Jason C.

Courtoy
C ONTACT I NFORMATION Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Political Science Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37130 USA

E-mail: jason.courtoy@gmail Web: jasoncourtoy.weebly.com

R ESEARCH I NTERESTS

Political Violence: Genocide, state repression, civil war, terrorism, and other forms of asymmetrical warfare or extrajudicial killing Conict Resolution and Prevention: International organizations, peace keeping, and conict management South and Southeast Asia

E DUCATION

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN M.A., International Affairs, May 2014 Thesis Topic: Economic Integration of Ethnic Minorities into the Economy Adviser: Dr. Vanessa Leer Concentration: International Peace and Security Area of Study: Political Violence, Methodology, Conict Management

B.S., International Relations, May 2011 Minor in History and Global Studies Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, Washington, D.C., 2011 Chinese Foreign Policy Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: History, Technology, and Policy, 2011 Participant in National Model UN - Asian-Pacic Economic Cooperation 2011 Irish Education: Road to Educate Together, CCSA, Ireland, 2010

C ONFERENCE TALKS

Courtoy, Jason C. (2014) "Economic Integration of Minorities into the Economy." Prepared for delivery at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL., April 3-6. (Panel title: "State Actors, Non-State Actors, and Repression.") Courtoy, Jason C. (2013) "Restraint from the Top: Genocide and Elite Ideology." Prepared for delivery at Middle Tennessee State Universitys "Scholars Week," Murfreesboro, TN., April 1-5. Courtoy, Jason C. (2012) "Global Penetration and State Repression in Asia." Prepared for delivery at the Georgia Political Science Association Conference, Savannah, GA., November 8-10. (Panel title: "Globalization, Information and Freedom.")

W ORKING PAPERS

Courtoy, Jason C. (2013) "Trade Partnership and Transnational Terrorism."

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Courtoy, Jason C. (2013) "Economic Restraint: Violent-Sensitive Economies and the Likelihood of Genocide in Africa." Abstract: Quantitative genocide research focuses on the development and modeling of risk factors. This research agenda has been quite fruitful in understanding the risk factors associated with genocide. However, the factors that have resulted from these studies suffer from a boy who cried wolf syndrome. They are far more common to conicts than the rarity of genocide cases. Part of the problem is that the literature ignores negative cases and focuses on comparing genocides to genocides, which often occurs during or after an armed conict. This forces models of genocide to a strict linear process of escalation. This study theorizes that genocide is a dynamic process of escalation and restraints. Focusing on macro-level economic factors in Africa from 1960-2000, it then tests whether a violent-sensitive economy, one with permanent structures that would be disrupted by large-scale violence, can serve as an effective restraint mechanism on the escalation of violence toward genocide. Courtoy, Jason C. (2013) "State Repression Is About the Communicative Effect?: Repression and Public Opinion in Northern Ireland." Abstract: The state repression literature has persistently found that when states are met with dissent they respond with repression. However, the literature on the effectiveness of repression, or the repression-dissent nexus, has found every kind of relationship. Why then do governments continue to use it even after passed failures? One theory is that repression is less about dissent, and more about communication. The theory is tested using Northern Ireland survey data. Courtoy, Jason C. (2012) "Periodization of the Khmer Rogues Cultural Genocide: A Research Note." Courtoy, Jason C. (2012) "Elite Ideology as a Restraint on Genocide: A Research Note." T EACHING E XPERIENCE Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2013 to May 2014

Assisted / Taught lessons in PS 3210 - International Relations Provided research coaching to students P ROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor: Dr. Moses Tesi Assisted in PS 3210 - International Relations Labs Graded papers and essay questions Provided research coaching to students in PS 4070/5070 January 2013 to May 2014 August 2013 to May 2014

Quantitative Methods Tutor Supervisor: Dr. Stephen D. Morris and Pam Davis Quantitative Analysis Research Design Carpenetti Calculus, LLC, Murfreesboro, TN Independent Tutor

August 2011 to Present

Tutor for the following tests and subject: English, ACT, GRE, and Research Coaching Prepared and helped to design prep courses for the following tests: ACT and GRE Also provided editorial services on resumes and CVs

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Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Arlington, VA Research and Editorial Assistant January 2011 to May 2011

Editorial work on compiled research textbooks and government grant proposals Web database and web content editing and entry General administrative tasks, such as setting up events, contact correspondence with government ofcials and press, and reports on NPEC events P ROFESSIONAL M EMBERSHIPS L ANGUAGES American Political Science Association (2012Present) English (Native), Japanese (Basic)

H ARDWARE AND Modeling and Statistical Analysis: S OFTWARE S KILLS OLS, Logistic/Probit, Negative-binomial/Negative-inated binomial Statistical Software: STATA R , GRETL Desktop Editing and Productivity Software: A TEX (L TEX, BIBTEX) LyX, TEXstudio, TEXmaker Microsoft Ofce, OpenOfce.org, LibreOfce, Google Docs Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows family and Linux R EFERENCES AVAILABLE TO C ONTACT Dr. Stephen D. Morris (e-mail: sdmorris@mtsu.edu; phone: 615-494-7687) Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Political Science, Peck Hall 209-A, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Dr. Vanessa Leer (e-mail: vanessa.leer@mtsu.edu; phone: 615-898-2708) Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Political Science, Peck Hall 228-C, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Dr. David Carleton (e-mail: carleton@mtsu.edu; phone: 615-898-5461) Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Political Science, Peck Hall 245, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Dr. Steven Livingston (e-mail: slivings@mtsu.edu; phone: 615-898-2720) Professor, Department of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Political Science, BAS N-203A, Murfreesboro, TN 37130

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