Faculty Profile

Michael Greig

Title
Professor
Department
Political Science
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Major: Political Science
Dissertation Title: Breaks in the Storm: Recognizing Ripe Conditions for Mediation Between Disputing States
MS, Florida State University, 1997.
Major: Political Science
BA, University of Florida, 1994.
Major: Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching*

PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 2305.001, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

PSCI 6831.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2023 SPOT
PSCI 4952.002, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.730, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2023
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.002, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4827.001, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.007, Special Problems, Fall 2022
PSCI 2305.203, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.203, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.734, Special Problems, Spring 2022
PSCI 2305.002, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6831.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.003, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2900.001, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2021
PSCI 4820.003, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.005, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.002, International Relations, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.801, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.003, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 2305.005, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 6831.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2019
PSCI 2305.008, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Spring 2019
PSCI 4952.001, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2019
PSCI 2305.005, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2018
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.709, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2018
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.009, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5831.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2017 SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.009, American Government: Process and Policies, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4820.002, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4951.003, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2017
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001, Political Science Capstone Seminar, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2016
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.002, American Government: Process and Policies, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.002, International Relations, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4822.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5831.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2015 SPOT
PSCI 6940.713, Practicum, Fall 2015
PSCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2015
PSCI 6950.080, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 2015
PSCI 1050.007, American Government: Process and Policies, Spring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 6950.751, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015
PSCI 5950.751, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015
PSCI 4954.001, Research Capstone, Spring 2015
PSCI 6950.080, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014
PSCI 6950.751, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Fall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 5950.080, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014
PSCI 4954.001, Research Capstone, Fall 2014
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4951.003, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2014
PSCI 4821.001, International Conflict, Spring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Spring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4822.001, International Conflict Management, Fall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.001, Seminar in International Relations, Fall 2013
PSCI 4900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2013
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 5W1 2013
PSCI 1050.005, American Government: Process and Policies, Spring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Spring 2013
PSCI 5900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2013
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.713, Individual Research, Fall 2012
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Fall 2012
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 3W1 2012
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 5W1 2012
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 8W1 2012
PSCI 1050.005, American Government: Process and Policies, Spring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.003, International Relations, Spring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.713, Practicum, Spring 2012
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Fall 2011
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2010 Syllabus
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Fall 2010
PSCI 1040.001, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Summer 3W1 2010
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 8W1 2010
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Spring 2010
PSCI 4821.001, International Conflict, Spring 2010
PSCI 6940.713, Practicum, Spring 2010
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Spring 2010
PSCI 5900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2010
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2009
PSCI 6930.713, Individual Research, Fall 2009
PSCI 3810.002, International Relations, Fall 2009
PSCI 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2009
PSCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2009
PSCI 1040.001, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Summer 5W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 5W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 3W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Summer 5W2 2009
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Spring 2009
PSCI 6940.709, Practicum, Spring 2009
PSCI 5820.001, Seminar in International Relations, Spring 2009
PSCI 5900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2009
PSCI 1040.006, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Fall 2008
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2008
PSCI 4900.710, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2008
PSCI 4900.710, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2008
PSCI 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2008
PSCI 5900.711, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2008
PSCI 4820.001, Contemporary International Problems, Spring 2008
PSCI 5820.001, Seminar in International Relations, Spring 2008
PSCI 1040.005, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Fall 2007
PSCI 4820.002, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2007
PSCI 4900.710, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2007
PSCI 6930.709, Individual Research, Spring 2007
PSCI 5820.001, Seminar in International Relations, Spring 2007
PSCI 4900.723, Special Problems, Spring 2007
PSCI 1040.005, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Fall 2006
PSCI 4820.002, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2006
PSCI 6900.710, Special Problems, Fall 2006
PSCI 6900.724, Special Problems, Fall 2006
PSCI 1050.002, American Government: Process and Policies, Summer 5W2 2006
PSCI 4900.710, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2006
PSCI 5900.710, Special Problems, Summer 3W1 2006
PSCI 1040.004, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Spring 2006
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Spring 2006
PSCI 4900.723, Special Problems, Spring 2006
PSCI 6900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2006
PSCI 4820.003, Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2005
PSCI 3810.003, International Relations, Fall 2005
PSCI 3810.001, International Relations, Spring 2005
PSCI 5810.001, Proseminar in International Relations, Spring 2005
PSCI 5900.710, Special Problems, Spring 2005
PSCI 1040.009, American Government: Laws and Institutions, Fall 2004
PSCI 5820.001, Seminar in International Relations, Fall 2004
PSCI 4900.721, Special Problems, Fall 2004

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Greig, J. M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2023). International Conflict and Conflict Management. Routledge.
