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Doctoral Candidate Receives FEMA Advanced Poster Award
BY: SARA BELLIGONI Emmitsburg, Maryland, 9 June 2022 School of Politics Security and International Affairs doctoral candidate Sara Belligoni received the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Advanced Poster Award while participating in the 24th FEMA Higher Education Symposium in Emmitsburg, Maryland. At the Symposium, held at the National Emergency Training Center, Belligoni presented her […]
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Study of Civil-Military Relations Leads to Diversity Fellowship for SPSIA Student
Advocating for inclusion and researching civil-military relations are just a few of the things Salah Ben Hammou does in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs. The Security Students Ph.D. student became interested in politics at the age of 14 after observing the Arab Spring, a series of anti-government protests in the 2010s that […]
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Ph.D. Candidate Recognized With Diversity Fellowship from APSA
A fascination with human behavior and a deep-rooted curiosity are the foundation of Devyn Escalanti’s academic career. The Security Studies Ph.D. student traces her fascination with political science specifically to a childhood watching political news and satire shows. That blossomed into a public health-security track of study through books like David Quamman’s “Spillover: Animal infections […]
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Ph. D. Candidate Serves as a Discussant at the Air University Research Showcase
By Sara Belligoni, Ph.D. Candidate Sara Belligoni, a doctoral candidate in Security Studies at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, served as a Discussant at the Air University (AU) Research Showcase for the panel “Strategic Direction for Blood Banks” on June 7, 2021. The conference, organized by AU in partnership with […]
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Security Studies Graduate Takes Position Advising Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Army Colonel Joseph Funderburke, Ph.D. ’19, has stepped into a new advisory role as Special Assistant to the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley — the highest-ranking military officer in the Department of Defense and principal military advisor to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense. […]
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Security Studies Ph.D. Graduate Pens Most-Viewed Article on West Point Website
A controversial opinion piece on shifting the focus of U.S. special forces basic training racked up more than 17,000 views last year on a West Point Military Academy website. The achievement earned the author, Summer 2020 Security Studies doctorate graduate Sandor Fabian, Ph.D., the distinction of penning the most viewed article of 2020 on Modern […]
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Prestigious Fellowship Opens Fresh Opportunities For Nuclear Studies Ph.D. Student
Doreen Horschig, a doctoral candidate in the Security Studies program, has been awarded the Roger L. Hale Fellowship. This highly competitive one-year fellowship provides an exemplary individual with an outstanding opportunity to develop professional skills by working at a leading peace and security institution. She was also recently accepted into the Nuclear Scholars Initiative by […]
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Ph.D. Candidate E-Attends Conference on Sustainable Development in Times of COVID-19
By: Sara Belligoni, Ph.D. Candidate Sara Belligoni, Ph.D. Candidate in Security Studies at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, participated to the International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) organized by the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Global Master’s in Development Practice (MDP), and the […]
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College of Sciences Celebrates Summer 2020 Ph.D. Grads
A doctorate degree represents one of the highest honors in academia. The 2020 Summer term’s Ph.D. graduates not only earned this honor, they did so with the extra stress of doing their work remotely. The College of Science recognizes and applauds the hard work applied to receive this degree. Chemistry Ziyang Huang, Ph.D. Faculty Advisor: […]
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National Guard Captain Keeps Ph.D. Studies Going While Activated
By TAD SCHNAUFER Typically, the end of the semester finds doctorate students hunkered down in a library or local café wrapping up final papers. Things are different this year for Security Studies Ph.D. student Tad Schnaufer. Schnaufer serves as a captain in the Florida Army National Guard and has been activated for the response to […]
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Ph.D. Student Highlights Results of Research about NATO’s Current Crisis
By TAD SCHNAUFER The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed in 1949 as an alliance to counter the rising threat of the Soviet Union in Europe. Seventy years later, the alliance has faced harsh criticism from both sides of the Atlantic. President Donald Trump has called the alliance “obsolete,” while President Emmanuel Macron of France […]
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Doctorate Student Presents Findings on Preparedness For Hurricane Maria
By SARA BELLIGONI Sara Belligoni, a doctorate student in Security Studies, has just returned from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Focused on emergency management and human security, Belligoni presented the preliminary results of her research about the local-federal (un)coordination in Puerto Rico before, during and after Hurricane Maria. This, in occasion of the Conference Within a […]
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Conference Brings Focus on Technology for Doctorate Student
By SARA BELLIGONI On Dec. 4, Sara Belligoni, a doctorate student in the Security Studies at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, participated in the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). I/ITSEC is the largest world conference for modeling, simulation, and training. Conceived as a showcase for the aerospace and military fields, […]
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Security Studies Ph.D. Students Win Research Awards
Davide Dell’Isola and Sara Belligoni, Security Studies Ph.D. students in UCF’s Department of Political Science, were recognized with awards for their research presented at the recent Florida Political Science Association’s (FPSA) conference in Tampa. Dell’Isola won first prize in the graduate student best paper competition for his paper on “Immigration and the Demise of Social-democratic […]
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An Invaluable Learning Experience
Every year, more than three thousand students from all over the world gather in New York City to discuss international priorities and issues. All this takes the name of National Model United Nations (NMUN) – the world’s largest and oldest conference in the world simulating the work of the United Nations (UN). A team of […]
