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Research Interests
International institutions and organizations, domestic politics of international cooperation, nonstate actors in global governance, global Financial Governance, and alliances
Biography
Andrew McWard (he/him/his) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He specializes in international relations with an emphasis on international organizations. His dissertation investigates the dynamics of nongovernmental organization (NGO) participation across and within intergovernmental organizations. He also researches the domestic politics of international cooperation, which includes separate projects on alliance formation and bilateral investment treaties. Andrew received his MA in Political Science from UW-Madison in 2018 and BA in International Relations from Hendrix College in 2017.
Dissertation
The Dynamics of NGO Participation in Global Governance
Courses Taught
PS 140- Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2021
PS 377- Nuclear Weapons and World Politics, Spring 2018, Spring 2019
IS/PS 434- The Politics of Human Rights (online), Summer 2019
PS 356- Principles of International Law, Fall 2019
PS 350- International Political Economy, Spring 2020
PS 347- Terrorism, Fall 2020
Publications
“Assessing Regional Human Rights Systems: from Convergence to Divergence” (with Daniel J. Whelan), (2020) in Why Human Rights Matter in Contemporary International Affairs, Routledge Studies in Human Rights, Mahmood Monshipouri (ed.). Routledge.
Awards
Early Excellence in Teaching Award (campus-wide TA award), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
Distinction (highest level) on International Relations preliminary exam, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
Future Faculty Partner, University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy, 2020
Political Science Department Graduate Student Teaching Award, UW-Madison, 2020