Professor Deborah J. Gerner :: Curriculum Vitae

Deborah J. Gerner

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois. June 1979-August 1982. Dissertation: "A Statistical Study of Arms Transfers and Domestic Conflict in 57 African and West Asian Nations, 1963-1978."
M.A. Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois. September 1978- June 1979. Thesis: "Western Bilateral and Multilateral Aid Allocations to Developing Countries: Testing the Humanitarian Model."
B.A. Earlham College. Richmond, Indiana. September 1973- March 1977. Double Major: Peace & Conflict Studies, Religion. College & Departmental Honors, Phi Beta Kappa.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, 2001-present.

Senior Administrative Fellow, 2002-2003.
Co-Director, Center for International Political Analysis, 2000-present.
Program Director, M.A. in International Studies, 2000-2002.

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, 1991-2001.
- Program Director, International Studies Co-Major, 1999-2000.
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science, 1998-2000.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, 1988-91.
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Hamilton College, 1983-1986; on leave 1985-86.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, 1982-1984; on leave 1983-84.
Visiting Positions:

Associate Professor, Graduate Program in International Studies, Birzeit University, West Bank (Spring 1996).
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, American University in Cairo, Summer 1993.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University , 1985-88.

Research Associate, World Without War Council-Midwest, Chicago, 1977-1978; summer 1976.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

International Relations and Foreign Policy: U.S./comparative foreign policy; foreign policy decision-making; international conflict, mediation, and conflict resolution; Arab-Israeli conflict
Comparative Politics: Middle East Politics; Palestinian nationalism; human rights, ethnicity and democratization; protest and revolution

COURSES TAUGHT

G = graduate; U = undergraduate; H = honors program

International Relations

Introduction to International Relations (G, U, H) [G syllabus] [U syllabus] [H syllabus]
International Institutions and Processes (G) [syllabus]
International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (G) [syllabus]
International Political Economy (G, U)
International Conflict (G, U)

Comparative Politics

Politics of the Middle East (U)
Palestinians and Israelis (U) - developed but not yet taught
Political Economy of North-South Relations (U)
Human Rights: Comparative Perspectives (U)
Women in Politics: Comparative Perspectives (U)

Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy Analysis (G) [syllabus]
U.S. Foreign Policy (U, H) [syllabus]
U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Third World (U) [syllabus]
U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict (U)
U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights, and the Third World (U)

EXTERNAL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

"Political Monitoring of Palestine." Swiss Peace Foundation, 2002-2003. $14,440 (Co-P.I., with P.I. Philip A. Schrodt).
"Lecturing and Faculty Development in International Studies." Fulbright Scholar, Birzeit University, West Bank, Fall 2002-Spring 2003. [delayed; program suspended by State Department].
"Analyzing the Dynamics of International Mediation Process." National Science Foundation, 2001-2003. $148, 091 (P.I., with Co-P.I. Philip A. Schrodt).
"Lecturing and Curriculum Development in International Studies." Fulbright Scholar, Birzeit University, West Bank, Spring 1996. $36,600.
"Development of Machine-Coded Event Data Techniques for the Analysis of Political Behavior." National Science Foundation, 1994-96. $70,000 (Co-P.I., with Philip A. Schrodt).
Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs, Harvard University, 1994-95. $7,500.
"Generating Event Data using Machine-Assisted Coding and Regional News Sources." National Science Foundation, 1991-93. $39,000. (Co-P.I. with Ronald Francisco and P.I. Philip A. Schrodt as a subcontract from the Data Development in International Relations project).
"Eisenhower and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, 1953-1961." Abilene Travel Grant, 1990, $750.
Roothbert Fund Fellowship, 1977-78, 1981-82; offered but declined in 1978-79.

INTERNAL GRANTS

"international Mediation Success or Failure: A Multimethod Analysis of Mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." funded Sabbatical Leave, 2003-2004.
"Maintenance of automated coding capabilities using the TABARI system." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 2003-2004. $10,000 (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"Development of Dictionaries and a New Coding Framework for the TABARI Event Data Coding Program." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 2000-2001. $13,000 (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"The State and Islam in Senegal and Palestine." University of Kansas International Research Fund, Summer 1998. $1000.00
"Development of Event Data for the Early Warning of Political Crises in the Persian Gulf Region." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 1997-98. $9,144 (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"The Development of Early Warning Indicators for the Assessment of Multilateral Intervention." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 1995-96. $7,000 (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"The Analysis of Political Behavior in the Middle East Using Machine-Coded Event Data and Regional Expertise." Funded Sabbatical Leave, 1995-96.
"Creation and Analysis of a Specialized Foreign Policy Data Set on Acute and Protracted Conflict in the Middle East." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 1993-94. $5,000.
"Eisenhower and United States Foreign Policy toward the Palestinians." University of Kansas General Research Fund, 1989-90. $5,000.
Northwestern University Research Grant, 1988
Ginsburg Fund Grant, 1987
Hamilton College Summer Research Grant, 1984, 1985
University of Iowa Old Gold Fellowship, 1982

