CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark A. Boyer

Office

Department of Political Science, Box U-24

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT 06269

860-486-3156

860-486-8307 FAX

mark.boyer@uconn.edu

www.globaled.uconn.edu

Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Maryland, 1988. Passed Comprehensives with Distinction.

M.A. in International Relations, University of Maryland, 1985. Passed Comprehensives with Distinction.

B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University, 1983, Magna Cum Laude.

Foreign Policy Semester Program, American University, Fall 1982.

Areas of Concentration

International Cooperation and Conflict

Political Economy and Public Goods Theory

Foreign Policy Analysis

Simulation and Experimental Methods

American Foreign Policy

Professional Appointments

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut, 2000.

Co-Editor, International Studies Review, a journal of the International Studies Association, editorial term January 2008-December 2012 (co-editing with Jennifer Sterling-Folker).

Editor, International Studies Perspectives, a journal of the International Studies Association, editorial term January 2000-December 2004.

Co-Director, GlobalEd Project (formerly named the Connecticut Project in International Negotiation (CPIN)), 1992-present. Project conducts computer-assisted international relations simulations for college and high school students throughout the northeastern United States, www.globaled.uconn.edu .

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut, 1994-2000.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut, 1988-1994.

Awards, Grants, Contracts and Fellowships

UConn Provost’s Outreach Award for Research-Based Public Service, 2006. Awarded to Mark A. Boyer and Scott W. Brown for their work with the GlobalEd Project.

UConn Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level, 2004.

UConn Chancellor’s Information Technology Award, 2001.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, “Gender, Technology, and Group Decision-Making: An Experimental Study in Secondary Education International Studies Programs,” $940,000 over three years, 2001-2003. Boyer is lead co-PI with Scott W. Brown (Educational Psychology, UConn, co-PI. Project summary located at www.globaled.uconn.edu .

APSA’s Rowman and Littlefield Award for Innovation in the Teaching of Political Science 2000– annual award given to recognize extraordinary innovation and achievement in the political science classroom.

Wittenberg University Fellow, April 2001. Honor that brings mid-career alumni to Wittenberg University to work with students and faculty for several days.

International Studies Association Workshop Grant – “Building Institutional Capacity the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova” – in conjunction with a group of scholars from the around the ISA, this workshop is aimed at planning for the development of a follow-on project for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova aimed at building international affairs programs and modeled after the International Affairs Network program run by the International Management and Development Institute (IMDI), University of Pittsburgh, 2001, $11,000 (including ISA funds and matching funds from UConn IPSI).

Connecticut Collaborations for Teaching the Arts and Humanities, a partnership of the Connecticut Humanities Council and the Eisenhower Program of the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, “The Global Village Meets the Internet,” project focusing on use of simulation to teach social studies in Connecticut middle schools, 2000-2001, $25,000

International Affairs Network, Pew funded program run by the International Management and Development Institute (IMDI), University of Pittsburgh, contract to IPSI, UConn. "Teaching Negotiation over the Internet" under the direction of Mark Boyer to develope a series of Internet-based simulations focusing on issues of relevance to Central and Eastern European colleges and universities. Schools linked to UConn through this project are Moscow State University, Economic University Prague, Yaroslavl University (Russia) and St. Petersburg State University, 2000-2003, $42,000.

Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Connecticut Department of Higher Education, "Teaching International Studies Over the Internet," 1998-1999, project focusing on use of simulation to teach social studies in Connecticut inner-city high schools, $38,000.

Central European University, Summer University Program, "Teaching Negotiation Across the Internet," summer workshop for Eastern European college teachers on how to use the Internet to teach negotiation and international studies, 1998, $22,000.

Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs, Pew Charitable Trusts, Fellow for 1992-1993 academic year, Summer Training Institute, June 1992, program administered by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, $9,000.

National Science Foundation, grant from the Instrumentation and Lab Improvement Program to build a computer lab in the political science department for use in computer-assisted simulations, received grant in June 1992--funding for 1992-1993 academic year, $11,000.

U.S. Institute for Peace, "The Regional Centers Negotiating Project," grant to the University of Maryland (Prof. Jonathan Wilkenfeld), sub-contract to Prof. Boyer to coordinate the regional negotiating center in the northeastern United States, total grant to University of Maryland, $90,000.

