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Dr. Idean Salehyan

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Political Science

Email: Idean.Salehyan@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2006
    Major: Political Science
    Dissertation: Rebels Without Borders: State Boundaries, Transnational Opposition, and Civil Conflict
  • MA, University of California, San Diego, 2004
    Major: Political Science
  • BA, University of California, San Diego, 2000
    Major: Third World Studies, Political Science, and International Relations

Professional Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011 - Present).
  • Research Associate, Southern Methodist University. Southern Methodist University. (2007 - Present).
  • Research Associate, Center for the Study of Civil War/International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Center for the Study of Civil War/International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. (2005 - Present).
  • Research Associate, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego. (2001 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2006 - 2011).
  • Visiting Scholar, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. (2008 - 2008).
  • British Academy Fellow, University of Essex. University of Essex. (2007 - 2007).
  • Visiting Scholar, Centre for the Study of Civil War/International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Centre for the Study of Civil War/International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. (2005 - 2005).
  • Research assistant, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego. (2000 - 2003).

    • Professional

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2018 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • American Political Science Association. (Present).
  • Ethnicity, Nationalism, Migration Section of the International Studies Assoc.. (Present).
  • International Studies Association. (Present).
  • Peace Science Society. (Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • PSCI 3500 - Introduction to Peace Studies, 8 courses.
  • PSCI 3600 - Governments and Politics Around the World, 8 courses.
  • PSCI 3631 - Peace and Conflict in Africa, 1 course.
  • PSCI 3700 - Area Politics, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 3810 - International Relations, 3 courses.
  • PSCI 4640 - Revolution and Political Violence, 1 course.
  • PSCI 4700 - Topics in Comparative Politics, 6 courses.
  • PSCI 4720 - Ethnicity in World Politics, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 4900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • PSCI 5340 - Seminar in Political Science Scope and Methods, 1 course.
  • PSCI 5351 - Foundations of Political Science, 3 courses.
  • PSCI 5610 - Proseminar in Comparative Government, 5 courses.
  • PSCI 5650 - Seminar in Area Studies, 6 courses.
  • PSCI 5660 - Civil War, 1 course.
  • PSCI 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • PSCI 5950 - Master's Thesis, 1 course.
  • PSCI 6660 - Civil War, 1 course.
  • PSCI 6900 - Special Problems, 11 courses.
  • PSCI 6930 - Individual Research, 6 courses.
  • PSCI 6940 - Practicum, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 30 participants. (September 8, 2023 - September 8, 2023).
  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 25 participants. (October 1, 2021 - October 7, 2021).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Political Science. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2022).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2022).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (April 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "TBD," Political Science. (April 1, 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (September 1, 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Fighting for Food?," Political Science. (February 2020 - September 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (September 2015 - September 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (September 2010 - June 1, 2020).
  • Supervised Research, "Protecting the Oil: Actors, Targets, and State Incentives to Repress," Political Science. (June 1, 2019 - August 15, 2019).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Independent study - data collection and analysis," Political Science. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Supervised Research, "Islamist Organizations in Africa," Political Science. (August 26, 2018 - December 8, 2018).
  • Supervised Research, "Violent Non-State Actors and Crisis Escalation," Political Science. (June 1, 2018 - August 15, 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (June 2014 - February 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (June 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (June 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Political Science. (August 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (June 2016).

Awards and Honors

  • J David Singer Data Innovation Award, American Political Science Association. (September 1, 2017).
  • Article of the Year Award, International Association for Conflict Management. (2011).
  • ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association. (2010).
  • Carl Beck Paper Award, best graduate student paper presented at the 2005 International Studies Association meeting. (2006).
  • Martin O. Heisler Paper Award, runner up, International Studies Association section on Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration. (2006).
  • Dina Zinnes Paper Award, best graduate student paper, International Studies Association section on the Scientific Study of International Processes. (2004).
  • Phi Beta Kappa. (2000).
  • Sanford Lakoff Award, Best Senior Honors Thesis in Political Science. (2000).
  • Stout Scholarship, (1998).
  • Golden Key National Honor Society. (1998).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Salehyan, I. (2009). Rebels Without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics..
  • Wayne A. Cornelius and Thomas J. Espenshade. (2001). The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply, and Development Consequences in Sending and Receiving Countries..

