Jenna Jordan

About

Jenna Jordan is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago, her M.A. in Political Science from Stanford University, and her B.A. in International Relations from Mills College. Her academic background includes a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on terrorism and political violence, international security, cybersecurity, wargaming, organizational theory, leadership, and statecraft. She has authored the book 'Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations,' which evaluates the efficacy of leadership targeting as a counterterrorism strategy. Her work has been published in numerous academic journals and major media outlets, and she serves on the editorial board of the Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict. Her research has been supported by grants from various institutions including the University of Chicago, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Sociology
• Political economy
• Psychology

Selected publications

• Measuring political violence in Pakistan: Insights from the BFRS Dataset

  Conflict Management and Peace Science · 2014-09-15 · 60 citations

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  This article presents the BFRS Political Violence in Pakistan dataset addressing its design, collection and utility. BFRS codes a broad range of information on 28,731 incidents of political violence from January 1988 to November 2011. For each incident we record the location, consequences, cause, type of violence and party responsible as specifically as possible. These are the first data to systematically record all different kinds of political violence in a country for such an extended period,…

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• How small states acquire status: A social network analysis

  International Area Studies Review · 2018-05-22 · 40 citations

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  A number of recent studies have recognized the importance of status in international politics. While this developing scholarship has largely focused on great and middle powers, the pursuit of status by small states remains underexplored. For example, many studies claim that small states such as Qatar ‘punch above their weight’ in international politics in pursuit of status. How do small states without significant military power acquire status? How can we assess change in status over time? This p…

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• Patchwork of confusion: the cybersecurity coordination problem

  Journal of Cybersecurity · 2018-01-01 · 12 citations

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  The system in place to respond to cybersecurity events is described best as a “patchwork,” with divergent missions, legal frameworks, and organizational structures. Governments are struggling to overcome these obstacles to create robust and resilient cyber response infrastructure. However, the evolution and dispersion of technology has spread technical capability and resources widely among various constituencies across private, public, civil and military domains. This “patchwork” approach has re…

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• The BFRS Political Violence in Pakistan Dataset 1

  2013-01-01 · 10 citations

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  This article presents the BFRS Political Violence in Pakistan dataset addressing its design, collection, and utility. BFRS codes a broad range of information on 28,731 incidents of political violence from January 1, 1988 through May 2011. For each incident we record the location, consequences, cause, type of violence, and party responsible as specifically as possible. These are the first data to systematically record all different kinds of political violence in a country for such an extended per…

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• Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations

  2019-11-12 · 9 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• John D. Hogan

  Boston University

  8 shared

• David C. Devonis

  Elms College

  8 shared

• John F. Kelley

  Sheffield Hallam University

  5 shared

• Duane M. Rumbaugh

  Georgia State University

  4 shared

• Thomas Teo

  York University

  4 shared

• Ludy T. Benjamin

  4 shared

• Michael M. Denunzio

  4 shared

• William A. Hillix

  4 shared

Awards & honors

• Morris Abrams Award in International Relations
• World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson F…
• Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award
• CTL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
• Ivan Allen College Teacher of the Year

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