JAKANA L. THOMAS

School of Global Policy and Strategy
Department of Political Science
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA 92093

Email: jlthomas@ucsd.edu
Website: jakanathomas.com

Professional Positions
Associate Professor, University of California San Diego
School of Global Policy and Strategy, 2021-Present.
Department of Political Science, 2021-Present.
Center on Gender Equity and Health, Faculty Affiliate
Associate Editor, International Security Studies Forum, H-DIPLO, May 2021-Present.
Research Advisory Council Member, RESOLVE Network, May 2021-Present.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, August 2017-July 2021.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, August 2012-July 2017.
Visiting Researcher, Centre for Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Fall 2010.
Instructor, W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute, Princeton University, Summer 2008

Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, August 2012.
M.A., Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, May 2009.
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, International & Global Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County,
May 2007

Publications
Elizabeth Brannon, Jakana L. Thomas and Lora DiBlasi. Forthcoming. “Fighting for Peace? The
Direct and Indirect Effects of Women’s Participation in Rebel Groups on Peace Negotiations" Journalof Politics
Jakana L. Thomas. 2023. “Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves: How Female Combatants Help Generate Gender-Inclusive Peace Agreements in Civil Wars." American Political Science Review 111(2):831847.

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2Hilary Matfess, Mariam Santara and Jakana L. Thomas. 2023. “From the Public to the Private: Mapping Women’s Formal and Informal Participation in Peacebuilding in Mali." African Affairs. 122(489):491511.
Jakana L. Thomas. 2022. “Terrorism by Insurgents and Rebels." in Contemporary Terrorism Studies,Diego Muro and Tim Wilson, Eds. Oxford University Press.
Jakana L. Thomas. 2021. “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Assessing the Effect of Gender Norms on theLethality of Female Suicide Terrorism." International Organization 75(3):769–802.
Jakana L. Thomas. 2021. “Duty and Defiance: West African Women’s Participation in CommunityBased Armed Groups" (Resolve Network, United States Institutes of Peace) [peer reviewed]
Anna O. Pechenkina and Jakana L. Thomas. 2020. “Battle Stalemates and Rebel Negotiation Attempts
in Civil Wars." Security Studies 29(1):64-91.
Reprinted in Revisiting the “Ripeness" Debate. (2022). Tetsuro Iji and Siniša Vuković, Eds. Routledge,98-125.
Jakana L. Thomas. 2018. “Women’s Participation in Political Violence" in The Oxford Handbookof U.S. National Security, Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, and John A. Cloud, Eds. Oxford
University Press.
Jakana L. Thomas and Reed M. Wood. 2018. “The Social Origins of Female Fighters." Conflict
Management and Peace Science 35(3):215-232.
Reed M. Wood and Jakana L. Thomas. 2017. “Women on the Frontline: Rebel Group Ideology andWomen’s Participation in Violent Rebellion." Journal of Peace Research 54(1):31-46.
Runner up for The Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award, 2018
Jakana L. Thomas, William Reed and Scott Wolford. 2016. “The Rebel’s Credibility Dilemma"International Organization 70(3):477-511.
Jakana L. Thomas and Kanisha D. Bond. 2015. “Women’s Participation in Violent Political Organizations" American Political Science Review 109(3):488-506.
Jakana L. Thomas. 2014. “Rewarding Bad Behavior: How Governments Respond to Terrorism in Civil
War" American Journal of Political Science 58(4):804-818.

Other Scholarly Work
Anita Raj, Priyanka Patel, Clare Daniel, Aidan Smith, Namratha Rao and Jakana Thomas. “BiasedBeliefs May Be Impeding U.S. Women’s Progress in Political Leadership." August 2024. Newcomb
Institute at Tulane University.
Jeni Klugman, Li Li, Jakana Thomas and Anita Raj. “The Costs of Intimate Partner Violence inCalifornia". July 2024. UC San Diego Center on Gender Equity and Health and Newcomb Institute atTulane University.
Anita Raj, Huilin Li, Wendy Cheung WW, Nicole E Johns, Kalysha Closson , Jennifer B Yore, Gennifer
Kully, Jakana Thomas. “Violence and Discrimination Against Asian Californians: Findings from theAsian California Violence Experiences (CalVEX) Survey 2023." January 2024. UC San Diego Center on
Gender Equity and Health and Newcomb Institute at Tulane University.

