Rate My Professor Jenna Jordan

Her research focuses on counterterrorism policy, cybersecurity, international security, organizational theory, statecraft, terrorism and political violence, and wargaming. Notable publications include her book Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations (Stanford University Press, 2019), winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title; "The Non-Trivial Accomplishments of Counterterrorists" in Security Studies (2024); "Attacking the Leader, Missing the Mark: Why Terrorist Groups Survive Decapitation Strikes" in International Security (2014); "When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation" in Security Studies (2009); and "Patchwork of Confusion: The Cyber Security Coordination Problem" in Journal of Cyber Security (2018). She has received the Morris Abrams Award in International Relations (2007-2008), World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation (2008), Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award (2012), Ivan Allen College Teacher of the Year (2017), and CTL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2017). Jordan serves on the editorial board of Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, directs the Online MS in International Security (since 2023), and has delivered public lectures including a TEDx talk on leadership targeting (2015). Her research has been supported by grants from the Smith Richardson Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and others, with opinion pieces in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Foreign Policy.