Dr Jenny Mathers
BA Mount Holyoke College MPhil University of Oxford DPhil University of Oxford
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Department of International Politics
Contact Details
- Email: zzk@aber.ac.uk
- Office:1.04 International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 2705
- Twitter: @jgmaber
- Personal Website: https://www.womenalsoknowstuff.com/profile/jennifer-mathers-1
- Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/51f01ced-58d1-49d6-abb4-0ad0f4f421ec)
- Personal Pronouns: She/her
Jenny Mathers received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College in the United States and her MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University. She joined the Department in 1992 while completing her DPhil thesis on Soviet ballistic missile defence policy from Stalin to Gorbachev. Her teaching and research spans two broad areas: Russian politics and security and gender and war.
During 2025-26, Jenny is the Department's Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing
- AB1 Behind the Headlines (IP12620)
- AB2 Women and Military Service (IP21620)
- AB2 Women and Military Service (IP31620)
- AB1 Russia at War since 1812 (IPM6020)
- AB1 Ways of Reading (PGM0410)
Module Coordinator
- AB1 Behind the Headlines (IP12620)
- AB1 Nationalism in Theory and Practice (IP39920)
- AB1 People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today (IQ23920)
- AB1 Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau (GW12620)
Moderator
- AB1 Dissertation (IP30040)
- AB1 Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210) (PGM2210)
- AB1 Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310) (PGM2310)
Tutor
- AB1 Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills (IP12420)
- AB1 Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century (IPM0420)
- AB1 People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today (IQ23920)
- AB1 The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789 (IP12820)
- AB1 Ways of Reading (PGM0410)
Lecturer
- Thursday 16:00-17:00
Jenny Mathers is currently working on several related projects that focus on different aspects of Russia's war in Ukraine, including a book that examines the crisis from the perspective of feminist security studies, a project examining the militarisation of children in Putin's Russia and research into the role of the wives and mothers of Russia's soldiers fighting in Ukraine..
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital. Taylor and Francis A.S., 2025. p. 95-113.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies. ed. / Alexander Hill. 1st. ed. Taylor and Francis A.S., 2025. p. 419-432.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. ed. / Scott T. Allison; James K. Beggan; George R. Goethals. Springer Nature, 2024. p. 1040-1044.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
In: Political Insight, Vol. 15, No. 1, 26.02.2024, p. 26-28.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Debate
In: Political Insight, Vol. 14, No. 2, 30.06.2023, p. 16-19.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review