Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College

Jennifer D. Kibbe

Associate Professor of Government
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Office: HAR-215

Professional Biography

Dr. Kibbe earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Drake University in 1982, a Master's in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1986, and a PhD in Political Science from UCLA in 2002. Before returning to graduate school at UCLA, she worked on South African politics for a number of years at a research organization in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to coming to Franklin & Marshall, she returned to D.C. for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at The Brookings Institution.

Research Interests

Her research and teaching interests include U.S. foreign policy, intelligence and covert action, international relations, and political psychology.

Publications

2007.  Jennifer D. Kibbe.  "Covert Action and the Pentagon."  In Strategic Intelligence, Volume 3: Covert Action, ed. Loch K. Johnson, Westport, CT: Praeger Security International.

2007.  Jennifer D. Kibbe.  "Covert Action and the Pentagon."  Intelligence and National Security 22(1): 57-74.

2004. Jennifer D. Kibbe.  "The Rise of the Shadow Warriors." Foreign Affairs 83 (2): 102-115.

2004.  Jennifer D. Kibbe. "Bay of Pigs." Encyclopedia of Leadership Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2001.  Jennifer Kibbe. "The Failure to Influence Iraq," in The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, Richard N. Rosecrance, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

2001.  Jennifer Kibbe and Steven L. Speigel. "Emulation in the Middle East," in The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, Richard N. Rosecrance, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

2001.  Jennifer Kibbe with Richard N. Rosecrance, and Arthur A. Stein. "Conclusion," in The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, Richard N. Rosecrance, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

2001.  Jennifer D. Kibbe edited with Steven L. Spiegel and Elizabeth G. Matthews.  The Dynamics of Middle East Proliferation Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.