MacArthur Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in International Peace and Security Studies. September 1986 to August 1988. First year devoted to studying international and defense economics, $30,000.

Professional Involvement

· Series Editor, International Studies Intensives, Paradigm Publishers, 2006-present.

· Editorial Board, Foreign Policy Analysis, 2007-2009

· Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly, 2000-2004.

· Editorial Board, International Studies Review, 2000-2004.

· Editorial Board, International Studies Perspectives, 2004-2008.

· Editorial Board, Simulation and Games, 2000-present.

· Editorial Board, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, New Millenium Books Series, 1997-2006.

· Advisory Board, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin On-Line, 1999-present.

· Member, International Studies Association, Publications Committee, 2000-2004.

· External Reviewer, College of Wooster, International Relations Program, February 2001.

· Member, International Studies Association, Governing Council, 1997-2004.

· Conducted Workshop on Designing and Using Simulations in International Studies for a group of Central and Eastern European scholars in Budapest, Hungary, May 1997. Workshop sponsored by the International Affairs Network (IAN), University of Pittsburgh and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

· Program Co-Chair for 1997 Toronto Convention (with Louis Pauly), International Studies Association, selected by ISA President Davis B. Bobrow to organize the 1997 annual meetings.

· Conducted Workshop on Textbook Writing and Curriculum Development for a group of Central and Eastern European scholars in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 1995. Workshop sponsored by the International Affairs Network (IAN), University of Pittsburgh and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

· President, International Studies Association, Northeast, 1996-1997.

· Steering Committee for CASE-NET: Active Learning in International Affairs (an Internet resource for teachers), Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs, Harvard University, 1994-1998.

· Program Chair, International Studies Association--Northeast, November 1995 meetings.

· Member-at-Large, Governing Council of the International Studies Association Northeast, 1993-1995.

· Young Leaders Trip to Japan, sponsored by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, interviews with foreign policy and defense officials, tours of American and Japanese military installations and production facilities, October 1991.

· Berlin Seminar for Junior Academics, Berlin, Germany, October 1990, sponsored and funded by NATO and the Paul Loebe Institute (Berlin).

Books

Mark A. Boyer and Scott W. Brown. (2008, forthcoming) Educating Global Citizens. Paradigm Publishers.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (2005) Defensive Internationalism: Providing Global Public Goods in an Uncertain World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Brigid Starkey, Mark A. Boyer, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld. (1999, 2005) Negotiating a Complex World. Boulder, CO: Roman and Littlefield. Part of the New Millenium Books series.

Mark A. Boyer. (1993) International Cooperation and Public Goods: Opportunities for the Western Alliance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Textbooks

John T. Rourke and Mark A. Boyer. (1996; 1998; 2000; 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) International Politics on the World Stage, Brief Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

John T. Rourke, Ralph G. Carter, and Mark A. Boyer. (1994; 1996) Making American Foreign Policy. Guilford, CT: Brown and Benchmark.

Referreed Journal Articles

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael Butler, Natalie Hudson, Brian Urlacher, Anat Niv-Solomon, Paula Johnson and Clarisse Lima. (2008, forthcoming) “Experimenting with Global Governance: Understanding the Potential for Generational Change,” Globalization, Societies and Education.

Tara M. Lavallee and Mark A. Boyer. (2006) “Globalization and Local Governance: Implications from Wal-Mart’s Expansion,” International Studies Perspectives, 7(3):254-266.

Mark A. Boyer, Peter Trumbore, and David Fricke. (2006) “Teaching IPE Theory from the Pit: A Simple Classroom Simulation,” International Studies Perspectives, 7(1): 67-76.

Mark A. Boyer, Brown, S. W., Butler, M. J., Florea, N. B., Hernandez, M., Johnson, P. R., Meng, L., & Lima C. (2004). "Educating for global awareness: implications for governance and generational change." Global Change, Peace and Security, 16(1)73-77.

Natalie Florea, Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael J. Butler, Magnolia Hernandez, Kimberly Weir, Paula Johnson, Lin Meng, Hayley Mayall, and Clarisse Lima. (2003) “Negotiating from Mars To Venus: Some Findings on Gender’s Impact in Simulated International Negotiations,” Simulation and Games, 34(2): 226-248.

