CURRICULUM VITAE – October 2022

JEREMY MATTHEW BERKOWITZ

Division of Social Sciences
P.O. Box 519 – Mailstop 2203, Prairie View, TX 77446-2203
Cell: 845-826-4337
Email: jeberkowitz@pvamu.edu

EMPLOYMENT:
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Division of Social Sciences, Fall 2022-Present
Lecturer I, Division of Social Sciences, Fall 2020 – Summer 2022

Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton, NY

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Fall 2018-Summer 2020
Research Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Fall 2018-Spring 2019

EDUCATION:
Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton, NY
PhD, Political Science, 2018
Dissertation Title: Dangerous Delegation: Explaining the Rationales and Outcomes of
State Sponsorship of Terrorism through the Principal-Agent Framework
Committee: Seden Akcinaroglu (Chair); Benjamin Fordham; Katja Kleinberg, Stephen
Ortiz (Outside Examiner)
Master of Arts, Political Science, 2015

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Arts, Program in the Social Sciences, 2011

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: Sociology and Government, 2010

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
2018. “Delegating Terror: Principal-Agent Based Decision-Making in State Sponsorship of Terrorism.”
International Interactions, Vol. 44(4): 709-748.

2021. “Rebel Rivalry and the Strategic Nature of Rebel Group Ideology and Demands.” Journal of
Conflict Resolution Vol. 65(4): 729-758. With Seden Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon, Hande Ogutcu,
Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir.

PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW:

“Racial Violence in Waller County and Prairie View A&M University, 1920-2020” Book Chapter in
‘The Hill’ We Climbed: A History of Prairie View A&M University, Afro-Texans book series, Texas
Tech University Press.

“Rebel Governance, Intra Group Competition, Rebel Group Ideology and Demands” With Seden
Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon, Hande Ogutcu, Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir.

“The Determinants of Sustained Interstate Rivalry” with Elizabeth Radziszewski

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PUBLISHED DATASETS:
“Dangerous Delegation: Global Patterns in State Sponsorship of Terrorism 1.0”
Available at jmberkowitz.weebly.com

“Comparative Rebel Manifesto Project.” With Seden Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon,
Hande Ogutcu, Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir

WORKING PAPERS:
“Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsorship of Terrorism”

“Domestic Disaster or International Pressure? Participation Incentives in International CBRN

Counter-Terrorism Institutions.”

“Evaluating Similarities in Archival Data: Patterns of Racial Violence in Waller County,

Texas”

“Substitution and Solidarity in Post-Terrorism Tourism Behavior: An Experimental Study of

American Consumers”

ANALYSIS PIECES and NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

July 2022. “Managing Conflictual Relationships Between International Rivals: Why the End of
Accommodation Approaches,” Political Violence @ A Glance. With Elizabeth Radziszewski

September 2021. “As They Did 9/12, Americans Awoke to a Different World 1/7.” San
Antonio Express-News

July 2018. “New Dangers Surrounding Downloadable Guns.” Utica College Center of Public
Affairs and Election Research

May 2017. “Is MS-13 a Foreign Terrorist Organization?” Utica College Center of Public
Affairs and Election Research.

April 2017. “Rethinking the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.” Utica College Center
of Public Affairs and Election Research.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE and CERTIFICATIONS:

Advising:
POSC 3399 - Independent Study, Fall 2022
Training:
Prairie View A&M University African American Studies Summer Institute, 2021
Prairie View A&M University B-Global Summit, 2021
Binghamton University Teaching Online Certification Program, 2015
Assistant Professor: Prairie View A&M University, Division of Social Sciences
POSC 2305 American Government (multiple sections), Fall 2022
POSC 3353 U.S. Foreign Policy, Fall 2022
Lecturer I: Prairie View A&M University, Division of Social Sciences
POSC 2305 American Government, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
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POSC 3359 Middle East Politics, Spring 2022

POSC 3353 U.S. Foreign Policy, Fall 2021
POSC 1113 American Government, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
POSC 1123 Texas Government, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
Adjunct Lecturer: Binghamton University, Department of Political Science
HMRT 305 Human Rights and the War on Terror, Summer 2020, Summer 2019
PLSC 486S Politics of Counter-terrorism, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
PLSC 389I Politics of the Modern Middle East, Spring 2020
PLSC 380R Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, Fall 2019, Summer 2014-2016
PLSC 117 Introduction to World Politics, Fall 2018-2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2017
PLSC 486M International Conflict in the 21st Century, Spring 2019, Spring 2016
PLSC 380O Playing with Politics in the Modern Middle East, Winter 2019
PLSC 380A Theories of International Conflict, Winter 2018
Continuing Education: Binghamton Lyceum
Understanding Terrorism in the 21st Century, Spring 2017
Teaching Assistant: Binghamton University Department of Political Science, 2012-2018
PLSC 113 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PLSC 115 Introduction to Ideas and Politics
PLSC 117 Introduction to World Politics
PLSC 373 American Political Thought

GRANTS, HONORS, and AWARDS:

Nuclear Security Grant Program Phase 2, Stanton Foundation, 2022
Faculty Enhancement Program Travel Award, Prairie View A&M University, 2021, 2022
B-Global Summit Teaching Stipend, Prairie View A&M University, 2021
African American Studies Summer Institute Stipend, Prairie View A&M University, 2021
Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, Binghamton University, 2018
Lyceum Graduate Student Grant, Binghamton University, 2017
Dissertation Fellowship, Binghamton University 2015
Graduate Scholars Enhancement, Binghamton University, 2012-2013
University Unendowed Scholarship, University of Chicago, 2010
Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor, Boy Scouts of America, 2006
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2004

ANALYTICAL SKILLS:
Training: University of Michigan Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
Summer Program, 2015
Wesleyan University Quantitative Analysis Center Summer Program, 2008
Programming Languages: Stata, R; Proficient in SAS, SPSS, Python
Statistical Techniques: Include Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Network Analysis, Content
Analysis, and Survival/Event History Analysis
Other Software/Skills: ArcGIS, Game Theory, HLM, TABARI, and online survey creation
and distribution

CONFERENCES and PRESENTATIONS:

International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2023
Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, 2022
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Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2022

American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2021
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Annual Conference, 2019
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2019
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2019
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2019
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2018
Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, 2017
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Annual Conference, 2017
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2017
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2017
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2016
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2016
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2015
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2014
ISSS-ISAC Annual Conference, 2011

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Service to Division
Member: Taskforce for Revising Division Handbook, Fall 2022-Present
Member: Taskforce for Revising Division Strategic Plan, Fall 2020-Present
Participant: Openstax Training Webinar, Winter 2022
Participant: Psi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony, Spring 2021
Participant: Political Science Program Town Hall, Fall 2021
Participant: Psi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony, Fall 2020
Participant: Political Science Program Town Hall, Fall 2020
Service to University
Presenter: Melon Center for Faculty Excellence, Fall 2022
Member: Non-Tenure Track Promotion Departmental Review Committee, Spring 2021
Participant: PVAMU Faculty Friday Workshop, Fall 2021
Presenter and Co-organizer: International Education Week, Fall 2020
Service to Field
Moderator: Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Spring 2022
Discussant: American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Fall 2021
Discussant: American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Fall 2019
Discussant: International Studies Association Annual Conference, Spring 2019
Reviewer
European Research Council
Journal of Peace Research
Conflict Management and Peace Science
International Interactions
National Science Foundation
Red Globe Press, Macmillan Education