Paul A. Kowert

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
July 2011

Complete CV in PDF Format is also available.

• Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations:  An Ideational Alliance, co-edited with Vaughn Shannon (An Arbor: University of Michigan, 2011).
• Cultures of Order: Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan, co-authored with Katja Weber (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press,  2007).
• Groupthink or Deadlock: When Do Leaders Learn from Their Advisors? (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2002).
• International Relations in a Constructed World, co-edited with Vendulka Kubalkova and Nicholas G. Onuf (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1998); chapters on "Constructive Constructivism" (with Kubalkova and Onuf, pp. 3-21), and "Agent versus Structure in the Construction of National Identity" (pp. 101-122).

• "Foreign Policy and the Social Construction of State Identity," in Robert A. Denemark, ed., The International Studies Encyclopedia (Oxford: Blackwell, 2010), pp. 2479-2498.
• "Evaluating the Obama Presidency: An Early Assessment," Journal of Contemporary Society and Culture 29 (2009), pp. 5-31 (in Korean translation), and pp. 149-176 (in English).
  
• "Alexithymia and Psychopathy: Comparison and Application of California Q-set Prototypes," with Mark G. Haviland and Janet L. Sonne, Journal of Personality Assessment 82, 3 (2004), pp. 306-316.
• "Language, Rules and Order: The Westpolitik Debate of Adenauer and Schumacher," with Katja Weber, in Francois Debrix, ed., Language, Agency, and Power in a Constructed World (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2003), pp. 196-219.
• "Toward A Constructivist Theory of Foreign Policy," in Vendulka Kubalkova and Ralph Pettman, eds., Foreign Policy in a Constructed World (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2001), pp. 266-287.
• "Political Science is What We Make of It," Bunmei 21 (Civilization 21) 7 (September 2001), pp. 77-98.
• "Leadership and Learning in Political Groups: The Management of Advice in the Iran-Contra Affair," Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 14, 2 (April 2001), pp. 201-232.
• "The Peril and Promise of Constructivist Theory," Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu (Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies) 13, 3 (March 2001), pp. 157-170.
• "The Role of Culture and Identity in National Economic Crises," Ritsumeikan Kokusai Chiiki Kenkyu (Ritsumeikan Journal of International and Regional Studies) 16 (March 2000), pp. 53-70.
• "National Identity: Inside and Out," Security Studies 8, 2 (Winter 1998/99), pp. 1-34; also appears as a chapter in Glenn Chafetz, Michael Spirtas, and Benjamin Frankel, eds., The Origins of National Interests (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 1-34.
• "Who Takes Risks? Daring and Caution in Foreign Policy Decision Making," with Margaret G. Hermann, Journal of Conflict Resolution 41, 5 (October 1997), pp. 611-637.
• "Where Does the Buck Stop? Assessing the Impact of Presidential Personality," Political Psychology 17 (1996), pp. 421-452.
• "Norms, Identity, and Their Limits: A Theoretical Reprise," with Jeff Legro, in Peter J. Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), pp. 451-497.

• Fulbright Visiting Lectureship, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan); 2008-2009.
• Visiting Scholar Research Grant, for research on national identity in Japan and the United States, Center for International Affairs, Kansai University (Osaka, Japan); 2002.
• Extension of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (Grant P 97272), for research on "A Theory of National Identity: Visions of Self and Other in Twentieth Century U. S.-Japan Relations," Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1999.
• Monbusho Research Grant, with Professor Kei Karasawa, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1998.
• Social Science Research Council and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (Grant P 97272), for research on "A Theory of National Identity: Visions of Self and Other in Twentieth Century U. S.-Japan Relations," Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); 1998.

• Faculty Senate Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Florida International University, 2005.
• Best Poster in the "Political Theory and Methodology" Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, for a poster on "The Political Personality: Q-Sort Profiles of Six Postwar American Presidents," co-authored with Daryl J. Bem, 1996.
• Alfred Freedman Award (Best Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology), for a paper on "Prospect Theory and Leadership in Foreign Policy," co-authored with Margaret G. Hermann, 1996.

• President, Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 2004-2005; Program Chair, 2003-2004.
• Editorial Board Member, M. E. Sharp Series on "International Relations in a Constructed World," 1999-Present.
• Umpire (simulation coordinator), Atlantic Council, "The 2000 Atlantic Crisis Game," internet simulation of international crisis with faculty and student participants from 40 universities in Eurasia and North America, April 10-21, 2000.
• Section Chair, Graduate Student Panels on Comparative Politics and International Relations, Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, Miami, Florida, April 7, 2000.
• Co-organizer (with Nicholas Onuf), Graduate Program in International Studies Conference on "Citizenship and National Identity in a Global Context," Florida International University, February 21-22, 1997.
• Member, Research Training Group on the Role of Cognition in Collective Political Decision Making (National Science Foundation Grant DIR-9113599), The Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1992-1996.

Professional Association Memberships

• Association for Asian Studies
• International Society of Political Psychology
• International Studies Association
• American Political Science Association