Noelle Troutman
Assistant Professor of Political Science
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Noelle Troutman
Assistant Professor of Political Science
I study East Asian politics, military alliances, and nuclear security. Previously I was a (2023-2025) Security and Defense PLuS (S&D+) Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University and received my Ph.D. in Political Science in Fall 2023 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to finishing my Ph.D., I was a 2021-2023 U.S.-Asia Grand Strategy Predoctoral Fellow at the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California and Research Adjunct in the Defense and Political Science Division at the RAND Corporation.
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2023)
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2020)
B.A., University of Northern Iowa (2018)
Comparative Politics; International Relations; International Security; East Asian Politics; Military Alliances; Nuclear Security
East Asian Security; Military Alliances; Nuclear Security; Foreign Policy Decision-Making; the Korean Peninsula; Neuroeconomics
Kang, David C. and Noelle C. Troutman. 2025. “Trump 2.0 and North Korea: There Will Be No Reconciliation,” Asian Survey