Scott Sigmund Gartner
Professor of Political Science
and Director of the International Relations Program

Mailing address:
Department of Political Science
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave
Davis CA 95616

Office: 682 Kerr Hall
e-mail: ssgartner[at]ucdavis[dot]edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Political Science 1992. The University of Michigan.
MA in Political Science.1989. The University of Michigan.
MA in International Relations 1987. The University of Chicago
BA in History 1986. The University of Chicago (with Honors).

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

War and Domestic Politics
U.S. National Security Policy
Wartime Strategic Assessment
Democratic Institutions and War
Third Party Mediation

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

"The Multiple Effects of Casualties on Public Support for War: An Experimental Approach."
The American Political Science Review.

"Ties to the Dead: Connections to Iraq War and 9/11 Casualties and Presidential Approval."
American Sociological Review.

“Signs of Trouble: Regional Organization Mediation and Civil War Agreement Durability.”
The Journal of Politics.

"Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: The Contributions of Mediation to Short-Lived Conflict Settlements."
International Studies Quarterly.

"All Politics are Still Local: the Iraq War and the 2006 Midterm Elections." PS: Political Science.

“On Behalf of a Grateful Nation: Conventionalized Images of Loss and Individual Public Opinion Change in War.” International Studies Quarterly.

International Conflict Mediation: New Approaches and Findings. Routledge Press.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition. NY: Cambridge University Press.

Curriculum Vitae