Post Doctoral Fellows
Edwin Daniel Jacob (2018-2020)
Book project while in residence: American Security, the Global “War on Terror,” and the Rise of ISIS. Forthcoming, Routledge.
Dr. Edwin Daniel Jacob earned his doctorate in Global Affairs from Rutgers University in 2018. His forthcoming book—American Security, the Global “War on Terror,” and the Rise of ISIS—provides an interpretative framework for understanding modern global insecurity. His unique collection on security, Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century, was published with Palgrave MacMillan in 2017. Dr. Jacob’s other works include articles with E-International Relations and Peace Review; book chapters with Open Court Publishing, Palgrave MacMillan, and Wiley-Blackwell; book reviews with New Political Science, Critical Studies on Terrorism, and Critical Sociology; and several contributions to online scholarly platforms, including France 24 and Reader Supported News.
Valentyna Polunina (2017-2019)
Book project while in residence: Soviet Contributions to International Law after the Second World War.
Dr. Valentyna Polunina is a world-recognized expert on Soviet and Russian legal history and international law. At the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, she is working to complete her book on the Soviet role and contributions to international law after the Second World War (forthcoming). Dr. Polunina is also an expert on visual Soviet and Russian propaganda (and counter propaganda) in historical contexts, narrative analysis of propaganda, and propaganda and mass persuasion in the age of digital technologies. She is supporting and leading research projects at S-CAR on propaganda and mass persuasion in contemporary global politics. Dr. Polunina received a Ph.D. in History from Heidelberg University and an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Marburg in Germany. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations from Taras Shevchenko National University in Ukraine. She currently works with Der Spiegel’s Washington, DC bureau.