Jonathan Renshon
Hawkins Associate Professor and Trice Faculty Scholar: International Relations | Political Methodology
(608) 263-2272
406 North Hall
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Education:
Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University, 2012
M.S.c. in International Relations, London School of Economic and Political Science, 2005
B.A. in Government, Wesleyan University, 2004
Research Interests:
Armed Conflict, Decision Making, Experiments, Foreign Policy, Psychology
Biography:
I am a Trice Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Political Science. I recently completed my Ph.D. (2012) in the Department of Government at Harvard University. My research interests are in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in foreign policy, and more broadly, in international security and experimental methods.
Courses:
PS 919 Experimental Methods in Political Science Fall 2019-2020
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Fall 2019-2020
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Summer 2019
PS 960 Seminar-International Relations Spring 2018-2019
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2018-2019
PS 601 Decision-Making Nuclear Crisis Fall 2018-2019
PS 919 Experimental Methods in Political Science Spring 2017-2018
PS 206 Introduction to Political Psychology Spring 2017-2018
PS 960 Psychology & World Politics Spring 2016-2017
PS 200 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2016-2017
PS 267 Introduction to Political Psychology Fall 2016-2017
PS 200 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2015-2016
PS 601 Eye to Eye: The Cuban Missile Crisis in Perspective Fall 2015-2016
Awards:
2017
APSA Foreign Policy Section “Best Paper Award” for “Tying Hands, Sinking Costs and Leader Attributes”
Grant from the Stanton Foundation to develop a course on nuclear security
Awarded the Lepgold Prize (Mortara Center, Georgetown University) for best book in IR for Fighting for Status: Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics (Princeton, 2017)
Awarded the Lepgold Prize (Mortara Center, Georgetown University) for best book in IR for Fighting for Status: Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics (Princeton, 2017)
2016-2017
Award for Best Paper by Untenured Scholar from International Organization for “Losing Face and Sinking Costs: Experimental Evidence on the Judgment of Political and Military Leaders.”
2013-2014
2013 Best Dissertation Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for “Fighting for Status.”