SCOTT WOLFORD (Ph.D., Emory University, 2008) joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in 2008 after receiving his Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta. His research interests involve international relations (leader-based approaches to conflict and multiactor interstate bargaining), game theory, and statistical modeling. Scott's dissertation, National Leaders and International Politics, examines the relationship between leadership turnover and international conflict both theoretically and empirically. His other active projects involve the examinination of the dynamics of crisis bargaining through coalitions, the use of war to affect leadership succession in target states, and the relationship between autocratic succession rules and war.

COURSES:
PSCI 3143: Problems in International Relations
PSCI 3163: American Foreign Policy
PSCI 7903: Game Theory
PSCI 7108: Advanced Game Theory

Wolford, Scott. 2007. “The Turnover Trap: New Leaders, Reputation, and International Conflict.” American Journal of Political Science 51(4):772–788.

Gibler, Douglas M., and Scott Wolford. 2006. “Alliances, Then Democracy: An Examination of the Relationship between Regime Type and Alliance Formation.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:129-153.

Chapman, Terrence L., and Scott Wolford. 2010. “International Organizations, Strategy, and Crisis Bargaining.” The Journal of Politics. Forthcoming.