Regents Professor, Department of Political Science
University of North Texas

Marijke Breuning is a Regents Professor at the University of North Texas (UNT). Her departmental home is Political Science, and she is a Fellow of UNT’s Castleberry Peace Institute and affiliated with UNT’s Women’s and Gender Studies program. She specializes in foreign policy analysis. Her publications include work on the politics of foreign aid and the impact of women’s representation in both donor and recipient countries on foreign (aid) policy. She also has worked on small states, the politics of international children’s rights (and especially intercountry adoption), and the sociology of the profession. She has published numerous refereed journal articles and book chapters, as well as several books. Her most recent book is How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals: Understanding the Publishing Game (with John Ishiyama).

She served as editor of the American Political Science Review (2012-2016), was a member of the inaugural editorial team of Foreign Policy Analysis (2005-2009), a co-editor of the Journal of Political Science Education (2005-2012), and a book review editor of International Politics (2000-2003). She serves – or has served – on several editorial boards and in numerous leadership positions within ISA and other professional organizations.

Selected Publications:

1. Breuning, Marijke. 2024. “How Does Learning Space Structure International Studies Programmes?” Oxford Handbook of International Studies Pedagogy, eds. Mark A. Boyer, David J. Hornsby, and Heather A. Smith. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Breuning, Marijke. 2023. “Role Theory.” Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods, eds. Patrick A. Mello and Falk Ostermann. New York: Routledge.
3. Breuning, Marijke, and John Ishiyama. 2021. How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals: Understanding the Publishing Game. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
4. Okundaye, Gabriela, and Marijke Breuning. 2021. “Is the Expansion of Women’s Access to Political Leadership Rewarded? Evidence from the Allocation of US Foreign Aid” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. 42(3): 225-242.
5. Breuning, Marijke, Christina Fattore, Jennifer Ramos, and Jamie Scalera. 2021. “The Great Equalizer? Gender, Parenting, and Scholarly Productivity during the Global Pandemic.” PS: Political Science and Politics. 54(3): 427-431.
6. Breuning, Marijke, and Jinrui Xi. 2021. “The Consequences of Accession: The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption’s Impact on Children’s Rights.” Journal of International Relations and Development. 24(1): 77-100.
7. Breuning, Marijke. 2020. “Going Dutch? Lessons from the Outcome-Based Political Science Curriculum in the Netherlands.” PS: Political Science and Politics. 53(3): 510-514.
8. Lu, Kelan, and Marijke Breuning. 2014. “Gender and Generosity: Does Women’s Representation Affect Development Cooperation?” Politics, Groups, and Identities. 2(3): 313-330.

Selected Honors:

Ladd Hollist Service Award; Susan S. Northcutt Award; Distinguished Scholar Award, Foreign Policy Analysis Section; Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award.