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January, 2018

VITA

KEVIN E. GRISHAM

27252 Delphinium Avenue, Moreno Valley, CA 92555

(909) 537-7569 (w)

(951) 801-8968 (c)

[email protected]

ACADEMIC FIELDS OF INTEREST

Global Studies and Global Issues: International Peace and Security, International

Organizations, Global Governance, Conflict Resolution & Diplomacy, and International

Political Economics of the Developing World, Transnational Movements, Insurgencies

and Guerrilla Movements, Global Hate Groups and Violent Extremist Groups, &

Revolution and Rebellion in the Developing World.

Area Studies: Geography and Politics of the Middle East and North African &

Geography and Politics of the Islamic World.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience in United Nations and Model UN-Related Activities:

Member, Board of Directors, National Collegiate Conference Association, Inc.

(Governing corporate board for National Model UN conferences worldwide and

registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) by the United Nations Department of

Public Information.), St. Paul, MN, 2010-2016

Vice President, Board of Directors, National Collegiate Conference Association, Inc.,

2014 - 2016

Secretary, Board of Directors, National Collegiate Conference Association, Inc.,

2010 – 2012

Ex Officio Member, National Model United Nations - New York Advisory Board of

Directors, New York City, NY, 2009 – 2010

Faculty Adviser, Model United Nations and Model Arab League Programs, California

State University, San Bernardino; 2008-Present

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Ex Officio Member, Board of Directors, National Collegiate Conference Association,

Inc., St. Paul, MN, 2006 – 2007

Faculty Adviser & Founding Faculty Member, Model United Nations Program,

Victor Valley Community College; 2001-2003

Experience in Educational Administration:

Department Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California

State University, San Bernardino; 2017- Present

Assistant Director of Research, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California

State University, San Bernardino; 2015- Present

Assistant Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (CIMES), California

State University, San Bernardino; 2014 - 2015

Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (CIMES), California State

University, San Bernardino; 2012-2014

Co-Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (CIMES), California State


Coordinator, Social Science Bachelor of Arts Program, College of Social & Behavioral

Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino; 2010-2013

Coordinator, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Minor/Certificate Program, College of

Social & Behavioral Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino; 2011-Present

Experience in Higher Education Teaching:

Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California

State University, San Bernardino; 2016-Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California

State University, San Bernardino; 2013-2016

Fulltime Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California State


Part-time Lecturer, Global Studies B.A. Program, University of California, Riverside;

Winter 2011

Part-time Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside;

Spring 2011 and Fall 2012

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Part-time Lecturer, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, California State University,

San Bernardino; 2008-2010

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside;

2003-2008

Associate in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of California,

Riverside; 2004-2009 (Summer Sessions & Winter and Spring Quarters, 2003)

Associate Faculty, Department of Political Science, Victor Valley Community College;

2001-2007

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Distinguished Delegation, 2017 National Model United Nations Conference-Canada

(Banff, Alberta, Canada)

Faculty Adviser – Represented the United States of America

Outstanding Delegation, 2017 National Model United Nations Conference-New York

Faculty Adviser – Represented Amnesty International

Distinguished Delegation, 2017 National Model United Nations Conference-New York

Faculty Adviser – Represented Ireland


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Republic of South Africa

Distinguished Delegation, 2015 National Model United Nations Conference-Europe

(Czech Republic)

Faculty Adviser – Represented the State of Israel


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Republic of Azerbaijan


Faculty Adviser – Represented Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)

Outstanding Delegation, 2014 Northwest Model United Nations Conference-Seattle, WA

Faculty Adviser – Represented Libya and Represented Kingdom of Morocco


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Lebanese Republic


Faculty Adviser – Represented Third World Network (international NGO)

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Outstanding Delegation, 2013 National Model United Nations Conference-Korea

Faculty Adviser – Represented the State of Palestine

Honorable Mention Delegation, 2013 National Model United Nations Conference-Korea

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Islamic Republic of Iran

Outstanding Delegations, 2013 National Model United Nations Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Republic of Turkey and the State of Palestine

