Tiffiany Howard is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Her fields of specialization include international security, immigration and refugee policies, and comparative analyses of race, gender and ethnicity. Through her research and fellowship opportunities, Howard has had the privilege of working at and with the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the House Committee on Homeland Security, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Howard is the author of The Tragedy of Failure (Praeger Security International/ABC-CLIO, 2010) and Failed States and the Origins of Violence (Ashgate, 2014), the co-author of Sex, Power and Politics: Exploring Gender Roles, Identities and Influence throughout History (Palgrave: Forthcoming 2016), and series co-editor of Migration, Demography and Environmental Change: Global Challenges (University of Nevada Press). Other notable peer reviewed publications appear in Civil Wars, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, the International Journal of Terrorism and Political Hot Spots, and Immigrants and Minorities.
UNLV political science expert Tiffiany Howard examines the lag in U.S. Black business ownership and opportunities for closing the racial wealth gap.
Political scientist Tiffiany Howard explains the causes and potential effects of the thousands of people fleeing Syria’s ongoing civil war.
Even if violence doesn’t occur, the threat and fear of violence could be enough to stifle voter turnout.