Greig, J. M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2019). International Conflict Management. Cambridge: Polity.
Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. (2012). International Mediation.
Book Chapter
Rousseau, D., Asal, V., Greig, J. M. (2021). War and Womens' Suffering: A Global Analysis from 1893-2011. War and Rights: The Impact of War on Political and Civil Rights. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Diehl, P., Greig, J. M., Owsiak, A. (2019). Major Processes and Structures of Conflict Management and Global Governance. Routledge Companion to Peace and Conflict Studies. New York: Routledge.
Greig, J. M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2019). Mediation and its Compatibility with other Conflict Management Approaches. Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises. Cheltenham: Elgar.
Greig, J. M. (2019). Violence, Grassroots Pressure, and Civil War Peace Processes: Insights from the Colombia-FARC Conflict. After War Ends: What Colombia Can Tell Us about Peace and Transitional Justice. New York: Columbia University Press.
Diehl, P. F., Michael Greig, J. (2008). Softening up. International Conflict Mediation: New Approaches and Findings. 159–186. Routledge.
Greig, J. M. (2007). Must They Go Through Hobbes? The Revolutionary Provisional Government Model & Political Challenge in Imposed Regimes in Interim Governments: Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?, ed. Karen Guttieri and Jessica Piombo..
Greig, J. M. (2005). Just the Good, No Bad and Ugly? The Regional Impact of Externally Imposed Democracy in Sustaining the Peace: War Prevention and Peacebuilding in Post Conflict Societies, ed. T. David Mason and James Meernik..
Book Review
Greig, J. M. (2009). Dan Lindley's Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Greig, J. M. (2008). Gabriella Blum's Islands of Agreement Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Greig, J. M. (2005). Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall's Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases Washington: United States Institute of Peace Press..
Conference Proceeding
Greig, J. M. (2004). When doves fly: A spatial analysis of the diffusion of peace in the international system. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Illinois.
Journal Article
Owsiak, A. P., Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. Making trains from boxcars: studying conflict and conflict management interdependencies. International Interactions. 47(1), 1-22.
Greig, J. M. Helping Without Hurting: Ameliorating the Negative Effects of Humanitarian Assistance on Civil Wars through Mediation. International Interactions. 47(1), 79-106.
Greig, J. M., Lee, S. (2019). The Conditional Effectiveness of Directive Mediation. International Interactions. 45(5), 838-864.
Greig, J. M., Keels, E. (2019). Reputation and the Occurrence and Success Articles of Mediation in Civil Wars. Journal of Peace Research. 56(3), 410-424.
Greig, J. M., Kirisci, M. (2019). Reputation, Pressure, and Concession- Making in Claim Disputes. International Negotiation. 24(2), 191-219.
Greig, J. M., Mason, T. D., Hamner, J. H. (2018). Win, lose, or draw in the fog of civil war. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 35(5), 523-543. SAGE Publications.
Mason, T. D., Greig, J. M. (2017). State Capacity, Regime Type, and Sustaining the Peace after Civil War. International Interactions. 43(6), 967-993. Routledge.
Greig, J. M. (2015). Nipping Them in the Bud The Onset of Mediation in Low-intensity Civil Conflicts. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 59(2), 336-361. SAGE Publications.
