1300 Campo Sano Ave, 220D Coral Gables FL 33146 ( 305) 284 9560 phelps @ miami.edu
Education
PhD in International Studies, University of Miami
Dissertation: Buying Decline: The Privatization of Foreign Intervention
Advisor: Roger Kanet, rkanet@miami.edu
2012
Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
MA in International Diplomacy and Military Science, Norwich University 2005
Thesis: Private Military Companies: Their Emergence, Im portance, and a Call for Global
Regula tion
BA in History, University of California Santa Cruz
AA in General Studies, Mt.
San Antonio College
Research
2003
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Publications:
Phelps, Martha Lizabeth.
“Doppelgangers of the State: Private Security and Transferable
Legitimacy.” Politics & Pol icy 42, no 6. (December 2014) : 824 – 849
Phelps, Martha Lizabeth. “A History of Military Outsourcing in the United States,”
Ashgate Companion to Outsourcing Security: the Role of the Market in 21st Century
Warfare Eds. Christopher Kinsey and Joakim Berndtss on.
Forthcoming.
Invited Submission:
“ Vacuums of Capacity: United States and International Police Training .” Public
Administration and Development Special Issue: “ The Politics and Management of
Policing Re forms in Newly Industrialised, Industria lising and Developmental States.”
Under Review:
Book: Private Security and Reconstruction: Building State Capacity through Institutions,
Accountability, and Rule of Law
Article: Private Warriors As State Builders?
Applying Charles Tilly ’s Stages of History
Artic le: The Fifth Branch of the Military: The United States and Private Security
Teaching Experience
Lecturer and Faculty Mentor (Graduate Students)
University of Miami, Florida
Assistant Professor
Alderson Broaddus University , Political Science
2015
2012
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Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from the Student Athlete Advisory Committee
Instructor of Record/Faculty (Summers Only)
The Junior Statesmen Foundation , Stanford University
2012 – 2013
Lecturer
University of Mia mi, Department of Political Science
Outstanding Professor Award from Delta Phi Epsilon
2008
Teaching Assistant
University of Miami, Department of International Studies
2005 – 2008

Classes Taught
Lower Division: Introduction to Comparative Politics, In troduction to International Relations,
Introduction to International Studies, American National Government, Introduction to Political
Science, State & Local Government, Social Problems (Sociology)
Upper Division: Political Science Research Methods, Compar ative Governments, Political
Ideology, International Relations Theory, History of the Modern Middle East (History),
International Law, Senior Seminar: History of Military Privatization and Warfare
Graduate: Comparative Political Development, Global Securi ty Threats
Supervised Student Travel
Chicago, Illinois: 4 Students April 2015
Undergraduate poster presentations at the Midwest Political Science Association
Charleston, West Virginia: 12 Students January 2015
Attended argum ents at West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals (State Supreme Court)
Morgantown, West Virginia: 14 Students November 2014
Attended class and toured WVU Law
Chicago, Illinois: 6 Students April
Undergraduate poster presentations at th e Midwest Political Science Association
Charleston, West Virginia: 10 Students
Capital tour and meeting with Senator Williams
October
2014
2013
Grants & Awards
Alderson Broaddus University:
Honorary Wrestling Coach (for support of academic excellence in student athletes)
Campus nominee for national NCAA Faculty Mentor Award
Faculty Mentor Award from NCAA’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee
Faculty Research Grant
University of Miami:
Award of Academic Excellence ( Graduating GPA over 3.9
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Outstanding Professor – Delta Phi Epsilon
Morrison Endowment for International Studies Fellowship
Graduate Student Association Travel Award for the ISA Annual Conference
International Stud ies Association Travel award for the ISA Annual Conference
College of Arts and Sciences Fellowship
International Studies Association Travel Award for ISA
International Studies Departmental Travel Award for APSA
Co llege of Arts and Sciences Fellowship
Other Grants and Awards :
WV Consortium for Faculty and Course Development Travel and Teaching Grant
Bursary for Benchmarks of Historical Thinking Summer Institute
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Academic Service
Coll ege of Social Sciences, Alderson Broaddus University
Founding Faculty Member, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society)
Co Created Legal Studies Major
Campus Representative, West Virginia Consortium for International Studies
Pre Law Advisor
Co Created the Committee on Academic Integrity (Honor Council)
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2014
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Faculty Representative to Board of Trustees Finance Committee
