He received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1997 in International Relations and Formal/Quantitative Methods. Professor Gartzke joined the faculty at UCSD in Fall 2007. He studies the impact of information on war, peace and international institutions. Students of international politics are increasingly aware that what leaders and others know or believe is key to understanding fundamental international processes. Professor Gartzke's research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science , International Organization , International Studies Quarterly , the Journal of Conflict Resolution , the Journal of Politics and elsewhere. He is currently working on two books, one on globalization and the other on the democratic peace.