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Aquia Building 307, George �鶹��Ƶ University, Fairfax, Virginia  
Email: pmarti5@gmu.edu, Phone: 617-987-7627;   
Last updated: January 2022

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Civil wars and political violence; peacebuilding and postwar reconstruction; democracy; African politics.

APPOINTMENTS

2022  
Visiting Professor (winter/spring)

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

2019  
Assistant Professor of International Security

Schar School of Policy and Government, George�鶹��Ƶ University

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Political Science, 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics

MA, International Affairs, 2012 
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

BA (Honors), Political Science, 2010 
University of Guelph

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

���Բ��ܰ�����Գ� Armies: Military Obedience and State Formation after Rebel �վ����ٴǰ���.” International Security, Vol. 46, No. 3 (2022), pp. 87-127.

“ (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino). Comparative Political Studies (2022), doi: 10.1177/00104140211047409.

“” (with Andrew Cesare Miller), Comparative Politics(2022), doi: 10.5129/001041522X16420169882963.

“W���� do StrongParties Throw the Bums Out? Evidence from South AfricanLocal Government Elections” (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry). Studies in Comparative International Development (July 2021), doi: 10.1007/s12116-021-09338-5.

“E��-������� Authority after Civil War: Theory and Evidence from ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����”(with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino), Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2021), pp. 209-232.

“C�dz������Ի���-��dz����ܲԾ��ٲ� Ties after Civil �²���.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 58, No. 4 (2021), pp. 778-793.

��ٱ𳦳ܰ����ٲ� Sector Reform and Civil-Military Relationsin Postwar ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����,” AfricanAffairs, Vol. 117, No. 468 (2018), pp. 522-33.

“M���Ծ��Բ� codes in Africa:emergence of a ‘f�dzܰ��ٳ�’ generation?” (with Hany Besada) Cambridge Reviewof International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2015), pp. 263-282.

“C�dz����Բ� Together:Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated �ʱ𲹳��𳧱�ٳٱ��𳾱�Գٲ�,” Civil Wars, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 2013), pp. 332-58.

���Գٱ������Ծ��Բ� for Peace? Dilemmas of Liberal Internationalism and Democratic Reconstruction in Afghanistan,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Spring 2011), pp. 1-24.

Work-in-Progress

Embedded Commanders: Insurgent Governance and ���������⾱�����ٲ����� Integration in ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ����� and Beyond. Book manuscript.

Editor-Reviewed Essays and Reports

“W��� It Matters if Trump Rejects the Election Result,” Political Violence at a Glance, November 11 2020.

��ٴdzܳٳ� Africa's Healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's Resignation is a Good ��������,” Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2018 (with Dan De Kadt and Evan Lieberman).

“Le conséquence d'une gouvernance rebelle: enquête au nord de la ��ô�ٱ� d'Ivoire,” Bulletin FrancoPaix, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2018),pp. 1-7 (with Giulia Piccolinoand Jeremy Speight).

“P�DZ����پ��������Բ�’ perspectives on voice and accountability: Evidence from a survey of South African local councillors,” Research Report, Making All Voices Count, December 2017 (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry).

“W��� �ܾ����������ɱ�’s Military Abandoned �ѳܲ�������,” Foreign Affairs, November 15, 2017. “Rebel Networks' Deep Roots Cause Concerns for ��ô�ٱ� d'Ivoire Transition," The Global

Observatory, International Peace Institute, October 12, 2017 (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). “W��� �ܾ����������ɱ�’s Military Sticks with �ѳܲ�������,” Foreign Affairs, September 12, 2016.

“H����� are four reasons that South Africa’s ANC lost ground in this ���DzԳٳ�’s ����𳦳پ��DzԲ�,” The Monkey Cage,

August 12, 2016 (with Dan De Kadt, Evan Lieberman, and Nina McMurry).

“Regulating Extraction in the Global South: Towards a Framework for Accountability” (with Hany Besada and Franklin Lisk), Research Report for the United Nations High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 2013, pp. 1-34.

“M���Ծ��Բ� Codes in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and �䲹�Բ��岹’s �ʴDz����پ��Dz�” (with Hany Besada). In

Canada-Africa Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (�ѳ��Ҿ�����-�ϳܱ���’s Press,2013).

AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellowships & Grants

2021  
Distinguished Scholar Award, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation ($35K)

2019  
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Faculty of Arts& Sciences, University of Toronto (declined)

2018  
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

2018  
Research Grant, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Political Inclusion and Accountability Program, ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ����� ($30K)

2017  
MIT GOV/LAB Dissertation SeedGrant ($4.5K)

2017  
Summer Research Grant, Center for International Studies, MIT ($3.5K)

2016  
Summer Research Grant, Center for International Studies, MIT ($3.5K)

2016  
Summer Fellowship, Bridging the Gap Project($3K)

2013—2017  
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($80K)

2013  
Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Canada Foundation ($15K)

2011  
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario ($15K)

2010  
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s Level, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($17.5K)

2007—2009  
Dean’s Scholarship, University of Guelph ($1K)

Other Academic Honors

2015  
Finalist, Trudeau Scholarship. Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation

2012  
Senate Medal, Carleton University

2012  
Graduate Student Open Access Award, Carleton University Office of Vice-President (Research) and Graduate Student Association

2011  
First Prize, Best Paper Award Competition, 7th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2011  
Third Prize, Conference of Defense �������dz������پ��Dz�’s 14 Annual Graduate Student Symposium, the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada

2010  
Joseph F. Skinner Medal, University of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences)

2010  
University of Guelph Honor Award for outstanding student-athlete performance

2010  
Nominee, Winegard Medal, University of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students)

2007  
George Grant Award, University of Guelph (highest academic average among undergraduate political science majors)

2006—2009  
OUA Academic All-Star Award for academic excellence as a varsity athlete, University of Guelph

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Schar School of Policy and Government, George �鶹��Ƶ University

Civil War and Stabilization in Africa (POGO 750) 
Introduction to Comparative Politics (GOVT 133) 
Political Violence and Civil Wars (GOVT 444) 
Field Seminar in Comparative Politics (GOVT 530)

MIT

Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Contemporary Africa (MITx) 
Engineering Democratic Development in Africa 
Math Camp I 
Quantitative Research Methods I: Regression

Carleton University

History of Political Thought 
Introduction to African Politics 
Law, State and Citizens 
Law, State, and Constitutions

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����. May-June 2015, September-December 2016,June-December 2017. 
Zimbabwe. July-August 2016. 
South Africa. June-July 2016. 
Tajikistan. March-August 2013. 
Ukraine. October-November 2012. 
Tanzania. August-October 2012. 
Botswana. April-June 2009.

PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

“Ex-Rebel Commanders and State Formation after Civil �²���”

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, January 2021

“T��� Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidence from ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����” (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino)

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, April 2021

African Studies Association, Annual Convention, Boston MA, November 2019

“C�dz������Ի���-��dz����ܲԾ��ٲ� Ties after Civil �²���”

American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 2019

“E��-������� Commanders and Postwar Statebuilding: Subnational Evidence from ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����”

Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE),Harvard University, November2018

“T��� Politics of Rebel Authority in Postwar States: Theory and Evidence from ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����”(with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino)

Canadian Association of African Studies, Annual Conference, Kingston, Ontario, May 2018 International Studies Association, Annual Convention, San Francisco, April 2018

“T��� Dark Side of Rebel Governance: Wartime Rule and Commander-Community Linkages in Northern ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����”

American Political Science Association, Dissertation workshop on Militaries and Democratization, Boston, August 2018.

Political Violence Workshop, Harvard University, March 2018.

���� Parties Hold Politicians Accountable (and for What?):Evidence from South African Local Elections” (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry)

American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, San Francisco, August 2017 South African Councillor Panel Study Workshop, MIT, Cambridge, MA, August 2017

“T��� Wartime Origins of Civil-Military Relations in Insurgent-Ruled Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwe and ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����”

MIT-Harvard-Yale-Tufts Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Yale University, April 2017

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Baltimore, February 2017

Conference on the Legacies of Armed Conflict in Southern Africa and Comparative Perspectives, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, July 2016.

