Patricia Sullivan
Associate Professor of public policy, UNC College of Arts and Sciences | UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Sullivan’s research focuses on the utility and limitations of military force as a policy instrument and the impact of military assistance.
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Biography
Patricia Sullivan received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Davis in 2004 with a concentration in international relations, comparative politics, and research methodology. She teaches courses in foreign policy analysis, international conflict, national security policy, and research design.
Sullivan’s research focuses on the utility and limitations of military force as a policy instrument. She has also published research about factors that lower the odds that an international conflict will escalate to violence, the effects of U.S. military aid on other countries’ behavior toward the United States, the conditions under which democratic leaders end foreign military operations, and domestic public support for sustaining military operations abroad. Her research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. She has been invited to present her research to academic audiences as well as units under the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense and officers at the Naval Postgraduate School.
She is on the Executive Board of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the advisory board for the Correlates of War Project.
Industry Expertise (6)
International Affairs
Public Policy
Military
Defense
Political Organization
Government Administration
Areas of Expertise (4)
Threats of Military Force
International Conflict
Military Force
Military Strategy
Accomplishments (7)
Andrew Carnegie Fellow, 2015 (professional)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
School of Public and International Affairs Excellence in Teaching Award, 2011 (professional)
University of Georgia
Dissertation Award, 2005 (professional)
Committee on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (CAMOS), American Political Science Association
Graduate Student Paper Prize, 2004 (professional)
"War Aims and War Outcomes: Major Power Military Operations since World War II." APSA Committee on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (CAMOS)
Lilly Teaching Fellow, 2008-2010 (professional)
University of Georgia
Walter Isard Award for the Best Dissertation in Peace Science, 2004-2006 (professional)
Peace Science Society International
Dissertation Year Fellow, 2003-2004 (professional)
University of California
Education (3)
Colorado State University: M.S., Student Affairs in Higher Education 1996
University of California, Davis: Ph.D., Political Science, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Research Methodology 2004
Santa Clara University: B.S., Political Science 1993
Affiliations (4)
- The College of Arts and Sciences
- Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense
- Curriculum in Global Studies
- Triangle Institute for Security Studies