THOMAS BRISTER

Department of Political Science
Box 7568 Winston-Salem , NC 27106
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem , NC 27109
(338) 758-5455

Bristet at wfu.edu
Webpage: http://www.wfu.edu/~bristet

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 2000
M.A., Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlotttesville, VA
B.S., Foreign Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

PRESENT POSITION

Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

DISSERTATION

"Globalization and Economic Nationalism: India's Politics of Swadeshi"

SPECIAL ACADEMIC INTERESTS

International Relations and Comparative Politics;

Intelligence; Terrorism; Globalization

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January 1997-present: James Madison University (1997;1999); University of Virginia (1997-2001); Sweet Briar College (1997-98; 1999-2005); Randolph-Macon Women’s College (2002); Randolph-Macon College (2003; 2005); Wake Forest University (2005-present)

COURSES TAUGHT:

Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Introduction to Political Science
Introduction to Political Theory/ Political Philosophy

Terrorism and Political Violence
Intelligence and International Politics
Globalization
Politics of Global Media and Culture
Nationalism and World Order
International Political Economy
Political Economy of Development

Political Economy of East Asia
Asian Financial Crisis
East Asian Politics
Politics of India and Pakistan / Comparative Politics of South Asia
International Law

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

ARTICLES

“Battering Down Chinese Walls? Globalization and Democratization in the People’s Republic of China”, Al Ahram Democracy Review, October 2007.

Swadeshi’s in Competition: Enron and India’s Anti-Globalization Movement”, Contemporary Politics, December 2007.

BOOK SECTIONS

“Terrorism” and “Philanthropy”, David Coates, ed., The Oxford Companion to American Politics
(forthcoming)

 BOOK REVIEWS
Textbook Review, Brigitte L. Nacos, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2010

Review of Bruce Podobnik, Global Energy Shifts: Fostering Sustainability in a Turbulent Age (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2006) in Labor History Journal

Review of Mary Ann Tétreault and Robert A. Denemark , Gods, Guns & Globalization: Religious Radicalism & International Political Economy: (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.) in Journal of Politics (2005)

Review of Ross Mallick, Development, Ethnicity and Human Rights in South Asia, in INCORE: The Ethnic Conflict Review Digest, March 2000.

PANELS, CONFERENCES AND TALKS

“Sanctions and Nonproliferation”, Great Decisions 2011, Wake Forest University Center for International Studies, April 21, 2011

Respondent, “Public Debate With Paisley Magnet School Students”, Citizenship: Rights and Responsibilities: Symposium, Wake Forest University, April 7, 2011

Panelist, “The Arab Spring”, Interdisplinary Panel on Political Transformation in the Middle East, Wake Forest University, April 5, 2011

Panel Chair, The Biennial Wake Forest Argumentation Conference, Wake Forest University, March 20, 2010

“Transnational Crime: Globalization’s Shadowy Stepchild”, Great Decisions 2010, Wake Forest University Center for International Studies, March 18, 2010

Moderator, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wake Forest University, September 26, 2008

Instructor, “Globalization”, The Ben Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Initiative: Summer Institute for Youth, Wake Forest University, July 9-12, 2007

Panelist, “What’s Next for the Middle East?”, Wake Forest University College Democrats, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 2, 2007

“Central Asia: Three Power Resource Rivalry”, Great Decisions 2007, Wake Forest University Center for International Studies, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, March 29. 2007.

Panelist, “The Immigration Debate”,VOICES (Wake Forest University student association) panel discussion, October 24, 2006.

“Terrorism and Political Violence”, Wake Forest University College Democrats Speaker Series, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 26, 2006.

“India and China: Competition and Cooperation”, Great  Decisions 2006, Wake Forest University Center for International Studies, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 13, 2006

"States and Business in East Asian Regionalism: Japan and China between Rivalry & Integration”, paper presented at a conference on “Managing Globalization: The Role of Business and the State”, University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, October 22, 2004.

Center for South Asia Studies, 18th Annual Conference, University of California-Berkeley, February 14, 2003

"Strange Bedfellows: U.S. Foreign Policy and Antiterrorism Coalition", Sweet Briar College Lunch and Learn Series: "Understanding the War on Terrorism", January 30, 2002.

"The Historical and Ideological Roots of Hindutva", guest lecture for 'War and Peace in South Asia', Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, July 12, 2000.

"Teaching About South Asia in Relation to Social Studies S.O.L.'s", workshop for secondary school teachers, Roanoke, Virginia, April 10, 2000.

"Grassroots Globalization in India: Swadeshi and the Politics of the World Trade Organization", paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the IPSA Research Committee on Socio-Political Pluralism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, September 18, 1998.

"The BJP and the 1998 Parliamentary Elections", panel presentation, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Virginia, March, 1998.

"Internationalization and Nativist Politics in India", Panel Presentation; Economic Security and Prosperity in Asia Panel, at Asia to 2010: The Interdependence of Security & Prospertity. Conference sponsored by University of Virginia East Asia Center and the Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), University of Virginia, November 2, 1996.

"Economic Nationalism and the 1996 Parliamentary Elections in India": Roundtable Presentation, Center For South Asian Studies, University of Virginia, October 25, 1996.

"Economic Policy and the 1996 Parliamentary Elections in India", Joint-Presentation with John Echeverri-Gent, 25th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, October 20, 1996.

UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Member, Omicron Delta Kappa, Wake Forest University,

Academic Advisory Board, McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series (CLS), Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism series.

Faculty Advisor, Wake Forest Model United Nations

Director, Wake Forest University Summer Program in Fez, Morocco, 2008 and 2010

Faculty Director, Wake Forest University “Helping Hands” Service Trip to Russia, Spring 2007 (trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg May 10-24, 2007)

Textbook Reviewer and AP Exam Grader, College Board AP Central, Comparative Government & Politics

Honors and Masters Theses Adviser, Wake Forest University  (Fall/Spring 2006-2008)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

 Fluency in written and spoken German, Japanese, French, and Spanish; intermediate Hindi