Peter Rudloff

Associate Professor of Political Science

Oklahoma State University

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. I teach numerous courses at Oklahoma State University, including the introductory international relations course, research methods, upper division courses on international conflict and international law.

My research interests are civil and international conflict. A number of ongoing research projects are detailed in the projects section, and publications can be found below. I also lead a research group called the Conflict and War Study Group, which combines my interests in teaching, mentoring, and research.

Interests

International Relations
Civil War
International Conflict

Education

M.A. & Ph.D. in Political Science, 2007

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. in Political Science, 2001

Saint Louis University

News

2017-2018 Research Group Applications

Sep 17, 2017

I am currently accepting applications for the Conflict and War Study Group during the 2017-2018 academic year. If you are an undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University interested in civil wars, consider applying for the research group.

Spring 2018 Courses

Sep 17, 2017

I am currently scheduled to teach two courses during the spring semester of 2018: POLS 2010: Topics in International Relations and POLS 3103: Introduction to Political Inquiry. More information can be found on the Registrar’s site.

Research in Journal of Peace Research

Sep 17, 2017

My paper with Dr. Michael Findley of the University of Texas-Austin titled “The Downstream Effects of Combatant Fragmentation in Civil Wars” has appeared in the 2016 volume of the Journal of Peace Research. The article can be found on the journal’s website.

Recent Publications

The Downstream Effects of Combatant Fragmentation in Civil Wars
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Preferential Trade Agreements and Trade Expectations Theory
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Countering Adversaries and Cultivating Friends: Indirect Rivalry Factors and the Allocation of US Foreign Aid
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Combatant Fragmentation and the Dynamics of Civil Wars
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Selected Publications

The Downstream Effects of Combatant Fragmentation in Civil Wars

Peter Rudloff, Michael Findley

Journal of Peace Research

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Countering Adversaries and Cultivating Friends: Indirect Rivalry Factors and the Allocation of US Foreign Aid

Peter Rudloff, James M. Scott, Tyra Blew

Cooperation and Conflict

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Combatant Fragmentation and the Dynamics of Civil Wars

Michael Findley, Peter Rudloff

British Journal of Political Science

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Working Papers

Peter Rudloff and Laura Vinson. “Ethnicities and Conflict: A Survey Experiment on the Effect of Narrative Framing on Perceptions in Jos, Nigeria.”

Projects

Conflict and War Study Group

My research group involving undergraduates that examines civil wars and other forms of organized violence. Photo credit: Kevin Burkett. Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized from original.

Ethnicity, Religion, and Conflict in Jos, Nigeria

A survey experiment conducted with Dr. Laura Vinson during the summer of 2016 in Jos, Nigeria that examines the role of tribal and religious identities in communal violence. Photo credit: Andrew Moore. Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized from original

Teaching

Fall 2017

POLS 5103: Research Design

Upcoming: Spring 2018

POLS 2010: Topics in International Relations

POLS 3103: Introduction to Political Inquiry

Contact

peter.rudloff@okstate.edu
(405) 744-5569
205 Murray Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
Tuesday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm