Dr. Amanda Murdie
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Students: Check out e Learning Commons for the most up-to-date syllabi and course info. 


Teaching Award - 2011 William L. Stamey Award for Excellence in Teaching (Kansas State)


Prior Courses


INTL 4410 Terrorism

Teacher Evaluations Summer 2018 UGA
Teacher Evaluations Summer 2017 UGA
Teacher Evaluations Fall 2016 UGA

INTL 8200 Intervention and Human Security

​Teacher Evaluations Fall 2018 UGA
Teacher Evaluations Spring 2017 UGA

INTL 3200 Intro to IR

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2017 UGA, Class 1
Teacher Evaluations Fall 2017 UGA, Class 2


INTL 4295 War and Human Security 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2016 UGA


POLSC 4411– Terrorism and Political Violence.
Fall 2013. University of Missouri

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2013

POLSC 9490– Grad Terrorism and Political Violence.
Spring 2013. University of Missouri

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2013

POLSC 4004– Global Human Rights.
Spring 2013. University of Missouri

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2013

POLSC 9490– Grad Human Rights.
Spring 2013. University of Missouri

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2013

POLSC 333– World Politics. Instructor. 
Fall 2009-Summer 2012. Kansas State University. 


Teacher Evaluations Fall 2009

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2009 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2010 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Summer 2010 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2010 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2010 

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2011- Online 

Teacher Evaluations Summer 2011 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2011 - Online 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2011



POLSC 791/643 – Global Human Rights. Instructor. 
Fall 2009-Present. Kansas State University. 

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2009

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2011 



POLSC 991B –Time Series Cross Sectional/Panel Data Analysis. Instructor. 
Summer 2011-Present. Kansas State University. 


Teacher Evaluations Summer 2011



POLSC 991 – Human Security. Instructor. 
Fall 2010-Present. Kansas State University. 


Teacher Evaluations Fall 2010



POLSC 791 – Game Theory. Instructor. 
Spring 2010-Present. Kansas State University. 


Teacher Evaluations Spring 2010

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2011



POLSC 814 – Terrorism and Transnational Security. Instructor. 
Summer 2010-Present. Kansas State University. 


Teacher Evaluations Summer 2010

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2011 

Teacher Evaluations Summer 2011 



POLSC 350 – Current Political Issues. Instructor. 
Fall 2004 – Spring 2005. Kansas State University. 
Only graduate student in Political Science at K-State to instruct a course.

Teacher Evaluations Fall 2004 (Comments) 

Teacher Evaluations Spring 2005 



POLSC 100 – National Politics in the United States. Teaching Assistant. 
Fall 2007. Emory University. 
Taught three discussion sections under the guidance of Dr. Michael Giles. 

Teacher Evaluation 

Evaluation Summary 



POLSC 317 – Global Human Rights. Co-Teacher.
Spring 2008. Emory University. Under the guidance of Dr. David Davis.

Teacher Evaluations 

Evaluation Summary 



Teaching Grants 


2009. Division of Continuing Education, Kansas State University. $5000 to aid in the development on an online course in World Politics. 

2010. Division of Continuing Education, Kansas State University. $5000 to aid in the development on an online course in Terrorism and Transnational Security.

2010. American Soldier Grant. (with Dale Herspring). $4500 for data collection related to an events-data measure of civil-military conflict. 

2010. American Soldier Grant. (with Dale Herspring). $5000 for data collection related to an events-data measure of civil-military conflict. 

2011. South Asian Course Grant ($1500) Kansas State University. 

Teacher Training

1999- 2003. College of Education, Kansas State University. Thirty undergraduate hours.

2007. Emory University Piedmont Project. Workshop on incorporating environmental/sustainability themes into the classroom.

2007-2008. Emory Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity Program (TATTO)
Included a three day workshop, Summer 2007, and a year long seminar, 2007-2008.