Dr. Rula Jabbour - Research Fellow

Dr. Rula Jabbour is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Nebraska Deterrence Lab, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializing in International Relations, Strategic Studies, and Middle Eastern Politics. Her research focuses on authoritarian governance, civil-military relations, counterterrorism, and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East. Dr. Jabbour’s work has been published in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, the Syrian Studies Journal,The MENA Journal on Violence and Extremism and is featured in forthcoming volumes with Springer Nature on regional security and innovation in the Eastern Mediterranean. She has presented her research at leading international conferences including ISA, APSA, and IPSA. Dr. Jabbour has taught in many American universities during her career. She has taught a broad array of courses in international relations, Middle Eastern studies, and U.S. foreign policy, with a reputation for inclusive pedagogy and student engagement. Originally from Syria and a recipient of a prestigious U.S. State Department Scholarship, Dr. Jabbour brings a unique intersection of field-based insight and scholarly rigor to the study of regional security and conflict transformation.