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Valerie Morkevicius

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Political Science , 140 Persson Hall
p 315 2287964

Degree

BA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1999; MA, PhD University of Chicago 2000, 2008

Teaching Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor, DePaul University 2008-2010; lecturer, Saint Xavier University 2006-2008

Specialities

International relations

Interests

Ethics of war, international humanitarian law, religion and international conflict

Publications

"Hindu Perspectives on Just War" and "Shi'i Perspectives on Just War" (The Prism of Just War: Asian and Western Perspectives on the Legitimate Use of Military Force, Howard Hensel, ed.. (Ashgate Press, 2010);

"Ethics of War in Protestant Christianity," World Religions and Norms of War, Greg Reichberg and Vesselin Popovski, eds., United Nations University Press, 2009

"Just War: an ethic of restraint or the defense of order?" in Justice and Violence: Political Violence, Pacifism and Cultural Transformation, Allan Eickelmann, Eric Nelson and Tom Lansford, eds., Ashgate Press, 2005

Professional Experience

Research Fellow, Stockdale Center for Ethics and Leadership, United States Naval Academy 2010-2011