Dan Reiter (born 29 September 1967, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. He is currently the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor at the Department of Political Science at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

Education

Reiter received his

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

with honors in political science from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

in 1989 and his

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in political science from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1994. He was a John M. Olin postdoctoral fellow in national security at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

from 1994 to 1995.

Academic career

Reiter has had a number of articles published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the ''

American Political Science Review The ''American Political Science Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science. It is an official journal of the American Political Science Association and is published on their behalf by Cambri ...

'' and ''

World Politics The terms "world politics" or "global politics" may refer to: *Geopolitics, the study of the effects of geography on politics and International Relations (IR) * Global politics, a discipline of political science which focuses on political globalizat ...

''. His book, ''How Wars End'', was the recipient of a 2010 Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association.

Bibliography

''Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances and World Wars'' (Cornell University Press, 1996)
''Democracies at War'' (Princeton University Press, 2002)
''Preventive War and Its Alternatives: The Lessons of History'' (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S., Army War College, 2006)
''How Wars End'' (Princeton University Press, 2009)

Notes

External links

Dan Reiter's website
https://danreiteremory.com]
Dan Reiter at the Emory University Department of Political Science
Living people American political scientists People from Ann Arbor, Michigan University of Michigan alumni Northwestern University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 1967 births Emory University faculty American people of German descent {{US-polisci-bio-stub