now Vanderbilt University, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor

CAROL ATKINSON Vanderbilt University 310 Normandy Circle Department of Political Science Nashville, TN 37209 325 Commons Center PMB 0505 230 Appleton Place Nashville, TN 37203-5721 Email: c.atkinson@vanderbilt.edu EDUCATION 2003 Ph.D., Duke University Political Science Dissertation: The Construction of Democracy: Political Socialization Through Military Engagement Advisor: Joseph M. Grieco 1999 Master of Arts, Air Command and Staff College Military Operational Art and Science Distinguished Graduate 1985 Master of Arts, Indiana University Geography Thesis: Economic, Ethnic, and Cultural Influences as Alternative Explanatory Variables of Rural to Urban Migration in Soviet Central Asia 1984 Bachelor of Science, United States Air Force Academy Geography and International Affairs-Russian Area Studies Academically Distinguished Graduate PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 - now Vanderbilt University, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor 2007-2008 Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer 2006-2007 University of Southern California, Center for International Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer 2005-2006 Ohio State University, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2003-2005 U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College, Director of the Research Seminar Program Page 1 of 10

1999-2000 U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College, Instructor 1994-1998 U.S. Air Force Academy, Department of Military Doctrine, Operations, and Strategy, Assistant Professor and Operations Officer (second in command, responsible for department personnel and operations) 1993-1994 U.S. Strategic Command, Chief of Nuclear Targeting Analysis for Contingencies 1991-1993 Strategic Air Command, Nuclear Airborne Battle Staff, Nuclear Warfare Analyst and Planner 1992 (Jan-Apr) U.S. Central Command, Combat Operations Center (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Iraq Contingency Planner and Target Analyst 1991 (Jan-Apr) U.S. Central Command Headquarters (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Battle Damage Analyst during Operation DESERT STORM 1989-1990 7th Air Force, Osan Airbase (Republic of Korea), Intelligence Analyst 1986-1989 Foreign Technology Division, Chief of the Satellite Imagery Archive and Imagery Analyst 1979-1980 Enlisted in the United States Air Force HONORS AND AWARDS Research Grants and Fellowships 2011-2012 Vanderbilt University, Research Scholar Fellowship, $31,379 2011 George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, International Policy Summer Institute, Bridging the Gap Project 2010-2011 Smith Richardson Foundation, International Security and Foreign Policy Program, Junior Faculty Grant, $60,000 2007-2008 Stanford University, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006-2007 University of Southern California, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2005-2006 Ohio State University, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Awards and Recognition Distinguished Faculty of the Game, honored by Vanderbilt University Women s Basketball Team, 19 February 2009 Military Educator of the Quarter, Air Command and Staff College, 2004 Distinguished Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, 1999 Officer of the Year, 34th Education Group, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1997 Philip D. Caine Award for the Instructor of the Year in Military Art and Science (senior-level), U.S. Air Force Academy, 1997 Page 2 of 10

Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, U.S. Strategic Command, 1993 Intelligence Officer of the Year, 7th Air Force, 1990 Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Foreign Technology Division, 1987 Distinguished Graduate, Joint Services Defense Sensor Application Training Program, 1986 Distinguished Graduate, Basic Imagery Interpretation School, 1986 Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1984, 1985, and 1986 Military Decorations Meritorious Service Medal, two awards Joint Service Commendation Medal, two awards Air Force Commendation Medal, three awards Army Commendation Medal For distinguished service on Army General Schwarzkopf s Central Command Headquarters staff in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Storm, 1991 Air Force Achievement Medal Combat Readiness Medal National Defense Service Medal, two awards Southwest Asia Service Medal, two awards Global War on Terror Service Medal Korea Defense Service Medal Kuwait Liberation Medal, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia For distinguished service during Operation Desert Storm, this medal was presented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal, from the Government of Kuwait For distinguished service during the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, this medal was presented by the Government of Kuwait PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles 2011. Carol Atkinson and Giacomo Chiozza. Leadership and Commitment: The United States and the Future of the Northeast Asian Order. Pacific Focus 26:3, pages TBD. 2010. Carol Atkinson. Using Nuclear Weapons. Review of International Studies 36:4, 839-851. 2010. Carol Atkinson. Does Soft Power Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Student Exchange Programs 1980-2006. Foreign Policy Analysis 6:1, 1-22. 2006. Carol Atkinson. Constructivist Implications of Material Power: Military Engagement and the Socialization of States, 1972-2000. International Studies Quarterly 50, 509-537. Book Chapters Forthcoming. Carol Atkinson and Giacomo Chiozza. The United States, Its Allies, And Emerging Security Institutions In Northeast Asia. In Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Architecture and Beyond, Page 3 of 10

