For 2017-2019, she is an inaugural Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Her research focuses on international influences on intrastate conflict and political violence, particularly within Asia. Dr. Trisko Darden is also the lead investigator for the Women in Combat Roles (WiCR) Project, which examines female participation in national militaries. She has published peer-reviewed articles on alliance dynamics, political violence, and human security. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Trisko Darden was a Visiting Scholar with Yale University's Program on Order, Conflict and Violence.