Faculty
Deborah Larson
Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Deborah Larson draws upon historical, psychological, and political evidence to understand foreign policy decision-making.
Her professorship in the Department is supported by the International Studies and Overseas Programs administration at UCLA. Professor Larson's first book, Origins of Containment (Princeton), traces the development of Cold War belief systems by studying postwar U.S. policymakers from a cognitive psychological perspective. Anatomy of Mistrust (Cornell) considers game theory, exchange theory, and bargaining theory to explain how mistrust prevented the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. from reaching agreements in the early Cold War. She is currently developing a framework for evaluating the quality of political judgments in the profoundly uncertain international environment. Professor Larson teaches a graduate seminar on the making of American foreign policy, and offers undergraduates lectures on foreign policy and peace and war. She serves on the editorial boards of International Studies Quarterly and International Interactions.
Office Hours
Mondays 1-2pm, Tuesdays 10-11am
Degrees
Stanford University, 1982
Fields of Study
International Relations
Current Courses by Term
2016 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
Honors Contracts
Honors Research in Political Science
Selected Topics in International Relations
Teaching Apprentice Practicum
2017 Winter Quarter
Variable Topics Research Seminars for Majors: International Relations
Directed Research in Political Science
Previous Courses by Term
2016 Spring Quarter
Variable Topics Research Seminars for Majors: International Relations
2016 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2015 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2015 Spring Quarter
United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Multinational Cooperation, Human Rights, and International Order
Peace and War
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
2015 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2014 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators
2014 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
Selected Topics in International Relations
2014 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2013 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2013 Summer Session
World Politics
2013 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
2013 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2012 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2012 Summer Session
World Politics
2012 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
Selected Topics in International Relations
2011 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2011 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
2010 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2010 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
Selected Topics in International Relations
2010 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2009 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2009 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
2008 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
2008 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
Selected Topics in International Relations
2008 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Making of American Foreign Policy
2007 Spring Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Selected Topics in International Relations
2007 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
2005 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2004 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Making of American Foreign Policy
Teaching Political Science
2004 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Advanced Honors Seminars
2003 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
Teaching Political Science
2003 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2002 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
The Making of American Foreign Policy
Teaching Political Science
2002 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2001 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2001 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
2001 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2000 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2000 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
2000 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
1999 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
1999 Spring Quarter
Peace and War
1999 Winter Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
1998 Fall Quarter
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
The Making of American Foreign Policy
1998 Spring Quarter
1998 Winter Quarter
1997 Fall Quarter
Previous Courses by Course
POL SCI 126
Peace and War
Peace and War
2016 Spring Quarter
2015 Spring Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2009 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2001 Spring Quarter
2000 Spring Quarter
1999 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 191B
Variable Topics Research Seminars for Majors: International Relations
Variable Topics Research Seminars for Majors: International Relations
2016 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 120A
Foreign Relations of U.S.
Foreign Relations of U.S.
2016 Winter Quarter
2015 Fall Quarter
2015 Winter Quarter
2014 Fall Quarter
2014 Winter Quarter
2013 Fall Quarter
2013 Winter Quarter
2012 Fall Quarter
2011 Fall Quarter
2010 Fall Quarter
2010 Winter Quarter
2009 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 88S
United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Multinational Cooperation, Human Rights, and International Order
United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Multinational Cooperation, Human Rights, and International Order
2015 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 222
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
Seminar: Strategic Interaction
2015 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
2008 Fall Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2003 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 188SA
Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators
Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators
2014 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 239
Selected Topics in International Relations
Selected Topics in International Relations
2014 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2007 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 20
World Politics
World Politics
2012 Summer Session
POL SCI 120A
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2008 Fall Quarter
2008 Winter Quarter
2007 Spring Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 226
Making of American Foreign Policy
Making of American Foreign Policy
2008 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 120
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
2005 Winter Quarter
2004 Fall Quarter
2004 Winter Quarter
2003 Fall Quarter
2003 Winter Quarter
2002 Fall Quarter
2002 Winter Quarter
2001 Fall Quarter
2001 Winter Quarter
2000 Fall Quarter
2000 Winter Quarter
1999 Fall Quarter
1999 Winter Quarter
1998 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 495
Teaching Political Science
Teaching Political Science
POL SCI C226
Making of American Foreign Policy
Making of American Foreign Policy
2004 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 189
Advanced Honors Seminars
Advanced Honors Seminars
2004 Winter Quarter
POL SCI C226
The Making of American Foreign Policy
The Making of American Foreign Policy
2002 Fall Quarter
1998 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 126
1998 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 120