Scott W. Brown, Mark A. Boyer, Hayley J. Mayall, Paula R. Johnson. Lin Meng, Michael J. Butler, Natalie Florea, Magnolia Hernandez, and Sally Reis. (2003) “The GlobalEd Project: Gender differences in a problem-based learning environment of international negotiations,” Instructional Science, 31(4-5): 255-276.

Michael J. Butler and Mark A. Boyer. (2003) “Bosnian Peacekeeping and EU Tax Harmony: Evolving Policy Frames and Changing Policy Processes,” International Journal, 58(2): 389-416.

Mary Caprioli and Mark A. Boyer. (2001) “Gender, Violence and International Crisis,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 45(4):503-518.

Mark A. Boyer. (2001) “Moving Targets: Understanding Diplomacy and Negotiation in a Globalizing System,” International Studies Review, 3(1):91-99. (Review Essay)

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (2001) “Public Opinion and International Policy Choices: Global Commitments for Japan and Its Peers?,” Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2(1):67-95.

Peter F. Trumbore and Mark A. Boyer. (2000) "Two-Level Negotiations in International Crisis: Testing the Impact of Regime Type and Issue Area," Journal of Peace Research, 37(6):679-698.

Mark A. Boyer. (2000) “Issue Definition and Two-Level Games: An Application to the American Foreign Policy Process," Diplomacy and Statecraft, 11(2):185-212.

Mark A. Boyer. (1999) “Coalitions, Motives, and Payoffs: A Classroom Simulation of Mixed Motive Negotiations,” Social Science Computer Review, 17(3):305-312. A revised version was also reprinted in Jeffrey S. Lantis, Lynn M. Kuzma, and John Boehrer, eds. The New International Studies Classroom: Active Teaching, Active Learning. (Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2000).

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (1998) “International System Stability and American Decline: A Case for Muted Optimism,” International Journal, 53(2):285-305.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (1997) “Maintaining System Stablity: International Cooperation in the Foreign Aid Arena,” Journal of International Relations, 4:84-111.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (1997) “Maintaining System Stability: Contributions To International Peacekeeping Operations,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 41(6):723-748.

Elizabeth Smith and Mark A. Boyer (1996) “Designing Your Own In-Class Simulations,” PS: Political Science and Politics, 24:690-694.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (1996) "Bilateral and Multilateral Foreign Aid: Japan’s Approach in Comparative Perspective,” Review of International Political Economy, 3(1):94-121.

Douglas Becker and Mark A.Boyer. (1996) “Concessions, Information Gathering and Counter-Terrorism: The Brazilian Diplomatic Hostage Takings of the 1969-1970,” Defense Analysis, 12(3):173-188.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. (1995) "Japan's Development Assistance: A Comparative Analysis," Pacific Focus, 10(1):5-38.

Mark A. Boyer. (1990) "A Simple and Untraditional Analysis of Western Alliance Burden-Sharing," Defence Economics, 1:243-259.

Mark A. Boyer. (1989) "Trading Public Goods in the Western Alliance System," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 33(4):700-727.

Book Chapters and Other Miscellaneous Publications

Mark A. Boyer and Michael J. Butler. (2005) “The Public Goods of Humanitarian Intervention: Divergent Perceptions and Variable Outcomes in Kosovo,” in Jennifer Sterling-Folker, ed. Making Sense of IR Theory. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, pp 75-91.

Mark A. Boyer, Natalie Florea, Michael Butler, Scott W. Brown, Lin Meng, Paula Johnson, and Clarisse Lima. (2005) “Understanding Security through the Eyes of the Young,” in Peter Dombrowski, ed. Guns and Butter: The Political Economy of Security. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers.

Mark A. Boyer. (2002) "Clubs, Polities, and Overlapping Collectivities: Understanding the Potential for Cooperation in a Post-Hegemonic World,” in Yale Ferguson and R.J. Barry Jones, eds. New Frontiers in International Relations Theory. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Mark A. Boyer and Tara M. Lavallee. (2002) “Slovenia and NATO Enlargement: Understanding American Perspectives and the Prospects for Round 2 Enlargement,” in Zlatko Sabic, ed. Small States in the Post-Cold War World: Slovenia and NATO Enlargement. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Vicki Golich, Mark A. Boyer, Patrice Franko, and Steve Lamy. (2000) The ABCs of Case Teaching, an introductory manual about case method teaching published by the Pew Case Program, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.