Outstanding Delegation, 2013 Southern California Model Arab League Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Distinguished Delegation, 2012 National Model United Nations Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Outstanding Delegation, 2012 Rocky Mountain Model Arab League Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Palestinian National Authority

Outstanding Delegation, 2011 National Model United Nations Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Islamic Republic of Iran

Outstanding Delegation, 2011 West Coast Model Arab League Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Kingdom of Morocco

Outstanding Delegation, 2010 West Coast Model Arab League Conference

Faculty Adviser – Represented the Kingdom of Morocco


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Arab Republic of Egypt


Faculty Adviser – Represented the Republic of the Philippines

AWARDS

Nominated for the 2016-17 CSUSB Outstanding Faculty of the Year (university-wide

award); California State University, San Bernardino

2015-16 CSUSB Outstanding Faculty Adviser of the Year (university-wide award);

California State University, San Bernardino

2015 Innovation in Teaching Award (Third Place); 2015 Spring Faculty Showcase,

California State University, San Bernardino

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2014-15 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award; College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

(Only third award ever given to a junior faculty member in the College of Social &

Behavioral Sciences)

2009-10 Faculty Excellence in Advising Award; California State Student Association

(CSSA), 2010. (First-ever awarded by the CSSA in their history)

Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship; University of California, Riverside, 2007-2008.

Dean’s Fellowship, College of Humanities & Social Science, University of California,

Riverside, 2008 (Fall).

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award; Department of Political Science, University of

California, Riverside, 2006-2007.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Article Manuscript Reviewer:

New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture

American Political Science Review

European Political Science Review

Book Reviewer:

McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series (Academic Advisory Board – Weapons of

Mass Destruction & Terrorism Series)

CQ Press (Peer Reviewer for upcoming book, Living Democracy: How to Meet the

Hopes and Fears of the Modern World)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Raad Sami Al-tmimi and Kevin E. Grisham, “Elections as a Tool for Political

Participation in Iraq,” International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 7:3,

pp. 233-249, (2013).

David Pion-Berlin, Diego Esparza, and Kevin Grisham, “Staying Quartered: Civilian

Uprisings and Military Disobedience in the Twenty First Century,” Comparative

Political Studies 47:2, pp. 230-259, (2014). [First published online on July 25, 2012]

Books

Transforming Violent Political Movement: Rebels Today, What Tomorrow? New York:

Routledge, 2014.

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Textbooks

The Developing World: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Matthews, NC: Kona

Publishing and Media Group, 2011.

The Non-Western World: Perspectives on The Developing World and Its Peoples. San

Diego, CA: Cognella Publishing, 2011.

Book Reviews

Anthony Billingsley. Political Succession in the Arab World: Constitutions, Family

Loyalties, and Islam (London: Routledge, 2010), in Arab Studies Quarterly. (September

2011)

Jonathan Krieckhaus. Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery

(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006) and Patrick Holden. In Search of

Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument (Surrey: Ashgate

Publishing Limited, 2009), in New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture,

31 (March 2010): 148-152.

Monte Palmer. The Politics of the Middle East, 2d. (Belmont, CA: Thomson Higher

Education, 2007), in “The Western: Newsletter of the Western Political Science

Association,” (Spring 2010): 13-14.

Encyclopedia

“Crime and International Law” and “County of Riverside v. McLaughlin (1991).” David

Schultz, ed. Encyclopedia of American Law and Criminal Justice (New York: Facts on

File, Inc., 2011.)

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Journals

“Shrinking and Expanding the Protest Space: Social Media, Globalization and the

Changing Nature of Social Protest”

(Manuscript currently being developed)

“From a Whimper to a Bang: Information and the Transformation of the Arab World”

(Manuscript currently being developed.)

“Different Space, Different Place: The Use of Space and Place by ISIS”

(Manuscript current being developed)

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INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“The UN at 70”, guest speaker, Great Decision Lecture Series, California State

University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, April 19, 2016.

