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Pearce Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
pearce.edwards@tcu.edu817-257-6048Scharbauer Hall 2007F
Program Affiliations
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Emory University (2021)
MA, Political Science, Emory University (2019)
BS, Political Science, Texas Christian University (2013)
Courses Taught
POSC 20503 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POSC 39053 Experimental Methods in Political Science
Areas of Focus
Authoritarian politics, political violence, Latin American politics.
- Edwards, Pearce, Jennifer Gandhi, and Donald Grasse. 2025. “Fixing the Past: The Effects of Human Rights Trials on Political Attitudes in Argentina” Forthcoming at British Journal of Political Science
- Edwards, Pearce and Daniel Arnon. 2025. “Contentious Politics in the Borderlands: How Nonviolence and Migrant Characteristics Affect Public Attitudes” Journal of Peace Research 62(4):995-1012.
- Glaßel, Christian, Adam Scharpf, and Pearce Edwards. 2025. “Does Sportswashing Work? First Insights from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar” Journal of Politics 87(1):388-392.
- Edwards, Pearce. 2024. “Religious Leaders and Resistance to Repression: The Bishops Opposed to Argentina’s Dirty War” Comparative Politics. 56(3):269-294.
- Edwards, Pearce and Gabrielle Esparza. 2024. “Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina’s Dirty War” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 63(1):160-180.
- Arnon, Daniel, Pearce Edwards, and Handi Li. 2023. “Message or Messenger? Source and Labeling Effects in Authoritarian Response to Protest” Comparative Political Studies. 56(12):1891-1923.
- American Political Science Association
- Southern Political Science Association
- International Studies Association
Last Updated: November 03, 2025