Bridget L. Coggins

Ph.D. Candidate
Ohio State University

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Department of Political Science 2140 Derby Hall 154 N. Oval Mall Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1373 coggins.9@osu.edu

Mershon Center for International Security Studies 1501 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 P: 614.292.9347 F: 614.292.1146

Current Position

2006-

Assistant Professor, Department of Government Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire

Education

2000-Present

Ohio State University Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, IR (Ph.D. Expected Spring 2006) Concentrations: International Security and Foreign Policy, Political Psychology Minor Area Interest in China Dissertation: Secession, Recognition and the International Politics of Statehood Committee Members: Richard Herrmann (Chair), Ted Hopf and Alexander Thompson Research Interests: Ethno-national conflict, non-State actors, IR theory, social psychology, and Sino-American relations

1996-1999

University of Minnesota B.A. International Relations, summa cum laude Concentrations: Diplomacy and Interstate Relations, Minor in Spanish Study Abroad: La Universidad de Guanajuato GTO, Mexico (Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades)

Honors and Awards

2005-2006	Presidential Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, OSU
2004-2005	Dissertation Fellowship, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, OSU
2002-2003	Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year Fellowship, East Asian Studies Center, OSU (Intermediate Mandarin Chinese)
2002	Professional Enhancement of Graduate Studies (PEGS) Summer Fellowship, Department of Political Science, OSU (Mandarin Chinese Language Study)
2000	Stuart Bremer Human Rights Fellowship, UMN Law, Human Rights Center (United Nations, Geneva, CHE)

Workshops and Professional Development

2006	Institute on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM) Arizona State University
2005	Women in International Security (WIIS), Summer Symposium Georgetown University
2001	Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) Ohio State University

Professional Experience

2003-2004	Ohio State University Graduate Instructor Courses Offered: The Politics of Global Problems (Introduction to International Relations) Spring 2004 The United States in World Politics (Introduction to American Foreign Policy) Winter 2004     Spring 2004 Foreign Policy Decision-Making (Psychological Approaches to Foreign Policy) Summer 2003     Autumn 2003
2000-2002	Ohio State University Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Marilynn Brewer (Psychology), Richard Herrmann, Edward Mansfield and Brian Pollins
Summer 2002	Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) Assistant Director Co-Directors: Richard Herrmann & Marilynn Brewer
Summer 2000	U.N. Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights & U.N. Indigenous People's Conference Assistant to the Expert Member to the United States, Mr. D. Weissbrodt, Esq. Stuart Bremer Human Rights Fellow (Geneva, CHE)
1999-2000	University of Minnesota Law School, Human Rights Center Interim Administrator & Executive Assistant

Working Papers & Presentations

2005	"States of Uncertainty: Secession, Recognition and Constitutive Sovereignty" Working Manuscript
2005	Discussant - Ethnonational Variations, Post-Soviet In/Securities Workshop Mershon Center for International Security Studies Columbus, OH
2005	"Existential Threat, Threat Inflation and Domestic Mobilization for War" Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
2004	"Determiants of Recognition for Secessionist States" American Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
2004	"Withholding and Granting Recognition to Secessionist States" Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
2004	Economics and Trade in Asia Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
2003	"Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Recognition and Secessionist States" International Studies Association Midwest Annual Meeting St. Louis, MO
2003	"Existential Threat & the Domestic Mobilization for War"  (with Brent Strathman) International Studies Association West Annual Meeting Las Vegas, NV

Special Skills

Languages:	Chinese   Reading and Speaking Proficiency in Mandarin, Elementary Writing Spanish   Reading, Writing and Near Fluent Speaking
Methods:	Regression Techniques Experimental Design

Professional Associations

American Political Science Association International Society of Political Psychology International Studies Association Midwest Political Science Association Women in International Security

References available upon request.

Contacts: (614)292-9347 or coggins.9@osu.edu.