MATTHEW LEEP

Western Governors University Phone: 414-335-6575

Social Sciences Department Email: matthew.leep@wgu.edu /matthewcoenleep@gmail.com
4001 S. 700 E. 700 Website: https://wgu.academia.edu/matthewleep
Salt Lake City, UT 84107

| Education |
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Connecticut, August, 2013
M.A. in Political Science, University of Connecticut, August, 2009
American University of Beirut, Political Studies Coursework, Spring 2006
B.A. in Political Science, Grand Valley State University, December, 2005

| Academic Positions |
Western Governors University, Senior Instructor, 2019-Present
Western Governors University, Instructor, 2015-Present
Cardinal Stritch University, Lecturer, 2014-2015
Emory and Henry College, Lecturer, 2012-2014

| Peer-Reviewed Books |
Cosmopolitan Belongingness and War: Animals, Loss, and Spectral-Poetic Moments. Albany: State University of
New York Press, 2021. Link

| Peer-Reviewed Articles |
“Introduction to the Special Issue: Multispecies Security and Personhood.” Review of International Studies
49, no. 2 (April 2023): 181-200. Link.

“Toxic Entanglements: Multispecies Politics, White Phosphorus, and the Iraq War in Alaska.” Review of
International Studies 49, no. 2 (April 2023): 258-277. Link

“Specters of Minks: Postcapitalist Elegies and Multispecies Solidarities.” Millennium: Journal of International
Studies 51, no. 1 (October 2022): 237-260.

“Foreign Cues and Public Views on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” British Journal of Politics and
International Relations 21, no.1 (February 2019): 169-188 (with Jeremy Pressman). Link

“Stray Dogs, Post-Humanism and Cosmopolitan Belongingness: Interspecies Hospitality in Times of

War.” Millennium: Journal of International Studies 47, no.1 (September 2018): 45-66. Link

“Cosmopolitanism in a Carnivorous World.” Politics and Animals 3, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 16-30. Link

“Civilian Casualty Inequity, Partisanship, and American Public Support for Israel.” Global Change, Peace,
and Security 28, no. 2 (June 2016): 157-176 (with Alise Coen). Link

“Partisan Discourse, Polarization, and the Politics of Military Fatalities in Iraq.” Democracy and Security 11,
no. 4 (December 2015): 329-352. Link

“(Ac)Counting (for) their Dead: Responsiveness to Iraqi Civilian Casualties in the US House of
Representatives.” International Politics 52, no. 1 (January 2015): 45-65. Link

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 “The Affective Production of Others: United States Policy towards the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict.”
Cooperation and Conflict 45, no. 3 (September 2010): 331-352. Link

| Other Essays, Interviews, and Blog Posts |

“The Multispecies Experience of Wartime: White Phosphorus and the Toxic Time of War.” British
International Studies Association, February 1, 2023. Link.

“The Iraq War... In Alaska.” Interview with Warfare, August 8, 2022. Link.

“Episode 186: Spectral-poetic moments with animals with Matthew Leep.” Interview with Knowing
Animals, February 21, 2022. Link.

“Black Lives Matter, Poetry, and Pedagogy: On Gil Scott-Heron and Global Protests.” E-International
Relations, July 10, 2020 (with Lee Jones). Link

“Ghost’s Gaze: Direwolves, War, and Interspecies Relations in Game of Thrones.” E-International Relations,
June 20, 2019. Link

“Do British Sources Influence U.S. Opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?” London School of
Economics (LSE) British Politics and Policy Blog, February 15, 2019 (with Jeremy Pressman). Link

| Book Reviews |
Interspecies Politics: Nature, Borders, States, by Rafi Youatt, Borderlands Journal 20, no. 2 (2021): 191-195.

| Presentations |
“Toxicity, multispecies politics and water.” Cambridge University, March 7, 2024,
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/41076/

“Specters of Minks.” Millennium Annual Conference, London and Virtual, October 22, 2021,
https://millenniumjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Conference-programme-22.10.2021.pdf

“Politics and Literature, In and Outside of the Academy” (Roundtable Discussion with Roxanne Doty, Maria
Struble, Lee Jones, and Emily Baxter). Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Virtual, 2021.

“Democracy is Ragtime on the Corner:” Poetry in the Political Science Classroom (with Lee Jones). Western
Political Science Association Inclusive Teaching and Pedagogy Virtual Community, 2020.

Wild Justice and Just War: Wildlife. Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Diego, 2019.
* Winner of the WPSA Best Paper in Environmental Political Theory award. Link.

Cosmopolitanism in a Carnivorous World, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago,
2016.

Israeli-Palestinian Violence and the American Public: An Experiment on Civilian Casualties, Partisan Cues, and
Support for Israel, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 2014.

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U.S. Combat Casualties, Party Polarization, and Congressional Debates about Iraq, Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association–South, Charlotte, 2013.

(Ac)Counting (for) Their Dead: Iraqi Civilian Casualty Debates in the U.S. House of Representatives, Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 2013.

Iraqi Civilian Casualties, Rhetoric, and Debates in the U.S. House of Representatives, ISSS/ISAC Annual
Conference, Duke University, 2012.

Diplomatic Rhetoric, Casualties, and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, Montreal, 2011.

Gaza War Rhetoric: Affect, Bodies, and Text, Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2010.

Between Everyday Marginalia and the Spectacular: Visual Productions of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Poster),
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 2010.

Constructing a Conflict: Identity, Emotions, and U.S. Policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Annual
Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, 2009.

Other Talks
Book Talk: Cosmopolitan Belongingness and War: Animals, Loss, and Spectral-Poetic Moments. University of Connecticut,
2021.
Dissent and Pedagogy, Western Governors University, 2020.
Understanding the Trump v. Hawaii (Travel Ban) Decision, Western Governors University, 2018.
Reflections on Animals and the Iraq War, Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2018.
Playgrounds, Religious Freedom, and the Future of the U.S. Supreme Court, Western Governors University, 2017.
Political Rhetoric and Voters’ Attitudes, Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2016.
Cosmopolitanism, Animals, and Global Politics, Western Governors University, 2016.
The Enduring Significance of the 14th Amendment, Western Governors University, 2016.
Bernie Sanders, Primaries, and the Progressive Moment, Western Governors University, 2015.

Fellowships, Grants, & Awards

Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Best Paper in Environmental Political Theory Award (2020)
Humility and Conviction in Public Life Research Grant with Jeremy Pressman, 2016 ($10,000)
Dissertation Fellowship, 2012
Summer Research Grant, 2011
Reviewer
Reviewer for the following journals: Cooperation and Conflict; Democracy and Security; International Political
Sociology; International Relations; Journal of International Relations; Development; Social Science Journal.

Service
Member, Western Political Science Association Climate Action Committee, 2019-2021
Member, Social Science Dialogues Committee
Member, History-Political Science Joint Seminar Committee

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Member, Synagogue Social Action, Congregation Sinai

Professional Memberships
Midwest Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association
Association for Political Theory

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