Expertise:
War, Modern Civil War, Ethnic Conflict (and War), International Relations, Poverty and Politics, Terrorism, Peace in Ethnically Divided Communities, War and Foreign Policy, Foreign PolicyMarc Scarcelli researches topics relating to war, violence, terrorism, ethnic conflict and modern civil wars. He also maintains a strong personal interest in matters of extreme poverty, stemming from his involvement with humanitarian development work in Haiti. He teaches courses on international relations and comparative politics, offering a broad range of security topics, from war and terrorism to ethnic conflict and other non-state security threats.
Selected Publications:
- “The Uneven Application of the ‘Civil War’ Label to Iraq,” Civil Wars, 19(1): 87-107, 2017
- “Social Cleavages and Civil War Onset,” Ethnopolitics 13(2) :181-202, 2014
- “Religious identity and civil conflict in Africa,” in Religious Ideas and Institutions: Transitions to Democracy in Africa (eds. E. J. Keller and R. Iyob, eds., Pretoria: University of South Africa (UNISA) Press, 2012)
- With D. Kyle, “Migrant smuggling and the violence question: evolving illicit migration markets for Cuban and Haitian refugees,” Crime, Law, and Social Change 52(3): 297-311, 2009
Interviews:
- “Dangers of Islamophobia,” TedxCPP, May 22, 2016
Education:
B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Purdue University
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Davis