| Biography | | 2DR. DAVID PATRICK HOUGHTON
I'm a British-born writer and academic who is currently based in Orlando, FL. I'm also an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. My most recent books are 'U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis' (Cambridge University Press, 2001), 'Controversies in American Politics and Society' (Blackwell, 2002, co-authored with David McKay and Andrew Wroe) and 'Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases' (Routledge, 2009). My new book, 'The Decision Point', is due to be published by Oxford University Press in 2010. My area of expertise is political psychology and decision-making in international relations, with a particular focus on American foreign policy and foreign policy analysis. I have published articles in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Political Psychology, Security Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, Policy Sciences, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review, Peace and Conflict and International Politics. I've also taught at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Essex, and from 2001 to 2002 was a Visiting Scholar at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University.
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CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Foreign policy decision-making; political psychology of international security; American foreign policy; American presidency; international relations theory.
HONORS AND POSITIONS HELD
2008- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida.
2006- Honors-in-the-Major Coordinator, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida.
2003-08 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida.
2002 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner for U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
2001-02 Visiting Scholar, The Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University.
2000-03 Director, MA in International Relations, University of Essex.
1 1999-2001 Director, BA in Politics and International Relations, University of Essex.
1997-2001 Joint Director, MA in American Government and Politics, University of Essex.
1996-2003 Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Government, University of Essex.
1992-96 Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
1994 Kennedy Research Grant, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
1990-92 Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
1989 NALGO Prize In Political Theory & Institutions, University of Sheffield (Graduated top of the B.A. Politics class of that year).
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases (New York and London: Routledge, 2009).
Controversies in American Politics and Society (New York and Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2002), co-authored with David McKay and Andrew Wroe.
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis (New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001).
REFEREED ARTICLES PUBLISHED
“The Role of Self-Fulfilling and Self-Negating Prophecies in International Relations”, International Studies Review (forthcoming in December 2009).
“Invading and Occupying Iraq: Some Insights From Political Psychology”, Peace and Conflict: A Journal of Peace Psychology, 14: 169-192, 2008.
“Positivism ‘versus’ Postmodernism: Does Epistemology Make a Difference?”, International Politics, 45: 118-28, March 2008.
“Reinvigorating the Study of Foreign Policy Decision-Making: Towards a Constructivist Approach”, Foreign Policy Analysis, 3: 24-45, January 2007.
“Explaining the Origins of the Iran Hostage Crisis: A Cognitive Perspective”, Terrorism and Political Violence, 18: 259-279, Summer 2006.
“Essence of Excision: A Critique of the New Version of Essence of Decision”, Security Studies, 10: 162-91, Autumn 2000.
“Analogical Reasoning and Policymaking: Where and When Are Analogies Used?”, Policy Sciences, 31:151-176, September 1998.
“Historical Analogies and the Cognitive Dimension of Domestic Policymaking”, Political Psychology, 19: 279-303, June 1998.
“The Role of Analogical Reasoning in Novel Foreign Policy Situations”, British Journal of Political Science, 26:523-552, October 1996.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Book chapter, “Bush and Europe” in Jon Keele and Andrew Wroe (eds.), Assessing the Bush Presidency: A Tale of Two Terms?, Edinburgh University Press (due to appear in mid-2009).
Encyclopaedia entry, “The U.S. Political System As A Model”, in Karen Christensen and David Levinson (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Global Perspectives on the United States: Issues and Ideas Shaping International Relations, Volume 3 (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing, 2007).
Working paper, “Invading the Embassy: Explaining the Origins of the Iran Hostage Crisis”, University of Essex Papers in Government, no.146 (June 2000).
ARTICLES CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW
“These Are the Times that Try Seoul’s Men: U.S. Decision-Making During the Pueblo Hostage Crisis”, article manuscript under consideration by Policy Sciences.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Critical Decisions in American Foreign Policy (book-length manuscript). Examines the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam escalation of 1965, the Iran hostage crisis and the Iraq War from a foreign policy decision-making perspective. Each case study is viewed through the lens of three theories, namely groupthink, bureaucratic politics and the cognitive psychological approach. I am negotiating with Oxford University Press regarding publication.
“Agent-Level and Social Constructivism: The Case of the Iran Hostage Crisis”, in Paul Kowert and Vaughan Shannon (ed.), Ideational Allies, unpublished book manuscript. The full manuscript is under consideration by Johns Hopkins University Press.
“Analogical Reasoning, Neuroscience and Emotion: Towards a Hot Cognitive Approach”, article manuscript to be sent to Political Psychology.
BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHED
Review of Howard Jones, Death of A Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged The Vietnam War (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), American Politics Review, in press.
Review of Robert Hutchings, American Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War, Democratization, 7:235-36, Summer 2000.
Review of Mark Peceny, Democracy at the Point of Bayonets and Christopher Sandars, America's Overseas Garrisons, Political Studies, 48:1058-1059, December 2000.