Greig, J. M. (2015). Rebels at the Gates: Civil War Battle Locations, Movement, and Openings for Diplomacy. International Studies Quarterly. 59(4), 680–693.
Greig, J. M., Enterline, A. J. (2014). The Durability of Imposed Democracy. International Interactions. 40(2), 166–190. Routledge.
Greig, J. M., Meernik, J. D. (2014). To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute: Civil War Mediation and International Criminal Justice. International Negotiation. 19(2), 257–284. Brill.
Greig, J. M. (2013). Intractable Syria-Insights from the Scholarly Literature on the Failure of Mediation. Other. 2(1), 48-56.
Greig, J. M., Rost, N. (2013). Mediation and Peacekeeping in Civil Wars. Civil Wars. 15(2), 192–218. Taylor & Francis Group.
Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. (2012). Peacekeeping: A Barrier to Durable Peace. Other. 7, 46.
Greig, J. M. (2012). Peacekeeping: Barrier to Durable Peace?.
Grieg, M. J. (2012). Rebels at the gates: Civil war battle locations, movement, and openings for mediation. International Studies Quarterly.
Wright, T. M., Greig, J. M. (2012). Staying the Course: Assessing the Durability of Peacekeeping Operations. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 29(2), 127–147. Sage Publications Sage UK: London, England.
Rost, N., Greig, J. M. (2011). Taking matters into their own hands An analysis of the determinants of state-conducted peacekeeping in civil wars. Journal of Peace Research. 48(2), 171–184. Sage Publications.
Greig, J. M. (2010). Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands: An Analysis of State-Conducted Peacekeeping in Civil Wars.
Greig, J. M., Enterline, A. J. (2010). The Durability of Externally Imposed Democracy & the Futures of Iraq & Afghanistan.
Greig, J. M. (2009). Disaggregating the Incentives of Conflict Management: An Introduction.
Beardsley, K., Greig, J. M. (2009). Disaggregating the incentives of conflict management: An introduction. International Interactions. 35(3), 243–248. Taylor & Francis Group.
Greig, J. M. (2009). Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes. By Dan Lindley.(Princeton University Press, 2007.). The Journal of Politics. 71(01), 359–361. Cambridge University Press.
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M., Gortzak, Y. (2009). Testing Shinseki: Speed, Mass and Insurgency in Post-war Iraq. Defense & Security Analysis. 25(3), 235–253. Taylor & Francis.
Greig, J. M. (2009). Testing Shinseki: The Mass Force Hypothesis & Insurgency in Postwar Iraq.
Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. (2008). 8 Softening up. Other. 159. Routledge.
Greig, J. M. (2008). Against All Odds? The History of Imposed Democracy and the Future of Iraq and Afghanistan..
Greig, J. M. (2008). Perfect Storms? Political Articles Instability in Imposed Polities and the Futures of Iraq and Afghanistan..
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M. (2008). Perfect storms? Political instability in imposed polities and the futures of Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 52(6), 880–915. Sage Publications.
Enterline, A. J., Michael Greig, J. (2008). The history of imposed democracy and the future of Iraq and Afghanistan. Foreign Policy Analysis. 4(4), 321–347. Wiley Online Library.
Greig, J. M. (2008). When Do They Say Yes? An Analysis of the Willingness to O ff er and Accept Mediation in Civil Wars..
Michael Greig, J., Regan, P. M. (2008). When do they say yes? An analysis of the willingness to offer and accept mediation in civil wars. International Studies Quarterly. 52(4), 759–781. Wiley Online Library.
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M. (2007). Surge, Escalate, Withdraw and Shinseki: Forecasting and Retro-casting American Force Strategies and Insurgency in Iraq. International Studies Perspectives. 8(3), 245–252. The Oxford University Press.
Greig, J. M. (2007). Surge, Escalate, Withdraw and Shinseki: Forecasting and Retro-casting American Force Strategies and Insurgency in Iraq..
