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Paul R. Hensel

Title: Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
    Major: Political Science
    Specialization: International Relations
    Dissertation: The Evolution of Interstate Rivalry
  • MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
    Major: Political Science
    Specialization: International Relations
  • BA, University of Michigan, 1991
    Major: Political Science
    Specialization: International Relations

Current Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 6830.001International ConflictSpring 2025
PSCI 6830.601International ConflictSpring 2025
PSCI 2306.001US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsSpring 2025
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 3300.002Political Science Research MethodsFall 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 6900.005Special ProblemsFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 6900.724Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2024
PSCI 3300.003Political Science Research MethodsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6830.001International ConflictSpring 2023 SPOT
PSCI 5900.604Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PSCI 2306.008US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3300.002Political Science Research MethodsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4828.001Geography, History, and International RelationsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6830.001International ConflictSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5900.600Special ProblemsSpring 2021 SPOT
PSCI 2306.008US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2300.003Introduction to Political ResearchFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5830.001International ConflictSpring 2019 SPOT
PSCI 2306.006US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2300.003Introduction to Political ResearchSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.715Special ProblemsFall 2017
PSCI 2306.005US and Texas Constitutions and InstitutionsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5830.001International ConflictSpring 2017 SPOT
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4900.722Special ProblemsSpring 2017
PSCI 6900.726Special ProblemsSpring 2017
PSCI 1040.005American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1040.002American Government: Laws and InstitutionsSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5832.001Contexts and International RelationsSpring 2016 SPOT
PSCI 4900.722Special ProblemsSpring 2016
PSCI 3996.003Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2015
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.715Special ProblemsFall 2015
PSCI 6930.724Individual ResearchSpring 2015
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2015
PSCI 5820.600Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2015
PSCI 6900.726Special ProblemsSpring 2015
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsSpring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.715PracticumSpring 2014
PSCI 1040.002American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2013
PSCI 6900.726Special ProblemsSpring 2013
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictFall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsFall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.724Individual ResearchSpring 2012
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.002Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2012
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.715Individual ResearchFall 2011
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsFall 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.715PracticumFall 2011
PSCI 6900.703Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2011
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.715PracticumSpring 2011
PSCI 1040.004American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2010 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsFall 2010
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2010
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2010
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsFall 2009
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2009
PSCI 3810.003International RelationsSpring 2009
PSCI 4820.004Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2008

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Hensel, P.R., Goemans, H., Vasquez, J.A., Mitchell, S.M. (2021). Territory: What Do We Know about Contentious Issues?. What Do We Know about War?, 3rd edition. pp. 7-22. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2017). Territory and Contentious Issues. William R. Thompson, ed., Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory. New York, Oxford University Press.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2012). "Review of Available Data Sets.". Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Paul F. Diehl, and James D. Morrow, eds., A Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes.. 43-62. West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2012). "Territory: Geography, Contentious Issues, and World Politics.". John A. Vasquez, ed., What Do We Know about War?, 2nd edition.. 3-26. Lanham, MD, Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Paul R. Hensel. (2010). "Issues and Conflict.". Tor Georg Jakobsen, ed., War: An Introductioon to Theories and Research on Collective Violence.. 275-295. Haippage, NY, Nova Science Publishers.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2010). "Review of Available Data Sets.". Robert A. Denemark, ed., The International Studies Encyclopedia.. West Sussex, UK, Blackwell.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2001). "Evolution in Domestic Politics and the Development of Rivalry: The Bolivia-Paraguay Case.". William R. Thompson, ed., Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics. 176-217. New York, NY, Routledge.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2000). "Territory: Theory and Evidence on Geography and Conflict.". John A. Vasquez, ed., What Do We Know about War?, 1st edition. 57-84. Lanham, MD, Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1999). "Charting a Course to Conflict: Territorial Issues and Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992.". Paul F. Diehl, ed., A Road Map to War: Territorial Dimensions of International Conflict. 115-146. Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University Press.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1999). "The Evolution of the Franco-German Rivalry.". William R. Thompson, ed., Great Power Rivalries. 86-121. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1998). "Interstate Rivalry and the Study of Militarized Conflict.". Frank Harvey and Ben D. Mor, eds., Conflict in World Politics: Advances in the Study of Crisis, War and Peace. 162-204. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press.
  • Data set

