Christian Davenport is the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Elected Fellow at the American Association for the Arts and Sciences. Primary research interests include political conflict/violence, measurement, racism and popular culture.
Jesse Driscoll is an associate professor of political science at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California at San Diego. Primary research interests include state-building processes with a geographical focus on Central Eurasia.