Kirssa Cline Ryckman
- Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-7600
- Social Sciences, Rm. 335
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- klcline@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Certificate Education Technology
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Ph.D. Political Science
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Repression and the civil-war life-cycle: Explaining the use and effect of repression before, during, and after civil war
- M.A. Political Science
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- B.A. Political Science, French
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2016 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2014 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - 2014)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - 2014)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2012)
Interests
Teaching
armed conflict, strategic nonviolent conflict, terrorism, human security, beginning statistics
Research
dynamics of non-state conflict, to include nonviolent actions such as protest and nonviolent movements as well as violent actions, including terrorism and civil war
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Honors Thesis
GLS 498H (Spring 2025) -
Nonviolent Civil Resistance
POL 665 (Spring 2025) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Spring 2025) -
Honors Thesis
GLS 498H (Fall 2024) -
Intro International Relations
POL 202 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Spring 2024) -
Intro International Relations
POL 202 (Fall 2023) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Human Security
POL 413 (Spring 2023) -
Formation Public Policy
PA 480 (Fall 2022) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2022) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
PA 419 (Fall 2022) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 419 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2022) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2022) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Spring 2022) -
Nonviolent Civil Resistance
POL 665 (Spring 2022) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Spring 2022) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Fall 2021) -
Human Security
POL 413 (Fall 2021) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2021) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Summer I 2021) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2021) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Spring 2021) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Fall 2020) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Fall 2020) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
PA 419 (Fall 2020) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 419 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2020) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Summer I 2020) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
POL 599 (Spring 2020) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
PA 419 (Spring 2020) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 419 (Spring 2020) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Spring 2020) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Fall 2019) -
Human Security
POL 413 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
POL 599 (Fall 2019) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2019) -
Thesis
POL 910 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2019) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Summer I 2019) -
Thesis
POL 910 (Summer I 2019) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Spring 2019) -
Human Security
POL 413 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
POL 599 (Spring 2019) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Spring 2019) -
Thesis
POL 910 (Spring 2019) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Fall 2018) -
Honors Thesis
POL 498H (Fall 2018) -
Statistical Decision Making
PA 552 (Fall 2018) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2018) -
Thesis
POL 910 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2018) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Summer I 2018) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2018) -
Human Security
POL 413 (Spring 2018) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Spring 2018) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2017) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
PA 519 (Summer I 2017) -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
POL 519 (Summer I 2017) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2017) -
Human Security
POL 413 (Spring 2017) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Spring 2017) -
Thesis
POL 910 (Spring 2017) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Fall 2016) -
Independent Study
POL 599 (Fall 2016) -
Statistical Decision Making
PA 552 (Fall 2016) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Summer I 2016) -
Armed Conflict
POL 569A (Spring 2016) -
Colloquium Final Project for I
POL 695A (Spring 2016) -
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
POL 516A (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Ryckman, K. L. (2021). Is Violence the Answer? A Pragmatic Approach. In Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice. Oxford University Press.
- Ryckman, K. L., & Henshaw, A. (2022). Data Visualization. In Teaching Political Methodology(pp TBD). Cheltenham, UK: Elgar Publishing.
Journals/Publications
- Ryckman, K. L. (2019). A Turn to Violence: The Escalation of Nonviolent Movements. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
- Ryckman, K. L. (2017). Lasting Peace or Temporary Calm? Rebel Group Decapitation and Civil War Outcomes. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
- Ryckman, K. L., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2017). Changing Horses in Midstream: Leadership Changes and the Civil War Peace Process. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
- Ryckman, K. L., & Ryckman, M. (2017). All Politics Is Local: The Domestic Agenda of Terror Groups and the Study of Transnational Attacks. Journal of Global Security Studies, 2(1), 55-73. doi:10.1093/jogss/ogw026
- Ryckman, K. L. (2016). Ratification as accommodation? Domestic dissent and human rights treaties. Journal of Peace Research, 53(4), 582-596. doi:10.1177/0022343316630038
Reviews
- Ryckman, K. L. (2020. Review of Protest and Democracy, Arce and Rice (eds).More infoBook review of Democracy and Protest, Arce and Rice (eds), for the journal Terrorism and Political Violence
Case Studies
- Ryckman, K. L. (2018. Using Theory to Transform Quantitative Datasets: Finding a Way to Distinguish Domestic From Transnational Terror Attacks(pp 1-10).
Others
- Maves Braithwaite, J., Earl, J., & Ryckman, K. L. (2020, June). Teach Police Nonviolence. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/teach-police-nonviolence-scholars-say-and-how-to-work-with-local-residents-141013More infoRyckman, Kirssa Cline, Jennifer Earl, Jessica Maves Braithwaite. 2020. “Teach police nonviolence.” Published with a creative commons license in The Conversation, available at: https://theconversation.com/teach-police-nonviolence-scholars-say-and-how-to-work-with-local-residents-141013 . Published June 24, 2020.
- Ryckman, K. L., Earl, J., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2020, June). Why the Generals Should Still be Worried. Political Violence at a Glance. https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/06/26/why-the-generals-should-still-be-worried/More infoBraithwaite, Jessica Maves, Jennifer Earl, Kirssa Cline Ryckman. 2020. “Why the Generals Should Still be Worried.” Published in Political Violence at a Glance, available at https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/06/26/why-the-generals-should-still-be-worried/. Published June 25, 2020 .