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Vita
Michael Kenney is assistant professor of political science and public policy in the School of Public Affairs. He is a student of organization theory, international security, and illicit non-state actors, including drug traffickers and terrorists. Dr. Kenney has held research fellowships with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and the Center for International Studies at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Kenney recently published a book-length study on drug trafficking and terrorism, From Pablo to Osama: Trafficking and Terrorist Networks, Government Bureaucracies, and Competitive Adaptation. His published work has also appeared in Survival, Global Crime, the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and Transnational Organized Crime, among other publications. He has presented his research at the National Academy of Sciences, the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and the Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University, among other institutions.
Dr. Kenney is currently conducting research on Islamic activism in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Morocco. This research is funded by the National Institute of Justice. Previously, his research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, and other organizations.
Dr. Kenney has worked and/or conducted research in Brazil, Colombia, Israel, and Morocco. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador, South America. From 1990 to 1992, he was an Americorps/VISTA volunteer at the Center for Drug-Free Living in Orlando, Florida.
At Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Kenney teaches courses on international relations, U.S. foreign policy, terrorism and crime, drug control policy, and Latin American politics.
Education
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 2004
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, 2002-2003
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Florida, 2002
- Pre-doctoral fellowship, Center for International Studies and Cooperation, Stanford University, 2000-2001
- M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 1996
- B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1990
Research Areas
- International relations
- Organization theory
- Adaptation and learning
- Social and organizational networks
- Transnational crime
- Terrorism and homeland security
- Drug policy
Professional Affiliations
- International Studies Association
- American Political Science Association
Course Offerings
- PL SC 014, International Relations
- PL SC 442, American Foreign Policy
- PL SC 439, The Politics of Terrorism
- PL SC 456, The Politics and Institutions of Latin American Nations
- PUB PL/CRIM J 415, Drug Policy in Comparative Perspective
- CRIM J 590, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
- SRA 211, Threat of Crime and Terrorism
Selected Publications
Michael Kenney, From Pablo to Osama: Trafficking and Terrorist Networks, Government Bureaucracies, and Competitive Adaptation (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007).
Michael Kenney, "The Architecture of Drug Trafficking: Network Forms of Organisation in the Colombian Cocaine Trade." Global Crime 8, no. 3 (August 2007): 233-259.
M. Leann Brown, Michael Kenney, and Michael Zarkin, Organizational Learning in the Global Context (London: Ashgate, 2006).
Michael Kenney, "The Rules of Drug Trafficking: Decision-Making in Colombian Smuggling Enterprises," in Handbook of Decision-Making, edited by Goktug Morcol (Taylor and Francis) (October 2006): 361-370.
Michael Kenney, "How Terrorists Learn," in Teaching Terror: Knowledge Transfer in the Terrorist World, edited by James J.F. Forest (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006): 33-51
Barbara Sims and Michael Kenney, "The Myth of Drug Decriminalization," in Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice, edited by Robert M. Bohm and Jeffery T. Walker (Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury, 2006): 54-62.
Michael Kenney, "Drug Traffickers, Terrorist Networks, and Ill-Fated Government Strategies," in New Threats and New Actors in International Security, edited by Elke Krahmann (Palgrave MacMillan) (January 2005): 69-90.
Michael Kenney, "From Pablo to Osama: Counter-terrorism Lessons from the War on Drugs," Survival, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Autumn 2003): 187-206.
Michael Kenney, "Intelligence Games: A Comparative Analysis of the Intelligence Capabilities of the Drug Enforcement Agencies and Drug Trafficking Enterprises." The International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 2003): 212-243.