  • Hensel, P.R. (2018). ICOW Colonial History data set, version 1.10.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2018). ICOW Historical State Names data set, version 1.30.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2017). ICOW Territorial Claims data set.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2017). COW Colonial/Dependency Contiguity data set, version 3.1. http://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/colonial-dependency-contiguity
  • Hensel, P.R. (2017). COW Direct Contiguity data set, version 3.2. http://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/direct-contiguity
  • Hensel, P.R. (2016). ICOW Historical State Names data set, version 1.2. http://www.paulhensel.org/icownames.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2016). ICOW Multilateral Treaties of Pacific Settlement (MTOPS) data set, version 1.6. http://www.paulhensel.org/icowmtops.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2016). ICOW Territorial Claims data set, version 1.20. http://www.paulhensel.org/icowterr.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2014). ICOW Colonial History data set, version 1.0. http://www.paulhensel.org/icowcol.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2014). ICOW International Rivers and River Basins data set, version 1.0. http://www.paulhensel.org/icowriver.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2014). ICOW River Claims data set.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2007). ICOW River Claims data set, version 1.10.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2000). Shatterbelts data set, version 1.1. http://www.paulhensel.org/vita.html#data
  • Journal Article

  • Hensel, P.R., Mitchell, S.M. (2017). "From Territorial Claims to Identity Claims: The Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Project". Conflict Management & Peace Science. 34 (2) 126-140.
  • Frederick, B., Hensel, P.R., Macaulay, C. (2017). "The Issue Correlates of War Territorial Claims Data, 1816-2001: Procedures and Description". Journal of Peace Research. 54 (1) 99-108.
  • Hensel, P.R., Mitchell, S.M. (2015). "Lessons from The Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Project". Journal of Peace Research. 52 (1) 116-119.
  • Nemeth, S.C., Mitchell, S.M., Nyman, E.A., Hensel, P.R. (2014). "Ruling the Sea: Managing Maritime Conflicts through UNCLOS and Exclusive Economic Zones". International Interactions. 40 (5) 711-736.
  • Brochmann, M., Hensel, P.R. (2011). "The Effectiveness of Negotiations over International River Claims". International Studies Quarterly. 55 (3) 859-882.
  • Marit Brochmann and Paul R. Hensel. (2009). "Peaceful Management of International River Claims". International Negotiation. 14 (2) 391-416.
  • Paul R. Hensel, Michael Allison, and Ahmed Khanani. (2009). "Territorial Integrity Treaties and Armed Conflict over Territory". Conflict Management & Peace Science. 26 (2) 120-143.
  • Paul R. Hensel, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Thomas E. Sowers II, and Clayton L. Thyne. (2008). "Bones of Contention: Comparing Territorial, Maritime, and River Issues". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 52 (1) 117-143.
  • Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Paul R. Hensel. (2007). "International Institutions and Compliance with Agreements over Contentious Issues". American Journal of Political Science. 51 (4) 721-737.
  • Paul R. Hensel, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, and Thomas E. Sowers II. (2006). "Conflict Management of Riparian Disputes: A Regional Comparison of Dispute Resolution". Political Geography. 25 (4) 383-411.
  • Paul R. Hensel and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2005). "Issue Indivisibility and Territorial Claims". GeoJournal. 64 (4) 275-285.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2002). "The More Things Change...: Recognizing and Responding to Trends in Armed Conflict". Conflict Management & Peace Science. 19 (1) 27-53.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2001). "Contentious Issues and World Politics: Territorial Claims in the Americas, 1816-1992". International Studies Quarterly. 45 (1) 81-109.
  • Paul R. Hensel, Gary Goertz, and Paul F. Diehl. (2000). "The Democratic Peace and Rivalries". Journal of Politics. 62 (4) 1173-1188.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1999). "An Evolutionary Approach to the Study of Interstate Rivalry". Conflict Management & Peace Science. 17 (2) 179-206.
  • Paul F. Diehl, Jennifer Reifschneider, and Paul R. Hensel. (1996). "United Nations Intervention and Recurring Conflict". International Organization. 50 (4) 683-700.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1996). "Charting a Course to Conflict: Territorial Issues and Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992". Conflict Management & Peace Science. 15 (1) 43-73.
  • Paul R. Hensel and Paul F. Diehl. (1994). "It Takes Two to Tango: Non-Militarized Response in Interstate Disputes". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 38 (3) 479-506.
  • Paul R. Hensel. (1994). "One Thing Leads to Another: Recurrent Militarized Disputes in Latin America, 1816-1986". Journal of Peace Research. 31 (3) 281-298.
  • Paul R. Hensel and Paul F. Diehl. (1994). "Testing Empirical Propositions about Shatterbelts.". Political Geography. 13 (1) 33-51.
  • Pedagogical Material

