ABOUT ME
I currently serve as a Postdoctoral researcher with the University of Central Florida and the Chr. Michelsen Institute where I work on a project that investigates the impact of the creation of a human right to water.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida in December 2018. My dissertation, entitled, "The Conditionality of Vulnerability: Three Analyses of Risk and Opportunity in Civil-Military Relations," is comprised of three essays exploring democratic vulnerability to coups and the propensity for democratization in the aftermath of irregular removals.
My research has been published in Studies in Comparative International Development and Africa Spectrum and I have been invited to revise and resubmit work at Democratization. My research interests include comparative politics, coups d'état, mutinies, democratization, and political development.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida in December 2018. My dissertation, entitled, "The Conditionality of Vulnerability: Three Analyses of Risk and Opportunity in Civil-Military Relations," is comprised of three essays exploring democratic vulnerability to coups and the propensity for democratization in the aftermath of irregular removals.
My research has been published in Studies in Comparative International Development and Africa Spectrum and I have been invited to revise and resubmit work at Democratization. My research interests include comparative politics, coups d'état, mutinies, democratization, and political development.
RESEARCH
Publications
Schiel, Rebecca, Christopher Faulkner, and Jonathan Powell. 2017. "Mutiny in Côte d'Ivoire," Africa Spectrum 52(2): 103-115.
Powell, Jonathan, Trace Lasley, and Rebecca Schiel. 2016. "Combatting Coups d'état in Africa, 1950-2014." Studies in Comparative International Development 51(4): 482-502.
Schiel, Rebecca, Christopher Faulkner, and Jonathan Powell. 2017. "Mutiny in Côte d'Ivoire," Africa Spectrum 52(2): 103-115.
Powell, Jonathan, Trace Lasley, and Rebecca Schiel. 2016. "Combatting Coups d'état in Africa, 1950-2014." Studies in Comparative International Development 51(4): 482-502.
Under Review
"The Conditionality of Coup Vulnerability: Economic Development and Coups d'état."
Revise and resbmit at Democratization
Ursula Daxecker, Jonathan Powell, and Rebecca Schiel, "UN Peacekeeping Deployments and Mutinies in African Sending States."
Rebecca Schiel, Jonathan Powell, and Christopher Faulkner, "Mutiny in Africa, 1950-2017."
Working Papers
"Seizing the Moment: Irregular Leader Removal, Economic Development, and Democratization."
Jonathan Powell and Rebecca Schiel, "US Military Aid and Democracy in the Shadow of Coups."
Jonathan Powell, Rebecca Schiel, and Clayton Besaw, "Oil Wealth, Risk Acceptance, and the Seizure of Power."
"Seizing the Moment: Irregular Leader Removal, Economic Development, and Democratization."
Jonathan Powell and Rebecca Schiel, "US Military Aid and Democracy in the Shadow of Coups."
Jonathan Powell, Rebecca Schiel, and Clayton Besaw, "Oil Wealth, Risk Acceptance, and the Seizure of Power."
*Research is single-authored unless otherwise noted
Commentary
"Silent Guns: Examining the Two-Year Absence of Coups in Africa," with Jonathan Powell. Political Violence at a Glance. 18 September 2017.
"Making Sense of Recent Mutinies in Côte d'Ivoire," with Christopher Faulkner. Political Violence at a Glance. 9 June 2017
"Silent Guns: Examining the Two-Year Absence of Coups in Africa," with Jonathan Powell. Political Violence at a Glance. 18 September 2017.
"Making Sense of Recent Mutinies in Côte d'Ivoire," with Christopher Faulkner. Political Violence at a Glance. 9 June 2017
TEACHING
Adjunct
American Government (POS 2041) Fall 2018
Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice (INR 2002) Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant
Politics of the Middle East (CPO3404)
Contemporary Revolutions and Political Conflict (POS 3253)
Honors American National Government (POS2041H)
Florida Politics (POS3182)
Scope and Methods of Political Science (POS3703)
American Government (POS 2041) Fall 2018
Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice (INR 2002) Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant
Politics of the Middle East (CPO3404)
Contemporary Revolutions and Political Conflict (POS 3253)
Honors American National Government (POS2041H)
Florida Politics (POS3182)
Scope and Methods of Political Science (POS3703)
CONTACT ME
University of Central Florida
Department of Political Science
4297 Andromeda Loop North
Orlando FL, 32816
Office
407-823-0113
Email
rebecca.schiel@knights.ucf.edu
UCF Webpage
Department of Political Science
4297 Andromeda Loop North
Orlando FL, 32816
Office
407-823-0113
rebecca.schiel@knights.ucf.edu
UCF Webpage
