Assistant Professor, Fordham University, Department of Political Science
113 W 60TH ST Room 916 (office: 808-B) New York, NY 10023 U.S.A.

rennstich [at] fordham.edu

International political economy (technology, long-term processes), world system development, globalization, evolutionary theory and complex adaptive systems.

2004    Assistant Professor, Fordham University
2002-04    Dean's Appointment (Visiting Professor), Temple University
1999-02    Associate Instructor, Indiana University

2003    Ph.D. (Political Science) Indiana University
2002    A.B.D. (Political Science) Indiana University
2000    M.A. (Political Science) Indiana University
1998    Dipl. in Sozialwissenschaft Georg-August Universität Göttingen

2009    Rennstich, J. K. From sea to space: The evolution of major and great power rivalries. Paper presented at the 50th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, New York, NY, February 15–18.

2008    Rennstich, J. K. The complexity of history: systems that make a world. Paper presented at the 49th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Francisco, CA, March 26–29.

2007    Rennstich, J. K. Future’s Future: A Test of Models of Systemic Transition. Pa- per presented at Systemic Transitions Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 11–13.

2007    Rennstich, J. K. A Future Foretold? Multinational Firms and Leading Sector Development Past, Present, and Future. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Inter- national Studies Association (ISA) Convention, Chicago, IL, Feb. 28–March 3.

2006    Rennstich, J. K. Is Globalization Self-Organization? Global System Formation as a Long-Term Complex Process. Paper presented at Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Global Change, invited meeting at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, April 6–8.

2006    Rennstich, J. K. The Buddenbrook Cycle: Generational Cohorts and Their Impact on Global System Development. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Interna- tional Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22–25.

2006    Rennstich, J. K. (with J. Westerhout). Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices Into Local Classrooms. Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22–25.

2006    Rennstich, J. K. Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices Into Local Classrooms. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference on Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, February 18–20.

2005    Rennstich, J. K. The Making of the Global System: Towards a General The- ory of International Relations. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1-5

2005    Rennstich, J. K. A Thousand Years of Networked Firms: The Evolution of Markets and Firms in the Global System. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Inter- national Studies Association (ISA) Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1–5.

2004    Rennstich, J. K. The New New Thing: Technological Styles as Creators of Globalization. Paper presented at the Annual American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2–5.

2004    Rennstich, J. K. The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership. Paper presented to The Future of World Society, Symposium held at the University of Zurich, Zžrich, Switzerland, June 23–24.

2003    Rennstich, J. K. (with Michael Colaresi). All Politics are Orbital: Two-Level Rivalry Dynamics and the US-Soviet Space Race. Paper presented at the AnnualAmerican Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 27–31.

2003    Rennstich, J. K. Naval Ports and Virtual Nodes: The Historical Evolution of World-City Networks in the Global World System. Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, February 26– March 1.

2003    Rennstich, J. K. War in the Digital Age: Informational Power, Geopolitics, and the Fifth Dimension. Paper presented at the 45th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, Portland, OR, February 26–March 1.

2002    Rennstich, J. K. The Phoenix-Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long- Wave Perspective. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference Political Econ- omy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Riverside, CA, May 3–4.

2002 Rennstich, J. K. A New, Globalized E-conomy? Trends and Performance Among the World’s Largest Corporations. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans, LA, March 24–27.

2001    Rennstich, J. K. The Fortune Global 50: The Role of Multinational Corpora- tions in the International Political Economy. Paper presented at the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, IL, November 15–18.

2001    Rennstich, J. K. The New Economy, the Leadership Long Cycle, and the Nine- teenth K-Wave. Paper presented at Midwestern Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April, 19–22.

2001    Rennstich, J. K. From Strategic to Commercial Rivalry: Rivalry Environments in the Past, Present, and Future. Paper read at Midwestern Political Science Associ- ation (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April, 19–22.

2001    Rennstich, J. K. Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-wave. Paper presented to 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacksburg, VA, April, 19–22.