Mark A. Boyer and John T. Rourke. (1998) "Die Kosten der NATO-Erweiterung: Die amerikanische Debatte," August Pradetto/Fouzieh Melanie Alamir (Hrsg.) Die Debatte ueber die Kosten der NATO-Osterweiterung. Reihe "Demoakratie, Sicherheit, Freiden" No. 119, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, S. 57-78. (Translation of citation: "The Costs of NATO Enlargement: The American Debate," in August Pradetto and Fouzieh Melanie Alamir (eds.) The Debate on the Costs of NATO Enlargement to the East. Series "Democracy, Security, Peace," No. 119, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 57-78.)

Mark A. Boyer. (1994) The G-7 Negotiates Soviet Aid, Case #155 published by the Pew Case Program, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.

Mark A. Boyer. (1993) "Comparative Advantage and Public Security Perceptions in Western Alliance Security Policies," in James Booth, Patrick James, and Hudson Meadwell, eds. Politics and Rationality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 240-265.

Mark A. Boyer and Jonathan Wilkenfeld. (1989) "The Superpowers as Crisis Managers," in Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Crisis, Conflict and Instability. Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 75-90.

Book Reviews

Albin, Cecilia. (2001) Justice and Fairness in International Negotiation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published in International Affairs, October 2001.

Dougherty, James E. and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (1990) Contending Theories of International Relations: A Comprehensive Survey, 3rd. ed. New York: Harper and Row, published in Perspectives on Political Science, 19(4):240-241.

Curriculum Development

Mark A. Boyer and James Allan. (2000) WebQuester: International Relations. Guilford, CT: Dushkin-McGraw-Hill. Web-based international relations material (featuring interactive student activities) focused as supplement for IR courses.

GlobalEd Project web-site. (On-going) Development of on-line social studies resources for secondary school teachers in support of the Internet-based simulation program GlobalEd runs. See materials on web-site located at www.globaled.uconn.edu .

Brigid Starkey and Mark A. Boyer. (1996) “Teaching International Negotiation,” teaching manual on international negotiation funded by a FIPSE grant to Immaculata Heart Center, Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Joyce Kaufman, Project Director.

Mark A. Boyer, "Western Security International Negotiation Module," (1989) a simulation exercise developed for the ICONS Project, University of Maryland, Prof. Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Co-Director. Module includes simulation scenario, briefing booklet on issues and countries involved in the simulation, and compilation of source material for faculty and students.

Professional Presentations

Gehlbach, H., Brown, S.W., Ioannou, A., Boyer, M.A., Hudson, N., Niv-Solomon, A., Maneggia, D., & Janik, L. (2007, April). Stimulating interest in social studies through simulations and social perspective taking. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL April 12, 2007.

Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Gehlbach, H., Ioannou, A., Lima, C.O., Niv-Solomon, A., Janik, L. & Maneggia, D. (2007, Feb.). An International Negotiations Simulation on the Web: The GlobalEd Project. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Clearwater, Florida

Ioannou, A., Brown, S.W., Gehlbach, H., Boyer, M.A., Niv-Solomon, A., & Janik, L. (2006, October). The GlobalEd Project: A study of self-efficacy related to social studies and technology in a multimedia enhanced problem-based learning environment. Paper presented at the 37th Northeastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 18, 2006.

Niv-Solomon, Anat, Mark A. Boyer, Laura Janik, Scott W. Brown, and Andri Ioannou (November 2006) “Understanding Interaction Effects in the Negotiation Process: An Experimental Study,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Boston, MA.

Janik, Laura, Mark A. Boyer, Davis B. Bobrow. (November 2006) “Progress of Retreat? Global Health Performance and Policy Responses,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Boston, MA.

Niv-Solomon, Anat., Janik, Laura., Hudson, Natalie., Boyer, Mark. and Brown, Scott. (March 2007) "Talking Security: A Cross-Cultural, Cross-Generational Analysis" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention.

Scott W. Brown, Hunter Gehlbach, Andri Ioannou, Mark A. Boyer, Natalie Hudson, Anat Niv-Solomon. (2006, May) “Motivating Social Perspective Taking in Adolescence through Heterogeneous Groups,” presentation at the Association of Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Johnson, P.R., Brown, S.W., Lima, C.O., Boyer, M.A., & Hudson, N. (2006, April). GlobalEd: A comparison of leadership in FTF and CMC environments. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 10, 2006.

