Faculty & Staff

Denise Garcia

OFFICE LOCATION: 210L Renaissance Park
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-2879
EMAIL: denisegarcia@neu.edu

OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 10:15-11:15
Wednesday 4:45-6:15.

CURRICULUM VITAE: D. Garcia CV

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., International Relations and International Law - Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Developpement (Graduate Institute for International Studies and Development - IHEID), University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.

COURSES TAUGHT:
International Conflict & Negotiation, International Security, International Law, Disarmament Diplomacy and Humanitarian Action (taught at the United Nations in Geneva)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
International Security, international arms trade, climate change, international norms

"My research is at the intersection of security and international law. I am interested in the formation of new international norms and agreements regarding key challenges to global governance, particularly armed violence, disarmament and arms control, and climate change."

PUBLICATIONS:

Books
Garcia, Denise. Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Security- Regimes, Norms, and Moral Progress in International Relations. London: Routledge, 2011.

Garcia, Denise. Small Arms and Security - New Emerging International Norms. London: Routledge, 2006. 266 pp. Reprinted in 2009 in paperback.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Garcia, Denise, "Warming to a Redefinition of International Security- The Formation of a Norm against Climate Change", Journal of International Relations , 24(3), 2010.

Garcia, Denise, "Arms Restraint and Regional International Law Making -The Case of the Economic Community of West African States," African Security Review, 18 (2) in press, 2009, 19 p.

Garcia, Denise, "Arms Transfers beyond the State-to-State Realm," International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 10, (2), 2009, pp. 151-169.

Garcia, Denise, "Determining Ease of Access to Arms, Methodology & Coding," Crime, Law, and Social Change, 2009, 51 (5) p.451-464.

Garcia, Denise, "Developing Indicators for Evaluating National Implementation of Regional Law on Arms in Africa," African Security Review, 18 (1), 2009, pp. 76-90.

Garcia, Denise, "The Climate Security Divide: Bridging Human and National Security in Africa," African Security Review, 17 (3) 2008, pp. 2-18.

Garcia, Denise, "The Climate Security Divide: Bridging Human and National Security in Africa", African Security Review, 17(3) 2008, pp. 2-18.

Garcia, Denise, "Norm Building in the Evolution of the Control of Small Arms in the International Agenda," Security and Defense Studies Review, Vol. 5, no. 2, Fall 2005, 225-255.

Book Chapters
Garcia, Denise. "Small Arms in Africa: Legal Indicators on the Ease of Access to Small Arms and Light Weapons." In Rotberg, Robert I., ed. Ibrahim Index of African Governance. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, 2008, 13 p.

Garcia, Denise. "Changing Security in a Changing World." (Chapter 1) In Born, H., Fluri, P., Johnson, A. (eds.), Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices, Handbook for Parliamentarians no. 5. Geneva: IPU/DCAF, 2003. 6 p.

Garcia, Denise. "Security and the Power of the Purse." (Chapter 23) In Born, H., Fluri, P., Johnson, A. (eds.), Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices, Handbook for Parliamentarians no. 5. Geneva: IPU/DCAF, 2003. 14p.

Garcia, Denise. "Arms and Military Equipment Procurement." (Chapter 28) In Born, H., Fluri, P., Johnson, A. (eds.), Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices, Handbook for Parliamentarians no. 5. Geneva: IPU/DCAF, 2003. 6 p.

Encyclopedia Articles
Garcia, Denise. "Conventional Small Arms" Encyclopedia of International Security: CQ Press, in press, 2009, 9 p.

Other Publications
Garcia, Denise, "Small Arms in Africa: Legal Indicators" - A Special Research Report to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Harvard University, 2008. 42 p.

Garcia, Denise, "Norms in International Security - The Small Arms and Landmines Cases," Discussion Series, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 2003, 32 p.

Garcia, Denise, "Controlling the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons - Implications for Research and Education in Defense and Security," Discussion Series, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 2003, 23 p.

Born, Hans, DCAF, (project leader), Garcia, Denise et al., An inventory of actors: Strengthening parliamentary oversight of the security sector in transition countries, 2001, Online DCAF series, www.dcaf.ch

Garcia, Denise, Leaflet on action on small arms control for United Nations, 2001 (Translated in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German).