AWARDS

Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, "Tom and Anne Moore Pease and Justice Award," 2003.
W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, August 2000
Honored for undergraduate teaching, Center for Teaching Excellence, May 2000
Distinguished Alumna Award, Earlham College, 1999
Byron T. Shutz Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1994 (university-level)
Women's Hall of Fame, University of Kansas Commission on the Status of Women, 1992
Northwestern University Faculty Honor Roll, 1986-87
Charles Stubb Award for Outstanding Work in the Department of Religion, 1977

BOOKS

International Quaker Working Party, 2004. Beyond Silence: Toward Hope in the Middle East. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Jillian Schwedler, eds. Forthcoming, 2004. Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, 2d ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers.
Gerner, Deborah J., ed. 2000. Understanding the Contemporary Middle East. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers.
Gerner, Deborah J. 1994. One Land, Two Peoples: The Conflict over Palestine, 2d ed., Boulder: Westview Press.

BOOK MANUSCRIPTS

Schrodt, Philip A, and Deborah Gerner. Analyzing International Event Data: A Handbook of Computer-Based Techniques. Select chapters available at: www.ku.edu/~keds/papers.html.

OTHER MANUSCRIPTS

Gerner, Deborah J. "Mobilization without Emancipation: Palestinian Women, State-Building and the National Struggle," in Women in the Global Community, ed. Valentine Moghadam -- book manuscript currently under review
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Ömür Yilmaz, and Fajaa Abu-Jabr. "The Creation of CAMEO (Conflict and Mediation Event Observations): An Event Data Framework for a Post Cold War World." -- revise and resubmit at Journal of Peace Research
Schrodt, Philip A., Ömür Yilmaz, and Deborah J. Gerner. 2004. "The Use of Real-Time Event Data for Conflict Monitoring and Assessment: The CAse of Palestine." Under revision for International Studies Perspectives

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. 2004. "An Event Data Analysis of Third-Party Mediation in the Middle East and Balkans." Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(3): 310-330.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 2002. "Taking Your Academic Expertise Public: Lessons Learned Responding to the 11 September Crisis." International Studies Perspectives 3(2): 221-229. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Goldstein, Joshua S., Jon C. Pevehouse, Deborah J. Gerner, and Shibley Telhami. 2001. "Reciprocity, Triangularity, and Cooperation in the Middle East, 1979-97." Journal of Conflict Resolution 45(5): 594-620. [Published Version]
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. 2000. "Using Cluster Analysis to Derive Early Warning Indicators for the Middle East, 1979-1996." American Political Science Review 94(4): 803-818. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 1999. "Into the New Millennium: Challenges Facing Palestinian Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century." Arab Studies Quarterly 21(4):17-33. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Stein, Janice Gross, et al. 1998. "Five Scenarios of the Israel-Palestinian Relationship in 2002: Works in Progress." Security Studies 7(4):195-208.[Published Version]
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. 1997. "Empirical Indicators of Crisis Phase in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1979-1995." Journal of Conflict Resolution 41(4): 529-552. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. 1994. "Validity Assessment of a Machine-Coded Event Data Set for the Middle East, 1982-92." American Journal of Political Science 38(3): 825-854. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Ronald Francisco, and Judith Weddle. 1994. "Machine Coding of Event Data Using Regional and International Sources." International Studies Quarterly 38(1): 91-119. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1991/92. "Foreign Policy Research: Exhilarating Eclecticism, Intriguing Enigmas." In "The State of the Discipline of International Relations." Special Issue, International Studies Notes 16(3) / 17(1): 4-19. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1991. "Palestinians, Israelis, and the Intifada: The Third Year and Beyond." Arab Studies Quarterly 13(3-4): 19-60. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1990. "Evolution of the Palestinian Uprising." International Journal of Group Tensions 20(3): 233-265. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. "Missed Opportunities and Roads Not Taken: the Eisenhower Administration and the Palestinians." Arab Studies Quarterly 12(1-2): 67-100. [Published Version]

Reprinted in slightly revised form in U.S. Policy on Palestine: From Wilson to Clinton, ed. Michael Suleiman. pp. 81-112. Normal, Illinois: AAUG Press, 1995.
Reprinted in Arabic by the Center for Arab Unity Studies (Beirut), 1997. [Published Version]

Gerner, Deborah J. 1989. "Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Universities in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza." Journal of Arab Affairs 8(1): 74-123. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1985. "Petrodollar Recycling: Imports, Arms, Investment and Aid." Arab Studies Quarterly 7(1): 1-26. [Published Version]

Reprinted in The Political Economy of the Middle East, ed. Timothy Niblock and R.J.A. Wilson. Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000.

