{"id":18112,"date":"2016-07-19T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=18112"},"modified":"2016-07-19T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:26:02","slug":"political-science-student-spreads-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/political-science-student-spreads-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science Student Spreads Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18114\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Christensen.jpg\" alt=\"Christensen\" width=\"250\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCF Political Science<\/a> doctoral student, <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/christensen-jason\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Christensen<\/a>, was recently awarded the Florida Satellite Chapter Award by the Melbourne Chapter of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afio.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Association of Former Intelligence Officers<\/a> (AFIO).<\/p>\n<p>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 who demonstrate an interest in U.S. intelligence and security and policy to help them reach their academic goals.<\/p>\n<p>Christensen is currently developing his dissertation research on state fragility to aid policy and security practitioners in avoiding conditions of fragility that may be harmful to citizens. Christensen uses large-N quantitative methods on 175 countries to examine three dimensions of state fragility which include a country\u2019s legitimacy, capacity, and violence.<\/p>\n<p>The doctoral student has also been recently awarded a scholarship by UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/iccae\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence<\/a> (IC CAE) to present his research titled, \u201cCatalysts for Catastrophe: Resource Inequality &amp; Intrastate Conflict\u201d at Istanbul\u2019s Peace Conference. This scholarship assists with\u00a0travel expenses.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m continuously amazed by the generosity of organizations like AFIO and the opportunities provided by the Department of Political Science,\u201d<\/em> said Christensen. <em>\u201cThere are countless challenges and sacrifices associated with completing a Ph.D. These scholarships have helped to alleviate some of the financial burden while I focus on the remaining challenges to ensure a successful graduation and later serve the United States.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Upon completing his dissertation, Christensen looks forward to transitioning to the role of a practitioner and hopes\u00a0to\u00a0serve the U.S. through the military and intelligence community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF Political Science doctoral student, Jason Christensen, was recently awarded the Florida Satellite Chapter Award by the Melbourne Chapter of the\u00a0Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). 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