Lindsey A O'Rourke
Lindsey O’Rourke joined Boston College’s Political Science department in autumn 2014. Her research interests include international relations theory, U.S. foreign policy, international security, and military strategy. She is currently completing a book manuscript on the causes, conduct, and consequences of U.S.-orchestrated covert regime changes during the Cold War, as well as a series of related articles on the impact of regime change on interstate relations.
Before joining the faculty at Boston College, O’Rourke was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College and a pre-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at George Washington University. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago.
Education
2013 Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Chicago Provost Fellowship, Honorary Harper Fellow
Dissertation: “Secrecy and Security: U.S.-Orchestrated Regime Change during the Cold War” Committee: John Mearsheimer, Charles Glaser, Dan Slater and Paul Staniland Subfields: International Relations (Honors) and Comparative Politics
2007 M.A., Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago Graduation with Honors M.A. Thesis: “What’s Special about Female Suicide Terrorism?”
2005 Two B.A. degrees, The Ohio State University Magna Cum Laude, Graduation with Distinction Majors (4): Political Science, Philosophy, International Relations, and German Literature & Culture
Source: Boston College Morrissey College of Arts and Science
