McKendree College
Political Science Department
Lebanon, IL 62254
(618) 537-6913
email: bfrederk@mckendree.edu
Web page: http://faculty.mckendree.edu/Brian_Frederking

The Logic of Security Dilemmas: A Speech Act Analysis of the INF Negotiations, Syracuse University. Gavan Duffy, Chair.

The United States and the Security Council: Collective Security since the Cold War, 2007, London: Routledge.

Resolving Security Dilemmas: A Constructivist Explanation of the INF Treaty, Ashgate Press, 2000.

“In Search of Non-Proliferation Collective Security Rules,” in The Search for WMD: Non-Proliferation, Intelligence, and Pre-Emption in the New Security Environment, Canadian Centre for Security Studies, 2006.

“Constructing Post-Cold War Collective Security,” in World Politics: a Reader, Wadsworth Press, 2004.

"Representatives, Pressure Groups and Term Limits," with Linda Fowler, in Congress on Display, Congress at Work, William T. Bianco (ed.), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000, pp. 1189-216.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Collective Security in Afghanistan,” Fall 2005, Illinois Political Science Review, with McKendree students Sarah Haefner and Greg Mennerick.

“Simulations and Student Learning,” Journal of Political Science Education, Fall 2005, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 385-394.

“Interpreting September 11,” International Politics, March 2005, Volume 43, No. 1, pp. 135-151, with McKendree students Michael Artime and Maximo Sanchez Pagano.

“Constructing Post-Cold War Collective Security,” American Political Science Review, August 2003, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp.363-378.

"Who You Gonna Call? Third Parties, Conflict Resolution, and the End of the Cold War," Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, June 2000, http://trinstitute.org/ojpcr, with McKendree students Andrea Pyatt and Shaun Randol.

"Language Games: Analyzing the INF Treaty Negotiations,"  International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 2, June 1998, 271-294, with Gavan Duffy and Seth Tucker.

"Resolving Security Dilemmas: A Constructivist Interpretation of the End of the Cold War," International Politics, Vol. 35, No. 2, June 1998.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“Superpower Speech: A Linguistic Model of the Cold War,” with Gavan Duffy of Syracuse University, presented at the International Studies Association in Chicago, March 3, 2007.

“US Hegemony and Post-Cold War WMD Proliferation,” presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest in St. Louis, November 3, 2006.

“Collective Security in Rwanda and Sudan,” presented at the International Studies Association in San Diego, CA, March 1-3 2006.

“Collective Security in Bosnia,” with McKendree students Paul Woodruff and Mark Wonnacott, presented at the 2005 International Studies Association-Midwest conference in St. Louis, November 4.

“Collective Security in Afghanistan,” with Sarah Haefner and Greg Mennerick, presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest, November 6, 2004.

“Interpreting the Use of Force: Collective Security in Iraq,” presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest, November 8, 2003.

“The War on Terrorism and Global Governance,” presented at the International Studies Association, Portland, March 2003.

“The Cold War as Social Pathology,” with Gavan Duffy, presented at the International Studies Association, Portland, March 2003.

“War or Crime? US and Global Interpretations of September 11,” with McKendree students Michael Artime and Max Sanchez-Pagano, presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest, November 1-2, 2002.

“Kosovo and the Rules of Collective Security,” presented at the International Studies Association, March 21-23, 2002.

 “Does it Pay to Play? Political Contributions and Corporate Welfare,” with McKendree student Milissa Flannigan, presented at the Illinois Political Science Association, November 10, 2001.

"Eurocritics, the Anti-Federalists, and the Democratic Deficit," with McKendree student Darius Miller, presented at the 2000 Illinois Political Science Association, November 2000.

"From Enemy to Rival: Constructing the Camp David Accords," presented at the 2000 International Studies Association-Midwest, October 2000.

"Who You Gonna Call? Third Parties, Conflict Resolution, and the End of the Cold War," with McKendree students Andrea Pyatt and Shaun Randol, presented at the Illinois Political Science Association, Chicago, October 23, 1999.

"Security Communities, Collective Security, and the War in Kosovo," presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest, Des Moines, October 8-10, 1999.

"Constructivism and Speech Acts: Modeling Culture, Norms and Identity," presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest, Chicago, IL, November 6-8, 1998.

"Democracy, Metaphors and Freedom: Teaching American Government," presented at the Illinois Political Science Association, Springfield, IL, November 14, 1998.

"The Pathology of the Cold War: a Constructivist Explanation of the Cold War," presented at the International Studies Association in Minneapolis, MN, March 19-23, 1998.

"The Binding Force of Language: a Constructivist Explanation for the End of the Cold War," presented at the International Studies Association in Toronto, March 18-22, 1997.

"Resolving Security Dilemmas: Soviet New Thinking and the End of the Cold War," presented at the International Studies Association-Midwest in St. Louis, October 18-20, 1996.

"Gorbachev's New Thinking, The INF Treaty, and the Coordination of Action," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, March 8-10, 1995.

"Language Games: Designing a Dialogical Method for Modeling Strategic Interaction," with Gavan Duffy and Seth Tucker, presented at the Peace Science Studies, International, Champaign, Illinois, November 4-6, 1994.

"Modeling Interaction as Social Disputation," presented at the 1994 Junior Masters Class, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, September 22-24.

"The Power Politics of Poststructuralism," presented at the 1993 Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia, November 3-6.

"Disorderly Justice: How Realism Can Stop Creating Disorder," with Naeem Inayatullah, presented at the 1992 American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 12.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

McKendree College Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2006.

Included in Who’s Who among American Teachers, 2005

McKendree College Small Grant Award, Spring 2005

·        Paid for student research during the summer 2005

Illinois Campus Compact Community Engagement Grant, 2001-2002.

·        “Serving Local Government: Evaluating the Effectiveness of City Services” enabled students in Introduction to Political Science to survey the city of O’Fallon and report their findings to officials in O’Fallon city government.

McKendree College Small Grant Award, Fall 2001

·        Covered additional traveling expenses for conference participation

McKendree College Small Grant Award, Spring 2001

            ·        Paid the registration fee for an ICONS “New Europe” on-line simulation for students in the Contemporary World Politics       

                   course.

Illinois First Information Technology Grant, Spring 2000.

·        Established Scholars, McKendree’s online student journal.

McKendree College Small Grant Award, Fall 1999.

·        Purchased World Bank CD-Rom of Global Economic Statistics

Syracuse University Future Professor Award, December 1997.

Passed Syracuse University Comprehensive Examinations with Distinction, 1994.

Syracuse University Graduate Assistantship, 1990-1995.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, McKendree College, 1990.

McKendree College Presidential Scholar, 1986-1990.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

International Studies Association-Midwest, President-Elect and Program Chair, 2007

International Studies Association–Midwest, Executive Board 2005-2006

American Association of University Professors, Illinois State Executive Board, 2005-2007.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS