Alicia Ellis
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Alicia Ellis is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of the MA in Global Security program. She has developed and taught graduate & undergraduate coursework on national security, economic statecraft, geopolitics, war & conflict, and international relations. Alicia was appointed as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2012, during which she served as an analyst at the Department of Treasury’s Office of Financial Research and later as a policy analyst for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. While assigned to the State Department, she studied Russian language at the Institute of World Politics, including six weeks immersion training in Odessa, Ukraine. A former Air Force officer, she served two deployments as an Air Battle Manager in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, including three months as the Joint Air Operations Center Liaison Officer. She received her B.S. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, her M.A. in International Relations from St. Mary’s University, and her PhD in Political Science from Arizona State University.
Alicia published her dissertation on how the structure of state-industry relations in the agriculture sector impacts democratic accountability. She is a committee member with the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, and currently working on several articles on the impact of political risk on industry and strategic vulnerabilities in the food supply chain.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
GSC 550 | Capstone |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
POS 494 | Special Topics |
SGS 494 | Special Topics |
POS 494 | Special Topics |
SGS 494 | Special Topics |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 512 | Global Trends |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 512 | Global Trends |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
GSC 510 | Governance Conflict/Transition |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 512 | Global Trends |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
GSC 510 | Governance Conflict/Transition |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 512 | Global Trends |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GSC 550 | Capstone |
GSC 502 | Security Studies |
GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 485 | Political Economy |
GSC 561 | Cybersec Threats and Trends |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 361 | American Foreign Policy |
POS 361 | American Foreign Policy |
POS 394 | Special Topics |
POS 394 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 364 | Natl Security/Intell/Terrorism |
POS 364 | Natl Security/Intell/Terrorism |
POS 360 | World Politics |
POS 360 | World Politics |