Dr. Ches Thurber is a political scientist who studies global conflict, security, and contentious politics. His research has been published in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and other journals. His book, Between Mao and Gandhi: the Social Roots of Civil Resistance (Cambridge University Press, 2021), examines dissident choices between violent and nonviolent strategies of resistance. Dr. Thurber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University. He previously held research appointments at the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism at the University of Chicago and at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He received his Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and his B.A. from Middlebury College.
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Interests
- International Security
- Contentious Politics
- Conflict and Peace
- Security Institutions
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
Education
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PhD | Tufts University, 2015
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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MALD | Tufts University, 2010
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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BA | Middlebury College, 2004
