The Decision Board Simulator has been used in numerous studies of political decision making. The following is a partial list: Astorino-Courtois, Allison. 1998. "The Effects of Task Salience and Threat on Foreign Policy Decision Making" Political Psychology 2000. Carnes, Amy E. 1995. "An Experimental Test of the Poliheuristic Theory of Foreign Policy Decision Making Using Military Leaders." M.A. Thesis. Texas A&M University. Geva, Nehemia, Russell D. Driggers, and Alex Mintz. 1996. "Effects of Ambiguity on Strategy and Choice in Foreign Policy Decision Making: An Analysis Using Computerized Process Tracing." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), Houston, Texas, October 25-27. Geva, Nehemia, Steven B. Redd, and Alex Mintz. 1996. "Structure and Process in Foreign Policy Decision Making: An Experimental Assessment of Poliheuristic Propositions." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, April 16-20. Mintz, Alex, and Nehemia Geva. 1997. "The Poliheuristic Theory of Foreign Policy Decisionmaking." In Decisionmaking on War and Peace: The Cognitive-Rational Debate, ed. Nehemia Geva and Alex Mintz. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Mintz, Alex, Nehemia Geva, and Steven B. Redd. 1994. "Testing the Poliheuristic theory of Decision with Evolving Choice Sets." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, November 3-5. Mintz, Alex, Nehemia Geva, Steven B. Redd, and Amy Carnes. 1997. "The Effect of Dynamic and Static Choice Sets on Political Decision Making: An Analysis Using the Decision Board Platform." American Political Science Review 91 (September):553-66. Quisenberry, Jacob. 1998. Testing Expected Utility vs. Poliheuristic Theories of Decision Using the Decision Board Simulator. Honors Thesis. Texas A&M University. Redd, Steven B. 2000. "Linking Choice to Decision Processes: Utilizing Process Tracing Methods in Foreign Policy Analysis." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 3-6. Redd, Steven B. 1999. "Foreign Policy Decision Making in an Advisory Group Setting: Using Process Tracing Methods in Linking Choice to Decision Processes." Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M University. Taylor-Robinson, Michelle, and Michelle Chin. 1999. "Assessing the Impact of Advertising, Credit-Claiming and Position Taking on Incumbent Reelection Chances: How Electoral Systems Affect Vote Choice." Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia, November 3-7. The Decision Board Simulator has also been utilized in academic courses. Undergraduate: Introduction to World Politics Contemporary Issues in American Foreign Policy Issues in World Politics National Security Policy Graduate: Decision Making International Politics Theory and Method in International Relations Seminar in Foreign and Security Policy