Gerner, Deborah J. 1983. "Arms Transfers to the Third World: Research on Patterns, Causes, and Effects." International Interactions 10(1): 5-37. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1979. "The Changing Status of Islamic Women in the Arab World." Arab Studies Quarterly 1(4): 324-353. [Published Version]

TEACHING CASES

Gerner, Deborah J., and Omur Yilmaz. Forthcoming, 2004. "A Question of Sovereignty: Bahrain, Qatar, and the International Court of Justice." Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.
Yilmaz, Omur, and Deborah J. Gerner. Forthcoming, 2003. "U.S. and British Mediation Efforts during the 1974 Crisis over Cyprus." Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.
Brichoux, David, and Deborah J. Gerner. 2002. "The United States and the 1958 Rebellion in Indonesia." Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. [Published Version]
Garrison, Steve, and Deborah J. Gerner. 2001. "A Sea of Troubles: Honduras and the Contra Demobilization." Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Ian S. Wilbur. 2000. "Semantics or Substance? Showdown between the United States and the Palestine Liberation Organization." Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. [Manuscript]

BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEW ESSAYS

Gerner, Deborah. Forthcoming, 2005. "Ibrahim Abu-Laghod," "The Geneva Accords," "Water," and "Economic History," In The Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, 2d ed. ed. Philip Mattar. Greenwood Press.
Gerner, Deborah J. 2004. "Politics in the Middle East." In Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, ed. Deborah J. Gerner. pp. 79-129. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers.
Gerner, Deborah J. 2004. "Preface," "Introduction," "Trends and Prospects," "Basic Political Data," and "Conclusion." In Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, ed. Deborah J. Gerner and Jillian Schwedler. pp. xiii-xvii, 1-4, 425-437, and 441-452. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers ("Preface" and "Conclusion" with Jillian Schwedler; "Basic Political Data" with Weseem el-Rayes).
Gerner, Deborah J. 2003. "Middle East: The Palestinian Issue." In Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflict, ed. Joseph Rudolph. pp. 161-168. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. [Manuscript] [Published Version]

Reprinted as an appendix in Until the Rain Falls (see above under books)

Gerner, Deborah J. 2000. "Preface," "Introduction," "Trends and Prospects," and "Basic Political Data." In Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, ed. Deborah J. Gerner. Pp. xiii-xvi, 1-4, 383-392, and 395-405. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers. (Basic Political Data with David Dolson)
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 2000. "Politics in the Middle East." In Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, ed. Deborah J. Gerner. pp. 81-128. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, Publishers.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 1998. "The Effects of Media Coverage on Crisis Assessment and Early Warning in the Middle East." In Early Warning and Early Response, ed. Susanne Schmeidl and Howard Adelman. New York: Columbia International Affairs Online, Columbia University Press. [HTML] [Manuscript]
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. 1998. "Cluster Analysis as an Early Warning Technique for the Middle East." In Preventive Measures: Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems, ed. John Davies and Ted Robert Gurr. pp. 95-107. New York: Rowman & Littlefield. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1997. "The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939." In An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action, ed. Christopher Kruegler, Roger Powers, Doug Bond, Ronald McCarthy, and William Vogele. pp. 394-395. New York: Garland Publishing. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1996. "Islamic Revivalism and International Politics." Mershon International Studies Review (April): 104-108. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1995. "The Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis." In Foreign Policy Analysis: Continuity and Change in its Second Generation, ed. Laura Neack, Jeanne A. K. Hay, and Patrick J. Haney. pp. 17-32. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 1992. "History and Culture in the Teaching of World Politics." In Teaching World Politics: Contending Pedagogies for a New World Order, eds. Lev Gonick and Edward Weisband. pp. 63-81. Boulder: Westview Press. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1992. "The Arab-Israeli Conflict." In Intervention into the 1990s: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Third World, ed. Peter J. Schraeder. pp. 361-382 Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press. [Manuscript] [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1992. "Middle East International Relations in the Late 1980s: Review Essay." Arab Studies Quarterly 14:1 (Winter): 77-84.
Gerner, Deborah J. 1991. "Foreign Policy Analysis: Renaissance, Routine or Rubbish?" In Political Science: Looking to the Future, Vol. 2, ed. William Crotty. pp. 123-185. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1988. "Weapons for Repression?" US Arms Transfers and the Third World." In Terrible Beyond Endurance: The Foreign Policy of State Terrorism, ed. Michael Stohl and George Lopez. pp. 247-279. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1987. "Under Occupation: Academic freedom and the Palestinian universities." In Third World Affairs 1987. pp. 191-206. London: Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1986. "Women and Societal Change: Review Essay." Arab Studies Quarterly 8:2 (Spring): 186-191. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1985. "A Markov Simulation of Trade as a Form of Petrodollar Recycling," In Theories, Models, and Simulations in International Relations: Essays in Honor of Harold Guetzkow, ed. Michael Don Ward. pp.369-392. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 369-392. [Published Version]
Gerner, Deborah J. 1984. "Roles in Transition: The Evolving Position of Women in Arab-Islamic Countries," In Research on Muslim Women: Issues and Current Perspectives, ed. Farida Hussain. pp.71-99. London: Croom Helm.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS

Gerner, Deborah J, and Chris Toesing. 2004. "The 9/11 Commission Report." Middle East Report 232 (Summer).
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, and Ömür Yilmaz. 2004. CAMEO (Conflict and Mediation Event Observations) Codebook. CAMEO is part of the Kansas Event Data System project, University of Kansas.
Gerner, Deborah J. 2003. "Chronology of Palestinian-Israeli Relations." Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP). http://www.merip.org.
Bennis, Phyllis, Deborah J. Gerner, Rebecca Stein, and Chris Toensing. 2001. "Intifada Primer." Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP). http://www.merip.org.

Reprinted in abridged form as "The Palestinian Uprising: A Primer," in Rethinking Schools (Winter 2001), p. 22.

Gerner, Deborah J. 2001. "In Memoriam: Ibrahim Abu-Lughod." Middle East Report 220(Summer): 7.
Gerner, Deborah J. 2001. "In Memoriam: Ibrahim Abu-Lughod." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 25(5): 20, 76.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 1996. "Bringing the Palestinian Issue Home." Lawrence Journal World, 19 May.
Gerner, Deborah J. 1991. "Eyes on the Storm: The Conflict over Kuwait." Kansas Alumni Magazine 89(5): 24-27.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Christopher W. Donald. 1989/90. "Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report." Foreign Policy Analysis Notes 16(3): 16-19.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. 1989. "Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Policy." Foreign Policy Analysis Notes 16(2): 4-9.
Gerner, Deborah J. 1988/89. "Films and the Teaching of Foreign Policy," Foreign Policy Analysis Notes 15(3): 3-6.
Gerner, Deborah J. 1984. "Oman: A Strategic Assessment." Report 670008. Los Angeles: International Defense Intermetrics, October, 61 pp.

DATA SETS

Numerous data sets are available on our KEDS web site: http://www.ku.edu/~keds
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "Empirical Indicators of Crisis Phase in the Middle East, 1979-1995." ICPSR Publications-Related Archive Study #1136.
Schrodt, Philip A. and Deborah J. Gerner, "Validity assessment of a machine-coded event data set for the Middle East, 1982-1992. ICPSR Publications-Related Archive Study #1114.

BOOK REVIEWS

Rebecca L. Torstrick, The Limits of Coexistence: Identity Politics in Israel, in Journal of Palestine Studies 31:1 (Autumn 2001): 95-96.
Hillel Frisch, Countdown to Statehood: Palestinian State Formation in the West Bank and Gaza, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 33:2 (May 2001): 329-331.
Ann M. Lesch and Dan Tschirgi, Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, in Journal of Palestine Studies 29:2 (Winter 2000): 104-105.
Avraham Sela, The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Middle East Politics and the Quest for Regional Order, in Journal of Palestine Studies 28:2 (Winter 1999): 100-101.
Edy Kaufman, Shukri B. Abed, and Robert L. Rothstein, eds., Democracy, Peace, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, in Arab Studies Quarterly 16:4 (Fall 1994): 77-79.
David Grossman, Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel, in Journal of Palestine Studies 23:2 (Winter 1994): 107-109.
R. T. Drury and R. C. Winn, Plowshares and Swords: The Economics of Occupation in the West Bank, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 26:1 (February 1994): 111-113.
Monteagle Stearns, Entangled Allies: U.S. Policy Toward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 25:2 (May 1993): 364-366.
Shibley Telhami, Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords, in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 26:2 (December 1992): 215-216.
Michael Romann and Alex Weingrod, Living Together Separately: Arabs and Jews in Contemporary Jerusalem, in Political Science Quarterly 107:1 (Spring 1992): 152-154.
George Bisharat, Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 24:1 (February 1992): 148-150.
Naseer Aruri, ed., Occupation: Israel Over Palestine, 2d ed., in International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 8:2 (Autumn 1991): 107-111.
George Lenczowski, American Presidents and the Middle East, in Perspectives on Political Science 20:3 (Summer 1991): 174.
Don Peretz, Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising, in American Political Science Review 85:2 (June 1991): 672-3.
Sohrab Sobhani, The Pragmatic Entente: Israeli-Iranian Relations, 1948-1988, in Perspectives on Political Science 20:1 (Winter 1991): 44.
Antony Thrall Sullivan, Palestinian Universities Under Occupation, in Arab Studies Quarterly 12:3-4 (Summer-Fall 1990): 142-145.
Samuel F. Wells, Jr. and Mark A. Bruzonsky, eds. Security in the Middle East: Regional Change and Great Power Strategies, in Arab Studies Quarterly 12:3-4 (Summer-Fall 1990): 125-129.
Rosemary Radford Ruether and Herman J. Ruether, The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, in Conflict 10:2 (Fall 1990): 175-178.
John Holdren and Joseph Rotblat, eds., Strategic Defenses and the Future of the Arms Race, in Perspective 17:1 (Winter 1988): 37-38.
William Stivers, America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the middle East, 1948-83, in Perspective 16:2 (March / April 1987): 47.
Steven L. Spiegel, The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict, in Arab Studies Quarterly 9:1 (Winter 1987): 118-121.
Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael, Government and Politics in Islam, in International Journal of African Historical Studies 20:1 (March 1987): 115-116.
Bruce E. Arlinghaus, Arms for Africa, in American Political Science Review 79:1 (March 1985): 253.
Israel Shahak, Israel's Global Role, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 15:4 (Fall 1983): 570-571.