Mark A. Boyer, Natalie Hudson, Anat Niv-Solomon, Brian Urlacher, Laura Janik, Scott Brown, and Clarisse Lima.. “Gender, Power, and Negotiation: Some Findings on the Role of Gender in Conflict Resolution,” presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006

Mark A. Boyer and Natalie Hudson. “Experimenting with International Studies,” presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.

Ioannou, A., Lima, C.O., Johnson, P.R., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Hudson, N., Niv-Solomon, A. & Urlacher, B. (2005, October). The GlobalEd Project: Promoting academic self-efficacy in middle school students. Paper presented at the 36th Northeastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 20, 2005.

Lima, C.O., Johnson, P.R., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Hudson, N., Urlacher, B. & Niv-Solomon, A (2005, October). How to improve middle school students’ knowledge about international issues within the social studies class: The GlobalEd Project. Paper presented at the 36th Northeastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 20, 2005.

Mark A. Boyer, Natalie Hudson, Anat Niv-Solomon, Brian Urlacher, and Laura Janik. “Gendered Negotiations,” presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.

Lima, C., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Johnson, P.R., Hudson, N., Urlacher, B. & Niv-Solomon, A. (2005, May). Gender Differences in Interest and Confidence in Discussing International Issues Is Not a Reality: The GlobalEd Perspective. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Butler, Michael., Hudson, Natalie. and Boyer, Mark. "Military Intervention and Crisis Severity: What Does the UN Say, and Is Anybody Listening?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005-03-05

Hudson, Natalie, Boyer, Mark, Anat Niv-Solomon, Brian Urlacher and Brown, Scott. "Negotiation as a Constructivist Process: Perceptual Assumptions and Negotiator Choice in Simulated International Negotiations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005-03-05

Mark A. Boyer, Urlacher, B., Niv-Solomon, A., Hudson, N., Brown, S.W., Johnson, P.R., and Lima, C. (2004) “Constructiv(ist) Negotiations: Perceptual Assumption and Choice in Simulated International Negotiations,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association—Northeast, Boston, MA, November.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael Butler, Natalie Florea, Jason Rich, Paula Johnson, Clarisse Lima, Joseph Young, “Experimenting with Global Governance: Understanding the Potential for Generational Change,” prepared for presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 March 2004.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael Butler, Natalie Florea, Paula Johnson, Clarisse Lima, Jason Rich, “A Window on the Future of Security: Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders,” prepared for presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 March 2004.

Mark A. Boyer, Natalie Florea, Jason Rich, Michael Butler, Scott W. Brown, Paula Johnson, Clarisse Lima, “From Collaboration to Conflict:Some Experimental Results on Approaches to International Negotiation,” prepared for presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, 6-8 November 2003.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Natalie Florea, Michael Butler, Lin Meng, Paula Johnson, Clarisse Lima, “Understanding Security through the Eyes of the Young,” paper for presentation at the workshop “The Political Economy of theNew Security Environment” 30-31 May 2003 at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael J. Butler, Natalie B. Florea, Magnolia Hernandez, Paula Johnson, Lin Meng, Clarisse Olivieri de Lima, “Global Governance and Future Decision-Makers,” prepared for presentation at the joint meetings of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association and the International Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary, June 25-27, 2003.

Scott W. Brown, Mark A. Boyer, Hayley J. Mayall, Paula R. Johnson, Lin Meng, Michael Butler. “The GlobalEd Project: International Negotiations Simulation on the Web GlobalEd” presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, (AERA) in April, 21-25, 2003, Chicago, IL.

Hayley J. Mayall, Scott W. Brown and Mark A. Boyer. “Differences in Gender Based Technology Self-efficacy Across Academic Levels,” presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, (AERA) in April, 21-25, 2003, Chicago, IL.

Paula R. Johnson, Scott W. Brown, Mark A. Boyer, Lin Meng, Clarisse Lima, Michael J. Butler, Natalie Florea, Magnolia Hernandez, and Sally Reis, Leadership Attributes Identified by High School Students presented at the APS annual conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2003.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, “Coping With Threats More Than Enemies: International Cooperation In World Health Affairs,” prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, 25 February-1 March 2003.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael J. Butler, Natalie B. Florea, Magnolia Hernandez, Paula Johnson, Lin Meng, Clarisse Olivieri de Lima, “Global Kids: Assessing Global Competence in the 21^st Century,” prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, 25 February-1 March 2003.

