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Joshua Holzer

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Assistant Professor, Westminster College

I am an assistant professor at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where I teach courses on many different topics, including Chinese politics, European politics, Middle East and North African politics, American foreign policy, and the politics of language.

I have a PhD in Political Science from the University of Missouri, an MA in Teaching from the University of Southern California, a MA in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Denver. I served in the US Army from 2004-2009, during which time I studied Chinese at the Defense Language Institute.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
  • 2004–2009
    Intelligence Analyst, US Army

Education

  • 2019 
    University of Missouri, PhD Political Science
  • 2014 
    University of Southern California, MA Teaching
  • 2013 
    Monterey Institute of International Studies, MA International Policy Studies
  • 2011 
    University of Denver, BA Asian Studies

Publications

  • 2022
    The perils of plurality rule in democratic presidential systems: A replication and extension, PLOS ONE
  • 2021
    When justice answers to the president: Reexamining the effect of cabinet partisanship on human rights in presidential democracies, The Social Science Journal
  • 2020
    The effect of copartisan justice ministers on human rights in presidential democracies, PLOS ONE
  • 2020
    The effect of two-round presidential elections on human rights, PLOS ONE
  • 2019
    Nationalism and human rights: A replication and extension, PLOS ONE
  • 2019
    Reevaluating the presidential runoff rule: Does a provision promote the protection of human rights?, PLOS ONE
  • 2018
    Measuring presidential centrism and its effect on repression: does ideology influence whether democratic governments respect human rights?, Political Science
  • 2018
    Democratic presidential elections and human rights: does a runoff round reduce repression? , The International Journal of Human Rights
  • 2018
    The perils of plurality rule and the major(itarian) effect of cabinet composition on human rights in presidential democracies, Research & Politics