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)

"Projecting Palestinian Positions Effectively," Presented at a conference in honor of Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Birzeit University, Palestine, June 2002.
"Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: The US and Israel," and "Human Rights and the Arab-Israeli Conflict," Presented while a visiting scholar a the University of Nebraska, 13-14 February 2002.
"Israelis, Palestinians, and the collapse of the Oslo process," "U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," "The War Against Iraq and its Aftermath," "Culture, Conflict, and Coffee: Gender in the Middle East." All presented while a Visiting Distinguished Scholar, Council for International Initiatives, University of Missouri, 11-13 April 2001.
"Palestinian Politics," Ten two-hour lectures for the Great Lakes Jerusalem Program, November 2000, Cyprus.
"La Politique Americaine au Moyen-Orient et La Question Palestinienne," Lecture at the Universite Gaston Gerger, St. Louis, Senegal, 8 June 2000.
"The Creation of American Foreign Policy," Lecture at the Universite Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Senegal, 31 May 2000.
"The Wye River Accords and U.S. Involvement with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Lecture to Great Lakes Colleges Association study abroad students, Jerusalem, December 1999.
"Living Together Separately," Peace Lecture Series, Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, April 1998.
"US foreign policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Lecture to Great Lakes Colleges Association study abroad students, Jerusalem, December 1997.
"Pattern Recognition Techniques for Early Warning using Machine-Coded Event Data." Conference on Synergy in Early Warning, Centre for refugee Studies, University of Toronto, March 1997. (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace," Lecture to Great lakes Colleges Association study abroad students, Jerusalem, December 1996.
"Event Data Clustering as an Early Warning Indicator." Workshop on Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems, The University of Maryland, November 1996 (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"KEDS and Crisis Early Warning in the Middle East." Workshop on Crisis Early Warning, The Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, August 1996. (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"Machine-Coded Event Data and Statistical Early Warning Models in the Middle East." Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, May 1996. (with Philip A. Schrodt).
"Palestinian and Israeli Politics and the Peace Process." Lecture to Furman University study abroad students, Jerusalem, January 1996.
"Culture, Conflict, and Coffee: Reflections of a Feminist Professor on the Middle East." University of Kansas, Byron T. Shutz Award for Distinguished Teaching, November 1995. [Published Version]
"Cognition and International Event Data." Research Training Group in Political Psychology at the Ohio State University, October 1995.
"Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy land," "Islam, Politics and Palestinians," and two additional lectures. Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the David M. Kennedy School of International Relations, Brigham Young University, February 1994.
"Living Together Separately: Issues of Ethnicity and Nationality within Palestine / Israel." Birzeit University International Conference, "Palestine, the Arab world, and the Emerging International System," Jerusalem, Birzeit, and Nablus, July 1993.
"The Use of Event Data to Study Nonviolent Political Action," Program on Nonviolent Sanctions in Conflict and Defense, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, May 1993.
"Living Together Separately: Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East," Fifth Annual James E. Seaver Lecture on Continuing Issues in Western Civilization," University of Kansas, February 1993.
"United States Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict," College of Science and Technology, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, January 1992.
Invited participant, Workshop on "Third World Military Expenditures and Development," Michigan Stated University, 1991.
"Teaching about the Arab-Israeli Conflict," Educators Workshop, Seventh United Nations North American Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, New York, June 1990.
"Israel and the Intifada." Workshop on "Ethical dimensions and the Use of Force in International Relations," Notre Dame University, October 1990.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Gerner, Deborah J. 2004. "The Political Economy of Rights and REsources in teh Middle East: Reflections on Water." Presented at the National Science Foundation Workshop: Understanding Global Tensions, Istanbul, Turkey, June.
Schrodt, Philip A., Ömür Yilmaz, and Deborah J. Gerner. 2004. "The Use of Real-Time Event Data for Conflict Monitoring and Assessment: The Case of Palestine." Presented at the International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2004.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Ömür Yilmaz. 2003 "A Question of Sovereignty: Bahrain, Qatar, and the International Court of Justice." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, Oregon, February.
Schrodt, Philip A., Omur Yilmaz, and Deborah J. Gerner. 2003. "Evaluating 'Ripeness' and 'Hurting Stalemate' in Mediated International Conflicts: An Event Data Study of the Middle East, Balkans, and West Africa." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, Oregon, February.
Gerner, Deborah J. 2002. "Mobilizing Women for Nationalist Agendas: Palestinian Women, Civil Society, and the State-Building Process." Presented the Fulbright Conference "Women in the Global Community," Istanbul, Turkey, September. [Manuscrpit]
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Omur Yilmaz, and Rajaa Abu-Jabr. "The Creation of CAMEO (Conflict and Mediation Event Observations): An Event Data Framework for a Post Cold War World." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 29 August - 1 September 2002. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Rajaa Abu-Jabr, and Omur Yilmaz. "Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO): A New Event Data Framework for the Analysis of Foreign Policy Interaction." Presented at the annual meeting of the International studies Association, New Orleans, March 2002.