Scott W. Brown, Mark Boyer, Hayley J. Mayall, Paula R. Johnson, Lin Meng, Michael Butler, Kimberly Weir, Natalie Florea, & Sally Reis, “Global Education via the Web: The GlobalEd Project,” presented at the International Conference on Computers in Education; Auckland New Zealand, December 6, 2002.

Natalie Florea, Mark A. Boyer, Michael J. Butler, Magnolia Hernandez, Kimberly Weir, Scott W. Brown, Paula R. Johnson, Lin Meng, Hayley J. Mayall, Clarisse Lima, “Negotiating from Mars To Venus:Some Findings on Gender’s Impact in Simulated International Negotiations,” presentation at the meetings of the International Studies Association—Northeast held 7-9 November 2002 in Providence, RI.

Scott W. Brown, Lin Meng, Paula R. Johnson, Hayley J. Mayall, Mark A.Boyer, Michael J. Butler, Natalie Florea, Magnolia Hernandez, and Sally Reis “The GlobalEd Project: An experimental study of negotiation and decision-making,” Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Kerhonkson, NY, October 25, 2002.

Mark A. Boyer, Scott W. Brown, Michael J. Butler, Natalie Florea, Kimberly Weir, Hayley Mayall, and Paula Johnson, “Interacting with Globalization: Evidence from the Next Generation of Citizens and Decision-Makers” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 23-27 March 2002.

Tara M. Lavallee and Mark A. Boyer, “Reluctant Globalizers: Wal-Mart Confronts Local Resistance Movements,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 23-27 March 2002.

Scott W. Brown, Paula R. Johnson, Hayley Mayall, Mark A. Boyer and Sally M. Reis. Gender Differences in a Problem-Based Learning Environment: Do They Exist,” presentation at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, April 2002. (and earlier presented as “preliminary findings” at Northeast Educational Research Association (NERA), October 2001).

Michael Butler and Mark A. Boyer. ‘Globalizing Political Systems and Two-Level Negotiations,” presentation at the Fourth Pan-European International Relations Conference, Canterbury, UK, 8-10 September 2001 (Negotiation Section).

Tara Lavallee and Mark A. Boyer, “Live Globally, Consume Locally?: Globalization and Relocalization in the World Economy,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 20-24 February 2001.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, “Contributions to International System Stability: Following the Public or Publicly Following,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, 18-23 March 2000.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, "The Domestic Sources of International System Stability," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC, 16-20 February 1999; a revised version also presented at the first annual meeting of the Central and eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA), Prague, Czech Republic, May 1999 and the meetings of the Peace Science Society International, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 1999.

Mary Caprioli and Mark A. Boyer. “Women in Crisis: Gender and the Character of International Crises, 1945-1994,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association Northeast, Boston, MA, 12-14 November 1998.

Mark A. Boyer. “Clubs, Polities, and Overlapping Collectivities: Understanding the Potential for Cooperation in a Post-Hegemonic World,” presentation at the Third Pan-European International Relations Conference, a joint meeting between the Standing Group On International Relations Of The European Consortium For Political Research and the International Studies Association (USA) held in Vienna, Austria, 16-19 September 1998.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, "Maintaining System Stability: Contributions to International Envrionmental Quality," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN, 17-21 March 1998.

Mark A. Boyer, "Teaching International Studies over the Internet," Connecticut Business Roundtable, sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), University of Connecticut, 13 March 1998, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.

Peter Trumbore and Mark A. Boyer, "Two-Level Games in International Crisis: Testing the Impact of Regime Type and Issue Area," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, 13-15 November 1997.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, “Maintaining System Stability: In Whose Debt?,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Ontario, 18-22 March 1997.

Mark A. Boyer, “Issues, Political Structures, and Two-Level Games: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Domestic Constraints on International Negotiations,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Boston, MA, 14-16 November 1996.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, “Maintaining System Stability: Contributions To International Peacekeeping Operations,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April 16-21, 1996.