Jakana L. Thomas3Jakana Thomas, Nicole Johns, Julia Fleckman, Katherine Theall, Gennifer Kully, Jennifer Yore, Jennifer Wagman, Anita Raj. December 2023. “Cal-VEX 2023: Firearms in California: Statewide Experiences and Beliefs." California Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan (Cal-VEX). Universityof California, San Diego.
Anita Raj, Nicole Johns, Jennifer B Yore, Jakana Thomas, Jennifer Wagman. November 2023. “CalVEX 2023: Intimate Partner violence in California." CalVEX: California Experiences of Violence Study.
University of California, San Diego.
Mobina Akbari, Nadina Christopoulou, Ivy Delacion, Jakana Thomas, Charlemagne Gomez, AnitaRaj. Reclaiming Lost Power: The Political Trajectory, Despair, and Aspirations of Exiled Afghan Women
Leaders. Newcomb Institute, Tulane University. (November 2023).
Anita Raj, Nicole Johns, Jennifer Yore, Kalysha Closson, Gennifer Kully, Jakana Thomas. “California
Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) 2023." September 2023. Center on Gender Equity and Health,
University of California San Diego and Newcomb Institute, Tulane University
Rida Lyammouri, Jakana Thomas and Lauren Van Metre “Community-Based Armed Groups: A Problem or Solution?" United States Institutes of Peace, February 2022.
Jakana Thomas. “Gendered Security Sector Reform: What Can We Learn from Women’s Participationin Community-Based Armed Groups?" Resolve Network, February 2022.
Jakana Thomas. “Capitol mob wasn’t just angry men- there were angry women as well." The Conversation. January 22, 2021.
Jakana Thomas. “Actually, sometimes terrorism does work," Monkey Cage/ The Washington Post.
April 22, 2014.

Grants and Awards
Co-PI, “Survey on Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination in California (CalVEX Survey)" Blue
Shield of California Foundation Grant, R-COV-2207-18216, 2022-2025, $800,000
Co-PI, “Frontlines, Sidelines, and Behind the Scenes: Women’s Involvement in Communal Violence inAfrica" Folke Bernadotte Academy Grant (DNR 21-00246), 2021-2022, 320,806 SEKPatriot Award, U.S. National Guard, 2020
Presidential Visiting Scholars Fellowship, Princeton University, 2020-2021 (Declined)
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2012-2013 (Declined)
Bunton-Waller Graduate Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 2007-2012
Miller-LaVigne Graduate Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 2010-2011
Helene S. Runtagh Dissertation Grant Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2010
RGSO Dissertation Release Grant Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2010
Summer Research Award Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2010
John A. Garcia Scholarship ICPSR Summer Program, Summer 2009

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Professional Service
Discipline Service
Advisory Board Member, American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative, Women and Girls Empowered Consortium, 2022- Present
Editorial Board, Security Studies, 2021-Present
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 2020-Present
Editorial Board, Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2019-Present
Editorial Board, International Organization, 2018-2024
Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 2021-2023
Editorial Board, Political Behavior, 2019-2023
Editorial Board, International Interactions, 2014-2021
Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 2015-2018
Conflict Processes Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 2023
Robert O. Keohane Award Committee, International Organization, 2021-2023
Executive Committee, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association, 2022- Present
Nominating Committee, Peace Science Society, 2020- 2022
Professional Development Committee, International Studies Association, 2019-2021
Advisory Board, Correlates of War, 2018-2021
Conference Organizer, 2022 Empirical Study of Gender Research Network, San Diego, CASection Chair, 2022 American Political Science Association Conference, Montreal
Section Chair, 2018 Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LASection Chair, 2015 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, ILConference Organizer, 2012 Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
Assistant to the Director, Peace Science Society, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2009-Summer2010 Editorial Assistant, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Fall 2008