  • Hensel, P.R. (2023). Case Study Guidelines.
  • Hensel, P.R. (2022). SPSS Guide. https://paulhensel.org/Teaching/SPSS.pdf
  • Reprinted Article

  • Hensel, P.R., Mitchell, S.B. (2017). From Territorial Claims to Identity Claims: The Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Project. Journal of Peace Research.
  • Reprinted article in edited volume

  • Mitchell, S.M., Hensel, P.R. (2015). "Issues and Conflict.". Tor Georg Jakobsen ed., War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence, 2nd edition..
  • Hensel, P.R., Mitchell, S.M., Sowers II, T.E., Thyne, C.L. (2013). “Bones of Contention: Comparing Territorial, Maritime, and River Issues.”. Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A, Vasquez, eds., Conflict, War, and Peace: An Introduction to Scientific Research..
  • Paul R. Hensel. (2007). "One Thing Leads to Another: Recurrent Militarized Disputes in Latin America, 1816-1986.".
  • Research Report

  • Hensel, P.R., Mitchell, S.M., Owsiak, A., Wiegand, K.E. (2022). Russia's Land Grabs in Ukraine Could Break the International Order. Washington Post. (March 4, 2022)
  • Hensel, P.R. (2019). ICOW Quarter in Review: 2019 3rd Quarter. https://paulhensel.org/Reviews/rev2019q3.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2019). ICOW Quarter in Review: 2019 2nd Quarter. https://paulhensel.org/Reviews/rev2019q2.html
  • Hensel, P.R. (2019). ICOW Quarter in Review: 2019 1st Quarter. https://paulhensel.org/Reviews/rev2019q1.html

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Co-Principal), Wiegand, K. (Co-Principal), Owsiak, A. (Co-Principal), ""Identity Claims: Expanding the Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Dataset"," sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $751941 Funded. (2016 - 2020).
  • Hensel, P.R., "Pilot Research on Identity Claims," sponsored by UNT Office of Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas, $4657 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Co-Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Principal), Gerlak, A. (Supporting), Zawahri, N. (Supporting), ""Managing International Water Conflicts"," sponsored by US Agency for International Development, Federal, $196211 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Co-Principal), ""Contentious Issues in World Politics: Updating the ICOW Dataset."," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $420330 Funded. (2010 - 2013).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Kim, H. (Supporting), Smith, D. (Supporting), ""Colonial Legacies and Territorial Claims"," sponsored by Northeast Asian History Foundation, International, $50000 Funded. (2008 - 2008).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Co-Principal), ""Bones of Contention: Comparing Territorial, Maritime, and River Claims."," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $175000 Funded. (2002 - 2004).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), ""Territorial Claims in Europe and the Middle East."," sponsored by Florida State University Department of Political Science, State, $5000 Funded. (2002 - 2002).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Co-Principal), ""Collaborative Research on Updating the Militarized Interstate Dispute Data Set."," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $51806 Funded. (2000 - 2002).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Co-Principal), ""Freshwater and Maritime Issues in World Politics"," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $86838 Funded. (2001 - 2001).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), ""Water Disputes and Conflict in the Middle East"," sponsored by Florida State University Committee on Faculty Research Support, State, $8000 Funded. (1999 - 1999).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), "Identity Claims: Expanding the Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Dataset," sponsored by U.S. Office of Naval Research, FED, Funded. (2016 - 2021).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Co-Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Principal), Gerlak, A. (Supporting), Zawahri, N. (Supporting), ""Managing International Water Conflicts"," sponsored by US Agency for International Development, Federal, Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Mitchell, S.M. (Co-Principal), ""Contentious Issues in World Politics: Updating the ICOW Dataset."," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Funded. (2010 - 2013).
  • Hensel, P.R. (Principal), Kim, H. (Supporting), Smith, D. (Supporting), ""Colonial Legacies and Territorial Claims"," sponsored by Northeast Asian History Foundation, International, Funded. (2008 - 2008).
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