With a B.A. in Politics and Government from the University of Puget Sound, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University (SUNY), Dr. Michael A. Allen joined the faculty of the Political Science program at Boise State University in 2012. He spent the previous year as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Allen's main areas of study are in world and comparative politics and his research interests include asymmetric relationships in world politics, the economics of war-making, and civil conflict and terrorism. His teaching interests include all aspects of world politics and international relations, and research methodology. He serves as a manuscript reviewer for the International Studies Quarterly and the American Journal of Political Science, and he maintains professional affiliations with the American and Midwest Political Science Associations, the International Studies Association, and the Peace Science Society.