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
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
Teaching
armed conflict, strategic nonviolent conflict, terrorism, human security, beginning statistics
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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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 .