Stephen Dyson received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 2004. His research is focused upon the psychology of elite decision making in foreign policy. He teaches classes on foreign policy and international relations.

Curriculum Vitae

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Syllabi

POLS 219: The Politics of American Foreign Policy

POLS 296W: Leaders and Leadership

POLS 325: Foreign Policy Analysis

Recent Publications

BOOKS

"The Blair Identity: Leadership and Foreign Policy". Forthcoming with Manchester University Press.

ARTICLES

"Cognitive Style and Foreign Policy: Margaret Thatcher's Black-and-White Thinking", Forthcoming in International Political Science Review.

"Text Annotation and the Cognitive Architecture of British Prime Ministers, 1945-2008". Forthcoming in Journal of Information Technology and Politics.

"Alliances, Domestic Politics, and Leader Psychology: Why Did Britain Stay Out of Vietnam and Go into Iraq ?" 2007. Political Psychology 28(6):647-666.

"Personality and Foreign Policy: Tony Blair 's Iraq Decisions". 2006. Foreign Policy Analysis 2(3):289-306.

"Individual Characteristics of Political Leaders and the Use of Analogy in Foreign Policy Decision Making". 2006. Political Psychology 27(2):249-272. (with Thomas Preston).

"Using Words as Data in the Study of the French Political Elite". 2004. French Politics 2(1):111-123. (with Libia Lorena Billordo).