Yilmaz, Omur, and Deborah J. Gerner. "U.S. and British mediation Efforts during the 1974 Crisis over Cyprus." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, March 2002.
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Rajaa Abu-Jabr, Omur Yilmaz, and Erin M. Simpson. "Determinants of 'Successful' third-Party Mediation in the Middle East: Statistical Studies of Event Data, 1979-1999." Presented at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco, November, 2001.
Schrodt, Philip A., Deborah J. Gerner, Rajaa Abu-Jabr, Omur Yilmaz, and Erin M. Simpson. "Analyzing the dynamics of international mediation processes in the Middle East and Balkans." Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 1 September 2001. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J. "Mobilizing Women for Nationalist Agendas: Palestinian Women and the State-Building Process." Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 1 September 2001.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Mobilizing Women for Nationalist Agendas: Palestinian Women from the 19th century through the second intifada." Prepared for presentation at the International Studies Association joint conference, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, July 2001.
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "Analyzing the dynamics of international mediation processes." Presented at the annual summer meeting of the Political Methodology group, Emory University, 19-21 July 2001 and at the International Studies Association joint conference, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, July 2001. [Manuscript]
Schrodt, Philip A., Erin M. Simpson, and Deborah J. Gerner. "Monitoring conflict using automated coding of newswire reports: a comparison of five geographical regions." Presented at the PRIO / Uppsala University / DECRG High-Level Scientific conference on Identifying Wars: Systematic Conflict Research and Its Utility in Conflict Resolution and Prevention, Uppsala, Sweden, 8-9 June 2001. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "Evaluating Mediation Strategies in the Middle East and the Balkans." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 2001.
Garrison, Steve, and Deborah J. Gerner. "A Sea of Troubles: Honduras and the Contra Demobilization." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 2001.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Mobilizing Women for Nationalist Agendas: Palestinian Social Movements, Democratization, and the State-Building Process." Presented at the Hall Center Seminar on Gender and Nationalism, Fall 2000.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Prelude to Oslo: The PLO's 1988 Decision to Renounce Terrorism and Recognize the State of Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the America Political Science Associate, Washington, D.C., September 2000.
Brichoux, David., and Deborah J. Gerner. "Promoting Democracy or Dictatorship? U.S. Involvement in Indonesia, 1958." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, February 2000.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Ian Wilbur. "What's in a Word? The US Decision to Recognize the PLO." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., February, 1999.
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "The Impact of Early Warning on Institutional Responses to Complex Humanitarian Crises." Presented at the Third Pan European Conference of the Standing Group for International Relations (ECPR) in cooperation with International Studies Association, Vienna, Austria, September, 1998. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., "Palestinian Social Movements and Democratization." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September, 1998.
Goldstein, Joshua S., Jon C. Pevehouse, Deborah J. Gerner, and Shibley Telhami. "Dynamics of Middle East Conflict and U.S. Influence, 1979-97." Presented at the annual meeting of the Peace Science Society, Rutgers University, October, 1998. [HTML]
Goldstein, Joshua S., Jon C. Pevehouse, Deborah J. Gerner, and Shibley Telhami. "Dynamics of Middle East Conflict and U.S. Influence, 1979-97." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 1998. [HTML]
Goldstein, Joshua S., Jon C. Pevehouse, Deborah J. Gerner, and Shibley Telhami. "The Dynamics of Middle East Conflict, 1979-90: A Time-Series Analysis." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, February, 1998.
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "An Event Data Set for the Arabian / Persian Gulf Region, 1979-1997." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, February, 1998. [Manuscript]
Sylvan, Don, Richard Herrmann, and Deborah J. Gerner. "Problem Representation and Image in the Middle East Peace Process." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, March, 1997.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "Into the New Millennium: Challenges Facing Palestinian Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century." Presented at the Second International Conference on Palestinian Studies, Birzeit University, West Bank, 12-15 December 1996.
Schrodt Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "Using Cluster Analysis to Derive Early Warning Indicators for Political Change in the Middle East, 1979-1996." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 1996. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "The Kansas Event Data System: A Beginner's Guide with an Application to the Study of Media Fatigue in the Palestinian Intifada." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 1996.
Schrodt, Philip A., Phillip A. Huxtable, and Deborah J. Gerner. "Using Event Data in the Analysis of Political Behavior in the Middle East and Africa." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, April 1996.
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner, "Empirical Indicators of Crisis Phase in the Middle East, 1979-1995." Presented at the annual meeting of the Peace Science Society, Columbus, Ohio, October 1995. [Manuscript]
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "Foreign Policy Interactions in the Middle East: Three Cases of Conflict." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., March 1994.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Living Together Separately: Palestinians and Israelis in the Holy Land." Presented at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Triangle Park, North Carolina, November 1993.
