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 622705
- Personal Website: https://www.womenalsoknowstuff.com/profile/jennifer-mathers-1
- Twitter: @jgmaber
- Research Portal Profile
- Personal Pronouns: She/her
Profile
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.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IP21620 - Women and Military Service
- IP31620 - Women and Military Service
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
Tutor
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IP30040 - Dissertation
Lecturer
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
Coordinator
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
- IP31620 - Women and Military Service
- IP21620 - Women and Military Service
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
Moderator
PhD Supervision
Russian politics
Russian security
Civil-military relations
Women and war
Gender and security
Research
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..
Responsibilities
During 2025-26, Jenny is the Department's Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Tuesday 10:30-11:30
- Thursday 4:30-5:30