Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Penn State Department of Political Science

Scott Bennett, Professor
	Contact Information: 318 Pond Lab University Park, PA 16802-6200 Office phone: 865-6566 dsb10@psu.edu Links: Professional Website Office Hours: Please click here for this semester's office hours.

Brief Biography
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1993; Research Professor of Political Science. Specializes in international conflict, methodology, and computer applications. Has studied the duration of international phenomena including wars, crises, rivalries, and alliances. Is the author (together with Allan Stam, Dartmouth) of The Behavioral Origins of War (2004, University of Michigan Press), which conducts a comparative test of key theories of international conflict initiation and escalation. Has developed the EUGene and MARGene software packages. Currently working to develop models of how the balance of power affects conflict escalation, and what features of countries and conflicts lead to more or less fatalities in wars. Came to Penn State in 1994 from University of Michigan.

Brief Biography

Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1993; Research Professor of Political Science. Specializes in international conflict, methodology, and computer applications. Has studied the duration of international phenomena including wars, crises, rivalries, and alliances. Is the author (together with Allan Stam, Dartmouth) of The Behavioral Origins of War (2004, University of Michigan Press), which conducts a comparative test of key theories of international conflict initiation and escalation. Has developed the EUGene and MARGene software packages. Currently working to develop models of how the balance of power affects conflict escalation, and what features of countries and conflicts lead to more or less fatalities in wars. Came to Penn State in 1994 from University of Michigan.