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UCF Class Spotlight: Political Psychology
BY JENNA MARINA LEE Class Name POS 4206 – Political Psychology Description The psychological analysis of political behavior, with emphasis on the individual rather than the political system; includes political attitudes and communication, leadership and personality influences on politics. When is it offered? Occasionally. How many students are in a class? Capacity of 50 Prerequisites None […]
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UCF Student Named a Peace Fellow
By Nicole Dudenhoefer Christopher Faulkner, a Ph.D. candidate in UCF’s security studies program, was recently awarded a Minerva Research Initiative and United States Institute of Peace Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship for his dissertation on child soldiering. More than 200 students applied for the award this year, but only 18 were awarded, with some of last year’s winners […]
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Ph.D. Student Wins Research Award
The Florida Network for Global Studies (FNGS) held its 2018 Florida International Summit on January 30, 2018, at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. As part of the summit`s program, FNGS organized its first undergraduate and graduate student research poster competition on the topic of Transatlantic Security. Sandor Fabian, a first-year Ph.D student […]
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The Dynamics of Buying Peace
Security Studies Ph.D. candidate Christopher Faulkner recently published an article in the journal Civil Wars. Faulkner’s article titled “Buying Peace? Civil War Peace Duration and Private Military & Security Companies,” explores the dynamics and implications of private military and security company (PMSC) involvement in civil conflicts. Suggesting that scholarship has paid scant attention to the […]
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Security Studies Students Honored
Security Studies Ph.D. candidate Rebecca Schiel won the grand prize in the Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition, awarded by the International Studies Association’s Southern region. Schiel’s paper, titled “The Conditionality of Vulnerability,” seeks to explain why recent years have seen an increasing number of military coup attempts target democratic regimes rather than non-democratic regimes. […]
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Examining Mutinies in Côte d’Ivoire
Security Studies Ph.D. candidates Rebecca Schiel and Christopher Faulkner, along with assistant professor Jonathan Powell, recently published an analysis in the journal Africa Spectrum. Their analysis, titled “Mutiny in Côte d’Ivoire,” explores the causes and consequences of the mutinies that have taken place in Côte d’Ivoire since 1990. With a particular focus on the three […]
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Security Studies Students Win Best Paper Award
Christopher Faulkner and Joshua Lambert, both a part of the Security Studies Ph.D. program, won the 2017 Florida Political Science Association’s (FPSA) Best Graduate Paper Award for their paper titled, “Sign on the Dotted Line: Contracting Private Military and Security Companies in African Civil Wars.” Christopher and Joshua presented their paper at the 2017 FPSA Annual Meeting […]
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Security Studies Alumnus Joins Office of Brazilian Presidency
Marcos Degaut Pontes ’16 was in the first graduating class of the security studies doctoral program at the University of Central Florida. Less than a year after his spring 2016 graduation, Degaut Pontes was named the Deputy Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency in Brazil. His duties include helping to formulate the country’s […]
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Examining Decision Making & Child Soldiers
Christopher Faulkner, Security Studies Ph.D. candidate, recently published an article, “Money and Control: Rebel Groups and the Forcible Recruitment of Child Soldiers.” The article appeared in the journal African Security and explores the factors impacting rebel groups’ decision making when it comes to employing child soldiers. Faulkner hypothesizes that resource endowments at a rebel group’s onset […]
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Security Studies Students Impress at CENTCOM
Several students and faculty from the UCF Security Studies Ph.D. program visited the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa to present their research on August 11, 2016. CENTCOM personnel expressed interest in the students’ research, providing positive feedback and discussing collaboration on future events. UCF security studies doctoral student Chelsea Faherty works full time at […]
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Political Science Student Spreads Intelligence
UCF Political Science doctoral student, Jason Christensen, was recently awarded the Florida Satellite Chapter Award by the Melbourne Chapter of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). AFIO is a national organization that centers on education and public outreach to build a broad constituency for intelligence as a profession. This scholarship recognizes two scholars each year […]
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Ph.D. Candidates’ Paper Wins Award
Rebecca Schiel and Gary Smith, both Ph.D. Candidates in the Security Studies Program, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in July 2015. The paper, “Leadership Psychology and Regime Repressive Behavior: Using Leadership Trait Analysis to Determine Leadership Characteristics Associated with Regime Use of Repression,” explored how the psychological […]
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Defining a National Security Threat
David Raugh, a Ph.D. Candidate in the UCF Security Studies Program has recently published an article titled “Is the Hybrid Threat a True Threat.” This article was published in the Journal of Strategic Security. The article examines the concept of the “hybrid” threat, or conflict which occupies the realm between state-on-state (external) war and intrastate (internal) wars, […]
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Students’ Papers Sweep Competition
The UCF Political Science Department is proud to announce that Jennifer L. Hudson, a graduate student in the Political Science master’s program, won the FPSA 2016 Best Graduate Paper Award for her paper titled, “Legislative Gridlock, Partisanship, and Trust in Government.” The Florida Political Science Association (FPSA) is a professional association of scholars and students […]
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Recognizing the Future of Foreign Policy
As a political adviser at the Brazilian House of Representatives and a Ph.D. candidate in Security Studies at UCF, Marcos Degaut‘s paper “Do the BRICS Still Matter” was showcased in New Framework’s 2015’s Best Reads in Foreign Policy. Published in Medium, this publishing platform is a community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas […]