Jeffrey A.

Griffin
Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Political Science

College of Liberal Arts
Thompson Building, Office 209
University of Nevada
1664 N. Virginia St. MS 0302
Reno, NV 89557
Email: jeffreygriffin@unr.edu
Website: www.Jeffreyagriffin.weebly.com

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Nevada
- Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Assistant, Department of Political Science (Fall 2013—Present)

The University of Memphis

- Visiting Graduate Fellow, Institute for Intelligent Systems, FedEx Institute of Technology (Spring
2019)

EDUCATION

2013 – Present: Ph.D. University of Nevada

Department of Political Science
Political Science (Concentrations in International
Relations and Comparative Politics)
Reno, Nevada

Dissertation: From Epidemic to Endemic: Leadership Decision-Making and Policy Adaptation in Response to
Chronic Health Epidemics.

Committee: Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. (Chair), Ian M. Hartshorn, Roger A. Coate, James V. Wilson, and Leah C.
Windsor.

2015: Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification University of Nevada

2013: B.A. (with University Honors) Georgia College

Department of Government and Sociology
Political Science
Milledgeville, Georgia

Field Research Experience: Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe (2018-2019)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Relations Political Leadership

Comparative Politics Global Health and Global Health Security
Sub-Saharan African Politics International Organization

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PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Robert L. Ostergard. 2019. “South Africa”, forthcoming in Leonard Weinberg and
Elizabeth Francis (eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Democracy and Security. New York: Routledge.

Ostergard, Robert L., and Jeffrey A. Griffin. 2019. “Nigeria”, forthcoming in Leonard Weinberg and
Elizabeth Francis (eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Democracy and Security. New York: Routledge.

Ostergard, Robert L., and Jeffrey A. Griffin. 2018. “Global Health and Human Security,” In Collin
McInnes, Kelley Lee, and Jeremy Youde (eds.) The Oxford Handbook on Global Health Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.

Coate, Roger A., Jeffrey A. Griffin, and Steven J. Elliott-Gower. 2018. “Interdependence in International
Organization and Global Governance,” in Renee Marlin-Bennett (ed.) The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of
International Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Coate, Roger A., Jeffrey A. Griffin, and Steven J. Elliott-Gower. 2017. “Interdependence in International
Organization and Global Governance,” In Renee Marlin-Bennett (ed.) The International Studies
Encyclopedia. Chister, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. Blackwell Reference Online.

Griffin, Jeffrey A. 2013. “Review.” Review of Coalitions of Convenience: US Military Interventions Post Cold
War, by Sarah E. Kreps, International Dialogue.

WORKING PAPERS

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2019. “From Epidemic to Endemic: Leadership and Policy Adaptation in Response to
Global Health Crises.”

Griffin, Jeffrey A. 2019. “Where Epidemics meet Security: Risk Perception and Social Disruption.”

Griffin, Jeffrey A., Nataliia Kasianenko, and Alexander Sanchez. 2019. “Leadership Failure and the
Spiraling HIV/AIDS Crisis in Post-Soviet States: Insight from Ukraine and Russia.”

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Chengli Wang. 2019. “Perception, Political Rumors, and Global Health Security.”

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2017. “The (In)efficiency of the International Response to HIV: The Cases of Lesotho
and Swaziland.”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Fall 2019, Introduction to International Relations

Instructor, Spring 2018, International Human Rights
Instructor, Fall 2017, International Community
Instructor, Spring 2017, Global Political Economy, Holocaust and Genocide
Instructor, Fall 2016, Government and Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
Instructor, Spring 2016, International Community
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2015, Holocaust and Genocide
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2015, Global Political Economy

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Online Instruction

Co-Instructor, Summer 2019, International Human Rights, Holocaust and Genocide

Co-Instructor, Summer 2018, Global Political Economy, International Human Rights, Holocaust and
Genocide
Co-Instructor, Summer 2017, International Human Rights , Holocaust and Genocide
Co-Instructor, Summer 2016, International Human Rights, Holocaust and Genocide, World Politics
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2015, International Human Rights
Teaching Assistant, Summer 2015, Holocaust and Genocide, World Politics
Teaching Assistant, Summer 2014, Holocaust and Genocide

CONSULTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

“The Language of Political Leaders: Strategic Messaging in the Response to HIV/AIDS.” 2019. Institute for
Intelligent Systems, FedEx Institute of Technology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.

“When the World Needs More: The United Nations and Evolving Leadership Challenges”. 2018. Keynote
address prepared for the 7th Annual United Nations Day Celebration, Harare International School,
Harare, Zimbabwe.

“The Responsibility to Protect and the Nature of Modern Humanitarian Intervention.” 2017. University of
Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada.

“Human Security Versus Traditional Security.” 2017. Georgia College (Georgia College & State
University), Milledgeville, Georgia.

“The United Nations: Perception Versus Reality.” 2017. University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada.

“United Nations Politics in the Era of Donald Trump”. 2017. Remarks prepared for the University of
Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack Smart Talk entitled “America’s Fantasy, International Reality.”

“Experts Dialogue on Coping with Violent Conflict & State Fragility.” 2016. United Nations Headquarters,
New York, New York.

“Cooperative Multistakeholder Action: Constructive or Confusing Global Governance?” 2016. E-

consultation sponsored by the Stanley Foundation and the Stimson Center.

“Issues of Leadership and Governance: The United Nations System at 70”. 2016. Keynote address prepared
for the 30th Annual Delaware Model United Nations Conference, Wilmington, Delaware.

“The International Response to Global Health Security and Global Health Governance”. 2016. Keynote
address prepared for the Inaugural Northern Nevada Model United Nations Conference, Reno, Nevada.

“The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Holistic Overview.” 2016. University of Nevada, Reno, Reno,
Nevada.

“United Nations Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance.” 2015. Consultation at the
International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.

“How to Structure an Effective Research Design.” 2015. Georgia College (Georgia College & State
University), Milledgeville, Georgia.

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CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Conference Papers

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2019. “Leadership, Health Intelligence, and the Politics of Adaptation” at the
International Studies Association Annual Convention 2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Chengli Wang. 2019. “Political Rumors, Risk Perception and the Media: Insight
from the West Africa Ebola Outbreak, 2013 – 2015” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention
2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2018. “Leadership Decision-Making and Adaptation in Response to Chronic Health
Epidemics: Applying the Theoretical Framework to Migration” at the Academic Council on the United
Nations System Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2018. “From Epidemic to Endemic: Leadership Decision-Making and Adaptation in
Response to Chronic Health Epidemics” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2018, San
Francisco, California.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2018. “Where Epidemics meet Security: Risk Perception, Social Violence, and the West
African Ebola Outbreak (2013-2015)” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2018, San
Francisco, California.

Ostergard, Robert L., and Jeffrey A. Griffin. 2017. “Human Rights Discrimination, the United Nations, and
the Politics of Identity” at the Academic Council on the United Nations System Annual Meeting in Seoul, South
Korea.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2017. “Interdependence and Cooperation in the Leadership Response to Global Health
Crises: The Case of HIV/AIDS” for the Junior Scholars Symposium at the International Studies Association
Annual Convention 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.

Ostergard, Robert L., Jeffrey A. Griffin, and Roger A. Coate. 2017. “Epidemics, Security, and the Politics of
Global Health: Why Securitization Matters” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2017,
Baltimore, Maryland.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Roger A. Coate, 2016. “The Macro-Micro Nexus and Constraints on Effectiveness in
International Cooperation in Response to HIV/AIDS: Southern Africa in Retrospect” at the International
Studies Association Annual Convention 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Nataliia Kasianenko, 2016. “Leadership Failure and the Spiraling HIV/AIDS Crisis
in Post-Soviet States” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Coate, Roger A., and Jeffrey A. Griffin, 2016. “Thinking and Teaching about Peace beyond the Great
Debates: The Key Roles of Interdependence and Systems Logic” at the International Studies Association
Annual Convention 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Ostergard, Robert L., and Jeffrey A. Griffin, 2015. “The Human Security – (Inter) National Security Nexus:
The Case of Antimicrobial Resistance” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2015, New
Orleans, Louisiana.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Roger A. Coate. 2015. “Gender, Justice, and the Securitization of AIDS:
International versus Traditional Norms and Practices” at the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the

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United Nations System, The Hague, Netherlands.

