Profile
Jennifer S. Holmes, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. She received her BA from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Her major area of research is political violence, terrorism, and political development with an emphasis on Latin America and Southern Europe.
Her research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative tools and reflects a sustained commitment to interdisciplinary work.
Since 2005, she has been the managing editor of e-Extreme.
Courses
- Undergraduate
- Terrorism
- War on Drugs
- Latin American Politics
- Global Politics
- Graduate
- Political Development
- Political Violence and Terrorism
Current course information and syllabi are on her personal website.
Publications
Dr. Holmes is the author of Terrorism and Democratic Stability Manchester University Press, 2001, Palgrave 2006 and the editor of New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory Lexington Books, 2003.
Articles by Dr. Holmes have been published in Terrorism and Political Violence, Latin American Politics & Society, Bulletin of Latin American Research, International Journal of Social Economics, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, International Journal of Public Administration, and Revista de Estudios Colombianos.
For a complete vita, please see her personal website.Media Expertise
Dr. Holmes has had dozens of media interviews on terrorism including: television interviews (Dallas affiliates of NBC, Univision, Telemundo, PBS), radio interviews (Dallas affiliate of NPR, Voice of America, Austin, Tx 1370am/ KJCE), print interviews in major papers (Christian Science Monitor, Stars & Stripes, the New York Times, La Opinion - Los Angeles, Detroit News, La Croix -France, Boston Herald, Dallas Morning News) and print interviews with regional presses (New Orleans Times Picayune, Central Florida Future, Columbia Missourian, Sun Sentinel -Florida, Peoria Times Observer –Illinois, Fast Times).
Items of Note
Dr. Holmes has testified as a country expert in numerous Colombian asylum cases.
- Updated: January 18, 2007