Schrodt, Philip A., and Deborah J. Gerner. "Statistical Patterns in a Dense Event Data Set for the Middle East, 1982-1992." Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1993, Chicago.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Foreign Policy Interactions in the Middle East, 1982-1991: An Analysis of Events Data," Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1993, Acapulco, Mexico.
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Ronald A. Francisco, and Judith L. Weddle. "Machine Coding of Event Data Using Regional and International Sources." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1993, Acapulco Mexico.
Gerner, Deborah J., Philip A. Schrodt, Ronald A. Francisco, and Judith L. Weddle. "Issues in the Creation of Event Data: Machine Coding of Regional and International Sources." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1992, Chicago.
Schrodt, Philip A., Judith L. Weddle, Ronald A. Francisco, Deborah J. Gerner, and Julia Pitner. "Machine Coding of International Events using International and Regional Sources." Presented at the annual meeting of International Studies Association, April 1992, Atlanta.
Gerner, Deborah J. "From Stones to Statehood?" Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1991, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Strategies of Political Protest: The Arab Revolt and the Palestinian uprising." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1991, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Three Years of Palestinian uprising Implications for Theories of Domestic Conflict." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1991, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gerner, Deborah J.. "Teaching world Politics in the 1990s." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1991, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Eisenhower and the Arab States of the Gulf." Presented at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Symposium, October 1990, Gettysburg College.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Patterns and strategies in the Palestinian Intifada: Domestic and International Dimensions." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1990, San Francisco.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Evolution of a Revolution: The Palestinian Uprising, 1987-1989 (Progress Report)." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1990, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The Eisenhower Administration and the Palestinians: Eight Years of Missed Opportunities." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1989, Atlanta.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Foreign Policy Analysis: renaissance, Routine or Rubbish?" Presented as a "theme panel" at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1989, Chicago.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Israeli Restrictions on the Palestinian Universities of the West Bank and Gaza." Presented at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, November 1988, Beverly Hills.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Consistencies and Contradictions in the U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Arab World." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1988, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Arthur B. Sanders. "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Arab States of the Gulf." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1988, St. Louis.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Settler Regimes and the Suppression of Indigenous Nationalism: Academic Freedom in the Occupied Territories." Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates, November 1987, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The Impact of Arab Petrodollar Recycling on the U.S.-Arab Foreign Policy Relationship." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest, November 1987, Lawrence, Kansas.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The United States and the Arab Gulf: An Interdependent Relationship?" Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1987, Washington, D.C.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The Eagle and The Crescent: US-Saudi Relations during the OPEC Era." Presented at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, November 1986, Boston.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Academic Freedom and the Palestinian Universities in the Israeli Occupied Territories." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1986, Anaheim.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The Impact of the Middle East Oil Revenues on Patterns of Trade between Oil Producers and the Industrialized West." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1985, New Orleans.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The United States, Saudi Arabia and the Third World: Economic Aid and Foreign Policy." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1985, Chicago.
Gerner, Deborah J. "The Political Implications of Arab Economic Assistance to Third World States." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1984, Atlanta.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Petrodollar Recycling: Imports, Arms, Investment and Aid." Presented at the annual meeting of American Political Science Association, September 1983, Chicago.
Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "Determinants of Association between National Attributes and Arms Transfers in Africa and the Middle East." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, April 1983, Mexico City.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Third World Arms Imports and Domestic Conflicts: A Preliminary Look at the Middle East and North Africa." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1982, Cincinnati.
Mansbridge, Jane J., and Deborah J. Gerner. "The Politics of the ERA: An Organizational Analysis." Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1981, Cincinnati.
Gerner, Deborah J. "Economic Aid Distributions: A Test of the Humanitarian Model." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1981, Philadelphia.

