Kenneth J. Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Political Science & International Relations
Affiliated Faculty in the University Honors Program
302 Smith Hall 2601 Pennsylvania Ave.
Tel: 302-831-1463
Fax: 302-831-4452
e-mail: kjcamp@udel.edu
B.A., History, Temple University, 1976.
M.A., Political Science, Temple University, 1985.
Ph.D., Political Science, Temple University, 1989.
Dissertation title: The Crucial Constraint: Containment and the American Military’s
Post-Vietnam Reluctance to Use Force.
International relations
US foreign policy
International security
Contemporary genocide
The lessons of Vietnam
The Iraq quagmire
Genocide in Darfur
Power and morality in IR
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & International Relations,
University of Delaware, 2002-present.
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Political Science & International
Relations, University of Delaware, 1996-2002.
Assistant Professor (non-tenure), University Honors Program and the Department of
Political Science & International Relations, University of Delaware, 1990-1996.
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Temple University, 1989-1990.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington College, Fall 1989.
Visiting Instructor, Department of Politics, Ursinus College, (Pa.) 1988-1989.
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University, 1985-1987.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Temple University, 1984-
1988.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to International Relations
American Foreign Policy
Force and World Politics
Seminar in World Politics
Honors Colloquium: The Lessons of Vietnam
Honors Colloquium: War and Peace in Film
The Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention
Senior Honors Seminar: Genocide and the New World Order
American Government
Comparative Politics
State and Local Politics
Problems in European Politics: Britain (study abroad)
Problems in European Politics: Italy (study abroad)
Graduate Seminar on International Relations Theory
Graduate Seminar on American Foreign Policy
Graduate Seminar: Teaching Political Science
TEACHING AWARDS
Excellence in Teaching, University of Delaware, 1999.
Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, American Political Science Association and
Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, 1999.
Outstanding Professor, Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society, 1998.
Distinguished Teaching - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Temple University, 1988.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
· A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2007.
· Genocide and the Global Village. New York and London: Palgrave, 2001.
Book chapters:
· “The International War Crimes Conference, Oslo, June 1971: Excerpts from the Diary of One of the Witnesses,” in Nobody Gets Off the Bus: The Viet Nam Generation Big Book. Viet Nam Generation/the Sixties Project/University of Virginia, 1994/1996.
· "Vietnam Veterans and War Crimes Hearings," (with Elliott L. Meyrowitz) in Give Peace a Chance: Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, edited by Melvin Small and William Hoover. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1992: 129-140.
Journal articles:
· “Assessment Advice for Beginners,” PS: Political Science & Politics 40 (January 2007): 99.
· “The Role of Individual States in Addressing Cases of Genocide,” Human Rights Review 5 (July-September 2004): 32-45.
· “Moral Force: Learning from Vietnam and the Holocaust,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 2 (Spring 2001): 53-58.
· “Clausewitz and Genocide: Bosnia, Rwanda and Strategic Failure,” Civil Wars 1 (Summer 1998): 26-37.
· "Once Burned, Twice Cautious: Explaining the Weinberger-Powell Doctrine," Armed Forces & Society 24 (Spring.1998): 357-374.
· "The Role of Force in Humanitarian Intervention," Airman-Scholar 3 (Spring 1997): 20-27.
Book reviews:
· The Human Security Report: War and Peace in the 21st Century (Vancouver, BC: Human Security Centre, 2005), in The Journal of Genocide Research 8:2 (June 2006): 28-30.
· This Time We Knew: Western Responses to Genocide in Bosnia, Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic, eds. (New York University Press, 1996), in Ethics & International Affairs 11 (1997), 271-272.
· Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War, Douglas Allen and Ngo Vinh Long, eds. (Westview Press, 1991) in Journal of Asian and African Studies, 3-4 (1993).
Electronically published monographs:
· "Genocide and the New World Order," Injustice Studies, November 1997 (wolf.its.ilstu.edu/injustice/campbelldoc).
PAPERS, PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
“Comparative American Quagmires: What Vietnam Can Teach Us about Iraq,” paper
presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting, Chicago, March 2,
2007.
“The Power of Morality in International Relations,” paper presented at the Millennium
Annual Conference, London School of Economics, October 30-31, 2004.
“Traditional Security Threats, Global Governance, and Hegemonic Leadership,” paper
presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting, Montreal, March 18,
2004.
“Genocide and the Proper Use of Force,” paper presented at the 18th World Congress
of the International Political Science Association, Quebec City, Canada, August 1-5,
2000.
“Genocide, Neo-Liberalism, and Global Governance,” paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, Oslo, Norway, June
16-18, 2000.
“The Weinberger-Powell Doctrine and the Suppression of Genocide,” address at the
Human Rights Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
March 24, 1999.
Chair: Panel on Developing a UN Rapid Reaction Force, “Ever Again? Evaluating the
United Nations Genocide Convention on Its 50th Anniversary,” Institute for the Study of
Genocide, New York City, December 2-3, 1998.
“Clausewitz and Genocide: Bosnia, Rwanda, and Strategic Failure,” paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, March
17-21, 1998.
