Professor Deborah Avant - Service and Awards 

Reviewer, Chair, and Board Service:

  • 1991- present: Reviewer for the following journals:
    • International Organization Armed Forces and Society
    • International Studies Quarterly International Security
    • International Security Perspectives Security Studies
    • American Political Science Review Naval War College Review
    • Contemporary Security Policy Journal of Politics
    • Review of International Political Economy World Politics
    • Review of International Studies Review of Policy Research
    • Journal of International Relations and Development Social Problems
  • 2009-present Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly
  • 2007- present Editorial Board, American Political Science Review
  • 2007- 2008 Governing Council, International Studies Association
  • 2007- present Steering Committee, Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California
  • 2006- 2008 Chair, International Security Studies Section, International Studies Association
  • 2005-2006 Vice Chair, International Security Studies Section, International Studies Association
  • 2005-present Editorial Board, Security Studies
  • 2003-present Editorial Board, Contemporary Security Policy
  • 2003-2004 Summer Symposium Chair, Women in International Security
  • 2002-2004 Board of Visitors, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security and Cooperation
  • 2002-2004 Chair, Curriculum Committee, Board of Visitors, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security and Cooperation
  • 2001-2010 Editorial Board, Armed Forces and Society
  • 1999-present IUS Governing Council
  • 1998-present Governing Board, International Security Studies Section, International Studies Association
  • 1998-2008 Executive Board, Women in International Security
  • 1997-98 Summer Symposium Co-Chair, Women in International Security
  • 1997-2005 Governing Board, International Security and Arms Control Section, American Political Science Association

Testimonies:

Testimony: “Are Private Security Contractors Performing Inherently Governmental Functions?.” Public Hearing of Commission on Wartime Contracting, Dirkson Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, 18 June, 2010.

Testimony: “Contracting to Train Foreign Security Forces: Benefits, Risks and Implications for US Efforts in Iraq.” Hearing on contracting issues associated with the development of the Iraqi Security Forces, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 25 April, 2007.

Awards:

  • 2010 Commendation for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, University of California, Irvine, Department of Political Science.
  • 2010 UC Irvine, Conference Support Program, award for "What Do We Need to Know to Regulate the Global Military and Security Industry?"
  • 2007 International Studies Association, Venture Research Workshop Grant, "Who Governs the Globe?" with Martha Finnemore and Susan Sell.
  • 2007 Pacific Council on International Policy, Adjunct Fellow on National Security.
  • 2006 CIBER research award, "The Security Behavior of International Business and NGOS," with Virginia Haufler
  • 2006 University Facilitating Fund, George Washington University, "Private Soldiers and Democratic Processes."
  • 2004 National Science Foundation Funded "Time Sharing Experiments in the Social Science (TESS)," Third Special Competition for an experiment: "Public Reaction to Military versus Private Security Deaths in Iraq," with Lee Sigelman
  • 2002 Global Issues Course Development Grant, Smith Richardson Foundation administered by the Elliott School of International Affairs
  • 1999 Research and Writing Grant, Program on Global Security and Sustainability, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • 1999 University Facilitating Fund Award, George Washington University
  • 1999 Smith Richardson Case Study Grant, Administered by the Elliott School of International Affairs
  • 1997 Junior Scholar Incentive Award, George Washington University
  • 1996 John M Olin Institute for Strategic Studies Project on "US Post-Cold War Civil-Military Relations," commissioned paper
  • 1995 Council on Foreign Relations, International Fellowship, finalist, wait-listed
  • 1992 Nominated for Harold D. Lasswell Award for best dissertation in Policy Studies. Runner up.
  • 1991-92 MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (declined)
  • 1990-91 Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, Scholar in Residence
  • 1990-91 Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Dissertation Fellowship (declined)
  • 1989-90 Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Dissertation Fellowship
  • 1987 Friends of the International Center, International Scholarship
  • 1987 Chancellors Travel Fellowship