RESEARCH SKILLS

Languages: Arabic (basic); Spanish (basic)
Elite and non-elite interviewing
Multivariate statistics
Archival research

FOREIGN TRAVEL

Middle East: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Sudan, Turkey, West Bank & Gaza Strip (about two dozen trips to the region since 1985)
Other: Barbados, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand, United Kingdom, Western Europe

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Series editor:

New Millennium Books in International Studies, Rowman & Littlefield (1996- )

Editorial Boards:

Arab Studies Quarterly (1991- )
International Studies Notes (1995-1999)
International Studies Perspectives (2000- )
International Studies Quarterly (2004- )
Journal of Conflict Studies (1995- )
MERIP: Middle East Report (1999- )
Westview Press (Dilemmas in World Politics, 1989-2001)

Outside reviewer for academic journals:

American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
International Interactions
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Peace Research
journal of Politics
The Middle EAst Journal
Mobilization
Women and Politics

Outside reviewer for publishers:

Addison, Wesley
Longman Publishing
Garland Publishing
Lynne Rienner Publishers
McGraw-Hill Press
Rowman & Littlefield
St. Martin's Press
Unwin Hyman

Outside reviewer for funding organizations:

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Grawemeyer World Order Award
National Science Foundation

Memberships:

Selected professional committee activities:

American Political Science Association: Selection Committee, Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science (2003), Governing Committee, Foreign POlicy Analysis section, (2001-2003), Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession (1994-96)
International Studies Association: Treasurer (2002-2005), Vice President (1997-98),), Governing Council (1991-1992; 1994-1995; 1997-1998; 2001-5), Finance Committee (1999-2001, 2002-2006), Long-range Planning Committee (1999-2002), Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee, (1997-2001, chair 2001), Nominating Committee, (1996-1998), Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Future ISA Conferences (1995-1997), Governing Board, Active Learning in International Affairs Section (1996-1998), Conference Program Co-Chair, annual meeting (1994-95), Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee, (1992-1995), Governing Board, Foreign Policy Analysis Section (1989-1993), Chair, Foreign Policy Analysis Section (1991-1992), Vice Chair, Foreign Policy Analysis Section (1990-1991)
International Studies Association Midwest: Chair, Quincy Wright Book Award Committee (1988), Breckenridge Award Committee, (1988), Quincy Wright Book Award Committee (1986)
Palestinian American Research Center: Board of Directors (2003-2006)

Selected Community service:

Frequent interviews for radio, television, newspapers (partial list available on request)
Numerous lectures and seminars for religious, educational, business, activist, and other community groups (partial list available on request)
Member of the World Council of Churches volunteer election monitoring team (representing the American Friends Service Committee), Palestinian elections, January 1996
Regular commentaries for KANU public radio, 1990-94
Board of Directors, Human Rights Research Foundation (Chicago and Washington, D.C.), 1991-94
International Advisory Board, Palestine Human Rights Information Center (Jerusalem), 1990-94

Service - University of Kansas:

Women’s Studies advisory board (2001- )
International Studies MA program advisory board (2000- )
University Scholars Mentor Program 1992-2003
Self Graduate Fellowship Board of Trustees 2001-2002
Kemper Teaching Award Selection Committee, 2002
Advisory Committee for the Applied English Center 1998-2002 (Chair, 1998-2000)
Advisor to Middle East Club 1993-1995
University International Studies and Programs Committee, 1991-1995
College Standing Elections Committee 1992-1994
College Committee on the Budget 1991-1994
College Dean's Scholars Program Selection Committee 1991-1994
Advisor to General Union of Palestinian Students, 1991-1994
College First Level Review Committee, General Research Fund 1988-1991

Service - Northwestern University, Hamilton College, University of Iowa:

Undergraduate International Studies Sub-Committee; Committee for International Studies, 1986-88
Program of African Studies Advisory Committee, 1986-88
C.I.C. Summer Research Opportunity Program Faculty Sponsor, 1986
Faculty Associate, International Studies Residential College, 1985-88; Associate fellow, May 1981-December 1981; Assistant Master, May-September 1981.
Associate fellow, Humanities Residential College, 1980-81
Faculty Committee for Women's Studies, 1983-1985
Foreign Student Interest Group, 1983-85
Pre-Law Advising Committee, 1984-85
Senior Fellow Advisor, 1984-85
Publications Board, 1984-85
Co-Education Committee, 1985
Women in Development Committee, 1982-1983
Undergraduate Advising Committee, 1982-83