Jack Amoureux is a Part-Time Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University.  Amoureux recently moved from Washington, D.C., where he was an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service at American University.  He received his PhD from Brown University and is originally from Boise, Idaho.  Amoureux writes at the intersection of international relations and political theory, spanning the topics of international ethics, critical theory, international organizations and foreign policy.  He has published an article in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, and a chapter in the edited volume, Ethics, Authority and War: Non-State Actors in the Just War Tradition.  His current projects include a book manuscript that develops a practice of ‘ethical reflexivity’ for international politics and an article entitled, “Queering Ethics in International Relations.”  In his spare time he enjoys playing with his toddler and is an avid fan of Boise State football. 

Education
Ph.D.   2010, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
M.A.    2002, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
M.P.A.  2001, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
B.S.    1999, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

Academic Appointments
Part-Time Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, Department of Political Science, 2011-present
Assistant Professor, American University, School of International Service, 2010-2011

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Publications:

“’Justice is Conscience’: Hizbollah, Israel, and the Perversity of Just War in the 21st Century” (with Brent J. Steele) In Brent J. Steele and Eric Heinze, eds. Ethics, Authority and War: Non-State Actors in the Just War Tradition. Palgrave Press, 2009.

“NGOs and Monitoring Genocide: The Benefits and Limits to Panopticism,” (with Brent J. Steele), Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 34 No. 2 2006) pp. 401-432, (2006)

POL 264 Ethical Dilemmas in International Politics

This class equips students with the conceptual and theoretical tools to identify ethical dilemmas in global politics and foreign policy decisions, inquire into how ethics has been attended to, and consider how practices and traditions of ethics might be transformed. The issues we will examine include: development, foreign aid and global distributive justice; when and how to conduct war; human rights and humanitarian intervention; weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons; non-state actors and violence; whistleblowing and individual responsibility; trauma and the challenges of societal healing; punishment and justice; and the role of technology and simulation in international conflict. In examining these issues we are attentive to the relationship between power, interests, and normative beliefs.