Dr. Steve Yetiv is University Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University. He came to ODU in 1993 after a post-doctoral position in international affairs at Harvard University (1990-93). His research explores global energy, American foreign policy, the Middle East, globalization, and theory.
Dr. Yetiv has been given various, previous awards for his efforts. He received Harvard University awards for excellence in teaching (1992 and 1993); the U.S. Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award from the U.S. State Department for "contributions to national and international affairs"(1996); the Virginia Social Science Association's Scholar Award (1999); the Choice Outstanding Academic Book awards (in 1998 and in 2005); the Robert L. Stern Award for Outstanding Teacher from ODU's College of Arts & Letters (2007); the Burgess Award for outstanding researcher in the College of Arts & Letters (2010); and ODU’s University Professor designation (2010-).
In 2012, Dr. Yetiv won the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award (Virginia’s highest academic honor for "superior performance in teaching, research and service;" a $5,000 award in cross-disciplinary competition among professors at Virginia’s private and public undergraduate and graduate schools). To view his winning nomination package go to the sidebar below for full package.
Among his works, his book, Explaining Foreign Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 2nd ed., 2011), develops an integrated and interdisciplinary approach that uses multiple perspectives to reveal how countries make decisions. The book has been used at more than 45 universities including Yale, Georgetown, Cornell, and the University of St. Andrews.
Crude Awakenings
develops and applies a framework for examining threats to global oil security (Cornell University Press, 2004; 2010 in paperback). His latest book, The Petroleum Triangle (Cornell University Press, 2011), explains how global oil and globalization have contributed fundamentally to the rise of Al-Qaeda terrorism.
Dr. Yetiv has been a consultant to the U.S. Departments of State and Defense; the General Accounting Office; and CNN International where he worked on a documentary that won an Edward R. Murrow Overseas Press Club Award. He appears regularly in the national media and has published over 250 opinion-editorial pieces, including over thirty articles in the Christian Science Monitor.
