Interested in foreign policy, international conflict, terrorism, human rights, or global security issues? A graduate degree in Security Studies at K-State may interest you! Apply today and take political science and history courses on foreign policy, national security, war, conflict, alliances, terrorism, human rights, and more. The MA program can be completed through distance learning by Zoom after careful planning with an advisor.
Domestic MA applicants are invited to apply by May 06, 2022 to start courses in Fall 2022. Future application deadlines are: August 01, 2022 (domestic MA applicants only) for Fall 2022 & January 08, 2023 (MA & PhD applicants) for Fall 2023.
Start your journey today! Learn more and apply at https://www.k-state.edu/securitystudies/apply/
New Security Studies Giving Page available
Security Studies has long been an important part of Kansas State University’s Political Science and History programs, but has been unable to have a dedicated donation page until now. If you want to give to the Security Studies Fund to support our faculty and students with travel expenses, awards, and other operating expenses, please use the link below, or send a check to the KSU Foundation with the “Security Studies Fund” listed in the memo line to:
KSU Foundation
1800 Kimball Avenue St. 200
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66502
Please make the check out to: KSU Foundation
Support the Security Studies program online here: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/18702/donations/new
Recently published book highlights CIA and DoD collaboration
New Publications: An appropriate topic with the 18th anniversary of 9/11 coming up tomorrow, K-State Security Studies alumni David P. Oakley (PhD, 2016) recently published a book highlighting the collaboration between the CIA and the Department of Defense in order to support intelligence for military operations.
You can get the book on Amazon here.
You can read a review and synopsis of the book HERE.
KSU ranks #6 in Top 25 MA’s in Security Studies
Kansas State University has been ranked one of the Top 25 Campus Master’s in Security Studies Programs for 2019 from Security Degree Hub! Being featured on this list shows students that our program is a leader in the field, and a career opportunity like no other. For security professionals who want to move into management and administration, a master’s degree is key. Traditional on-campus programs like ours provide the mentorship, community, and experiential learning serious students need to do it right. Of the list, Kansas State University’s MA in Security Studies ranked 6th! Click the badge or click HERE to view the full listing.
Letter from the Director
Hello alumni and friends of the Security Studies program! I am very pleased to report the activities and outstanding accomplishments of the faculty and students in the Security Studies program at Kansas State University. We’ve experienced a significant number of exciting changes since my last message. There are new students, of course, some new faculty in the History and Political Science departments and a move to Calvin Hall. Continue reading “Letter from the Director”
Welcome to Our New Faculty Members!
During the 2016-2017 academic year, Phil Tiemeyer and Nadia Oweidat (new professors in the History Department) along with Michael Tyburski (new professor in the Political Science Department) joined the Security Studies faculty.
Professor Phil Tiemeyer joined the History Department in Fall 2016. He is a graduate of Georgetown University who also holds degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome) and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007 and taught at Philadelphia University before coming to K-State. Professor Tiemeyer is a historian of gender, sexuality, and twentieth-century culture whose research engages with labor history, the history of the airline industry, and the public diplomacy of the Cold War era. Continue reading “Welcome to Our New Faculty Members!”
A Special Message of Thanks
As some of you will know, the Security Studies program lost two incredibly valuable members of faculty from the History department last year. Dr. David Stone resigned as Director of the Institute for Military History in 2015 after six years in the position, took a leave of absence from History and spent the year teaching at the Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island. He officially left the Department of History for NWC prior to the 2016-2017 academic year Continue reading “A Special Message of Thanks”
Spotlight: Juste Codjo
Juste Codjo’s Contributions for Institutional Reforms in Benin
In the spring of 2016, Juste Codjo (PhD 2017) made significant contributions to a discourse on institutional reforms in his West African home country of Benin. He was the guest of more than 10 televised shows on five different TV channels. He also participated in a dozen radio talks on six different stations, and was interviewed by more than five major newspapers in Benin. His accomplishments earned him meetings with and letters of encouragement from high level dignitaries, including former President of Benin Nicephore Soglo, current President of the parliament Adrien Houngbedji, the U.S. Ambassador to Benin, as well as several other figures of the sociopolitical scene in Benin.
Student Highlights
Major John Barrington, MA student in Security Studies, won the Excellence in Joint Service Warfare Award at the June 2017 CGSC graduation ceremony. “The Excellence in Joint Service Warfare Award is presented to the student who contributes the most significantly to the study, implementation and spirit of joint service warfare. Additionally, the student must demonstrate proficiency in joint core courses, Joint Advanced Warfare Studies, attainment of an additional skill identifier in joint service warfare, participation in joint special operations areas of concentration, Continue reading “Student Highlights”
Faculty Achievements
David Graff’s second book, The Eurasian Way of War: Military Practice in Seventh-Century China and Byzantium, was published by Routledge in the spring of 2016. The book challenges the notion of a distinctive Western way of war, identifying military similarities across Eurasia in the early medieval period and highlighting the influence of nomadic steppe peoples in bringing this about. Professor Graff, who has also edited the Journal of Chinese Military History since 2012, was promoted to full professor and named Pickett Professor of Military History in the spring of 2017. Continue reading “Faculty Achievements”