����es Irresponsible Rhetoric Cause Groups to Rebel? Evidence from the US State Department, 1991-2008”

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Harvard University, April 2016. “Unsafe Havens: Re-Examining Aid and Peace Duration after Civil Wars” (with Nina McMurry) International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Baltimore, February 2017

Midwestern Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2016.

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, March 2015.

��ٳٰ����ٱ𲵾���� of Rebellion in Post-Colonial&�Բ�����;���ڰ�������”

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta, March 2016.

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, March 2015.

MIT Strategic Use of Force Working Group. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, February 2015.

���Բ��ܰ�����Գ���, Political Order, and SNC Wars: Elite-Proximity in the Central African&�Բ�����;����ܲ�������”

Olympia Summer Academy, Conflict and Political Violence Graduate Student Workshop, July 22 2014.

“C�dz����Բ� Together: Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated Peace&�Բ�����;����ٳٱ��𳾱�Գٲ�”

22^nd Annual Association of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference – “N���پ��DzԲ���������, Ethnicity and Boundaries,” London School of Economics, London UK. March 2012.

21^st Annual Conflict Resolution Symposium – Conflict: Communication, Culture and Change. Saint Paul University, Ottawa. February 3, 2012.

��ٳ󲹰����Բ� Power after Deadly Conflict: Do Inclusive Institutions Work after the Fighting&�Բ�����;���ٴDZ��?”

The 7^th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. December 2011.

Conference of Defense �������dz������پ��Dz�’s 14^th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Royal Military College, Kingston ON. October 2011.

���Գٱ������Ծ��Բ� for Peace? Dilemma’s of Liberal Internationalism and Democratic Reconstruction in ���ڲ��󲹲Ծ����ٲ���”

Strategic Studies Student ��DzԲ��ǰ��پ��ܳ�’s 13^th Annual Student Conference: ��ٳٰ����ٱ𲵲�, Security, and Defense: Expanding the Discourse.” University of Calgary. February 2011.

6^th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium: ��ٱ𳦳ܰ����ٲ� and Conflict: Evolving Theory and Practice.” Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University. March 2011.

Graduate Political Science Society Conference: “21^st Century Politics: insecurity, uncertainty, and novelty.” Carleton University. March 2011.

Conference of Defense �������dz������پ��Dz�’s 13^th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Royal Military College, Kingston ON. October 2010.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018  
Consultant, Exam Problem Development  
MITx MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science  
14.310x: Data Analysis in Social Science – Assessing Your Knowledge

2015—2019  
Research Analyst  
Freedom House (��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����, Central African Republic)

2013
Mine Action Officer  
Norwegian �ʱ�DZ����’s Aid, Tajikistan

2013
Research Associate  
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  
Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals High-Level Panel

2011—2013
Research Assistant  
North-South Institute, Ottawa, ON Governance of Natural Resources Program

2012
Election Observer (Short Term)  
Mission Canada, Ukraine Parliamentary Elections

2011
Junior Policy Officer  
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa ON Tariffs and Goods Market Access Division

OTHER ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIPS

2021  
Award Committee, International Studies Association, Global South Travel Grant

2020  
Award Committee, African Politics Conference Group (APCG), Best Graduate Student Paper

2019  
Participant, Executive Analytic Exchange on the Republic of ��ô�ٱ� ��’I���Ǿ�����, U.S. State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), September 5 2019

2016  
New Era in American Foreign Policy Bridging the Gap Conference

2015  
Co-creator, MIT Political Science Graduate Student Council

2014  
Olympia Summer Academy, “C�DzԴڱ������� and Political �վ��DZ���Գ���” cycle

2012  
MA student representative, NPSIA Director Search Committee

Professional memberships: International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, African Studies Association, Canadian African Studies Association, Working Group in African Political Economy

Peer reviewer for American Political Science Review, World Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, International Security, Conflict Management and Peace Science, The Canadian Journal of African Studies, Civil Wars.

LANGUAGES

English (native); French

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

R, QGIS, Latex