William Andrew Wagstaff Curriculum Vitae

C ONTACT
I NFORMATION Department of Political Science wawagst@emory.edu
Emory University www.williamawagstaff.com
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322

E MPLOYMENT

US Air Force Center for Strategy and Technology

Assistant Professor, International Security 2018 - present
Instructor, International Security 2017

E DUCATION Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Ph.D. Political Science 2017

Exams Passed: Conflict, International Political Economy, Quantitative
Methods, Game Theory
Committee: Dan Reiter (Chair), Cliff Carrubba, and Danielle Jung
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

M.A. Political Science 2013

Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

B.A. International Studies and History 2011

D ISSERTATION

“Evaluating Combat Leadership: How Militaries Improve During

Conflict”

This project develops a set of formal models that show how bureaucratic
leaders may effectively evaluate their subordinates. The models derive the
conditions under which leaders may rely upon the subordinates to monitor
themselves are report to the leader. Using cases studies and two novel data
sets regarding the personnel outcomes and performance of the US military
during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, the dissertation
confirms the models’ predictions and illuminates enduring puzzles in the
extant literature.

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P UBLICATIONS

(with Dan Reiter) “Leadership and Combat Effectiveness” (forthcom-

ing Foreign Policy Analysis)
Presented at MPSA, 2015

(with Danielle F. Jung) “Competing for Constituents: Trends in Ter-

rorist Service Provision” (forthcoming Terrorism & Political Violence)
Presented at MPSA, 2015

W ORKING
PAPERS
“Organizing Evaluation: Assessing Combat Leadership Quality” (un-
der R & R) Presented at Peace Science (International Meeting), 2015; ISA
Annual Meeting, 2016; Online Peace Science Colloquium, 2016; European
Peace Science Conference (Milan, Italy), 2016; ISA Annual Meeting, 2017

(with Danielle F. Jung) “Hierarchy and Leadership Decapitation: As-

sessing the Robustness of Terrorist Organizations” (under review) Pre-
sented at SPSA Annual Meeting

“Patron-Client Networks and Combat Performance: The US Military

in the Korean War.” Presented at Roots and Resolutions: 2017 Interna-
tional Forum on Peace Science (Shanghai, China), 2017

(with Sabrina M. Karim) “Keeping the Peace After Peacekeeping:

How Peacekeepers Resolve the Security Dilemma in Post-Conflict
States” (under review) Presented at Peace Science (International Meeting),
2017

“Information Asymmetry and Adaptation: Innovation on the Battle-

field.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2017; ISA Annual Meet-
ing 2017

(with R. Blake McMahon)“Assessing Aggression Short of War: How

States Win Without Fighting”

O THER
P ROJECTS
(with Sabrina M. Karim) “When Does Security Sector Reform Se-
cure Civilians?” Presented at Peace Science (International Meeting; in-
vited workshop), 2016

(with R. Blake McMahon) “Assessing Aggression Short of War: How

States Win Without Fighting”

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D ATA S ETS

(with Stephen B. Long and Kathryn McNabb Cochran) “Richmond

War Casualties Project”

(with Dan Reiter) Data on the performance of American and German

divisions in WWII

D ATA S ETS
U NDER
D EVELOPMENT (with Sabrina M. Karim and Laura Huber) “Post-Conflict Security
Sector Database”

(with Thomas Remington) Data on appointments in the CCP’s Cen-

tral Committee, Politburo, and Standing Committee

AWARDS &
H ONORS
Woodruff Fellow, Emory University (2013 - 2017)

- Amount: $25,000

Stuart A. Bremer Award for Best Graduate Student Paper Presented

at Peace Science Society’s Annual Meeting (2015)

- Amount: $2,000

Southern Political Science Association Prestage-Cook Travel Award

(2017)

International Studies Association Travel Grant (2017)

Peace Science Society Graduate Student Travel Grant (2015)

Recognition of Contribution to Academic Affairs Division, The

University of Memphis (2012 & 2013)

I NVITED TALKS

Squadron Officers College, February 2018

Air University, March 2017

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R ESEARCH Research Assistant
E XPERIENCE
Professor Dan Reiter, 2014-2015, 2016-2017
Professor Thomas Remington, 2014-2015
Professor Danielle Jung, 2013 - 2014, Summer 2016
Professor Shannon Blanton, 2011 - 2013

T EACHING Co-Instructor (with Danielle Jung)

E XPERIENCE
POLS 335 – Nations and Nationalism (Spring 2016)
Teaching Assistant (with Eric Reinhardt)
POLS 110 – Introduction to International Politics (Fall 2015)

S ERVICE Reviewer: International Studies Review, International Studies Quarterly,

American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research

Panel Chair: Southern Political Science Association (2017)

C OMPUTER & Statistical Packages

L ANGUAGE
R, Stata
S KILLS
Foreign Language
Mandarin Chinese

O THER
P UBLICATIONS “Why We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by China’s Aggressiveness,” 12
August 2013. E-International Relations.

R EFERENCES
Prof. Dan Reiter Prof. Cliff Carrubba
335 Tarbutton Hall 411 Modern Languages
Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Political Science
Emory University Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive 1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322 Atlanta, GA 30322
Office Phone: (404) 727-0111 Office Phone: (404) 727-6572
Email: dreiter@emory.edu Email:ccarrub@emory.edu

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Asst. Prof. Danielle F. Jung
327 Tarbutton Hall
Dept. of Political Science
Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
Office Phone: (404) 727-0507
Email: danielle.jung@emory.edu
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Prof. Shannon Blanton
Dean of Honors College
UAB
HHB 548,
1401 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35233
Office Phone: (205) 934-8668
Email:slblanton@uab.edu