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5University Service
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Five-Year Review Committee, UCSD
College of Social Science Research Committee, Michigan State University
Member, 2020-PresentChair, 2017-2019
Member, Department of Political Science Advisory Committee, Michigan State University, 2018-2019
Foreign Language and Area Studies Program Fellowship Committee, Michigan State University, 20152019
MSU Nomination Committee, James Gaither Jr. Fellows Program, 2017-2019
University Committee on Faculty Tenure, Michigan State University, 2014-16
Dismissal and Discipline Policy Review Committee
College of Social Science Scholarship Committee, Michigan State University, Summer 2014
Dissertation Committee Member
Bianca Freeman (Political Science, UC Berkeley (Post-Doc))
Alison Boehmer (Political Science, UCSD)
Wendy Wagner (Political Science, UCSD)
Elizabeth Brannon, Chair, (Political Science, Indiana University)
Caleb Lucas, Chair, (Political Science, RAND Corporation)Thomas Bentley, Chair (Political Science, Department of Defense)
Lora DiBlasi, Chair, (Political Science, Citibank)Nate Smith, (Political Science, Nebraska Wesleyan University)
Hyun Jin Choi (Political Science, Kyunghee University)
Brian Crothers (Political Science, Air Command and Staff College)
Petra Hendrickson (Political Science, Centre College)
Gregory Wallsworth (Economics, Amazon)
Sarah St. George (Criminal Justice, University of Akron)Search Committee Member, Michigan State University
Security, UCSD Fall 2023
Latinx-Chincanx Cluster Hiring Committee, UCSD Spring 2023
Sociology/ESPP Water Search Committee, Michigan State University, Fall 2013
Political Science/ESPP Water Search Committee, Michigan State University, Spring-Fall 2013

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Invited Talks and Workshops
Invited Talks- Newcomb Institute, Tulane University, April 2024
- Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, March 2024
- Women, Public Policy Seminar, Harvard University, November 2023
- IPE Days, Palomar College, April 2023
- International Politics and Economics Symposium, Middlebury College, November 2022
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), March 2022 (Virtual)- Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University, April 2022 (virtual)- SSP Wednesday Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (virtual), April 2021 (virtual)- Diversity Series on Black Scholars in International Relations, University of Pittsburgh, March 2021(virtual)- IR Colloquium, Princeton University, February 2021 (virtual)- PSAC, Cornell University, December 2020 (virtual)- International Relations Seminar, Harvard University, November 2020 (virtual)- International Relations Thoughts Series, University of California, Berkeley, October 2020 (virtual)- Perry World House Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, October 2020 (virtual)- IR Workshop, Department of Political Science, Yale University, September 2020 (virtual)- Keynote Address, Midwest Peace and Conflict Workshop, University of Michigan, February 2020
- Comparative Politics Workshop, Ohio State University, January 2020
- College of William and Mary, January 2020
- Political Science Department, Washington University in St. Louis, March 2019
- Browne Center for International Politics Speaker Series, University of Pennsylvania, January 2019
- Empirical Study of Gender Research Network, Vanderbilt University, May 2018
- University of California Merced, March 2018
- International Politics Seminar, Columbia University, October 2017
- Blalock Lecture, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, July 2017
- Program on International Security, University of Chicago, May 2017
- Department of Political Science/Center for International Development & Conflict Management, University of Maryland, March 2017
- Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, October 2016
- Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security & Development, University of Denver, January 2016

Jakana L. Thomas7- Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, November 2015
- School of Government and Policy, University of Arizona, December 2014
- Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, December 2010
- Centre for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo, November 2010
- Junior Researchers Forum, Peace Research Institute Oslo, October 2010

Invited Workshops & Roundtables- Africa Evidence Summit in Dar es Salaam, UC Center for Effective Global Action, July 2024
- Summer Policy Institute, Bridging the Gap, June 2024
- Consensus Study on Women’s Empowerment, Population, Dynamics and Socioeconomic Development,
National Academies Sciences Engineering and Medicine, June 2023
- Carana Adapt Beta Test, University of San Diego, November 2022
- Principles for Peace Stakeholder Meeting, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights, March2022- Human Security Lab Rapid Experts Group, Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan, January 2022-‘Gendering the ICRC Workshop, International Committee for the Red Cross, November 2018
- Gendered Dynamics of International Security Conference, University of Central Florida, February 2017
- Workshop on Non-state Actor Perpetrated Mass Atrocities, US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s SimonSkjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, January 2017
- How does Gender Shape Violence and Coercion Conference, Arizona State University, October 2015
- Empirical Implications of Bargaining Theory Conference, Princeton University, May 2015
- Women in Violent Political Organizations Conference, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University September2014

MediaKCBS RadioState of the State Podcast
Al Jazeera America, Consider This
The Lily (Washington Post)
mlive
De Volkskrant (Netherlands)
Flat Hat