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Biography

Ward Thomas has taught in the Political Science Department at »»ÆÞÂÛ̳ since September 1997.  Prior to that he taught courses at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he received his Ph.D. in August 1997.  He has a B.A. from the College of William & Mary, as well as a J.D. and an M.A. from the University of Virginia.  He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, a Young Scholar in the Program on Ethics and Public Life at Cornell University, and received an Arthur J. O'Leary Faculty Recognition Award to support his research on nonstate actors and the use of force.

His scholarly work focuses the ethical and normative aspects of international security.  He is the author of The Ethics of Destruction: Norms and Force in International Relations, published by Cornell University Press.  His work has appeared in International Security, Security Studies, Armed Forces & Society, The Journal of Religious Ethics, The International Studies Association Compendium, The SAIS Review of International Studies, Sciences Humaines (Paris), The Boston Globe, and other publications. His teaching and research interests include international security and strategic studies, international law, U.S. foreign policy, international institutions, and ethics and international relations.