Bio
Dr. Hensel’s areas of specialization include international relations, international conflict, territorial claims, international river management, and conflict management.
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Illinois, 1996
M.A., Political Science, University of Illinois, 1993
B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan, 1991
Courses
PSCI 4821: International Conflict
PSCI 3810: Intro to International Relations
PSCI 4820: Geography, History, and International Relations
PSCI 1040: American Government: Laws and Institutions
PSCI 5820: International Conflict
Articles
Brochmann, M., & Hensel, P. (2011). The effectiveness of negotiations over International River claims. International Studies Quarterly, 55(3), 859-882.
Brochmann, M., & Hensel, P. (2009). Peaceful management of International River claims. International Negotiation, 14(2), 391-416.
Hensel, P., Allison, M., & Khanani, A. (2009). Territorial integrity treaties and armed conflict over territory. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 26(2), 120-143.
More Articles
Hensel, P., Mitchell, S. M., Sowers II, T. E., & Clayton, T. (2008). Bones of contention: Comparing territorial, maritime, and river issues. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 52(1), 117-143.
Mitchell, S. M., & Hensel, P. (2007). International institutions and compliance with agreements. American Journal of Political Science, 51(4), 721-737.
Hensel, P., Mitchell, S. M., & Sowers II, T. (2006). Conflict management of riparian disputes: A regional comparison of dispute resolution. Political Geography, 25(4), 383-411.
Hensel, P., & Mitchell, S. M. (2005). Issue indivisibility and territorial claims. GeoJournal, 64(4), 275-285.
Hensel, P. (2002). The more things change..: Recognizing and responding to trends in armed conflict. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 19(1), 27-53.
Hensel, P. (2001). Contentious issues and world politics: The management of territorial claims in the Americas, 1816-1992. International Studies Quarterly, 45(1), 81-109.
Hensel, P., Goertz, G., & Diehl, P. F. (2000). The democratic peace and rivalries. Journal of Politics, 62(4), 1173-1188.
Books
Hensel, P. (2012). Territory: Geography, contentious issues, and world politics. In J. Vasquez (Ed.), What Do We Know about War? (2nd ed.). Lanham. MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Hensel, P. (2012). Review of available data sets. In S. Mitchell, P. Diehl & D. Morrow (Eds.), A Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Mitchell, S. M., & Hensel, P. (2010). Issues and conflict. In T. Jakobsen (Ed.), War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence (pp. 275-295). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
More Books
Hensel, P. (2010). Review of available data sets. In R. Denemark (Ed.), The International Studies Encyclopedia. Blackwell Publishing.
Hensel, P. (2001). Evolution in domestic politics and the development of rivalry: The Bolivia-Paraguay case. In W. Thompson (Ed.), Evolutionary World Politics (pp. 176-217). New York: Routledge.
Hensel, P. (2000). Territory: Theory and evidence on geography and conflict. In J. Vasquez (Ed.), What Do We Know about War? (pp. 57-84). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Hensel, P. (1999). The evolution of the Franco-German rivalry. In W. Thompson (Ed.), Great Power Rivalries (pp. 86-121). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
Hensel, P. (1999). Charting a course to conflict: Territorial issues and interstate conflict, 1816-1992. In P. Diehl (Ed.), A Road Map to War: Territorial Dimensions of International Conflict (pp. 115-146). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
Hensel, P. (1998). Interstate rivalry and the study of militarized conflict. In F. Harvey & B. Mor (Eds.), Conflict in World Politics: Advances in the Study of Crisis, War and Peace (pp. 162-204). New York: St. Martin's Press.
Posters/Presentations
Nyman, E. A., & Hensel, P. (2008). Implications of issue salience for territorial, maritime, and river claims. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston.
Hensel, P. (2006). Starting on the Wrong Foot: Political Independence and Territorial Claims. Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA.
Hensel, P. (2005). Starting on the Wrong Foot: Political Independence and Territorial Claims. Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.
More Presentations
Hensel, P. (2005). Power politics and contentious issues: Realism, issue salience, and conflict management. Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI.
Rowan, S., & Hensel, P. (2004). Declining benefits of conquest? Economic development and territorial claims in the Americas and Europe. Paper presented at the 2004 annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (international), Houston, TX.
Hensel, P. (2003). Militarized management of territorial claims in the Americas, 1816-2001. Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the CEEISA and International Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary.
Sowers II, T. E., & Hensel, P. (2002). Political shocks, evolution, and the origins of interstate rivalry. Paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association.
Hensel, P. (2001). Hot hands' and cold wars: A reassessment of the stochastic model of rivalry. Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco.
Hensel, P. (1998). Reliability and validity issues in the Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) project. Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis.
Hensel, P., & Diehl, P. (1998). Punctuated equilibrium or evolution? A comparative test of two models of rivalry development. Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), New Brunswick, NJ.