Coate, Roger A., and Jeffrey A. Griffin, 2015. “International Cooperation in Response to HIV/AIDS:
Interorganizational Relations and Networks of Interdependence” at the International Studies Association
Annual Convention 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., and Roger A. Coate, 2014. “Civil Society Organizations and International
Organizational Linkages: Transnational AIDS Politics Upside Down” at the International Studies
Association Annual Convention 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Coate, Roger A., Jeffrey A. Griffin, and Matthew Sheldon. 2014. “Interorganizational Theory and
International Cooperation in Response to AIDS” at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting,
South 2014. Richmond, Virginia.

Coate, Roger A. and Jeffrey A. Griffin, 2014. “UNESCO Directors General and Organizational Continuity
and Change” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Griffin, Jeffrey A., 2013. “The International Response to AIDS: Cooperative Networks” at the
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013, Georgia College (Georgia College & State University),
Milledgeville, Georgia.

Coate, Roger A., Vlad Kravtsov and Jeffrey A. Griffin, 2013. “Identity Politics, Mobilizing Structures, and
the Effects of Policy Framings on Global AIDS Cooperation” at the International Studies Association Annual
Convention 2013, San Francisco, California.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

2018 – 2019, Dissertation Fellowship, Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Foundation: $30,000
2018. Application for the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant, “Leadership Decision-Making in
Responding to Chronic Epidemics.” (rejected; $7,500).
2018, Travel Grant, Graduate Student Association, University of Nevada, Reno: $500
2017, Travel Grant, Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System (KACUNS): $1000
2016, Travel Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno: $300
2015, Travel Grant, Graduate Student Association, University of Nevada, Reno: $500
2013 - 2018, Graduate Assistantship, University of Nevada, Reno. Maximum Grant: Tuition waver / stipend
2013. Application for Democracy and Human Rights Fellowship Program Grant, Co-Principle
Investigators: Robert L. Ostergard, Shawna Sweeney, and Jeffrey A. Griffin. “The Impact of Women’s
Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990 – 2005: An Analysis of African States.” USAID, (rejected; $99, 870).

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2017-2018. President, Political Science Graduate Organization (PSCGO)

2016-2017. President, Political Science Graduate Organization (PSCGO)
2015-2016. President, Political Science Graduate Organization (PSCGO)
2014-2015. Secretary, Political Science Graduate Organization (PSCGO)

RESEARCH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Methodological Training

Elite Interview Methodology

Computational Linguistic Analysis

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Case Study Analysis
Process-tracing Methodology
Comparative Historical Analysis
Q-Sort Interview Methodology

Software Training

STATA
Coh-Metrix
Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC)
Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
NVIVO Content Analysis Software
SPSS Statistical Analysis Software

Grant Training

Workshop: “How to Find and Win Corporate and Foundation Grants,” [David Bauer], University of
Nevada, Reno, 2013.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Studies Association (ISA)

International Studies Association (ISA), South
International Studies Association (ISA), West
Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
European International Studies Association (EISA)

REFERENCES

Dr. Robert L. Ostergard, Jr.

Associate Professor
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street MS 0302
Reno, NV 89557-0302
Email: orobert@unr.edu

Dr. Roger A. Coate

Chair, Academic Council on the United Nations System
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina
Professor, Georgia College (Georgia College & State University)
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Email: roger.coate@gcsu.edu

Dr. Leah C. Windsor

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Intelligent Systems, FedEx Institute of Technology
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
Email: leah.windsor@memphis.edu

Dr. Ian M. Hartshorn

Assistant Professor

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University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street MS 0302
Reno, NV 89557-0302
Email: ihartshorn@unr.edu