Richard Herrmann
Social and Behavioral Sciences Distinguished Professor
301C Mershon Center
614.292.9843
herrmann.1@osu.edu
Education
B.A., Miami University of Ohio, Political Science, 1974
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, Public and International Affairs, 1976
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Political Science, 1980
Teaching/Research
Dr. Herrmann concentrates on international relations and political psychology. He has written about the role of perception and imagery in foreign policy as well as on the importance of nationalism and identity politics in world affairs. His areas of interests include American foreign policy and the politics of the Middle East and Russia.
Selected Publications
"Attachment to the Nation and International Relations: Probing the Dimensions of Identity and Their Relationship to War and Peace," with Pierangelo Isernia and Paolo Segatti (Political Psychology, 2009)
"From Prediction to Learning: Opening Experts' Minds to Unfolding History," with Jong Kun Choi (International Security, 2007)
Ending the Cold War, co-edited with Richard Ned Lebow (Palgrave McMillan, 2004)
Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU, co-edited with Thomas Risse and Marilynn Brewer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)
"Beliefs, Values and Strategic Choice: U.S. Leaders' Decisions to Engage, Contain and Use Force in an Era of Globalization," with Jonathan Keller (Journal of Politics, 2004)
"Mass Public Decisions to Go to War: A Cognitive-Interactionist Framework," with Philip Tetlock and Penny Visser (American Political Science Review, 1999)
Perceptions and Behavior in Soviet Foreign Policy (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985)
Honors, Awards, and Service
Faculty Award for Distinguished University Service, The Ohio State University (2008)
Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University (2007-10)
National Science Foundation grant for "Understanding Global Tensions: A Sociology and Political Science Workshop," with Katherine Meyer (2004)
Editorial Board Member, American Political Science Review (2002)
International Studies Quarterly co-editor (1990-95)
Member, Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of State James Baker (1989-91)
Council on Foreign Relations, International Affairs Fellow (1988-89)
Senior Fellow, Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University (1985-86)
Ford Foundation Fellowship in International Security (1980-81)
Mershon Project
Former Director
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