丁香园AV

Areas of interest

Research and Supervision Fields:

STATUS: ACCEPTING NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS

-International Relations
-Terrorism and Counterterrorism
-Political Communication
-U.S. Foreign Policy
-Trust

Teaching Streams:

-Diplomacy, Defence and Development
-Public Policy and Democratic Governance
-Research Methods and Analysis

Education

• BA, Columbia University
• MA, University of Pittsburgh
• PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Biography

Aaron M. Hoffman is Professor of Political Science at 丁香园AV. He is an expert on terrorism, counter-terrorism, US foreign policy, and other international security issues. His newest work, The Terrorism News Beat: Professionalism, Profit, and the Press is forthcoming from University of Michigan Press.

Aaron is also the author of Building Trust: Overcoming Suspicion in International Conflict as well as articles in The Journal of Conflict Resolution (2020; 2013), Journal of Peace Research (2010), Media, War, and Conflict (2021), International Interactions (2019; 2012; 2009), Political Research Quarterly (2017; 2013), Conflict Management and Peace Science (2016), Terrorism and Political Violence (2010), and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2007), among others. He has presented his work in the United States and Europe, served on a scholarly advisory group to the U.S. Air Force, and participated in a workshop on Middle East politics run by the Israeli government.


Selected Publications

Hoffman, Aaron M. 2025. The Terrorism News Beat: Professionalism, Profit, and the Press. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Hoffman, Aaron M. 2025. "Terrorism and Publicity: Is the Conventional Wisdom Changing?" In The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies, ed. Max Abrahms: Routledge. 196-203.

Hoffman, Aaron M. and Dwaine H.A. Jengelley. 2021. 鈥淒oes bottom-line pressure make terrorism coverage more negative? Evidence from a Twenty Newspaper Panel Study.鈥� Media, War, & Conflict. 14:4, pp. 459-475. doi.org/10.1177/1750635219896001

Hoffman, Aaron M. and Jose Kaire. 2020. 鈥淐omfortably Numb: Effects of Prolonged Media Coverage. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 64:9, pp. 1666-1692.

Hoffman, Aaron M. 2020. 鈥淟aboratory vs. Field Experiments in Political Decision Making Research.鈥� Oxford Handbook of Political Decision Making. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.ORE_POL-01016.R2

2018. 鈥淒eadly Foreign Terrorism and the Rank-ordered Tournament for Foreign Press Attention: Implications for Counterterrorism.鈥� International Interactions (with Crystal Shelton and Erik Cleven).

2017. 鈥淲hen the Laws of Fear Do Not Apply: Effective Counterterrorism and the Sense of Security from Terrorism.鈥� Political Research Quarterly 70 (30): 618-631(with William Shelby).

2016. 鈥淢edia Effects: Do Terrorist Organizations Launch Foreign Attacks in Response to Press Freedom or Press Attention?鈥� Conflict Management and Peace Science 33 (4): 381-399 (with Asal Victor).

2015. 鈥淣orms, Diplomatic Alternatives, and the Social Psychology of War Support.鈥� Journal of Conflict Resolution 59 (1): 3-28 (with Christopher R. Agnew, Laura Vanderdrift, and Robert Kulzick).

2013. 鈥淧ress Freedom, Publicity, and the Cross-national Incidence of Transnational Terrorism.鈥� Political Research Quarterly 66 (4): 896-909 (with Crystal Shelton and Erik Cleven).