1. Robert Jervis was an American political scientist who was the Adlai E Stevenson Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University.
15 Facts About Robert Jervis
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Robert Jervis is known for his contributions to political psychology, international relations theory, nuclear strategy, and intelligence studies.
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Robert Jervis earned a BA from Oberlin College in 1962.
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Robert Jervis received a PhD from UC Berkeley in 1968.
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In 1974, Robert Jervis was a candidate for the tenured chair vacated by Henry Kissinger when he started working in the Richard Nixon administration, but the Government department at Harvard did not consider Robert Jervis qualified.
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Robert Jervis was a member of the Columbia University faculty from 1980 until his death in 2021.
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Robert Jervis was a member of the Arnold A Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies in the School of International and Public Affairs.
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Robert Jervis worked on perceptions and misperceptions in foreign policy decision making.
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Robert Jervis played a key role in introducing insights from psychology to International Relations scholarship.
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Robert Jervis was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
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Robert Jervis participated in the 2010 Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, a high-level research program on nuclear proliferation.
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Robert Jervis was the recipient of the 1990 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
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Robert Jervis met his wife Kathe Robert Jervis in 1961 on a student trip to the Soviet Union.
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Robert Jervis died of lung cancer in his Manhattan home on December 9,2021, at the age of 81.
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Robert Jervis is honored at Columbia University with an annual conference bearing his name.