Discussant; Western Social Science Association Annual Conference: 2006, Chair

 

 

POLICY AND POLITICAL EMPLOYMENT

us senate majority leader tom daschle, Washington, DC

Research Assistant, June 2000 – April 2003

 

us representative rubén hinojosa, Washington, DC

Legislative Correspondent/Systems Administrator, January 2000 – May 2000

 

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Washington, DC 

Intern, Strategy and Evaluation Team. September 1998 – January 1999

 

The Rendon Group, Boston, MA

Public Relations Intern, September 1997 – December 1997 

Attorney General, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Intern, Legislation and Policy Division, May 1995 – August 1995

 

US Senator John Kerry, Boston, MA

Intern. March 1995 – February 1996

US Representative Howard Berman, Los Angeles, CA

Intern. March 1993 – June 1993