Eds. T.J. Pempel and Chung-Min Lee, Routledge, pages TBD. The volume will be published in English and Hangul (Korean). 2003. Charles Krupnick and Carol Atkinson. Slovakia and Security at the Center of Europe. In Almost NATO: Partners and Players in Central and Eastern European Security, Ed. Charles Krupnick, Rowman and Littlefield, 47-82. Book Reviews 2009. Review of Nina Tannenwald s The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945. Strategic Studies Quarterly 3:2, 141-143. CURRENT RESEARCH Book Manuscript Soldier by Soldier: Military Socialization, Political Identity, and Democracy. Book manuscript that I am currently researching and writing. Articles Who Cares About Biological Weapons? Article under review. PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentations 2010. Building American Soft Power Soldier by Soldier. Invited by Air War College to speak at their Faculty Forum (a lecture series for war college faculty members), Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, 10 December 2010. With honorarium and expenses paid. 2010. U.S. Perspectives on Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Invited to present paper at Yonsei University for the MacArthur Foundation International Conference on Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Architecture and Beyond. Seoul, Republic of Korea, 14-15 June 2010. With honorarium and expenses paid. (with Giacomo Chiozza) 2009. The Changing Nature of the U.S. Military and Its Changing Threats. Invited by Vanderbilt University Student Government to speak at their November Dinner Discussion, Vanderbilt University, 17 November 2009. 2009. Biological Weapons and U.S. National Security. Invited as a defense expert to speak and serve on a three member panel of national security experts, National Security Symposium, Vanderbilt University, 16 October 2009. 2009. U.S. Perspectives on Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia. Invited to present paper at the Yonsei University/MacArthur Foundation International Conference on Cooperation in Page 4 of 10

Northeast Asia: Architecture and Beyond, Somerset Palace, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 30 June 1 July 2009. With honorarium and expenses paid. (with Giacomo Chiozza) 2009. Who Cares About Biological Warfare? Invited by the Program on International Politics, Economics and Security (PIPES) to present paper on biological warfare and participate in seminar discussion, University of Chicago, 30 April 2009. With honorarium and expenses paid. 2009. Military Life. Invited by the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, Vanderbilt University, 9 February 2009. 2008. Military-to-Military Contacts as Channels of Democratic Norm Diffusion: A Quantitative Analysis of a Constructivist Theory of Power. Invited to present my research by the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, 24 January 2008. 2007. Democratic Socialization through Military Exchanges. Invited by the graduate students to present my work at their International Relations Workshop, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, 4 December 2007. 2007. My Military Life. Invited by faculty to give presentation and lead discussion afterwards for undergraduates, Stanford University, 10 October 2007. 2007. Women in the U.S. Military. Invited to give presentation for U.S. National Security course, University of California at Berkeley, 19 September 2007. 2007. Conceptualizing Biological Agents as Weapons of Warfare. Invited to present my research at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, 31 May 2007. Expenses paid. 2007. Conceptualizing Biological Agents as Weapons of Warfare. Invited to present paper at the Conference on Contemporary International Security Issues, University of Southern California, 30 March 2007. 2007. A Woman in the U.S. Military, 1979-2005. Invited (by Ann Tickner) to give presentation for the Gender and Global Issues Seminar, University of Southern California, 29 March 2007. 2007. Military-to-Military Contacts as Channels of International Norm Diffusion. Invited to present my research at the Scholar s Speaker Series, Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California, 21 March 2007. 2007. Gender and the Politics of Employment. Invited by graduate students to give a talk for the Politics and International Relations Graduate Association, University of Southern California, 9 February 2007. 2005. Constructivist Implications of Material Power: Military Engagement and the Socialization of States, 1972-2000. Invited to present my research at the Director s Speaker Series, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University, 4 October 2005. Page 5 of 10

Conference Presentations 2011. From Clausewitz to Petraeus: Socializing Impacts of Military Organizations. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 31 March 3 April 2011. 2011. Military Soft Power: Foreign Military Perspectives of the United States. International Studies Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 16-19 March 2011. 2010. War on the Social Front: Experiences of Recent International Graduates of US Military Staff and War Colleges. Inter-University Seminar on the Armed Forces and Society, Toronto, Canada, 16 October 2010. 2009. From Wealth to Democracy? An Analysis Using Multi-State Event History Models. Paper presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 9 April 2009. (with Giacomo Chiozza) 2008. From Wealth to Democracy? An Analysis Using Multi-State Event History Models. Paper presented at the U.S. Army Conference on Applied Statistics, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, 22-24 October 2008. (with Giacomo Chiozza) 2008. Wealth and Transition to Democratic Governance. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 30 August 2008. 2008. Securitizing Discourses: The Case of Biological Weapons. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 30 August 2008. 2008. Out of Mind, Out of Sight: the Social Construction of Biological Warfare. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 4 April 2008. 2008. Use and Non-use of Nuclear Weapons: the Need to Assess Ideational As Well As Material Outcomes. Roundtable Participant on Norms, Knowledge and Nuclear Weapons: A Roundtable on Nina Tannenwald s The Nuclear Taboo, International Studies Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA, 27 March 2008. 2007. A Year in the Life of a Soldier: A Survey of Foreign Military Officers. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, 12 April 2007. 2007. Human Security and American Soft Power. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, 3 March 2007. 2006. De-Bunking the School of the Americas Myth: An Empirical Investigation Using Ordered Logit Models with Random Intercepts. Paper presented at the U.S. Army Conference on Applied Statistics, Durham, NC, 19 October 2006. 2006. Human Rights, Democracy, and International Educational Exchanges: An Assessment Using Generalized Multilevel Longitudinal Models. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 20-23 April 2006. Page 6 of 10

