Curriculum Vitae
Updated 2023.
Abbreviated CV - download for complete version.
Research Interests
Political Psychology, Foreign Policy, International Security, Nationalism, Public Opinion, Surveys, Experiments
Academic Appointments
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, 2017 -
Affiliate, Program in Quantitative Social Science 2021-
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Visting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Janurary-June 2023.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, 2016-2017
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Post-doctoral Fellow in US Foreign Policy and International Security, Dickey Center for International Understanding, 2015-2016
Education
The Ohio State University, Ph.D., Political Science (2015)
The Ohio State University, M.A., Political Science (2011)
Examinations: International Relations (major), Political Psychology (minor)
Arizona State University, B.S., Political Science and B.S., Psychology (2008)
Summa Cum Laude
Publications
Book
Kathleen E. Powers, 2022. Nationalisms in International Politics, Princeton University Press.
- Winner of the 2023 David O. Sears award for best book on the psychology of mass politics from the International Society of Political Psychology.
Peer-reviewed Articles
Kathleen E. Powers and Jiyoung Ko, 2024. "Nationalism and International Conflict", The State of Nationalism: An International Review, 67(1):221-238.
Kathleen E. Powers and Brian C. Rathbun, 2023. "When the Rich Get Richer: Class, Globalization, and the Sociotropic Determinants of Populism", International Studies Quarterly. 67(4): sqad76.
Kathleen E. Powers and Dan Altman, 2023. "The Psychology of Coercion Failure: How Reactance Explains Resistance to Threats", American Journal of Political Science, 67(1): 221-238.
- Winner of the 2020 Best Paper award by the the American Political Science Association's foreign policy section.
Kathleen E. Powers, Joshua D. Kertzer, Deborah J. Brooks, and Stephen G. Brooks, 2022. "What's Fair in International Politics? Equity, Equality, and Foreign Policy Attitudes," Journal of Conflict Resolution. 66 (2):217-45.
Kathleen E. Powers, Jason Reifler, and Thomas J. Scotto, 2021. "Going Nativist: How Nativism and Economic Ideology Interact to Shape Beliefs about Global Trade," Foreign Policy Analysis, 17 (3):1-23.
Joshua D. Kertzer and Kathleen E. Powers, 2020. "Foreign Policy Attitudes as Networks," The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science, eds. Alex Mintz and Lesley Terris.
Brian C. Rathbun, Kathleen E. Powers, and Therese Anders, 2019. "Moral Hazard: German Public Opinion on the Greek Debt Crisis," Political Psychology, 40(3), 523-541.
Joshua D. Kertzer, Kathleen E. Powers, Brian C. Rathbun, and Ravi Iyer, 2014. "Moral Support: How Moral Values Shape Foreign Policy Preferences," Journal of Politics, 76(3), 825-840.
Other Writing
Kathleen E. Powers, 2023. Review of Danielle Lupton's Reputation for Resolve: How Leaders Signal Determination in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2020) for H-Diplo-ISSF Roundtable Reviews.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2022. "How European identities shape support for security cooperation," EU-ROPP (European Politics and Policy) blog at the London School of Economics, 5 May.
Dan Altman and Kathleen E. Powers, 2022. "When Redlines Fail: The Promise and Peril of Public Threats," Foreign Affairs, 2 February.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2022. Review of Joslyn Barnhart's The Consequences of Humilation: Anger and Status in World Politics (Cornell University Press, 2021) for H-Diplo-ISSF Roundtable Reviews.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2021. "Do the Olympics promote nationalism — and international conflict? Here's the research," The Washington Post/Monkey Cage, 26 July.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2019. "Surprised by those Fourth of July tanks? Here's what political science can tell us about nationalism, patriotism, and public opinion," The Washington Post/Monkey Cage, 4 July.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2019. Review of Jonathan Renshon's Fighting for Status: Hierarchy and COnflict in World Politics (Princeton University Press, 2017) for H-Diplo-ISSF Roundtable Reviews.
Kathleen E. Powers, 2017. "This new poll shos that populism doesn't stem from people's economic distress," The Washington Post/Monkey Cage, 17 October.