Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
Teaching Associate Professor
Director, University Undergraduate Honors Program
Kate is a Teaching Associate Professor at the Korbel School of International Studies as well as being the Faculty Director of the DU University Honors Program. She previously directed DU Undergraduate Research Center. She works primarily with undergraduate students at DU, and specializes in teaching classes and mentoring students in undergraduate research experiences. She teaches introductory classes on international politics and research methods as well as specialized topics including human security, immigration, and development.
Her research focuses on immigration politics “ both internationally and locally. Her book, Outsourcing Control: The Politics of International Migration Cooperation, explores the way that countries of origin and transit work with destination states to police migration from afar. The first comprehensive study to trace the emergence of extraterritorial migration control agreements across nations, the book reveals the international and domestic pressures behind the complex, brutal, and often deadly situation facing migrants today. More recently, she has begun linking this work to the politics of migration domestically and at the city level, including in Denver.
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Tennis, Katherine H. 2020. Outsourcing Control: The Politics of International Migration Cooperation. Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies 12. Montreal Kingston London Chicago: McGill-Queen University Press.
Kent, Jonathan, Kelsey Norman, and Katherine Tennis. 2020. Building Walls and Deporting People to “Safe” Countries Is Not Deterrence, It’s Defense Just Security Blog. February 12, 2020. https://www.justsecurity.org/68597/building-walls-and-deporting-people-to-safe-countries-is-not-deterrence-its-defense/
Tennis, Katherine H., and Rachel Sullivan Robinson. 2020. Where Do Population Policies Come From? Copying in African Fertility and Refugee Policies. Population Research and Policy Review 39 (2): 175 “205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-019-09530-5.
Kent, Jonathan, Kelsey P. Norman, and Katherine H. Tennis. 2019. Changing Motivations or Capabilities? Migration Deterrence in the Global Context. International Studies Review, September. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viz050.
Katherine H. Tennis, Offshoring the Border: The 1981 United States–Haiti Agreement and the Origins of Extraterritorial Maritime Interdiction, Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 173–203, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez005
Tennis, Katherine H. 2017. Trump’s border wall ignores a long history of U.S. cooperation with Mexico. That’s a problem. Washington Post. February 14, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/14/trumps-wall-with-mexico-ignores-a-long-history-of-bilateral-cooperation-thats-a-problem/
2019 Faculty Career Champion, University of Denver, Career & Professional Development
INTS 2975 - Global Issues Research Practicum
INTS 1700 - Introduction to International Politics
INTS 3111 - Migration and Development
INTS 3000 - Research Methods and Design
INTS 2380 - Comparative Development Strategies
INTS 3025 - Current Issues in Human Security
HNRS 2000 - Extreme Academics: Defining Success and Forging Your Path
Ph.D., International Relations, American University, 2017
M.A., International Relations and Diplomacy, Leiden University (NL), 2010
B.A., International Development Studies, McGill University (QC, Canada), 2007
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