Associate Professor and Director, International Studies Program
Heritage Hall 411
(205) 934-2336
Research and Teaching Interests: International conflict and conflict management, international security, research methodology, international relations theory, foreign policy, international law and diplomacy
Office Hours: M/W 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Education:
- BS, Portland State University
- MA, Portland State University
- PhD, University of Arizona
Professor Corbetta joined the Department of Political Science & Public Administration at UAB in 2005. He teaches courses in International Relations and Political Methodology. His current research focuses on conflict expansion, networks in international relations, major power states in international politics, and international law.
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Recent Courses
- International Law
- Diplomacy
- Seminar in International Relations
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Introduction to Statistical Analysis
- Introduction to International Relations
- American Foreign Policy
- International Security
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Select Publications
Books
- Renato Corbetta et al., eds., Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics . (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
- "Intervention in Conflicts from a Network Perspective," with Keith A. Grant, Conflict Management and Peace Science 29 (No. 3, 2012): 314–40.
- "Determinants of Third Parties' Intervention and Alignment Choices in Ongoing Conflicts, 1946-2001," Foreign Policy Analysis 6 (No. 1, 2010): 61–85.
- "Danger Beyond Dyads: Third Party Participants in Interstate Disputes," with William J. Dixon, Conflict Management and Peace Science 22 (No. 1, 2005): 39-61.
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Academic Distinctions & Professional Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Midwest Political Science Association
- International Studies Association
- Peace Science Society (International)
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Student Groups
- Upsilon Mu chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society), advisor