Monitoring Political Events in the Middle East using Automated Coding of News Reports
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2004-11-05
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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies
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Philip A. Schrodt (Ph.D., Indiana University) is Professor of Political Science at the
University of Kansas. He previously taught at Northwestern University, where he helped
develop Northwestern’s programs on Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and
the multidisciplinary program in international studies, at the Naval Postgraduate School,
the American University in Cairo, the University of California at Davis, Bir Zeit University
in the West Bank, and spent a year at the University of Lancaster (England) on a NATO
Postdoctoral fellowship.
Schrodt’s major areas of research are formal models of political behavior, with an
emphasis on international politics, and political methodology. His current research
focuses on predicting political change using statistical and pattern recognition methods.
He teaches a variety of courses in international relations, with an emphasis on
international conflict, and U.S. defense policy. Schrodt has published more than 75
articles in political science, and his Kansas Event Data System computer program won
the “Outstanding Computer Software Award” from the American Political Science
Association in 1995.
Deborah “Misty” Gerner (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is Professor of Political
Science at the University of Kansas. She conducts research in the field of International
Relations and Foreign Policy, with a special emphasis on the politics of the Middle East.
She has authored numerous books, including Understanding the Contemporary Middle
East and One Land, Two Peoples: The Conflict over Palestine. Her work has appeared in
numerous prestigious journals, including the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International
Studies Quarterly, and the American Journal of Political Science.
Her work on conflict has earned her many accolades and awards, including the Tom and
Ann Moore Peace and Justice Award from the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice.
She has also won numerous teaching awards. Prior to coming to the University of
Kansas, Gerner taught at the University of Iowa and Hamilton College.
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Keywords
Middle East, news reports, automated coding, politics