- Assistant Professor
- Military Coups, Civil-Military Relations, Democratization
- HPH 305A
- 407-823-2082
- Jonathan.Powell@ucf.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Powell (PhD University of Kentucky) is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department specializing in international relations and comparative politics. He is especially interested in civil-military relations, with regional interests in Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Powell’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Foreign Policy Analysis, and African Security Review.
Political Science Student Becomes Minority Fellowship Program Fellow
The Minority Fellowship Program, hosted by the American Political Science Association (APSA), recognizes the research and hard work of political science students from underrepresented backgrounds. It’s a comp... Read more
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... Read more
Silent Guns: Examining the Two-Year Absence of Coups in Africa
Rebecca Schiel, PhD Candidate in Security Studies, and Jonathan Powell, Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, recently published a blog post in Political Violence at a Glance examining... Read more
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... Read more
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