Sam Bell is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. His recent work examines government repression and human rights violations, with a specific focus on how external factors, such as third-party military interventions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), influence these outcomes. More broadly his research examines several outcomes related to political violence and human security. His work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Journal of Politics, among other outlets. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Binghamton University and his B.A. from University at Albany.

• PhD Binghamton University 
  

•  political violence, human security, human rights, NGOs, human trafficking, conflict processes

• PSC 200: Empirical Political Science
  

• Bell, Sam R., and Risa Kitagawa. Forthcoming. “The Impact of Human Rights Organizations on Transitional Justice Policymaking in States Emerging from Conflict.”  Conflict Management and Peace Science
• Allen, Susan and Sam R. Bell. Forthcoming. “The United Nations Security Council and Human Rights: Who Ends Up in the Spotlight.” Journal of Global Security Studies
• Bell, Sam R. and Richard W. Frank. Forthcoming “The Spatial Dynamics of Freedom of Foreign Movement and Human Trafficking.” Journal of Human Rights
• Bell, Sam R., K. Chad Clay, Ghashia Kiyani, and Amanda Murdie. 2022. “Civil-Military Relations and Human Rights.” Armed Forces & Society 48(3): 701-722.
• Kitagawa, Risa, and Sam R. Bell. 2022. “The Logic of Transitional Justice and State Repression.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(6): 1091-1118.
• Nieman, Mark, Carla Martinez Machain, Olga Chyzh, and Sam R. Bell. 2021. “Troop Placement and Competition for Resources in the International System.” Journal of Politics 83(4): 1307-1321.
• Allen, Susan, Sam R. Bell, and Carla Martinez Machain. 2021. “Air Power, NGOs, and Collateral Killings.”      Foreign Policy Analysis 17(2): 1-17
• Bell, Sam R. and Svitlana Chernykh. 2019. “Human Rights Violations and Post-Election Protest.” Political Research Quarterly 72(2).