Principal Researchers

Mark Gibney
Belk Distinguished Professor, Prof. of Political Science
CPO# 1940
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC 28804 . USA
828.250.3870
mgibney@unca.edu

Mark Gibney is the Belk Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.  His most recent book publications include International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008) and an edited volume (Gibney et al.) The Age of Apology: Facing Up to the Past (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).  In addition, he has two forthcoming books.  The first is the edited volume (Gibney & Skogly) Human Rights and Extraterritorial Obligations (University of Pennsylvania Press) and Sabine Carey, Steve Poe and Mark Gibney, The Politics of Human Rights (Cambridge University Press).

Linda Cornett
Associate Professor of Political Science
CPO# 1940
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC 28804 . USA
828.251.6974
lcornett@unca.edu

Originally from Lexington, KY, Linda Cornett earned her BA from Transylvania University in  Lexington KY and her Masters and PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington in Seattle.  She is currently Associate Professor of Political Science at UNC-Asheville, where she has taught for more than 10 years. Although her research interests are focused on comparative and international political economy, as well as Human Rights, she teaches a wide variety of classes in world politics including: Introduction to the Principles of International Relations; International Political Economy; the Political Economy of Development; International Law; International Organization; Latin American Politics; and European Politics, among others.

Reed Wood
Assistant Professor
6760 Coor Hall
School of Politics and Global Studies
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
Reed.Wood@asu.edu
http://www.public.asu.edu/~rmwood4/index.html

Reed Wood is assistant professor of political science at Arizona State University. He received his PhD at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (2010) and earned his BA in history and human rights studies at the University of North Carolina--Asheville (2001). His current research focuses on the strategic dimensions of state and non-state actor violence against civilians during civil wars and the processes of strategic learning among state and non-state actors during conflicts. His research interests focus broadly on issues of human rights, labor rights, repression, and civil conflict. He teaches courses on international relations, political violence, and human rights at ASU. Before entering graduate school Reed taught middle school in western North Carolina . He has recently published articles in The Journal of Peace Research, Human Rights Quarterly, and International Studies Quarterly.

Peter Haschke
PhD Candidate
Dept. of Political Science
333 Harkness Hall
University of Rochester
Rochester NY 14627-0146
peter.haschke@rochester.edu

Peter Haschke is a PhD Candidate at the University of Rochester. He received his MA in Political Science from the University of Rochester in 2010, and a BA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2007. His current research explores mechanisms of state perpetrated violence in democracies especially violence that cannot be subsumed under a national security centric repression account. His teaching and research interests generally are in the field of comparative politics, with a focus on the study of democratic institutions and processes.

 

Research Assistants (2012 - 2013)

Gray Barrett - student at the University of North Carolina Asheville

Minori Hines - graduate of the University of North Carolina Asheville

Max Scott - graduate of Arizona State University and currently graduate student at the London School of Economics

Shea Streeter - graduate of the University of Notre Dame

Kelsey Tavares - student at the University of North Carolina Asheville

 

Graphic Design and Website Developer

MaryAnna LaFratta
Associate Professor
School of Art + Design
Bardo Fine + Performing Arts Center
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723 . USA
828.227.2463
malafratta@wcu.edu