Michael Greig, J., Diehl, P. F. (2006). Softening up: Making conflicts more amenable to diplomacy. International Interactions. 32(4), 355–384. Taylor & Francis Group.
Greig, J. M. (2006). Softening Up: Making Conflicts More Amenable to Diplomacy..
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M., Miller, D. (2006). The Birth of Nations? The Durability of Imposed Polities & the Future of Iraq & Afghanistan.
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M. (2005). 7 Just the good, no bad and ugly?. Other. 149. Routledge.
Enterline, A. J., Greig, J. M. (2005). Beacons of hope? The impact of imposed democracy on regional peace, democracy, and prosperity. Journal of Politics. 67(4), 1075–1098. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
Greig, J. M. (2005). Beacons of Hope? The Impact of Imposed Democracy on Regional Peace, Democracy, and Prosperity..
Blanton, S. L., Coleman, L., Diehl, P. F., Greig, J. M., Melander, E., Ripsman, N. M. (2005). Michael Barnett is Stassen Chair of International A!‘ airs at the Humphrey School of Pub-lic A!‘ airs and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His most re-cent books are Rules for the World: International Organizations and World Politics (Cornell University Press, 2004, co-authored with Martha Finnemore), and Power in Global Governance (Cambridge University Press, 2005, co-edited with Raymond. International Studies Quarterly. 49, 739–740.
Greig, J. M. (2005). Stepping into the fray: When do mediators mediate?. American Journal of Political Science. 49(2), 249–266. Blackwell Publishing, Inc..
Greig, J. M. (2005). Stepping into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?.
Greig, J. M. (2005). Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall. Political Science Quarterly. 120(2), 313–314. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Greig, J. M. (2005). The Peacekeeping-Peacemaking Dilemma..
Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. (2005). The peacekeeping–peacemaking dilemma. International Studies Quarterly. 49(4), 621–645. The Oxford University Press.
Greig, J. M. (2002). The end of geography? Globalization, communications, and culture in the international system. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 46(2), 225–243. Sage Publications.
Greig, J. M. (2002). The End of Geography?: Globalization, Communications, and Culture in the International System..
Greig, J. M. (2001). Moments of opportunity: Recognizing conditions of ripeness for international mediation between enduring rivals. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 45(6), 691–718. Sage Publications 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
Greig, J. M. (2001). Moments of Opportunity: Sources of Ripeness Among Enduring Rivals..
Andersen, P., Bumgardner, J., Greig, J. M., Diehl, P. F. (2001). Turning down the heat: Influences on conflict management in enduring rivalries. International Interactions. 27(3), 239–274. Taylor & Francis.
Greig, J. M. (2001). Turning Down the Heat: Influences on Conflict Management in Enduring Rivalries..
Other
Greig, J. M. (2017). Mediation and Civil Wars. 2017, . Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations.
Greig, J. M., Blum, G. (2008). Conflict Management. University of Notre Dame du lac on behalf of Review of Politics, Cambridge University Press.
Ph.D. Thesis
Greig, J. M. (2002). Breaks in the storm: recognizing ripe conditions for mediation between disputing states. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Popular Press Article
Greig, J. M. (2009). No Good Choices.
Research Blog Post
Oldmixon, E. A., Greig, J. M. (2017). Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital. What could go wrong?. Religion in Public. https://wp.me/p8jrQB-Gz

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Greig, J. M. (Co-Principal), Ishiyama, J. T. (Co-Principal), "Making an Impact in Policy Analysis in Georgia: Improving Re-search, Education, and Engagement," Sponsored by U.S. State Department, Federal, $66674 Funded. (20152017).
Grant - Research
Greig, J. M. (Principal), "CLEAR Learning Enhancement Grant to design PSCI 3810: Intro-duction to International Relations as an online course," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20122013).
Grant - Teaching
Hamner, B. B. (Co-Principal), Greig, J. M. (Co-Principal), Oldmixon, E. A. (Principal), "Mentoring Grant: Innovative Pedagogies in the Social Sciences," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2018).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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