RESEARCH


​Jakana L. Thomas.  “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Assessing the Lethality of Female Suicide Terrorists" Forthcoming at International Organization.

Link to manuscript (coming soon)
Link to data & replication files (coming soon)


Anna O. Pechenkina and  Jakana L. Thomas. (2020). “Battle Stalemates and Rebel Negotiation Attempts in Civil Wars." Security Studies 29(1):64-91.

Link to article at Security Studies
Link to data & replication files


Jakana L. Thomas. 2018. “Women’s Participation in Political Violence" in The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security, Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, and John A. Cloud, Eds. Oxford University Press.

Link to article at OUP



Jakana L Thomas and Reed M Wood. 2018. "The Social Origins of Female Fighters." Conflict Management and Peace Science 35(3):215-232.

Link to article at CMPS
Link to WARD website
Link to data & replication files



Reed M. Wood Jakana L. Thomas. 2017. "Women on the Frontline: Rebel Group Ideology and Women's Participation in Violent Rebellion." Journal of Peace Research 54(1):31-46.

Link to article at JPR
Link to Appendix
Link to data on Harvard Dataverse



Jakana L. Thomas, William Reed, Scott Wolford. 2016. "The Rebel’s Credibility Dilemma ." International Organization 70(3):477-511

Link to article at IO
Link to supplemental information
Link to data file
Link to replication.do file



Jakana L. Thomas and Kanisha D. Bond. 2015. "Women in Violent Political Organizations." American Political Science Review. 109 (3):488-506.

Link to article at APSR
Link to supplemental information
Link to data file
Link to replication .do file 



Jakana Thomas. 2014. “Rewarding Bad Behavior: How Governments Respond to Terrorism in Civil War.”  American Journal of Political Science 58(4):804-18.

Link to article at AJPS
Link to data on Harvard Dataverse
Link to online appendix on AJPS
Link to Monkey Cage post
Clip of Al Jazeera America segment