Areas of Specialization
International organization, development policy, and institutional theory
Background
Professor Tierney received a B.A. from William and Mary in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego in 2003. Professor Tierney teaches courses on Democracy and International Relations, International Organizations, and Research Methods. He is also Director of the IR Program at W&M. Professor Tierney is currently working on two books. The first applies principal-agent theory to explain institutional reform and behavior within multilateral development banks. The second employs a new data set covering the population of development projects from 1970-2001 and seeks to explain the allocation of environmental aid to developing countries.
Courses
International Organization (GOV 325), 3 credit lecture/discussion class, 40 undergraduates. Spring 2006.
New Approaches to the Study of International Organization (GOV 491), 4 credit senior seminar, 15 advanced undergraduates. Spring 2004, 2005, 2006.
Introduction to International Politics (GOV 204), 3 credit lecture/discussion class, 40 students. Spring or Fall 2000-2006.
Research Methods (GOV 301), 3 credit lecture/research seminar with 20 undergraduates. Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Empirical Research on International Institutions (GOV 391), 1 credit addendum to IO courses, 10 students. Co-taught with Daniel Maliniak and Sue Peterson. Spring 2006.
International Organization and Change (GOV 391), 1 credit course co-taught with Sue Peterson. Seminar/and student trip to Washington D.C. Spring 2004.
Introduction to Comparative Politics (GOV 203), 3 credit lecture/discussion course, 35 undergraduates at the College of William and Mary. Spring 1999, Spring 2002.
International Conflict and Cooperation (GOV 391), 3 credit discussion oriented class with multiple role-playing computer simulations, 20 undergraduates, College of William and Mary. Spring 1999, 2000.
Freshman Seminar: Democracy and War (GOV 150W), 4 credit writing seminar, 15 undergraduates. Fall 1999, 2001, 2002.
Publications
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"More Dollars than Sense: Refining our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData," with Dan Nielson, Darren Hawkins, Timmons Roberts, Mike Findley, Brad Parks, Sven Wilson, and Rob Hicks. World Development, Vol. 39, Number 11, 2011.
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"International Relations in the U.S. Academy," with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson. International Studies Quarterly, Volume 55, Number 2, 2011.
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"Controlling coalitions: Social lending at the multilateral development banks," with Mona M. Lyne and Daniel L. Nielson. Review of International Organizations, Volume 4, Number 4: 407-433, 2009.
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"The American School of IPE," with Daniel Maliniak. Review of International Political Economy, Vol 16: 1, February 2009: 6-33.
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"Inside the Ivory Tower III," with Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Sue Peterson. Foreign Policy, March/April, 2009.
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Greening Aid: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance. with Rob Hicks, Brad Parks and Timmons Roberts, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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"Delegation Success and Policy Failure: Collective Delegation and the Search for Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction," Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 71: 283, Winter 2008.
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"Women in International Relations," with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson. Politics and Gender, 4(1) 2008.
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"Divided Discipline? Comparing Views of U.S. and Canadian IR Scholars," with Michael Lipson, Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Sue Peterson. International Journal, Spring 2007.
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"Inside the Ivory Tower II," with Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes and Sue Peterson. Foreign Policy. March/April, 2007.
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"Schoolhouse Rock: Pedagogy, Politics, and Pop," International Studies Perspectives, February 2007.
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"The View from the Ivory Tower: TRIP Survey of IR Faculty in the U.S. and Canada," with Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Sue Peterson, Reves Center/A&S, February 2007.
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“Delegation Under Anarchy: States, International Organizations, and Principal-Agent Theory,” with David Lake, Dan Nielson and Darren Hawkins. Chapter for Delegation and Agency in Internatioanl Organizations. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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"Who Delegates? Alternative Models of Principals in Development Aid," with Mona Lyne and Dan Nielson. Chapter for Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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“Bridging the Rationalist-Constructivist Divide: Re-engineering the Culture of the World Bank,” with Catherine Weaver and Daniel Nielson. Journal of International Relations and Development, 2006.
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“Theory, Data, and Hypothesis Testing: World Bank Environmental Reform Redux,” with Dan Nielson, International Organization, Volume 59, Number 3, Summer 2005.
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“Inside the Ivory Tower,” with Susan Peterson and Daniel Maliniak. Foreign Policy, 2005.
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“Survey of International Relations Faculty at U.S. Colleges and Universities: Teaching, Research, Policy, and Views on the Discipline,” with Sue Peterson and Daniel Maliniak, 2005.
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“Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform,” with Dan Nielson, International Organization, Volume 57, Number 2, Spring 2003.