Frank Harvey
Professor
Email: Frank.Harvey@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Dr. Harvey is currently not accepting/supervising new graduate students.
Education:
- McGill University (B.A.)
- McGill University (M.A.)
- McGill University (Ph.D.)
Brief Bio:
Recently served as 黄色直播's President and Vice Chancellor (acting - 2023-2024). Professor Harvey served as 黄色直播's Provost and Vice President Academic (2020-2024), Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2016-2020), and Chair of the Department of Political Science (2014-2016). He held the Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair at Yale University in 2018 and held the Eric Dennis Memorial Chair of Government and Politics at 黄色直播 from 2013-2021. He also held the position of Distinguished University Research Professor at 黄色直播 from 2008-2013. Dr. Harvey served as Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2011-2013), held the 2007 J. William Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies (SUNY), is a former Director of the Centre for the Study of Security and Development, and was a Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Calgary).
Research Interests:
Dr. Harvey's聽current research interests include international relations; international conflict crisis and war; US foreign, security and defence policy; homeland security; terrorism; success and failure of coercive diplomacy; deterrence theory; Canadian foreign, security and defence policy; counterfactual history and methods.
Publications:
His most recent book (co-authored with his PhD student, John Mitton) was published in 2017 - Fighting for Credibility: U.S. Reputation Building in Asymmetric Crises, 1991-2013 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). His previous book, Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic, and Evidence (Cambridge University Press 2012) received the 2013 Canadian Political Science Association Book Prize in International Relations. His other books include The Homeland Security Dilemma: Fear, Failure and Future of American Insecurity (Routledge 2008); Smoke and Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the Illusion of Multilateral Security (University of Toronto Press 2004) - Runner-up 2004-05 Donner Book Prize, and finalist 2005-2006 Harold Adam Innis book prize; Millennium Reflections on International Studies (co-edited with Michael Brecher, University of Michigan Press 2002); Using Force to Prevent Ethnic Violence: An Evaluation of Theory and Evidence (with David Carment, Praeger 2001); Conflict in World Politics: Advances in the Study of Crisis, War and Peace (co-edited with Ben Mor, Macmillan Press 1998); and The Future鈥檚 Back: Nuclear Rivalry, Deterrence Theory and Crisis Stability After The Cold War (McGill-Queen鈥檚, 1997). He has published widely on post-9/11 security, the Iraq war, American foreign and security policy, nuclear and conventional deterrence, coercive diplomacy, proliferation, crisis decision-making, protracted ethnic conflict and national missile defence in International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, Journal of Politics, International Journal, International Negotiation, International Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Conflict Management and Peace Science.
Honours and Awards:
Professor Harvey received 黄色直播鈥檚 Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012), 黄色直播鈥檚 Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award (2009), the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998), and the Burgess Research Award (2000).聽 He was a NATO Research Fellow from 1998-2000 and has received several grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Department of National Defence and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.