“The Rise of ISIL and the End of the Arab Spring”, guest speaker, (Sponsored by the

National Collegiate Conference Association), Sheraton Times Square Hotel, New York

City, NY, March 23, 2015.

“The Strategic Geography of Turkey in a Global Age”, guest speaker, (Sponsored by

World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, CSU San Bernardino Center for

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and the Turkish Cultural Foundation), Turkey – A

Bridge between East and West: A Teacher’s Workshop, University of Redlands,

Redlands, CA, March 7, 2015.

“Israel and U.S. Foreign Policy”, guest speaker, Great Decision Lecture Series, California

State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, September 29, 2014.

“The Regional Struggle on a Global Stage: ISIS, Al-Qaeda & the Fight for Islam”, guest

speaker, CJUS 540: Terrorism, California State University, San Bernardino, San

Bernardino, CA, September 29, 2014.

“Internal Struggle on a Global Stage: ISIS, Syria/Iraq & the Fight for Islam”, guest

speaker, Air Force Reserve Intelligence Unit, March Air Reserve Base, Moreno Valley,

CA, July 10, 2014.

“Political Islam versus Islamic Politics”, guest lecturer, HUM 375 World of Islam class,

California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, October 16, 2013.

“The Rise of the Republic – Turkey in the Modern Era”, guest lecturer (Sponsored by

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), California State University, San Bernardino – Palm

Desert Campus, Palm Desert, CA, October 26-December 7, 2012.

“Islam After the Revolutions: A New Age for the Global Muslim Community”, featured

speaker (Sponsored by Cal State University Associates), California State University, San

Bernardino – Palm Desert Campus, Palm Desert, CA, October 9, 2012.

“Turkish Republic and Ataturk’s Legacy in the Modern World”, panelist and presenter

(Sponsored by World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, World Affairs

Council of the Desert, CSU San Bernardino Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern

Studies, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies (IECIS), the Porter History-

Social Science Resource Room, and the Turkish Cultural Foundation), Turkey – A

Bridge between East and West: A Teacher’s Workshop, University of Redlands,

Redlands, CA, April 14, 2012.

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“The New World Order: A Faculty Perspective”, panelist and presenter (Sponsored by

the National Collegiate Conference Association, Inc.), 2012 National Model United

Nations Conference (Marriott and Sheraton venues), New York City, NY, April 4 and

April 5, 2012.

“Middle East Realignment”, featured speaker, Great Decision Lecture Series (Sponsored

by the Foreign Policy Association and College of the Desert), Palm Desert, CA, February

14, 2012.

“You in the World: Social Studies Education in a Global Age”, featured speaker, Inland

Empire Council for the Social Studies (IECSS) Awards Dinner (Sponsored by the Inland

Empire Council for the Social Studies (IECSS), Riverside County Office of Education,

San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, and CSUSB), San Bernardino, CA,

November 17, 2011.

“Change and Challenge in the Arab World”, panelist and presenter (Sponsored by the

CSU San Bernardino Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), San Bernardino,

CA, February 17, 2011.

“From a Whimper to a Bang: Change and Challenge in the Arab World”, featured

speaker, Phi Beta Delta (International Scholars Honor Society) Induction Ceremony, San

Bernardino, CA, February 17, 2011.

Panelist and Presenter, Panel on the Unrest in the Middle East, Islamic Center of

Riverside, Riverside, CA, February 18, 2011.

Workshop on Graduate School, guest presenter, lecture delivered at California

Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 2, 2010.

“Turkish Republic and Atatürk’s Legacy in the Modern World”, featured speaker,

Turkey – Bridge Between East and West (Sponsored by the: World Affairs Council of

Inland Southern California, CSU San Bernardino Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern

Studies, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies, and the Turkish Cultural

Foundation), San Bernardino, CA, March 28, 2010.

“Modern Politics of Egypt,” lecture delivered at University of California, Riverside,

Politics Across Muslim Societies course (Department of Political Science) Riverside, CA,

May 20, 2009.

“Failed States, International Law and the International Environment,” lecture delivered at

Victor Valley Community College, Victorville, CA, March 12, 2006.

