Professor Joseph Siracusa

Professor Joseph Siracusa was previously Deputy Dean of Global and Language Studies in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.

Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University.

He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs and chapters, 115 journal articles/entries and scholarly reviews, and 120 refereed proceedings. His publications include the following:

• America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist interpretation, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2010)
• Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
• The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013)
• A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2013)
• Language of Terror: How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)

Joseph is also very active in research higher degree supervision, having supervised 35 PhD candidates, including 20 in the period from 1998 to 2015.

Joseph teaches core and electives courses in the Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) program. The courses he teaches are Global History and Security and International Diplomacy respectively.

He is also Deputy Chair of the College Human Ethics Advisory Network in the College of Design and Social Context (DSC) and the NTEU representative on RMIT's University Academic Promotion Committee (UAPC).

Joseph teaches core and electives courses in the Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) program. The courses he teaches are Global History and Security and International Diplomacy respectively.

He is also Deputy Chair of the College Human Ethics Advisory Network in the College of Design and Social Context (DSC) and the NTEU representative on RMIT's University Academic Promotion Committee (UAPC).

• PhD, University of Colorado (Boulder)
• MA, University of Denver
• BA, University of Denver
• University of Vienna

Joseph is internationally known for his writings on US presidential politics, nuclear history, international diplomacy and global security. A veteran political affairs commentator in the Australian media and President of Australia's Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Joseph has worked at the brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch, in Boston and New York, the University of Queensland, and the Key Centre for Ethics, Justice and Governance at Griffith University where he specialised in issues related to nuclear non-proliferation and counter-terrorism.