OSU Global

Marten Willem Brienen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

 

Education

Ph.D. Sociology and Political Sciences, 2011, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

M.A. (Combined B.A./M.A.) Latin American History, 1996, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

Third European Masterclass of Latin American History at Florence, Italy, 1996

Université de Paris I (Sorbonne-Panthéon), January 1993 – July 1993.

 

Courses Taught

• Contemporary Issues

• Global Crisis Management

• Transnational Criminal Networks

• Global Poverty and Inequality

• Complex Emergencies

• Drug Trafficking and the War on Drugs

• Populations at Risk

• Dimensions of Fire and Emergency Management

• Comparative and International Dimensions of Fire and Emergency Management

Teaching Specializations

• Security Studies

• Latin American Politics and Society

• African Politics and Society

• International Disaster Management

• Poverty, Human Development and Foreign Aid

• Race and Racism

• Drug Trafficking

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Area of Research Interest

• Security Studies – Energy Security, Citizen Security, Organized Crime

• Fragile States – Institutional Weakness, Economic Development, Inequalities

• Weak State Responses to Disaster, Refugee Crises, Development in LDC’s

Administrative Appointments

2016 - Present	Administration of FEMP Master of Science Program in Korea—hiring faculty, course scheduling, advising, general oversight, graduation
Spring 2019	Chair of Iranian and Gulf Studies endowed chair search committee
2015 - 2018	Director of International Disaster Management Certificate Program, Oklahoma State University
2011 - 2013	Director of Latin American Studies Degree Programs, University of Miami
2011 - 2013	Student Advisor for Latin American Studies programs
2011 - 2013	Internship Coordinator for Latin American Studies
2007 - 2010	Internship Coordinator for Latin American Studies

 

Academic Experience

June 2020 to present	Associate Professor in the School of Global Studies, Oklahoma State University
2018 - 2020	Lecturer in the School of Global Studies, Oklahoma State University
2013 - 2018	Lecturer in Political Science and Fire and Emergency Management Administration, Oklahoma State University
2011 - 2013	Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Miami
2007 - 2013	Lecturer in Africana Studies, University of Miami
2004 - 2013	Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Miami
2001 - 2001	Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Amsterdam
1998 - 2001	Teaching Assistant in Latin American Studies, University of Leiden
1997 - 2002	Research Fellow, School for African, Asian, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), University of Leiden

 

Honors and Awards

• Korean Educational Services Agreement, Republic of South Korea, $1.5 million USD

• Outstanding Research Award, Department of Political Science, 2018 and 2017

• University of Miami, Faculty Learning Community grant

• University of Miami, Postdoctoral Fellowship, August 2004 – August 2006

• School for African, Asian, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) Fellowship, September 1997 - March 2002

• CNWS Conference Grant, New Orleans, Louisiana

• CNWS Conference Grant Washington, D.C.

• Dutch National Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Conference Grant, Moscow

 

Memberships and Service

• OSU Global Representative to the OSU Fire Council

• FEMP Representative to OSU Fire Council

• Member, Standing Committee for the Fire and Emergency Management Administration Program, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University

• Member, Standing Committee for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University

• Member, College of Arts and Sciences College Council, University of Miami

• Chair, Peoples and Societies Cognates Subcommittee, University of Miami

• College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, University of Miami

• Center for Latin American Studies College Advisory Board

• Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

• American Society for Ethnohistory (ASE)

• European Association of Latin American History (AHILA)

• Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)

• Bolivian Studies Association (BSA)

• Affiliated Scholar, Americas Prisons Research Network

• Affiliated Scholar, Jack Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University

• Energy Security Working Group Participant, University of Miami

• Miami Poverty Conference Workshop organizer

 

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