Susan Haynes
History Politics and Philosophy
Associate Professor
Biography
Susan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in political science in 2015 after receiving her PhD from George Mason University. She published her first book, Chinese Nuclear Proliferation, with the University of Nebraska Press in 2016. Her second book, Faith in Foreign Aid, will be published with Routledge in 2024. In addition to her books, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Policy & Politics, Asian Perspectives, Asian Security, PS: Political Science and Politics, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Nonproliferation Review, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy (2012), and in Routledge's Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century (2020). Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association (ISA) and American Political Science Association (APSA) and serves as an advisory board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC).
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Political Science, George Mason University
- M.A. in Political Science, George Mason University
- B.A. in Political Science, University of Tennessee
Academic Department
History, Politics, and Philosophy
- American Foreign Policy
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Rights, Liberties, and the Constitution
- International Security
- Great Ideas in Politics
- African Politics
- Research Methods
- International Law
- Faith in Foreign Aid: Religious Organizations' Engagement with USAID, (New York, NY: Routledge, forthcoming 2024).
- “Government Funding for Faith-Based International Development: Empirical Evidence from a US Survey," Politics & Policy Vol. 49, No. 3 (2021): 594-618. doi.org/10.1111/polp.12410.
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"Power Play: A Game Illustrating Power Transition in Authoritarian Regimes," PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 53, No. 1 (2020): 167-171. doi:10.1017/S104909651900129X
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“Chinese Nuclear Strategy” in Baxter, Phil & Warren, Aidan, eds. Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century: A Technical, Policy, and Strategic Review (Routledge, London: 2019)
- “Acrimony and Asymmetry: Sino-Indian Nuclear Relations,” The Nonproliferation Review (2019)
- “The Power of Prestige: Explaining China’s Nuclear Weapons Decisions,” Asian Security Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer 2018).
- “Dragon in the Room: Disarmament’s Missing Player,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2018): 25-47.
- Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization (Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, An Imprint of University of Nebraska Press, 2016).
- “China’s Nuclear Threat Perceptions,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2016)
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"China’s Bilateral Interactions with Russia” in Kavalski, Emilian, ed. The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy, (University of Western Sydney, Australia: July 2012)
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“China and Russia after the Russian-Georgian War," Comparative Strategy Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-March 2011): 50-59
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“China and Russia and the Multipolar World Order: The Danger in the Undefined” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No.1 (Spring 2009): 159-184.
