Jayme R. Schlesinger

Focus Areas: International Security Studies, Public Opinion and Security Policy, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Behavioral Approaches to Decision-making

Jayme R. Schlesinger earned her doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University in 2023. Her research addresses the role public opinion plays in shaping security policy in democracies, often applied to terrorism and counterterrorism studies. Jayme’s current research explores the effectiveness of terrorism campaigns using provocation strategies against democracies, as well as the constraints which shape democracies’ counterterrorism policies. Her broader research program studies the economics effects of political violence, the lifecycle of religiously motivated terrorism campaigns, and topics in conflict signaling. She has been published in the European Journal of International Security, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Critical Studies on Terrorism. Her teaching experience includes Introduction to International Politics, Introduction to Political Theory, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Security Policy in Democracies, and American Foreign Policy. 

Education

• PhD in Political Science, Rutgers University