EDUCATION
1990-96 Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.,
M.A. Political Science, 1992; Ph.D. Political Science, 1996. PhD Dissertation, "The Role of Analogical Reasoning in Foreign and Domestic Policy Contexts".
1986-89 Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, England,
B.A. (Hons) Politics, 1989.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS COURSE SUPERVISOR
At University of Central Florida:
2009/10 Political Psychology, American Presidency, Topics in American Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy.
2008/09 Political Psychology, American Presidency, Topics in American Foreign Policy.
2007/08 Political Psychology, Vietnam War, American Presidency, Seminar in International Politics (International Security course).
2006/07 American Foreign Policy, Seminar in International Politics, American Presidency, Topics in American Foreign Policy, Political Psychology.
2005/06 American Foreign Policy, Seminar in International Politics, International Relations, Topics in American Foreign Policy, Political Psychology.
2004/05 American Foreign Policy, Seminar in International Politics, International Relations, Topics in American Foreign Policy, Political Psychology.
2003/04 American Foreign Policy, International Relations, Vietnam War, Political Psychology.
At University of Essex:
2002/03 Theories of International Relations, American Presidency, American Political System, Advanced Course Unit for PhD Students.
2001/02 On sabbatical.
2000/2001 International Relations, Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Problems in American Politics, American Presidency, American Political System.
1999/2000 International Relations, Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Problems in American Politics, American Presidency, American Political System.
1998/99 International Relations, Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Problems in American Politics, American Presidency, American Political System.
1997/98 International Relations, American Foreign Policy, Problems in American Politics, Contemporary Issues in International Relations.
1996/97 International Relations, American Foreign Policy, Problems in American Politics, American Presidency.
At University of Pittsburgh:
1996 American Political Process.
1995 American Political Process, American Foreign Policy.
1994 American Political Process, World Politics.
American Political Process, Political Theory From Machiavelli To Rousseau.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
2009 “Analogical Reasoning, Neuroscience and Emotion: Towards a Hot Cognitive Approach”, paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, March.
2008 “Agent-Level and Social Constructivism: The Case of the Iran Hostage Crisis”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March.
“Being Bureaucratic: Social Cognition and Organizational Behavior in Foreign Policy” (with Brian Ripley), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March.
2007 “A Permanent Divide? Mars, Venus and the Rocky Relationship Between the United States and Europe”, paper presented at the Transatlantic Studies Association Conference, Cork, Ireland, July.
“Reconstructing the U.S. Response to the Pueblo Hostage Crisis of 1968: A
Cognitive Perspective”, paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology Conference, Portland, OR, July.
“Mutual Misperception: The Tragedy of the Iran Hostage Crisis”, paper presented at the Jimmy Carter Presidency Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, January.
“Invading and Occupying Iraq: Some Insights From Political Psychology”, paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March.
“The Poverty of IR Theory”, paper presented at the Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March.
2006 “Someone Has Poisoned the Well: The Paranoid Personality of Lyndon Baines Johnson”, paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January.
“Positivism ‘Versus’ Postmodernism: Does Epistemology Make a Difference?”, paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January.
“The Role of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in International Relations”, paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March.
“Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Constructivism and International Relations Theory”, paper presented at the International Studies Association West Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September. Also served as a Chair at this meeting (separate panel).
Roundtable presentation at The Future of Europe: The Ties That Bind and Divide conference, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, November.
2005 “Living With The Elephant: The ‘Postmodern Presidency’ Reversed”, paper presented at the UK Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Leeds, England, April
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“Studying The Presidency: A Levels of Analysis Approach”, paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April.
“Reinvigorating the Study of Foreign Policy Decision-Making: A Constructivist Agenda”, presented at the ISA-West Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September.
“The Tragedy of International Relations Theory? The Influence of Political Science on American Foreign Policy”, paper presented at the ISA-South Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November.
2003 Roundtable presentation at Lou Frey Symposium on The United Nations: Building Block or Stumbling Block for American Foreign Policy?, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Fall.
2002 "Explaining the Origins of the Iran Hostage Crisis: A Cognitive Perspective", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, LA, March. Also served as a Chair and as a discussant (on separate panels) at this meeting.
1996 "Essence of Derision: What's Left of the Bureaucratic Politics Approach?", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April.
1995 "Rooting the Unprecedented in the Past: Historical Analogies in the Cuban Missile Crisis", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.
1994 "The Role of Analogical Reasoning in Novel Foreign Policy Situations", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, NY, September.
"How Do Congressmen Make Foreign Policy Decisions? The Role of Competing Analogies in the Persian Gulf War", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.
1993 "Legitimating Economic Policy Choices: The IMF in Britain and Poland" (with Ben DeDominicis), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Studies Association (ISA)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)
ACADEMIC REVIEWING
Regular reviewer for the following publishers:
Cambridge University Press
Macmillan/Palgrave
Routledge
Ashgate
Pearson/Longman.
Regular reviewer for the following journals:
British Journal of Political Science
Foreign Policy Analysis
European Journal of International Relations
Political Studies
Security Studies
Journal of Peace Research
Politics
Governance
Democratization.
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