The Triangle Institute for Security Studies, National Defense University, College of Jnternational Security Affairs, and Duke University, Department of Political Science present:
Research Methods Workshop - Patrick Jackson, American University
"Research Design: Methodological Considerations Beyond Neopositivism."
Graduate Students:
On Feb 8, from 11:45 to 2pm, Dr. Patrick Jackson will be leading a workshop related to methodological pluralism. He'll provide some remarks and we'll have a general discussion on how researchers should think about the methodological choices in front of them as they work through their research projects. We'll then transition to brief presentations of student projects and then an opportunity for Dr. Jackson and other attendees to offer some guidance on how to think about the research design aspects of the projects. If you would like feedback on your work in this workshop (ideal for students in years 2-4), please send Kyle Beardsley, Duke University, a title and a brief abstract. Although Patrick's core interests are in IR and security studies, work from other fields is welcome. We'll select 5 or 6 projects.
Even if you would not like to be considered for presenting your work, please mark your calendar to attend if this is of interest. He'll also be giving a foreign-policy related talk the night before, on Feb. 7, so mark your calendars for that as well. More details will come as we get closer.
Students from UNC, Duke, NCSU, and NDU are cordially welcome to apply.
Kyle Beardsley, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Duke University EMAIL: kyle.beardsley@duke.edu
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson is currently Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Professor of International Relations in the School of International Service. He previously taught at Columbia University and New York University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 2001. In 2003-4, he served as President of the International Studies Association-Northeast; in 2012-2013, he did so again. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Relations and Development, and is currently Series Editor of the University of Michigan Press' book series Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics, and part of the editorial team at International Studies Quarterly. He was named the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year for the District of Columbia by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Jackson's research interests include culture and agency, international relations theory (particularly the intersection of realism and constructivism), scientific methodology, the role of rhetoric in public life, civilizations in world politics, the sociology of academic knowledge, popular culture and IR, and the formation of subjectivity both in the classroom and in the broader social sphere.