Stacey Mitchell, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Georgia State University, Perimeter College
Dept. of History and Political Science, Dunwoody campus
2101 Womack Road, ND2000
Email:
Office phone: 678-274-5506
Areas of Academic Interest
International Relations
Ethnic conflict
International criminal law
Human rights
Nonviolent conflict
National security issues
Comparative Politics
Comparative political development
African political systems
Genocide
Transitional justice
Social Science Methodology
Comparative methodology
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, May 2007: University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, Athens, Georgia
Master of Arts, August 2000: Georgia State University, Department of Political Science, Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts, March 1993: Georgia State University, Department of Political Science, Atlanta, Georgia
Publications
Carey, Henry F. and Stacey M. Mitchell, Understanding International Law through Moot Courts: Genocide, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Chemical Weapons, and the Responsibility to Protect (Lanham, MD: Lexington Publishers, Mar. 2014)
Carey, Henry F. and Stacey M. Mitchell eds., Trials and Tribulations of International Prosecution (Lanham, MD: Lexington Publishers, Feb. 2013)
Mitchell, Stacey M., “Ignorance and Miscalculation in American Foreign Policy towards Rwanda,” Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, 21 (under revision)
Mitchell, Stacey M., “A Useful Toolbox for Genocide Research,” International Studies Review, 13, no. 1 (Mar. 2011)
Gibson, Stacey M., “The Role of Structure and Institutions in the Genocide of the Rwandan Tutsi and the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire,” Journal of Genocide Research, 5, no. 4, (2003): 503-522
Dissertation
Mitchell, Stacey M., Historical Institutionalism, Prospect Theory, and an Alternative Theory of Collective Violence: The Cases of Rwanda and Burundi. Ph.D. dissertation, (Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, 2007), (Christopher S. Allen chair)
Teaching and Academic Experience
2015-present: Assistant professor, Georgia State University, Perimeter College, Dunwoody campus
2014-2015: Full-time temporary instructor, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia
2008-2014: Lecturer, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, Athens, Georgia
2007- 2008: Adjunct professor, Piedmont College, Demorest/Athens campuses
2006-2007: Graduate instructor, University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, Athens, Georgia
Spring 2006: Graduate instructor, Center for the Study of Global Issues, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; Study Abroad Program in Verona, Italy
2002-2005: Graduate teaching and research assistant to Dr. Loch K. Johnson, University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, Athens, Georgia
2000-2001: Research associate, Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, Georgia
Classes Taught
Georgia State University, Perimeter College: POLS 2410: Global Issues
POLS 1101: American Government
Southern Polytechnic State University/KSU: POLS 2401: Global Issues
POLS 1101: American Government
POLS 3001: Comparative Politics
POLS 4301: Int’l Political Economy
University of Georgia: INTL 4780: Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies
INTL 4780: Genocides of the Modern Era
INTL 4620: Human Rights
INTL 4355: African Political Systems
INTL 4330: Post-Industrial Democracies
INTL 4280: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
INTL 3300: Introduction to Comparative Politics
INTL 1101: Introduction to American Government
Piedmont College: PS 430.1: Homeland Security and Terrorism
PS 350.1: Governmental Institutions
PS 220.1: American Government
Presentations and Conferences
· Southwestern Social Sciences Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 23-26.
· International Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, March 2014
· Perfect Presidential Platform Conference, Roosevelt Policy Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 2012
· Amnesty International Georgia Conference, Athens, Georgia, March 2011
· International Conference on Non-Violent Conflict, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2009
· International Studies Association Conference, New York, New York, February 2009
· King-Mandela Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, November 2008
· International Studies Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, April 2004
· American Society of Criminology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2004
· Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2004
· Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Irish Human Rights Centre, Galway, Ireland, June 2003
· A Century of Killing: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the 20th Century, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, October 2000
Consulting Experience
2007-present: Consultant on a number of political asylum cases for the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network and King and Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
Other Academic Activities
Editorial Board, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, senior editor Dr. L. Edward Day, University of Pennsylvania-Altoona
2009-2012: Faculty Advisor, Roosevelt Policy Institute, CURO Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2010-2011: Academic Advisor, Amnesty International, University of Georgia Chapter, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Honor’s Committee for Lindsay Ross, “The Comparative Effects of British and French Colonial Rule on Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa,” University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, Athens, Georgia, 2010
2003-2005: Assistant Editor, Intelligence and National Security, co-editors Drs. Loch K. Johnson and Peter Jackson
1999: Intern, Amnesty International, Atlanta, Georgia
Honors and Professional Organizations
· November 2012: Recognized for outstanding service to the University of Georgia Community by the Inter-fraternity Council of the University of Georgia
· International Studies Association
· International Association of Genocide Scholars
· University of Georgia Alumni Association
· Women at UGA
· Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
· Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society
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