2005. The Influence of International Educational Exchange Programs on the Political Identity of States 1972-2000. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 7-10 April 2005. 2005. The Influence of U.S. Military Educational Exchange Programs on the Political Identity of States 1972-2000. Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, 6-8 January 2005. 2004. The Construction of Democracy: Political Socialization Through Military Engagement. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 15-18 April 2004. 2003. Slovakia s Extraordinary 2002 Election. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference in Portland, OR, 25 February-1 March 2003. (with Charles Krupnick) 2000. Slovakia and Changing Concepts of Security in Europe. Paper presented at the Air Force Institute for National Security Studies Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, 14 November 2000. (with Charles Krupnick) 2000. Slovakia and Changing Concepts of Security in Europe. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 14-18 March 2000. (with Charles Krupnick) TEACHING EXPERIENCE New Courses Introduced at Vanderbilt University Nature of War, upper division undergraduate course War and Society, upper division undergraduate course Ideas and International Security, graduate seminar Graduate Courses Taught Ideas and International Security (graduate seminar) Vanderbilt University, spring 2010 Stanford University, fall 2007 Conflict and Cooperation (graduate seminar) University of Southern California, fall 2006 National Security Studies (graduate seminar) Air Command and Staff College, 1999, 2003-2005 Strategy and War (graduate seminar) Air Command and Staff College, 1999, 2003-2005 Page 7 of 10

Undergraduate Courses Taught Introduction to International Politics (lecture course) Vanderbilt University, spring 2009, fall 2009, spring 2011 Nature of War (lecture and discussion course) Vanderbilt University, fall 2008, spring 2009, spring 2011 Joint and Multinational Operations (lecture course) U.S. Air Force Academy, 1994-1998 Military Operations Other Than War (seminar) U.S. Air Force Academy, 1994-1998 Economic Opportunity and Political Risk in Southeast Asia (undergraduate, research) Vanderbilt University, spring 2011 Directed Readings (undergraduate, research) Vanderbilt University, fall 2009, two students supervised Honors Thesis Research (undergraduate) Vanderbilt University, spring 2011 *Committee member, History Department Vanderbilt University, spring 2010 * Committee Chair, Political Science Department, two students supervised Undergraduate Research Projects Supervised Sarah Sagan. 2011. Comparative Study of Education Systems in Africa. Benjamin Scott. 2011. Economic Opportunity and Political Risk in Southeast Asia. Independent Study Research Project. Ben subsequently received a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue this project in Vietnam. Rachel Foley. 2010. On Russian Military Reform Under Yeltsin and Putin. Honors Thesis, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University. 108 pages. Received High Honors. Medora Brown. 2010. Somali Piracy and Management of the Global Commons. Honors Thesis, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University. 80 pages. Received High Honors. Elizabeth Knudson. Fall 2009. Stability in Africa: Identity, Ethnicity, and History. Honors Project to Enrich PSCI 102. 24 pages. REFERENCES Joseph M. Grieco, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Duke University grieco@duke.edu, 919-660-4315 Page 8 of 10

Patrick James, Professor and Director, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, patrickj@usc.edu, 213-821-4114 Douglas C. Peifer, Professor of History, Department of Strategy, Air War College, douglas.peifer@maxwell.af.mil, 334-953-2102 Scott D. Sagan. Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, ssagan@stanford.edu, 650-725- 2715. Steven I. Wilkinson, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Department of Political Science, Yale University, steven.wilkinson@yale.edu, 203-432-5230 SERVICE 2011 Faculty advisor, McTyeire International House, Vanderbilt University Review Committee for non-tenure track faculty renewal, Department of Political Science, Junior Faculty Speakers Committee, Department of Political Science, IR Comprehensive Exam Committee, Department of Political Science, 2010 Undergraduate Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University Junior Faculty Speakers Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University IR Comprehensive Exam Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2009 Undergraduate Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2008 Undergraduate Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2007 International Relations Workshop, faculty participant, Department of Political Science, Stanford University Co-organizer of the first annual Conference on Contemporary International Security Issues, at the Center for International Security, University of Southern California, 30-31 March 2007 Judge, annual student essay competition, sponsored by the School of International Relations and the Center for International Studies, University of Southern California Politics and International Relations Graduate Association, faculty participant, University of Southern California, 2006-2007 Reviewer for American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Cooperation and Conflict, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, The Journal of Politics, and Oxford University Press. Page 9 of 10

Chair/discussant, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Inter- University Seminar on the Armed Forces and Society, Midwest Political Science Association, and Southwestern Social Science Association. Numerous presentations for various groups on a variety of subjects. At Vanderbilt University this included Vanderbilt alumni, ROTC cadets, student government, and local citizens. U.S. military veteran, served in a combat zone AFFILIATIONS United States Air Force Academy Alumni Association, lifetime member Duke University Alumni Association, lifetime member Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, lifetime fellow National Geographic Society, lifetime member International Studies Association, member American Political Science Association, member Page 10 of 10