Betty Nesvold

Betty Nesvold (1922–1992) was an American political scientist. Nesvold was the Chair of the Department of Political Science at San Diego State University, where she was also the Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Letters. Nesvold was also the President of the Western Political Science Association, and the first woman to be the Chair of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Her research largely focused on comparative political violence.

Life and career Nesvold was born in 1922. While in her forties, she studied at San Diego State University. She then obtained a master's degree at San Diego State University, writing her thesis on comparative political violence, followed by a doctorate at the University of Minnesota. Her research largely focused on comparative political violence.

Selected works "Social change and political violence: Cross-national patterns", in Violence in America, co-authored (1969) Macro-quantitative analysis: conflict, development, and democratization, co-authored (1971) "The comparative study of revolution and violence", Comparative Politics, co-authored (1973)