Mark A. Boyer, “Two-Level Games in the American Foreign Policy Process,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Newark, NJ, November 9-11, 1995.

Mark A. Boyer, “Roundtable on Integrating Teaching and Research in International Relations,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Newark, NJ, November 9-11, 1995.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, “System Stability Contributions: Foreign Aid,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 22-25, 1995.

Patrice Franko and Mark A. Boyer, “The ABCs of Case Teaching,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 22-25, 1995.

Mark A. Boyer, “Rationality, Children and Crazy States: Toward a New Synthesis in Deterrence Theory,” presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association--Northeast, Providence, RI, November 10-12, 1994.

Mark A. Boyer, International Cooperation and Public Goods, book was presented and discussed as the centerpiece for the meeting of the Northeast Circle at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association--Northeast, Providence, RI, November 10-12, 1994.

Mark A. Boyer, “Using Simulations to Teach International Relations,” presentation at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, New York, NY, August 31-September 3, 1994.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. "Bilateral and Multilateral Foreign Aid: Japan's Approach in Comparative Perspective," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC, March 1994.

John T. Rourke, Ralph G. Carter, and Mark A. Boyer. " Modelling the US Foreign Policy Process," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC, March 1994.

Mark A. Boyer. "Reflections on Case Teaching: Impacts on Substance," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC, March 1994.

Mark A. Boyer. "Simple Simulation in International Relations," presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association Northeast, Newark, NJ, November 1993.

Douglas Becker and Mark A. Boyer. "Appeasement and Information Gathering in Terrorist Situations," presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association Northeast, Newark, NJ, November 1993.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer. "Japan In Search of a New World Role: The Instrument of Development Assistance," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Acapulco, March 1993.

Mark A. Boyer, "Teaching with Cases in International Affairs: The Use of Non-Case Cases," presentation at the annual meetings of the Northeast International Studies Association, Providence RI, November 14-16, 1992.

J. Joseph Hewitt, Mark A. Boyer, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, "Familiarity and Contempt: Protracted Conflict in International Crises," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, April 1-4, 1992.

J. Joseph Hewitt, Mark A. Boyer, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, "International Crises and the Evolution of Cooperation," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 19-23, 1991.

Mark A. Boyer, "NATO's Future and the Irrelevance of the Soviet Threat," presentation at annual meetings of the Northeast Political Science Association, Providence, RI, November 15-17, 1990.

Mark A. Boyer, "The ICONS Simulation and International Studies," Statewide Colloquium on International Competence, sponsored by Connecticut Coalition for International Competence, Inc. and Central Connecticut State University, April 28, 1990, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.

Mark A. Boyer, "The Origins of Security Policies in the Western Alliance System: The Public Dimension," presentation at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, August 31 to September 3, 1989.

Mark A. Boyer, "Security Cooperation: Multiple Commodities and the Possibilities for Trade," presentation at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, London, England, March 29 to April 2, 1989.

Mark A. Boyer, "Burden-Sharing and Comparative Advantage in the Western Alliance System," Colloquium of the Program for Integrating Economics and National Security, A Program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, May 19-21, 1988.

Mark A. Boyer, "The Trading of Public Goods: The Case of the Western Alliance System," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, St. Louis, MO, March 29 to April 2, 1988.

Mark A. Boyer, "American Commitments Abroad: Who Bears the Burden?," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., April, 15-18, 1987.

Mark A. Boyer and Judith Torney-Purta, "Student Diplomats and International Studies in the ICONS Project: A Demonstration and Evaluation," presentation at the annual meetings of the Comparative and International Education Society, Arlington, Virginia, March 12-15, 1987.

Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer, "Priming the Pump: Japan's Use of the Foreign Aid Instrument," presentation at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, California, March 25-29, 1986.

Mark A. Boyer and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, "Comparative Analysis of Superpower Involvement and Effectiveness in Crisis," presentation at the annual meetings of the Peace Science Society (International), College Park, Maryland, November 11-13, 1985.