“The World in the post-9/11 Environment”, featured speaker, Rotary International, Palm

Springs, CA, February 9, 2002.

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PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

“To Be a State or Not Be a State, That is the Question’: The Changing Face of the

Sovereign and Territoriality" paper to be presented at the International Studies

Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, February 23, 2017.

“Sacred Space, Permanent Peace: Location, Space, Sanctity and the Permanency of

Conflict Resolution,” paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA)

Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, March 29, 2014.

“The ‘Right’ to Destroy: The Constructive and Destructive Nature of Rights and Non-

State Actors,” co-authored with Areej Qasqas, paper presented at 2011 American

Political Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA, September 1, 2011.

Discussant, “Civil War and International Security,” 2011 American Political Science

Association Conference, Seattle, WA, September 1, 2011.

“Democracy Protecting Itself from Itself? Judicial Intervention in Egypt and Turkey,”

co-authored with Ebru Erdem, paper presented at 2009 Annual Midwest Political Science

Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2, 2009.

“Political Party or Not?: Transformation of Rebellious Movements in the Middle East,”

paper presented at 2008 Western Political Science Association Conference, San Diego,

CA, March 20, 2008.

Chair & Discussant, “Public Opinion and War,” 2008 Western Political Science

Association Conference, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2008.

“Behind Extreme Actions: Institutional Survival Versus Gaining Operational Goals,”

co-authored with Masahiro Omae, paper presented at 2007 Annual Midwest Political

Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 12, 2007.

“The Right Tool for the Job? Safety Concerns in Methodological Selection,” co-authored

with Dino Bozonelos, paper presented at 2007 Western Political Science Association

Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 8, 2007.

“Evolutionary Institutions: The Transformation of Guerilla Movements,” paper presented

at 2007 Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 3,

2007.

Chair & Discussant, “Ethnicity, Environment, and Rebellion in the Third World,” 2007

Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 4, 2007.

Chair & Discussant, “International Norms and Commitments,” 2007 Southern Political

Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 5, 2007.

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FIELDWORK WORK EXPERIENCE & OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT

Banff, Alberta, Canada, November 2017

Prague and Olomouc, Czech Republic, November 2015

Incheon, South Korea, November 2013

Xi’an, People’s Republic of China, November 2008

Dublin, Ireland, October – November 2007

Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K., November 2007

Sana’a, Yemen, September 1999 – April 2000

Saudi Arabia (various cities), April 2000

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE

Executive Secretary, 51st Faculty Senate, CSUSB, 2016-Present

Q2S Transformation Leader, Global Studies Option, Department of Geography and

Environmental Studies, 2016-Present

Q2S Co-Transformation Leader, Master of Arts – Social Science and Globalization

Program, 2016-Present

Quarter-to-Semester (Q2S) Steering Committee, 2016-Present

Q2S Curriculum Development Subcommittee, 2016-2017

Assistant Director of Research, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, CSUSB,

2014-Present

Assistant Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, CSUSB, 2014-2015

Coordinator, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Minor and Certificate Program,

CSUSB, 2012-2015

Committee Member, Travel Advisory Council, California State University, San

Bernardino, 2014-2016

Committee Member, Search Committee for Director of Residential Life and Leadership,

California State University, San Bernardino, 2014-2015

Committee Member, Search Committee for Associate Vice President of Student

Affairs/Dean of Students, California State University, San Bernardino, 2014

Committee Member, Search Committee for Associate Vice President and Dean of

Undergraduate Students, California State University, San Bernardino, 2014

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Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, CSUSB, 2012-2014

Co-Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, CSUSB, 2011-2012

Coordinator, Social Science Bachelor of Arts Program, CSUSB, 2010-2013

Campus Representative (CSUSB), Social Science Research & Instructional Council,

California State University, 2011-2013

M.A. Thesis Chairperson, Social Science and Globalization Master of Arts Program,

