The Security Studies Ph.D. program was thrilled to welcome its eighth cohort of students in fall 2020. Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds \u2013 some students recently completed their M.A. degrees, others are mid-career professionals, and some are active duty military officers. Our programs also includes students from several continents and countries, including the United States, Belarus, Germany, India, Italy, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, and Turkey, among others.<\/p>\n
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We are particularly happy to recognize our recent graduates:<\/p>\n
Dr. Sandor Fabian, dissertation title:\u00a0Improving Foreign Militaries \u2014 The Effects of U.S. Military Aid in the Form of International Military Education and Training Programs<\/em>. Advisor: Dr. Andrew Boutton<\/p>\n Dr. Xiongwei Cao, dissertation title:\u00a0Cute Panda or Evil Dragon? Market Economy, Conflict Behavior and China\u2019s Peaceful Rise<\/em>. Advisor: Dr. Michael Mousseau<\/p>\n Dr. Joshua Lambert, dissertation title: Food, Familiarity, and Forecasting: Modeling Coups With Computational Methods<\/em>. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Powell<\/p>\n Dr. Jeffrey Payne, dissertation title: Community Responses to Mass Casualty Events: A Mixed Method Approach<\/em>. Advisor: Dr. Roger Handberg<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The deadline for 2021 applications is January 15, 2021<\/strong>. If you have questions, please contact\u00a0graduatepolisci@ucf.edu<\/a>\u00a0or Prof. Tom Dolan at\u00a0Thomas.dolan@ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Security Studies Ph.D. program was thrilled to welcome its eighth cohort of students in fall 2020. Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds \u2013 some students recently completed their M.A. degrees, others are mid-career professionals, and some are active duty military officers. Our programs also includes students from several continents and countries, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n