Faculty Member, Academic Affairs Transition Committee
Modern ized and Restructured the Political Science Curriculum
Founded the Political Science Club
International Studies Department, University of Miami
2013
2013
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Graduate Representative of Graduate Admissions Committee
Graduate Representativ e on Assistant Professor Job Search
2007
2006
President of Graduate Student Organization for the International Studies Department 2006
Co founded the Graduate Student Organization for the International Studies Department 2005
Journal Reviewer
Public Ad ministration & Development, Politics & Policy , Latin American Politics and Society
Conference Support
Organizer of MPSA’s Open Discussion: Promoting Undergraduate Research
Discussant for MPSA panel Statebuilding, Regime Change, and the Choice of
Target in International Conflict
Roundtable chair for MPSA’s What to Expect at your first Tenure track Job
Chair of MPSA panel
Discussant for MPSA panel
Discussant for ISA
Terrorism and Insurgency panel
Post Conflict Nation Building
Privatizing Security: Choices and Challenges
Assembled IPE panels for the ISA annual conference, assisted Dr Ruth Reitan
Presentations
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2006
Midwest Political Science Association Conference April
Paper: Separating Cause from Cat alyst: Private Security and the End of the Cold War
Panel: The Development of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy
2014
Section: International Relations and Domestic Politics
International Studies Association Annual Conference April
Paper: Mirrors of Legi timacy: The Privatization of Force in Post -­‐ Conflict Reconstruction
2014
Panel: Security Privatization
Section: International Security Studies
International Studies Association Annual Conference April
Paper: Norms of the Past, Privatization of the Fu ture: The Acceptance of Private Security
Panel: Conceptualizing War Across Time and Space
2014
Section: Junior Scholar Symposium
The Dr. Daniel R. Unger Faculty Lecture Series December 2013
Provost Sponsored Faculty Presentation , Alderson Broaddus Univer sity
Title: United States Use of Private Security in Post Conflict Reconstruction
2013
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Midwest Political Science Association Conference
Paper: US Private Police: The Effectiveness of PSCs on Policing Mission
Panel: Reexamining Counterinsurgen cy
Section: International Security
International Studies Association Annual Conference
Paper: Private Security in Afghanistan: The Liabilities of Success
April
April
Panel: Afghanistan: Can Outsiders Bring Success?
Section: International Security Stud ies
International Studies Association Annual Conference
Paper: US Private Police: The Effectiveness of PSCs on Policing Missions
April
2013
2013
2013
Panel: The Consequences and Effectiveness of Privatizing Security
Section: International Security Studies
Inter national Studies Association Annual Conference April
Paper: Failure to Protect and Serve: Private Police in Bosnia Herzegovina
Panel: Markets and Militaries III
Section: International Security Studies
2012
International Studies Association Annual Conf erence March 2011
Paper: Making Private Force Work: A Case Study of Bosnia, Croatia, Iraq and Afghanistan
Panel: Evaluating the Financial and Moral Costs of Private Military Corporation
Section: International Security Studies
International Studies Ass ociation Annual Conference
Paper: Rule of Law vs. Rule of Greed? Private Military Firms
Panel: Private Firms and the New Face of War
February 2010
Section: International Security Studies
International Studies Association Annual Conference March
Paper: The Normative Considerations of Private Security: Tracing Historical Influences
Panel: The Privatization of Security: European Perspectives
Section: Foreign Policy Analysis, International Security Studies
International Studies Association Annual C
Paper: Mercenaries and Modernity onference March
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Panel: Military Nationalism and Globalization
Section: International Political Economy
International Studies Association Annual Conference March
Paper: Private Military Companies: Empoweri ng International Regulations
Panel: Private Authority in Security Affairs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Section: Cooperative Organizations
2007
American Political Science Association Annual Conference September 2006
Paper: Power Reconsidered: The Effects of Private Military Companies and the Need for
Regulation through International Collaboration
Panel: Norms, Non state Actors, and the Behavior of National Governments
Division: International Collaboration
Professional Memberships
Internatio nal Studies Association (ISA), American Political Science Association (APSA),
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and
Course Development in International Studies (FACDIS)
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