Dr. Lantis’ teaching and research focuses on international relations, with a specialization in foreign policy analysis, international conflict, and emerging technologies and international security. He teaches classes including United States Foreign Policy, International Security, Introduction to International Relations, Comparative Foreign Policy, and Global Disaster Politics, as well as a First-Year Seminar focused on technology and politics. Lantis also has been recognized for his teaching contributions, receiving the Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award for teaching innovations from the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching in International Studies Award from ISA, along with his Wooster colleagues Matthew Krain and Kent Kille.
- B.A., Bethany College 1988
- M.A., Ohio State 1991
- Ph.D., Ohio State 1994
Dr. Lantis is an expert on international security and foreign policy decision-making, and he has published more than a dozen books, including Arms and Influence: U.S. Technology Innovations and the Evolution of International Security Norms, Fighting for a Cause: Military Veterans and Foreign Policy, and The Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. He has edited and co-edited projects including: Teaching International Relations, Norm Contestation in Prism, and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective. Lantis’ research article publications include work on anti-satellite weapons and space norms, NATO and European security, active teaching and learning, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and Congress and foreign policy decision-making.