Dr. Ross is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He is a broadly trained scholar of international relations, international law, and political theory. He holds a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (2005), an M.A. from the University of Warwick, and a B.A. from the University of Victoria. Dr. Ross’s research investigates the complex role of emotion in international politics and law.

He is currently completing a book manuscript entitled Beyond Hatred: Violence, Justice, and Emotion in An Age of Terror. The book offers a fresh approach to emotions as elements of socialization and sometimes wild cards in the world of politics. Focusing on terrorism, ethnic conflict, and transitional justice, the book sheds light on familiar cases whose emotional dimensions have been missed by theories trained on identity: America’s contested ‘War on Terror,’ as well as ethnic and racial conflicts in Rwanda, Bosnia, and South Africa. Dr. Ross is starting a new project about the affective legitimation and de-legitimation of international legal standards on human rights and the use of force.

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