"Genocide and the New World Order," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, March 19, 1997.
"The Role of Force in Humanitarian Intervention," paper presented at the International
Security Studies Section of the ISA, Atlanta, November 1-2, 1996.
Participant: Select Conference on “The Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian
Intervention,” co-sponsored by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
and the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, June 1996.
"The International Use of Force to Suppress Genocide: Necessary and
Realistic," paper presented at the International Symposium on Contemporary Forms of
Genocide, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 15-16,1996.
"American Power and the Bosnian Bog: Pentagon Prudence, Presidential Paralysis, and
Global Disorder," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association-Northeast, Newark, NJ, November 10, 1995.
Chair: U.S. Foreign Policy Panel, Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association-NorthEast, Providence, R.I., November 10, 1994.
Discussant on Roundtable: "Restructuring International Relations Courses: Materials and
Methods," Annual Meeting, International Studies Association-Northeast, Newark, NJ,
November 1993.
Participant: Select Conference on "Vietnam, The Early Decisions, 1961-1964," The
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas, October 1993.
"The U.S. Military's Vietnam Syndrome and the Gulf War," paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November
1991.
"The Roots of the Military's Vietnam Syndrome," paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, George Washington
University, June 1991.
"War Crimes Hearings and Vietnam Veterans," paper presented (with Elliott L.
Meyrowitz) at the DeBenedetti Memorial Conference on the History of the Vietnam
Anti-War Movement, Toledo, 1991.
"The Use of U.S. Military Force in the War on Drugs," paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Williamsport, Pa., 1990.
"On the Necessity of a New Grand Strategy for American Foreign Policy in a
Post-Containment Era," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast
Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 1989.
"The Weinberger Doctrine and the Use of Force," paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Military Studies Section, International Studies Association, Atlanta, 1987.
RESEARCH GRANTS
General University Research Grant, University of Delaware, for a book on
contemporary forms of genocide, 1998-99.
General University Research Grant, University of Delaware, for a manuscript
on the U.S. military’s Vietnam lessons and the Gulf War, 1991.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Department Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2007-2008.
Department Associate Chair and Undergraduate Chair, 2006-2007.
Director, International Relations Program, 2001-2007.
Department’s Capstone Coordinator, 2007-2008.
Chair of the Department’s Assessment Committee, 2006-2007.
Member, Department IR Search Committee, 2006-2007.
University Assessment Fellow, 2006-2007.
External Program Reviewer, Political Science Department, Bloomsburg University,
2006-2007.
Member, Affiliated Faculty, University Honors Program, 1990-present.
Director, Graduate TA Training Program, Department of Political Science &
International Relations, 1997-present.
Book reviewer, Journal of Genocide Research, 2006-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Civil Wars, 1999-2006.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Studies Perspectives, 2003-2004.
Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Student and Faculty Honors, 2001-2003.
Mentor, Alison Scholars Program, 2001-2002.
Coordinator, International Relations Internships, Department of Political Science &
International Relations, 1995-2000.
Member, Executive Committee, Department of Political Science & International
Relations, 1999-2000.
Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Political Science & International
Relations, 1996-2000, 2005-2007.
Member, Task Force on Graduate TA Training, CTE, 1998-1999.
Member, Administration/Faculty Advisory Committee for Special Sessions and
Continuing Education, 1997-1998.
University Judicial Adviser, 1997-1998.
University Honors Program Advisory Council, 1990-1995.
Academic Adviser, United Nations Club, 1994-1999.
Member, Governing Council, International Studies Association-NorthEast, 1993-1995.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
International Association of Genocide Scholars
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Academic Council on the United Nations System
American Society for International Law
Print Media
New York Times
Associated Press
Philadelphia Inquirer
News Journal (Wilmington, DE)
Broadcast Media - Television
CNBC “Hardball, with Chris Matthews”
WHYY “Delaware Tonight”
CN8 “It’s Your Call” with Lynn Doyle
NPR “Morning Edition”
WHYY “Radio Times” with Marty Moss-Coane
WNYC “Leonard Lopate Show”
DOCUMENTARY FILM APPEARANCE
Winter Soldier (Winterfilm Collective, 1972/ Re-released by Millarium Films, 2005).
MILITARY SERVICE
United States Marine Corps, 1967-1970; corporal (E-4); artillery forward observer,
Vietnam, 1968-1969.
MILITARY AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
Navy Achievement Medal, with Combat “V” (for Valor)
Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Unit Commendation
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Unit)
Combat Action Ribbon
Vietnamese Campaign Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Ribbon
Rifle Expert Badge
PEACE SERVICE
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), 1970-1972.
Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD), 1978-1980.
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), 1980-1983.
Veterans for Peace, 1986-present.
REFERENCES
Gretchen M. Bauer, Professor and Current Chair
Department of Political Science & International Relations
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-2357
gbauer@udel.edu
James J. Magee, Professor and Past Chair
Department of Political Science & International Relations
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6864
Mark J. Miller, Professor
Department of Political Science & International Relations
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-1926
Joseph Pika, Professor and Past Chair
Department of Political Science & International Relations
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-1925