About Me
Some of my research was supported by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism START, where I am an Investigator and Research Affiliate. I have current research supported by NCITE.
Publications
Aiding War: Foreign Aid and the Intensity of Violent Armed Conflict
Michael Findley, Joseph K. Young, Daniel Strandow, Olgahan Cat
International Studies Quarterly, forthcoming
Tugging on Superman's Cape: Why Some Insurgencies Are Targets of Foreign Militaries
Victor Asal, Joseph K Young, Nakissa Jahanbani, Suzanne Weedon Levy
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Routledge, 2021, pp. 1-25
Tyler Evans, Daniel J Milton, Joseph K Young
International Studies Review, vol. 23, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 509-531
Radicalization and Deradicalization
Bethany Leap, Joseph K. Young
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2021
Transnational volunteers: American foreign fighters combating the Islamic State
Jason Fritz, Joseph K Young
Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 32, Routledge, 2020, pp. 449-468
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Courses
School of Public Affairs
SPA 300
In this course, students read about classic experiments, contemporary experiments, and cutting-edge experiments, with an emphasis on violence both as a treatment and outcome.
Causes of Terrorism and Political Violence
JLC 470, JLC 670
The courses examines the causes and consequences of terrorism and other forms of political violence - exploring both terror by governments as well as by opposition parties and movements.
SPA 613
This is the second part of a methods sequence that aims to provide students with the tools to be researchers. The main focus is on bivariate and multiple regression and the underlying assumptions of those models.
School of International Service
SIS 419
This course investigates the causes and consequences of terrorism through first person accounts of participation in terrorism. We examine prominent contemporary and historical terror campaigns through the lens of the people involved.
Introduction to International Studies Research
SIS 206
This course will introduce you to a range of methodologies employed in international affairs research and will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, conduct, and present an original scholarly research project.
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