About

Dr. Alexis Henshaw is an assistant professor of Political Science at Troy University. She is the president-elect of the Women’s Caucus for International Studies (ISA) and an editorial board member of International Affairs. She is the author of Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security (Bristol University Press 2023) and Why Women Rebel: Understanding Women’s Participation in Armed Rebel Groups (Routledge 2017). She is a co-author of Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press, 2019) and editor and co-author of Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press, 2024).

Her research interests include a range of topics dealing with gender issues in international politics. This includes gendered extremism, women in violent insurgencies, and applications of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda including gendered perspectives on cybersecurity. She has also published work on research methods and design, including pieces focused on pedagogy, data analysis & visualization, and inclusivity. Her work has appeared in Journal of Global Security Studies, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Small Wars & Insurgencies, and a variety of other peer-reviewed outlets.

Dr. Henshaw has written for The Conversation, Duck of Minerva, Political Violence @ a Glance, and The Monkey Cage, formerly the political blog of The Washington Post. She has authored reports for the NATO Centre of Excellence—Defence Against Terrorism, U.S. Army's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, and the Centre for Women, Peace, and Security at the London School of Economics. From 2020-2022 she was an associate fellow with the Global Network on Extremism and Technology. She has consulted with UN Women, the UN Counterterrorism Executive Directorate, and a variety of other organizations. Dr. Henshaw received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies and previously taught at Duke University, Miami University, Bucknell University, and Sweet Briar College.

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