Ph.D. Students (Major Advisor)

Douglas Becker – University of Southern California

Michael Butler – Clark University

Mary Caprioli - University of Minnesota- Duluth

David Hubert – Salt Lake Community College

Natalie Hudson (pending July 2007) – University of Dayton

Laura Janik (pending) - UConn

Tara Lavallee – University of Notre Dame

Javier Morales-Ortiz – Baldwin Wallace College

Anat Niv-Solomon (pending) - UConn

Leslie Omoruyi – East Carolina University

Peter Trumbore – Oakland University

Brian Urlacher (pending May 2007) – University of North Dakota

Kimberly Weir – Northern Kentucky University

Teaching Experience

International Conflict and Cooperation. Graduate course designed as an overview of the issues and problems engendered by international conflict and cooperation and how the changing nature of global interactions both helps and hinders the pursuit of cooperative solutions to global problems. It is an active learning course emphasizng critical analysis of the research methods used in the field. As a research seminar, the primary goal is for students to produce a publishable paper by the end of the semester.

International Political Economy. Taught at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Utilizing a wide array of media and active learning approaches (including computer simulation (Barry Hughes’ IFs Model), both courses are surveys of IPE from diverse conceptual and theoretical perspectives. At the graduate level, because it is a research seminar, the primary goal is for students to produce a publishable paper by the end of the semester.

International Relations Theory. Graduate course designed to introduce students to the major theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of international relations.

Seminar in Political Economy. Graduate level course spanning across the political science sub-field. Critical analysis of the interaction between politics and economics. Developed as an introductory graduate course in this field of study.

International Negotiation and Bargaining. Senior level course focusing on negotiation and bargaining and its place within the international relations arena. Students participated in a multi-lingual, multi-national computer-assisted simulation. Uses the case and simulation methods.

International Relations. A general introductory course touching on many elements of international relations theory and contemporary international issues.

Politics of American Foreign Policy. Senior level course focusing on the American foreign policy process and the themes underlying American foreign policy. Uses the case and simulation methods.

Other Professional Experience

Intern, Office of Management and Budget, Air Force Branch, National Security Division, Spring 1987.

Graduate Assistant, International Communication and Negotiation Simulation

Project (ICONS), Prof. Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Co-Director, University of Maryland, 1983-1986.

Research Assistant, International Crisis Behavior Project (ICB), Prof. Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Co-Director, University of Maryland, 1983-1986.

Research Assistant, Japanese Foreign Policy Project, Prof. Davis B. Bobrow, Director, University of Maryland, 1984-1986.

Other Professional Activities and Service

Chair, Faculty Standards Committee, University Senate, 2005-2006.

Chair, Political Science PTR Committee, 2005.

Chair, Curriculum Design Committee for the Teachers for a New Era Project (www.tne.uconn.edu), 2004-2006.

Chair, Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the President’s Athletic Advisory Committee, 2003-2006.

Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee, Dept. of Political Science, 2002, 2004.

Chair, Computer and Equipment Committee, Department of Political Science, 1991 to present. Major accomplishment as chair was the conceptualization, oversight of the design and building of a 30 workstation computer classroom for the social sciences. The classroom was opened in Fall 1999.

Member, UConn Fulbright Committee, 2003-2006.

Member, UConn Political Science Department Executive Committee, 2003-2006 (served at five other times since coming to UConn).

Member, UConn, Political Science, PTR Committee (three 3-year terms).

Member, UConn, University Senate GEOC, Social Science Subcommittee, 2003-2004.

Member, UConn Geography Department, Headship Search Committee, 2004.

Member, UConn External Program Review Committee for the Geography Department, Fall 2003.

Member, UConn Dean’s ITS Advisory Committee, 2003-2004.

Member, UConn President’s Athletic Advisory Council, term 2001-2007. Committee focuses on university-wide issues relating to athletics and recreation.

Member, UConn Courses and Curriculum Committee, Information Technologies Subcommittee, 1999-2000.

Member, UConn Political Science Department Graduate Committee, served several terms spanning 12 of 15 years at UConn.

Member, UConn Dean’s Research Advisory Board, 1998.

Member, Political Science Department Chair Search Committee, 1996.

Member, Dean’s Advisory Council (college-wide promotion and tenure board), 1995.

Member, History Department Chair Search Committee, 1994.

Member of Carl Beck Award Committee, International Studies Association, service for 1991-1994.

Other Honors and Awards

Graduate Assistantship, University of Maryland, 1983-1986.

Wittenberg Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa criteria, 1983.

Mortar Board, Senior Service Honorary, 1982.

Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honorary, 1980.

Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honorary, 1980.