2001    Rennstich, J. K. The New Economy, the Leadership Long Cycle, and the Nine- teenth K-Wave. Paper presented to the 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacks- burg, VA, April 19-22

2000    Rennstich, J. K. From Commercial to Strategic Rivalry? Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-Wave. Paper read at the Anglo-American Historians’ Confer- ence, London University, London, July, 5–7.

2007    Fordham Faculty Fellowship (Research Semester Fall 2007)

2007    Deans' Initiative for Development of Service Learning Courses, Fordham University

2006    Fordham Faculty Research Grant

2006    Fordham Faculty Challenge Grant (for multimedia teaching tool development)

2005    Nomination for Helen Dwight Reid Award, awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics

2004    Katherine C. Greenough Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the Political Science Department, Indiana University, in the 2003 calendar year

2004    Nomination for the Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award, granted by the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in science, technology and environmental politics completed
in 2002 or 2003

2002    John P. Lovell Award (Outstanding Graduate Student in International Relations), Indiana U. Full-year dissertation fellowship, Indiana University\item [{2001}] \noindent Indiana University Department of Political Science, Associate Instructor of the Year Award for 2000, for recognition of teaching excellence and commitment to students

2000    Travel grant, for Anglo-American Historians' Conference, July 5-7, London

2000-02    Travel grants for various conference participations granted (e.g., Institute for Humane Studies (IHS); American Sociological Association (ASA); International Studies Association (ISA); Indiana University)

Service Learning
2007-    Service-learning courses (including development of new courses)

2004-    Service-learning supervision of students (add-on to courses)

Innovative Teaching Methods
2009-    Development of new course presentation system, based on interactive tools (smart boards, mind-mapping, screencasts, podcasting), based on CADE (Competency Assessment in Distributed Education (CADE) principles

2008-    Interdisciplinary integration of courses (political science, theology), including outside presentations, case development, and academic student conference

2006-    iStudyCases: Production of multimedia segments with focus on specific issues for use in IR courses; conduct of video interviews during summer of 2006 (this project is ongoing)

2006-    Redevelopment of courses based on CADE (Competency Assessment in Distributed Education (CADE) principles

2003-    Blackboard: Development of learning modules based on Blackboard platform, extensive use of wide range of available tools in Blackboard in all courses

2005    Film series--War and Peace (screening and discussions)

2002    SWR2 (German Public Radio), Forum Kultur, member of radio roundtable on the U.S. and European relationship after 9/11. (Amerika allein zu Hause - Was weiss man in den USA vom Rest der Welt?) Broadcast May 2

Professional Memberships
1999-    American Political Science Association (APSA), member of International History and Politics section

2000-    International Studies Association (ISA), member of IPE section

Professional Activity
2001-08    Co-director (with William R. Thompson), Center for the Study of Long-term Change in World History, and editor of longtermchange.org

2004-08    Editor of Fordham Department of Political Science homepage

2005-    Chair, World Historical Systems (WHS) ISA IPE-subsection

2003-05    Vice-Chair, World Historical Systems (WHS) ISA IPE-subsection

2008-    ISA IPE-section newsletter-editor, member of IPE-section board

2006-07    ISA IPE-section project coordinator "Digital
Speakers"

Presentations
2009    AJCU CITM 2009 Conference}. Keynote Speaker. May 18.

2007    Fordham University Technology Conference, Social Networking in Higher Education. Presentation and Workshop, May 22

2006    UNA Model UN Summit \& Leadership Conference. Development in the New Millennium: The MDGs and the International Political Economy. Briefing-presentation. June 26

2006    Fordham University Technology Conference, Podcasting
in Higher Education. Presentation and Workshop, May 19

2005    Fordham University Technology Conference, Keynote Speaker, May 20

Blog
digprof A blog about how to use digital tools effectively in academia (Twitter-feed).

Community
2005-    President, German-Ev. Lutheran Church of St. Paul, New York, NY

2001-    Participation in university and community group organized panels and round-table discussions