David Mendeloff
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor, Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs), Faculty of Public and Global Affairs (FPGA) and Interim Director, Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs
David Mendeloff is Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), and Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs) in the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs (FPGA). He also currently serving as the Interim Director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs. He is faculty associate of Carleton’s Institute of European and Russian Studies (EURUS) and the Centre for Security, Intelligence and Defence Studies (CSIDS), and served as Director of NPSIA’s Centre for Security and Defence Studies from 2006-15. From 2018-2023 he served as Associate Dean (Academic) in FPGA, before assuming the role of Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs).
Mendeloff’s research examines the theory and practice of international and transitional justice, with a particular focus on the impact of accountability mechanisms, such as international and domestic prosecutions and truth commissions, on wartime civilian violence, war termination, peace processes, post-war statebuilding, democratization, rule of law development, and human rights protections. His current research examines the International Criminal Court’s ability to act coercively to limit or prevent wars crimes and atrocities in ongoing civil wars. At NPSIA, he teaches courses in international conflict analysis, post-conflict peacebuilding and statebuilding, and transitional justice. Mendeloff holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a B.A. (Hons) in international relations from the Claremont Colleges (Pitzer College).
Expertise
Causes and prevention of war; Nationalist, ethnic and identity conflict; Post-conflict peacebuilding and state reconstruction; Transitional Justice