Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Ph.D.

kgcunnin@umd.edu


Full Professor

University of Maryland at College Park

Year of PhD: 2007

Country: United States (Maryland)

About Me:

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. My primary research interests include self-determination, secession, civil war, leadership in rebellion, and non-violent resistance.  I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2007. I have been a Fullbright Scholar and a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo.  My book Inside the Politics of Self-determination was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. 

Research Interests

Conflict Processes & War

Political Violence

Secession

Civil War

Nonviolent Resistance

Climate Change

My Research:

I am a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. My primary research interests include conflict, non-violent resistance, and nonstate actor governance. I am currently working on a project on rebel environmental governance and alternative governance and climate change. More information can be found at www.kathleengallaghercunningham.com