Brent Gerchicoff

Compassionate, creative and effective educator with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational educator. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.

2017 International Studies Association, 58th Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. Paper Presented: "The First Horseman: Strategic Threat Assessment in the 21st Century and the Necessity of Maintaining a Robust Nuclear Deterrent." 

2015 Midwest Political Science Association, 73rd Annual Conference, Chicago, Il.. Paper Presented: "Mr. X Goes to Beijing: Containing the 'Peaceful Rise' of the People's Republic of China" 

2014 International Political Science Association, 23rd World Congress of Political Science, Montreal, QC. Paper presented: "The Sources of South Asian Doctrine: Offensive Biases in Organizational Culture"

2013 Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, McGill University and Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC. Paper presented: Containing China's "Peaceful" Rise 2013 Concordia University Graduate Political Science Conference, Montreal, QC. Paper presented: The Rockets' Red Glare: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Nuclear Doctrine in the Eisenhower Administration. 

2012 Dalhousie University Graduate Security Conference, Halifax, NS. Paper presented: The Rockets' Red Glare: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Nuclear Doctrine from Eisenhower to Carter 2012 Round-Table Panel Discussion on Afghanistan Security. Round Table Panel on the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan, the training and the mentoring of the Afghan National Security Forces and a reflection on the post-Afghanistan era in regards to the management of the Canadian Forces in Quebec.

2011 65th Annual New York State Political Science Association Conference, Niagara, NY. Paper presented: Confronting Mr. X: Containment or Rollback Policy 2009 Regional Group in International Security Studies, McGill University, Montreal, QC. Paper presented: The Cost of Stability: Global Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century 

2009 Concordia Graduate Student Conference on Security, Montreal, QC. Paper presented: Conventional Deterrence and Naval Strategy in the Canadian Arctic

Gerchicoff, Brent Thomas. “The Sources of South Asian Doctrine: Offensive Biases in Organizational Culture,” Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics, Teh-Kuang Chang and Angelin Chang (eds.) (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017). 

Gerchicoff, Brent Thomas. "Keeping Capstone in Context: Evaluating Peacekeeping Doctrine," Journal of Strategic Analysis, vol. 37, no. 6 (December 2013): 729-741 Gerchicoff, Brent Thomas. "Restraining Kargil: Nuclear Caution in the Shadow of Kashmir," Journal of Defense Studies, vol.7, no. 3 (July 2013): 81-96.

Gerchicoff, Brent Thomas. The Role of Censorship in Dual-Use Research on Biological Weapons, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, February 2013. 

Schofield, Julian, Jose Saramago, and Brent Gerchicoff. "The Challenges of Afghan Development Through Trade," in Afghanistan in the Balance: Counterinsurgency, Comprehensive Approach, and Political Order, Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Sven Gereis, and Charles Peetland (eds.) (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012).