MANUS I. MIDLARSKY, Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, received his BS in Physical Chemistry from the City College of the City University of New York, his MS in Physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University. He was Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Relations at the University of Colorado prior to coming to Rutgers in 1989. He also held visiting appointments at the University of Florida, the University of Michigan and the Richardson Institute for Conflict and Peace Research in London, England. His research, focusing on the study of international warfare and national revolution, has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His contributions to education include service as a Board Member and Secretary of the Juilliard Pre-College Parents' Association, and two Directorships of Summer Seminars for College Teachers at the University of Colorado and at the University of Michigan. He has served on the editorial boards of the Western Political Quarterly, International Interactions, Journal of Politics and The International Studies Quarterly. He has been President of the International Studies Association, West, Vice President of the International Studies Association, and Founding President of the conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association.

His work includes numerous book chapters, as well as many journal articles published in journals such as The American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, International Interactions, Polity, Journal of Personality, and Mathematical and Computer Modelling. His books, published by The Free Press, Cambridge, Stanford, and other university presses, include On War: Political Violence in the International System (1975), The Disintegration of Political Systems: War and Revolution in Comparative Perspective (1986), The Onset of World War (1988), The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective (1999), The Killing Trap: Genocide in the 20th Century (2005), and The Origins of Political Extremism: Fascism, Communism, and Radical Islamism (forthcoming). His edited volumes are Inequality and Contemporary Revolutions (1986), Handbook of War Studies, (1989) The Internationalization of Communal Strife (1992), From Rivalry to Cooperation: Russian and American Perspectives on the Post-Cold War Era (1994, with John A. Vasquez and Peter V. Gladkov), Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development (1997), and Handbook of War Studies II (2000).