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Jonathan M. PowellJonathan M. PowellJonathan M. PowellJonathan M. Powell
AprilAprilAprilApril 2010201020102010
1615 Patterson Office Tower Department of Political ScienceUniversity of KentuckyLexington, KY 40506-0027Fax: 859-257-7034Phone: 859-619-6632 jonathan.powell@uky.eduwww.jonathanmpowell.com
 
EducationEducationEducationEducation
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Expected May 2011Committee: Karen Mingst (co-chair), Clayton Thyne (co-chair), Emily Beaulieu, HoraceBartilow, and Robert Olson (Department of History)Master of Arts, Political Science, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Anthropology, Western Kentucky University, 2005
Research InterestsResearch InterestsResearch InterestsResearch Interests
International Relations (Conflict Processes, International Organizations)Comparative Politics (Civil-Military Relations, Democratization, Africa and the Middle East)
PublicationsPublicationsPublicationsPublications
Powell, Jonathan M. and Clayton L. Thyne. 2011. “Global Instances of Coups d’etat from 1950-2009: A New Dataset.”
Journal of Peace Research 
48(1) (tentative).
Under ReviewUnder ReviewUnder ReviewUnder Review
“Determinants of the Attempting and Outcome of Coups d’etat.” Invited to revise and resubmitat the
Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Conference PapersConference PapersConference PapersConference Papers
 
“Regime Vulnerability and the Diversionary Threat of Force,” presented at the
Midwest Political Science Association 68 
th 
Annual Conference 
, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010.“Military Diversion in Non-Democracies,” presented at the
Annual Conference of the International Studies Association – Southern Region 
, Nashville, TN, October 2009.*Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition Runner-Up.“Regime Vulnerability and the Diversionary Threat of Force,” presented at the
American Political Science Association 105 
th 
Annual Meeting,
Toronto, September 2009.“Soldier Quality and the Outcome of United Nations Interventions,” coauthored with Dan Moreyand J.D. Choi, presented at the
Midwest Political Science Association 67 
th 
Annual Conference 
,Chicago, IL, April 2009.
 
“Global Instances of Coups d’etat from 1950-2008: A New Dataset” coauthored with ClaytonThyne, presented at the
International Studies Association 50 
th 
Annual Convention 
, New York, NY, February 2009.“Explaining the Occurrence and Outcome of Coups d’etat,” presented at the
Southern Political Science Association 80 
th 
Annual Conference 
, New Orleans, LA, January 2009.“Determinants of the Occurrence and Outcome of Coups d’etat
.”
Presented at the
Annual Conference of the International Studies Association – Southern Region 
, South Ashland, VA,October 2008.*Grand Prize winner, graduate student paper competition“Interventions into Ethnic Conflict,” coauthored with Dan Morey and J.D. Choi, presented at the
American Political Science Association 104 
th 
Annual Meeting 
, Boston, MA, August 2008.
AwardsAwardsAwardsAwards
 
Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition (2
nd
Place), International StudiesAssociation – South ($200). October 2009.
 
Travel Grant, International Studies Association – South ($150). October 2009.
 
Travel Grant, American Political Science Association ($200). September 2009.
 
Prestage-Cook Award. Southern Political Science Association ($250). January 2009
 
Grand Prize Winner, Graduate Student Paper Competition. International StudiesAssociation – South ($250). October 2008.
 
Travel Grant, International Studies Association – South ($150). October 2008.
 
Travel Grant, University of Kentucky Graduate School ($300). August 2008.
PositionsPositionsPositionsPositions
Instructor, University of Kentucky, 2008-presentTeaching Assistant, University of Kentucky, 2007-Present.
TeachingTeachingTeachingTeaching
PS 101 American Government (Spring 2008 and Fall 2008)PS 210 Introduction to Comparative Politics (Spring 2009)PS 235 Introduction to International Relations (Summer 2010)PS 372 Introduction to Political Methodology (Fall 2009)
Professional ServiceProfessional ServiceProfessional ServiceProfessional Service
Chair and Discussant. “The Significance of NGOs and Other Non-State Actors.”
Annual Conference of the International Studies Association – Southern Region 
. October 16-17, 2009.

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