CSUSB, 2016-Present (McKenzie Kelly), 2012-2014 (Beatrice Longshore-Cook), 2012-

2013 (Thomas Hagen), 2012-2010 (Areej Qasqas), and 2012-2011 (Tabassum Farooqi)

M.A. Thesis Committee Member, Interdisciplinary Studies Program (Islamic and Middle

Eastern Studies), CSUSB, 2009-2013 (Arika Khajetoorians)

M.A. Comprehensive Exam Reader, Social Science and Globalization Master of Arts

Program, CSUSB, 2015 (Stephen El-Khatib), 2015 (Sina Bastami), and 2015 (Amanda

Meere)

Co-Faculty Adviser, Global Citizens Project, ASI-Sponsored Student Club, CSUSB,

2013-2015

SOAR Department Adviser, Social Science BA Program, CSUSB, Summer 2011 &

Summer 2012

SOAR Department Adviser, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies,

Summer 2011

Committee Member, ASI Student Research and Travel Committee, CSUSB, 2013-2014

Committee Member, Office of Student Research Grant Committee, CSUSB, 2013-2014

Committee Member, Palm Desert Campus Coordinating Council, CSUSB, 2013-2015

Committee Member, Draft Executive Committee, 50th Anniversary Executive

Committee, CSUSB, 2013-Present

Committee Member, Outstanding Undergraduate Student and Outstanding Graduate

Student Awards Committee, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB, 2012

Committee Member, Outstanding Thesis and Outstanding Honor Paper Award

Committee, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB, 2011

Executive Board Member, Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies (CIMES),

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College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB, 2010 – 2011

Curriculum Development Committee, Islamic and Middle East Studies Minor &

Certificate, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB, 2010 – 2015

Faculty Adviser, Model United Nations & Model Arab League Programs, College of

Social & Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB, 2008 – Present

Faculty Adviser & Founding Faculty Member, Model United Nations Program,

Victor Valley Community College; 2001-2003

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Director-General, National Model United Nations-China, Xia’n, China, 2007

Director-General, National Model United Nations-New York, New York City, NY, 2006

Director of International Operations, Yemen Center for Arab Studies & Yemen Language

Center, Sana’a, Yemen, 2000.

Program Officer, Yemen Language Center, Sana’a, Yemen, 1999-2000.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Courses

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The United Nations System and International Issues

Introduction to Global Studies

Geopolitics

Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Non-Western World

Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

Strategic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa

Introduction to American Government and Politics

American Foreign Policy since 1945

Introduction to Political Science

Senior Seminar in Social Sciences

The World of Islam

Regions and Peoples of the World

Geography of the Developed World

Introduction to Human Geography

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Graduate and Undergraduate Cross-Listed Courses

Violence, Religion, and Ideology: A Criminal Justice Perspective

Revolution and Rebellion in the Developing World

The Arab World

Revolution and Rebellion in a Globalized Age

Conflict Resolution & Diplomacy in a Global Age

Women, Violence and Conflict in a Global Age

Proseminar in Geography (Social Science and Globalization MA Program)

Geography of Conflict

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses Associated with Academic Program

Model Arab League

Model United Nations

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association of American Geographers

Organized Sections Membership

Cultural Geography

Development Geographies

Human Dimensions of Global Change

Middle East

Political Geography

Qualitative Research

Global Studies Association of North America

International Studies Association


Diplomatic Studies

Global Development

International Education

International Organizations

Peace Studies

Political Demography and Geography

Middle East Institute

United Nations Association of America (UNA-USA)

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American Political Science Association


Comparative Politics

New Political Science

Qualitative & Multi-Methods Research

International Security & Arms

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Department of Political Science; University of California, Riverside, 2009.

M.A. Department of Political Science; University of California, Riverside, 2005.

B.A. Department of Criminal Justice; CSU, San Bernardino, 1997.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Language: Arabic, medium elementary proficiency with speaking, reading, and writing

(Certified by the Yemen Language Center in 2000 – now known as the Yemen College

for Middle Eastern Studies)

SPSS and STATA Trained

Qualitative and Mixed Methods Training (including fieldwork experience)

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