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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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From Coast to Mountains
December 11, 2017 Clayton Besaw, a PhD candidate in the Security Studies Program, is starting a full-time position as a Political Event Forecaster in One Earth Future based in Denver in few days. Clayton is also a member of the Research Group of the Kurdish Political Studies Program (KPSP). Before he embarks on his car […]
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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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First Students to Secure Ph.D.
This summer Manar Elkhaldi and Marcos Degaut will be the first students to graduate from the UCF Political Science Department‘s Security Studies Ph.D. program. The Security Studies doctoral program prepares graduates looking to work in military and other governmental and international agencies as well as the private sector that deal with security. It also prepares students for academic careers. The curriculum […]