    • Book Chapter

  • Salehyan, I. (2022). Trends in Civil War Data: Geography, Organizations, and Events. What do we Know About Civil Wars?. (2nd Edition)
  • Salehyan, I. (2020). Militias and the Iraqi State: Shifting Patterns of Indirect Governance. The Governor's Dilemma: Indirect Governance Beyond Principals and Agents. Oxford University Press.
  • Salehyan, I. (2016). Trends in Civil War Data: Geography, Organizations, and Events.. What do we Know about Civil Wars. T. David Mason and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, eds. Langham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Salehyan, I. (2016). Peace and Conflict 2016. Peace and Conflict 2016, David Backer, Ravi Bhavnani, and Paul Huth, Eds. Boulder, CO: Paradigm.
  • Clayton Thyne. (2012). Civil Wars.
  • Salehyan, I. (2008). "US Asylum and Refugee Policy towards Muslim Nations Since 9/11." In, Terri Givens, Gary P. Freeman, and David L. Leal, eds. Immigration Policy and Security: U.S., European, and Commonwealth Perspectives..
  • Cullen Hendrix. (2007). "Zimbabwe." In, Uk Heo and Karl DeRouen, eds. Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II..
  • Kristian Skrede Gledistch. (2007). . "Civil War and Interstate Disputes." In, Kaare Strøm and Magnus Öberg, eds. Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict..

    • Book Review

  • Salehyan, I. (2020). Mobilization and Conflict in Multiethnic States, by Manuel Vogt. Perspectives on Politics. 18 (3) 971-972.
  • Salehyan, I. (2007). Erin K. Jenne. Ethnic Bargaining: the Paradox of Minority Empowerment. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press..

    • Book Reviews

  • Salehyan, I. (2013). Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict. Journal of Peace Research. 50 (3) 425-425.

    • Correction

  • Salehyan, I. (2016). Climate change and conflict: Making sense of disparate findings (vol 43, pg 1, 2014). Political Geography. 50 79-79.
  • Hendrix, C.S., Salehyan, I. (2012). Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa (vol 49, pg 35, 2012). Journal of Peace Research. 49 (2) 387-388.

    • Editorial Material

  • Salehyan, I. (2014). Climate change and conflict: Making sense of disparate findings. Political Geography. 43 1-5.

    • Journal Article

  • Salehyan, I., Feinberg, A. (2023). Student Protest, Violent Interactions, and State Repression. Journal of Peace Research.
  • Salehyan, I. (2021). A Decade of Delegation. International Studies Review. 23 2048-2078.
  • Salehyan, I., Cottier, F. (2021). Climate Variability and Irregular Migration to the European Union. Global Environmental Change. 69 102275.
  • Salehyan, I., Linebarger, C. (2020). Electoral Integrity and Election Related Conflict. Democracy and Security. 16 (3) 260-280.
  • Salehyan, I., Feinberg, A. (2020). Merging Actors with Events: Introducing the Social Conflict Analysis Database-Organizational Properties (SCAD-OPs). International Interactions. 46 (1) 133-149.
  • Salehyan, I. (2019). Conclusion: What Academia Can Contribute to Refugee Policy. Journal of Peace Research. 56 (1) 146-151.
  • Salehyan, I., Braithwaite, A., Savun, B. (2019). Refugees, Forced Migration, and Conflict: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Peace Research. 56 (1) 5-11.
  • D’Orazio, V., Salehyan, I. (2018). Who is a Terrorist? Ethnicity, Group Affiliation, and Understandings of Political Violence. International Interactions. 44 (6) 1017--1039. Routledge.
  • Hendrix, C.S., Salehyan, I. (2017). A House Divided: Threat Perception, Military Factionalism, and Repression in Africa. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 61 (8) 1653-1681.
  • Salehyan, I. (2017). New Directions in the Study of Ethnopolitics. Ethnopolitics. 16 (1) 60-65.
  • Salehyan, I., Stewart, B. (2017). Political Mobilization and Government Targeting: When Do Dissidents Challenge the State?. Comparative Political Studies. 50 (7) 963-991.
  • Salehyan, I. (2015). Best practices in the collection of conflict data. Journal of Peace Research. 52 (1) 105-109.
  • Salehyan, I. (2015). Best practices in the collection of conflict data (vol 52, pg 105, 2015). Journal of Peace Research. 55 (1) NP3--NP3. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND.
  • Salehyan, I., Linebarger, C. (2015). Elections and Social Conflict in Africa, 1990-2009. Studies in Comparative International Development. 50 (1) 23-49.
  • Hendrix, C.S., Salehyan, I. (2015). No News Is Good News: Mark and Recapture for Event Data When Reporting Probabilities Are Less Than One. International Interactions. 41 (2) 392-406.
  • Salehyan, I., Hendrix, C.S. (2014). Climate shocks and political violence. Global Environmental Change. 28 239-250.
  • Salehyan, I., Siroky, D., Wood, R.M. (2014). External Rebel Sponsorship and Civilian Abuse: A Principal-Agent Analysis of Wartime Atrocities. International Organization. 68 (3) 633-661.
  • Choi, S., Salehyan, I. (2013). No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, and Terrorism. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 30 (1) 53-75.
  • Seung Whan Choi. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, and Terrorism.. Conflict Management & Peace Science.
  • Cunningham, D.E., Gleditsch, K.S., Salehyan, I. (2013). Non-state actors in civil wars: A new dataset. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 30 (5) 516-531.
  • Salehyan, I. (2013). Transborder Ethnic Kin and Civil War.
  • Cederman, L., Gleditsch, K.S., Salehyan, I., Wucherpfennig, J. (2013). Transborder Ethnic Kin and Civil War. International Organization. 67 (2) 389-410.
  • Nils Weidmann. (2013). Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad.
  • Weidmann, N.B., Salehyan, I. (2013). Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad. International Studies Quarterly. 57 (1) 52-64.
  • Cullen Hendrix. (2012). Climate Change, Rainfall, and Social Conflict in Africa.
  • Hendrix, C.S., Salehyan, I. (2012). Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa. Journal of Peace Research. 49 (1) 35-50.
  • Salehyan, I. (2012). Social Conflict in Africa: A New Database.
  • Salehyan, I., Hendrix, C.S., Hamner, J.H., Case, C., Linebarger, C., Stull, E., Williams, J. (2012). Social Conflict in Africa: A New Database. International Interactions. 38 (4) 503-511.
  • David Cunningham, Kristina Gleditsch. (2011). Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups.
  • Salehyan, I. (2010). The Delegation of War to Rebel Organizations.
  • David E. Cunningham and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. (2009). It Takes Two: A Dyadic Analysis of Civil War Duration and Outcome..
  • Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Kenneth A. Schultz. (2008). "Fighting at Home, Fighting Abroad: How Civil Wars Lead to International Disputes.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2008). "From Climate Change to Conflict?: No Consensus Yet.".
  • Marc R. Rosenblum. (2008). "International Relations, Domestic Politics, and Asylum Admissions in the United States.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2008). "No Shelter Here: Rebel Sanctuaries and International Conflict.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2008). "The Externalities of Civil Strife: Refugees as a Source of International Conflict.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2007). "Does Border Enforcement Deter Unauthorized Immigration?: the Case of Mexican Migration to the United States.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2007). "Refugees and the Spread of Civil War.".
  • Lindsay Heger. (2007). "Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict.".
  • Salehyan, I. (2007). "Transnational Rebels: Neighboring States as Sanctuary for Rebel Groups.".
  • Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. (2006). "Refugees and the Spread of Civil War.".
  • Marc R. Rosenblum. (2004). "Norms and Interests in U.S. Asylum Enforcement.".

    • Monograph

  • Salehyan, I. (2019). Science of Resistance. Fort Bragg, NC, United States Army Special Operations Command. https://www.soc.mil/ARIS/books/pdf/science-resistance.pdf
  • Salehyan, I. (2010). Transnational Insurgencies and the Escalation of Regional Conflict: Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • Newspaper

  • Salehyan, I. (2018). Should Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, be called a terrorist?. Other.

    • Position Paper

  • Salehyan, I. (2020). Restoring the United States' Refugee Resettlement Program. 21pages. Washington, DC, Niskanen Center. https://www.niskanencenter.org/restoring-the-united-states-refugee-resettlement-program/

    • Research Report

  • Salehyan, I. (2019). Insider's Perspectives: Forgotten Refugee Resettlement Motivation and Consensus. Other. Washington DC, Niskanen Center. https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Salehyan-Niskanen-Center_September-2019.pdf
  • Salehyan, I. (2018). The Strategic Case for Refugee Resettlement. Other. 25.

    • Web blog

  • Salehyan, I. (2018). We Need A Global Framework to Address Climate Migration. Other. https://features.weather.com/exodus/chapter/need-global-framework-address-climate-migration/

    • Webpage

  • Salehyan, I. (2023). Accepting Chinese Asylum Seekers is Moral and Strategic. Congress can make the Process Safer.. Niskanen Center.. https://www.niskanencenter.org/accepting-chinese-asylum-seekers-is-moral-and-strategic-congress-can-make-the-process-safer/
  • Salehyan, I. (2022). What is in a Name? Additional Sources of Bias in Citation Counts. Duck of Minerva Blog.
  • Salehyan, I. (2020). SOLEIMANI’S MURDER TURNS THE FOCUS OF MIDDLE EAST PROTEST TOWARDS THE US—FOR NOW. Political Violence at a Glance. http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/01/13/soleimanis-murder-turns-the-focus-of-middle-east-protest-towards-the-us-for-now/

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Salehyan, I. (Author), Militias in Iraq: Explaining Patterns of Indirect Governance, University of Pittsburgh, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), Cottier, F. (Author & Presenter), International Studies Association, Climate Change and Irregular Migration to the European Union, Toronto, Canada. (2019).
  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), International Studies Association, Assessing Refugee Rights: New Data and Analysis, International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Salehyan, I. (Author), Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Refugee Resettlement Policy in the Trump Administration, Manhattan, KS, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), , C.H. (Author & Presenter), Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Student Protest and Government Repression, Tempe, AZ, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Paper

  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), Peace Science Society, Assessing Refugee Rights: New Data and Analysis, Peace Science Society, Denver, Colorado, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), Governance Dilemma Workshop, Militias in Iraq: Shifting Patterns of Indirect Governance, Florence, Italy, Italy. (2018 - 2018).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Salehyan, I. (Chair), Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Refugees, Forced Migration, and Conflict, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Salehyan, I. (Author & Presenter), Refugees, Forced Migration, and Conflict, International Studies Association, San Francisco, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "How Trump Politicized Refugees," Science of Politics Podcast (Ep. 54). (October 23, 2019).

    • Magazine

  • "Our Commitment to Refugees Helped Make Us a Superpower," Playboy Magazine. (January 23, 2019).

    • Radio

  • "A Look at President Trump's Travel Ban," KERA Radio. (January 30, 2017).

    • TV

  • "The Strategic Case for Refuge Resettlement," C-SPAN. (September 21, 2018).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Salehyan, I., "Refugees, Forced Migration, and Conflict," sponsored by International Studies Association, International, $8887 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
  • Salehyan, I. (Principal), "Program on Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa," sponsored by DNU University Texas at Austin (FFT), NFP, Funded. (2009 - 2015).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Faculty Evaluation Reform Committee. (May 2023 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Peace Studies Advisory Group. (September 1, 2022 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Full Professor Review Committee - Adam Chamberlin. (September 2023 - April 2024).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (August 2022 - December 2023).
  • Committee Member, CLASS Dean Search Committee. (September 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023).
  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee. (September 2020 - September 2022).
  • Member, Associate Chair. (September 1, 2021 - August 2022).
  • Chairperson, Comparative Politics Search Committee. (October 2021 - March 2022).
  • Member, Executive committee. (August 2018 - September 2020).
  • Chairperson, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020).
  • Committee Member, Awards Committee. (September 1, 2019 - August 2020).
  • Committee Member, American Politics Search Committee. (September 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Sociology - Faculty Search. (September 1, 2018 - December 15, 2018).
  • Chairperson, Advancement Committee. (September 1, 2017 - August 2018).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee. (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018).

Public Service

  • Other (Senior Fellow, Immigration Policy), Niskanen Center. Washington, DC. (June 2019 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, Peace Science Society International. (November 9, 2019 - Present).
  • Editor, Book, Routledge Press. (September 1, 2019 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, International Interactions. (March 28, 2019 - Present).
  • Discussant, International Studies Association. (2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Peace Research. (2018 - Present).
  • Discussant, American Political Science Association. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Political Studies. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, International Organization. (2017 - Present).
  • Discussant, International Studies Association. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Conflict Resolution. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Politics. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Political Geography. (2017 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Security Studies. (2017 - Present).
  • Member, International Studies Association - Deutsch Award Committee. (May 1, 2018 - 2019).
  • Discussant, International Studies Association. Toronto, (March 29, 2019 - March 30, 2019).
  • Discussant, Texas Triangle International Relations Conference. Fredricksburgh, TX. (January 28, 2019 - January 28, 2019).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (June 2018 - August 2018).
  • Editor, Journal Editor, Conflict Management and Peace Science. (June 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018).
  • Editor, Guest Editor, Journal of Peace Research. (June 1, 2017 - July 2017).