Jenna Jordan
Assistant Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
EARNED DEGREES
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Political Science, 2011.
M.A., University of Chicago, Political Science, 2004
M.A., Stanford University, Political Science, 2001.
B.A., Mills College, International Relations, 1999.
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2012-present
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
The Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago
Professor Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
August 2010- August 2012.
Graduate Assistant Advisor
Faculty and Student Engagement Program
The College Programming Office
University of Chicago
August 2005-June 2006.
Research Coordinator
Professor Robert Pape
The Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism
University of Chicago
August 2004-December 2005.
Workshop Coordinator
PIPES (Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security)
University of Chicago
June 2003-June 2005.
Program Advisor
International Studies Concentration
University of Chicago
2003-2006.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Richardson Foundation’s Strategy and Policy Fellows Program, 2015
Ivan Allen College, Small Grant for Research, 2014.
Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award, 2012
World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation, 2008.
Morton Grodzins Price Lectureship, University of Chicago, 2008 and 2009 (declined).
Morris Abrams Award in International Relations, 2007-2008.
Dissertation Grant, Program on International Security Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
PUBLISHED BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND EDITED VOLUMES
“Data on Leadership Targeting and Potential Impacts for Communal Support,” in The Legitimacy of Drones: UCAVs for Cross-Border Counterterrorism, Edited by Steven J. Barela, Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming 2015. Estimated 20 pages
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS AND SUBMITTED ARTICLES
“Measuring Political Violence in Pakistan: Insights from the BFRS Dataset,” with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, C. Christine Fair, Jenna Jordan, and Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Conflict Management and Peace Science, September 2014. 23 pages.
“Attacking the Leader, Missing the Mark: Why Terrorist Groups Survive Decapitation Strikes” International Security, Spring 2014. 31 pages.
“When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Security Studies, December 2009. 36 pages.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Review of “Does Decapitation Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Targeting in Counterinsurgency Campaigns,” and “Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism.” H-Diplo | ISSF, October 24, 2012.
“Review of Overcoming Evil,” New Global Studies, Vol. 6, Iss 1, (March 2012).
“Killing al-Qaeda?” Foreign Policy, October 6, 2011.
“When Leaders Die, Terror Still Thrives,” The New York Times, October 4, 2011.
“Can Al-Qa`ida Survive Bin Ladin’s Death? Evaluating Leadership Decapitation” CTC Sentinel, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, May 2011.
“Can al-Qaida Survive Without bin Laden?” Chicago Tribune, May 3, 2011.
“How the U.S. Can Finish Off al-Qaeda,” (with Robert Pape), The Atlantic, May 4, 2011.
PRESENTATIONS
“Leadership Targeting of Terrorist Organizations,” TEDx Nashville, March 21, 2015.
“How small states influence international politics: Positional power and social network analysis,” Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics, University of Virginia, February 23, 2015.
“Is the Middle East Burning?” Panel discussion at the Georgia Institute of Technology, September 2014.
“Drones and Terrorism: Effectiveness, Challenges, and Legal implications,” Atlanta International Club, September 2014
“Drones Strikes, Leadership Targeting, and Potential Impacts for Communal Support,”
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2014.
“Explaining Terrorist Group Resilience to Leadership Targeting,” Emory University, Atlanta, February 2014.
“Faculty Panel Discussion on Syrian Crisis,” Georgia Institute of Technology, September 16, 2013.
“Organizational Resilience to Leadership Targeting,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 2013.
“Explaining Terrorist Group Resilience to Leadership Targeting,” University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, March 2013.
“Why Targeting bin Laden Won’t Work,” Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University, Washington, DC, December 2012.
“Why Targeting bin Laden Won’t Work,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, 2012.
“Why Targeting Al Qaeda Won’t Work,” Program on International Politics, Security, and Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, February 2012.
“Networks and Leadership Targeting,” Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in 2011,” MIT Security Studies Program and Peace Research Institute of Oslo, November 18-19, 2011.
“Osama bin Laden and the Future of Leadership Decapitation,” The Future of Terrorism II, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Pennsylvania State University, October 19-21, 2011.
“What Happens if We Get Bin Laden?” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 2011.
“Leadership Decapitation Against Terrorist Organizations,” Cutting the Fuse: Moving Beyond the War on Terror, Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and New America Foundation, Washington DC, October 2010.
“Why Decapitation Doesn’t Work,” Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), University of Chicago, April 2010.
“Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.
“Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation Against Hamas,” Program on International Security Policy (PISP), May 2009.
“Leadership Decapitation and Organizational Resilience,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, 2010.
“Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation Against Hamas,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Ontario, September 2009.
“When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 2008.
“When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Ninth Annual New Faces Conference, Triangle Institute for Security studies, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2008.
“When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Lehigh University, October 2007.
“When Heads Roll: A Dynamic Model of Leadership Decapitation,” Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism Conference, University of Chicago, September 2007.
“When Heads Roll: A Dynamic Model of Leadership Decapitation,” Program on International Security Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, April 2007.
“A Dynamic Model of Leadership Decapitation,” Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism Conference, University of Chicago, December 2006.
“When Do States Give Up Territory? Attachments to Land and Interstate Disputes,” Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), University of Chicago, March 9, 2006.
“Territorial Disputes and the Homeland,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 2005.
“Leadership Decapitation of Terrorist Organizations,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 2004.
Teaching
| Fall 2012 | INTA 6103 | International Security Policy |
| Spring 2013 | INTA 1110 | Introduction to International Relations |
| Spring 2013 | INTA 3103/8803 | Challenges of Terrorism |
| Fall 2013 | INTA 1110 | Introduction to International Relations |
| Fall 2013 | INTA 3103/8803 | Challenges of Terrorism |
| Spring 2014 | INTA 1110 | Introduction to International Relations |
| Spring 2014 | INTA 4803/8803 | Networks in Conflict and Cooperation |
| Fall 2014 | INTA 1110 | Introduction to International Relations |
| Fall 2014 | INTA 3103/8803 | Challenges of Terrorism |
Professional Contribution
Reviewer: American Political Science Review, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Terrorism and Political Violence, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, Journal of Politics
Editorial Board: Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict
Member: American Political Science Association, International Studies Association