Faculty Profile for Dr. Thomas Earl Doyle II

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Dr. Thomas Earl Doyle II
Professor — Political Science
THH 355
phone: (512) 245-2143

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Author of Nuclear Ethics in the 21st Century: Survival, Order, Justice (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020), The Ethics of Nuclear Weapons Dissemination: Moral Dilemmas of Aspiration, Avoidance, and Prevention (Routledge, 2015) and numerous journal articles.

Teaching Interests

International Security, History and Politics of Nuclear Weapons, International Organizations, Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament

Research Interests

Nuclear Ethics; Issues relating to Nuclear Weapons and International Legal Institutions; Issues in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament; International Political Theory; International Relations Theory

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Doyle, T. E. (2022, August 5). Why are nuclear weapons so hard to get rid of? Because they’re tied up in nuclear countries’ sense of right and wrong. The Conversation. Boston, MA, United States. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/why-are-nuclear-weapons-so-hard-to-get-rid-of-because-theyre-tied-up-in-nuclear-countries-sense-of-right-and-wrong-187835
  • Doyle, T. E. (2022). Preserving the Nuclear Taboo after a Nuclear First-Use Event: A Nuclear Ethical Analysis. The Nonproliferation Review, 27(4). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10736700.2022.2065124
  • Doyle, T. E. (2020). Contemporary Nuclear Deterrence Dynamics and the Question of Ceding Humanity. In S. C. Roach & A. E. Eckert (Eds.), Moral Responsibility in Twenty-First-Century Warfare: Just War Theory and the Ethical Challenges of Autonomous Weapons Systems (pp. 75–104). New York, NY, US: State University of New York (SUNY) Press.
  • Doyle, T. E. (2020). Nuclear Ethics for the 21st Century: Survival, Order, Justice. Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Doyle, T. E. (2020). Morally Justified Responses to North Korean Nuclear First Use: Reflections on the Nuclear Taboo. In E. Hahn, J. Scouras, R. Leonard, & C. Spencer (Eds.), Responding to North Korean Nuclear First Use: Minimizing Damage to the Nuclear Taboo (pp. 9–12). Baltimore, MD, USA: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Retrieved from https://www.jhuapl.edu/Content/documents/NuclearTabooWorkshop.pdf

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. December 2, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University’s College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. August 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University’s College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Studies Program Professor of the Year 2014-2015, Center for International Studies, Texas State University. May 1, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching 2013-2014, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. August 1, 2014

Selected Service Activities

Member
Committee to Establish a Diplomacy Minor in the College of Liberal Arts
April 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
International Studies Association/International Ethics Section
April 1, 2022-December 31, 2023
Reviewer / Referee
Peer Reviewer for journal Armed Forces and Society
August 1, 2013-December 31, 2023
Alternate Member
College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Review Committee
August 16, 2023-December 15, 2023
Member
Member of Editorial Board of the journal Armed Forces and Society
August 1, 2015-December 15, 2023