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PUBLISHED RESEARCH

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Elizabeth Brannon, Jakana L. Thomas and Lora DiBlasi. 2024. "Fighting for Peace? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Women’s Participation in Rebel Groups on Peace Negotiations" Journal of Politics 86(2): 507-520.
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Jakana L. Thomas. 2023. "Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves: How Female Combatants Help Generate Gender-Inclusive Peace Agreements in Civil Wars" American Political Science Review  111(2):831-847.
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Hilary Matfess, Mariam Santara and Jakana L. Thomas. 2023. "From the Public to the Private: Mapping Women’s
Formal and Informal Participation in Peacebuilding in Mali." African Affairs 122(489):491-511.

Jakana L. Thomas. 2022. "Terrorism by Insurgents and Rebels." in Contemporary Terrorism Studies,
Diego Muro and Tim Wilson, Eds. Oxford University Press.


Jakana L. Thomas.  2021. "Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Assessing the Effect of Gender Norms on the Lethality of Female Suicide Terrorism." International Organization 75(3):769-802.
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Jakana L. Thomas. 2021. "Duty and Defiance:  Women in Community-based Armed Groups in West Africa"

Anna O. Pechenkina and  Jakana L. Thomas. 2020. “Battle Stalemates and Rebel Negotiation Attempts in Civil Wars." Security Studies 29(1):64-91.
  • Reprint in Revisiting the "Ripeness" Debate, edited by Tetsuro Iji and Siniša Vuković (2022).​
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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.

​Jakana L Thomas and Reed M Wood. 2018. "The Social Origins of Female Fighters." Conflict Management and Peace Science 35(3):215-232.
  • WARD data website
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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.
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Jakana L. Thomas, William Reed, Scott Wolford. 2016. "The Rebel’s Credibility Dilemma." International Organization 70(3):477-511​.
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Jakana L. Thomas and Kanisha D. Bond. 2015. "Women in Violent Political Organizations." American Political Science Review. 109 (3):488-506.
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Jakana Thomas. 2014. "Rewarding Bad Behavior: How Governments Respond to Terrorism in Civil War."  American Journal of Political Science 58(4):804-18.
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  • Monkey Cage post, "Actually, sometimes terrorism does work"
  • Clip of Al Jazeera America segment
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