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Jessica Trisko Darden

Associate Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Jessica Trisko Darden is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at VCU where she teaches courses on political violence, human rights, and women in politics.

She is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. Dr. Trisko Darden was previously an Assistant Professor at American University’s School of International Service, where she received the SIS Outstanding Scholarship Award for Faculty in 2020. She has served as a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a Visiting Scholar at Yale University’s Program on Order, Conflict and Violence.

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Jessica Trisko Darden Past Virtual Events

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Past Virtual Event: Unraveling the GWOT in Africa

September 18, 2023

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