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
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IP36720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IP26720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP21820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
Tutor
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- PGM2210 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
Moderator
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- IP26020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IP36020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IPM1220 - Emerging Security Issues
- IQ35620 - Refugee Simulation
- IQ25620 - Refugee Simulation
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IPM3720 - Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
Lecturer
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
Coordinator
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IP36720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IP26720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP21820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
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 the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including a book that examines the crisis from the perspective of feminist security studies. She is also the co-editor (with Veronica Kitchen) and a contributor to Heroism and Global Politics (Routledge, 2018).
Responsibilities
During the 2023-24 academic year, Jenny is the Department's MA Learning and Teaching Officer.
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Monday 10:30-11:30
- Friday 9:30-10:30