Kymberly G. MacNeal CURRICULUM VITAE Phone: 818-281-8742 Email: kymmacneal@gmail.com EDUCATION PhD Political Science and International Relations, Projected Spring 2016 University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences Emphases: International Security, Comparative Politics, Epidemiology Dissertation Title: When Bullets Are Not Enough: Determinates of Chemical Weapons Use MA International Relations, May 2015 University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences Thesis Title: Not So Taboo? The Chemical Weapons Norm and Syria BA University Scholars, May 2010 Equivalent Degrees: BA International Relations, BA Chemistry Baylor University, Honors College Honors Thesis Title: Chemical and Biological Weapons and Their Effect on the Stability of the Middle East ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST International Security; Comparative Politics; Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons; Chemical Terrorism; Bioterrorism; Epidemiology; Legacies of Chemical Weapons Programs; Nonproliferation SELECT FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2014 Translation Grant University of Southern California, Center for International Studies (CIS) Graduate Student Research Program Last Updated 06/14/2015 Kymberly G. MacNeal 1
2012 Scholarship University of Southern California, Willard and Betty Beling Scholarship 2010 Nominee Baylor University Who s Who of American Colleges and Universities 2008-2009 Nominee Baylor University Academic Honors Convocation, Department of Political Science ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Course Title: IR 210 Introductory Theory and Analysis in International Relations Professor: Dr. Steven Lamy, social scientist Professor: Dr. Pamela Starr, social scientist Course Title: IR 210 Introductory Theory and Analysis in International Relations Professor: Dr. Steven Lamy, social scientist Professor: Dr. Wayne Sandholtz, social scientist Course Title: IR 305 Managing New Global Challenges Professor: Dr. Jessica Peet, social scientist Course Title: IR 383 Third World Negotiations Professor: Dr. Douglas Becker, social scientist Professor: Dr. Lyn Boyd-Judson, social scientist Last Updated 06/14/2015 Kymberly G. MacNeal 2
Summer 2011 Summer 2010 Summer 2009 Research Associate, Santa Monica, CA RAND Corporation, Graduate Student Summer Associate Program Intern Foreign Affairs Officer, Washington, DC United States Department of State, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Intern Intelligence Officer, Fort Mead, MD National Security Agency, Intelligence Analysis Summer Internship Program PUBLICATIONS Journal Article Manuscripts In Preparation MacNeal, Kymberly. Not So Taboo? The Chemical Weapons Norm and Syria. Under Review MacNeal, Kymberly. How I Learned I Should Have Been Afraid of the Bomb: Risk Factors of Chemical Weapons Use and Abstention. In Preparation CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS MacNeal, Kymberly. 2014. Not So Taboo? The Chemical Weapons Norm and Syria. Security Decision-Making in Non-Western Countries Panel. International Security and Arms Control Section of the American Political Science Association International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISAC-ISSS) Joint Annual Conference. Austin, TX. November 14-16, 2014. MacNeal, Kymberly. 2014. Not So Taboo? The Chemical Weapons Norm and Syria. Ethical Dilemmas in War Panel. International Studies Association (ISA) West Conference. Pasadena, CA. September 26-27, 2014 Becker, Douglas, Mary Jane C. Parmentier. Simon Radford, Amy E. Eckert, Nicolas de Zamaroczy, Kymberly MacNeal. 2014. Negotiating the Independence of Winterfell. Teaching Demonstration. International Studies Association (ISA) West Conference. Pasadena, CA. September 26-27, 2014 MacNeal, Kymberly. 2013. Foreign Policy and Chemical Weapons: The Case of Syria. Lessons of the Arab Spring Panel. International Security and Arms Control Section of the American Political Science Association International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISAC-ISSS) Joint Annual Conference. Washington, D. C. October 3-5, 2013. Last Updated 06/14/2015 Kymberly G. MacNeal 3
MacNeal, Kymberly. 2012. Unprecedented Surrender: The History of Libya s Chemical and Biological Weapons Program and Their Voluntary Renunciation. International Studies Association (ISA) West Conference. Pasadena, CA. October 19-20, 2012 INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/PANEL PRESENTATION Guest Lecturer October 17, 2013 Topic: Chemical Weapons 101 IR 101: International Relations for Non-Majors, USC Guest Lecturer September 26, 2013 Topic: Chemical Weapons 101 (Public Health) PM 546: Biological Threats and Terrorism, USC Guest Lecturer December 1, 2011 Topic: Chemical Weapons 101 (Public Health) PM 546: Biological Threats and Terrorism, USC Panelist September 15, 2010 Panel entitled: Looking to the Middle East: A Discussion on the Development and Stability of the Region and Its Changes Since 9/11 Sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), USC s Center for International Studies (CIS), International Relations Undergraduate Association, and the International Development Association OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING June 15-26, 2015 June 15-28, 2014 June 18 - July 12, 2012 Participant in the Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security (NNSS) in the 21st Century Course at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York Participated in the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) at Syracuse University to attend the Set Theory summer program Participated in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to attend the Network Analysis summer program. RESEARCH SKILLS Quantitative and advanced quantitative research methods Training in methodological issues in QCA, fsqca, Network Analysis Other research tools, databases, and software (ex: Excel, Powerpoint, Pajek, fsqca) Last Updated 06/14/2015 Kymberly G. MacNeal 4
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Member Women in International Security West Chapter (WIIS 2015 Present West) Member Women in International Security (WIIS) 2013 Present Member International Studies Association (ISA) 2012 Present Member American Political Science Association (APSA) 2011 Present Last Updated 06/14/2015 Kymberly G. MacNeal 5