Jesse Kirkpatrick Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy George Mason University (p) 202.631.7307 (e) jkirkpat(at)gmu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Maryland, Department of Government and Politics, 2013 First Field: Political Theory Second Field: Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy Dissertation: After the Fire the Embers Still Burn: A Theory of Jus Post Bellum B.S. Speech, Emerson College, 2003, Magna Cum Laude PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University, August 2015-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Radford University, 2014-2015 Political-Military Research Consultant, National Security Analysis Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, May 2013-Present Class of 1978 Resident Research Fellow, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy, 2013-2014 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2009-2013 Executive Editor, Swords & Ploughshares: Journal of International Affairs, 2006-2008 PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Publications Drones and the Martial Virtue Courage, Journal of Military Ethics, 14(3). Kirkpatrick s Reply to Sparrow, Journal of Military Ethics, 14(3). Drones and State Responsibility, (accepted for the collected volume, Drones and Responsibility: Legal, Philosophical and Socio-Technical Perspectives On The Use Of Remotely Controlled Weapons, Ashgate Publishing) A Retrospective Essay: John MacCunn s Cosmopolitan Duties, Ethics, Vol. 125, no. 1.
A Modest Proposal: A Global Court for Human Rights, Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 13, no. 2, 230-248. Book Chapters, Edited Volumes, and Book Reviews Book Review, Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg (eds.). Drone Wars: Transforming Conflict, Law, and Policy, (Cambridge University Press, December 2014). Defense and Security Analysis, August 2015. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), in Summer Newton, (ed.) Case Studies in Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare Colombia (1964-2009), 275-325, The United States Army Special Operations Command and the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, (forthcoming). Guillermo Pinczuk, Mike Deane, and Jesse Kirkpatrick. Case Studies in Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare Sri Lanka (1976-2009), The United States Army Special Operations Command and the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, (forthcoming). Popular Press Military drone operators risk a serious injury, and it s one you might not expect, Slate, January 26, 2016. Kirkpatrick, Jesse and Light, Andrew. Gene editing s great potential, and great risks, Oped, Washington Post, Sunday Opinion, December 13, 2015. The ethical quandaries of self-driving cars, Op-ed, Baltimore Sun, October 21, 2015. Syrian Civil War Heightens Polio Risk, Op-ed, Baltimore Sun, December 9, 2013. Kirkpatrick, Jesse and Schneider, Mary Kate. I3M Interest, Identification, Indoctrination, and Mobilization: A Short Introduction to a New Model of Insurgent Involvement, Special Warfare Magazine, vol. 26, no. 4. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Radford University, 2014-2015 Introduction to Politics (four sections) Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Global Ethics: War, Conflict, and Peace, Spring 2015 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2009-2013 Just War: Terrorism, Conflict, and Peace, Summer 2013; Summer 2012 Introduction to Political Science, Fall 2011 Introduction to Ancient and Modern Political Theory, Summer 2011 The Student in the University: An Introduction to Computer Research and Resources, Spring 2009 Assistant in Instruction, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2009-2012
American Government, Spring 2012; Fall 2011 Introduction to Ancient and Modern Political Theory, Spring 2011; Fall 2010; Spring 2010; Winter Term 2010; Fall 2009 COMPETITIVE AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS James F. Hoobler Fellowship, Department of Government and Politics and the School of Public Policy, for exceptional academic work in the area of public policy and management, 2012-2013 Donald C. Piper Award (for best journal article), University of Maryland, 2013 Goldhaber International Travel Grant, 2011 University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics Political Theory International Conference Travel Award, 2011 University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics International Conference Travel Award, 2011 University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics Conference Travel Award, 2009; 2010 Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Award, in Support of Lebanon Field Research, 2008 American University School of International Service Thesis Research Award, 2007-2008 Andrew Mellon Research Award, 2007 American University Graduate Research Initiative Grant, 2007 CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS Panel Chair, Historical Background of Just War Tradition, International Society for Military Ethics, January 30, 2016. Trust and Emerging Technology, Southern Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, January 8, 2015. Book Panelist, Justice at a Distance, Mercatus Center, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, December 3, 2015. "Combatants and Shooting Back: Locke and the Ethics of Self Defense," George Mason University, Philosophy Colloquium, November 19, 2015. Do Gene Drives Present Novel Ethical Considerations? with Andrew Light, Science, Ethics and Governance Considerations for Gene Drive Research, National Academy of Sciences, October 28, 2015. Ethical Responsibility and Combat Drone Operation, Southern Political Science
Association, Annual Meeting, January 2015 Drones and Ethical Responsibility, International Studies Association-South, Annual Meeting, October 2014 Panel Chair, Japanese and Buddhist Perspective on Warfare, Annual McCain Conference, United States Naval Academy, April 2014 The Weighing of Lives in War: Combatants and Civilians in the Jus in Bello, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Workshop Participant, April 2014 The Relationship between Drone Operation and Courage, Robowar Responsibility Workshop, Delft University of Technology, March 2014 Drones and the Martial Virtues, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 2014 Panel Discussant, Rights in Political Theory, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 2014 Drones and the Martial Virtues, Law, Ethics, and Leadership Research Workshop, US Naval Academy, September 2013 Cosmopolitanism, Associative Duties, and Jus Post Bellum. Political Theory Working Group, University of Maryland, February 2013 Capabilities and Rights: Establishing a Postconflict Baseline, Political Theory Working Group, University of Maryland, April 2012 Jus Post Bellum: Towards a Fuller Theory, University of Aberystwyth, Wales, Political Theory and International Relations Colloquium, March 2011 Rethinking Proportionality: The Distribution of Goods, Harms, and Postwar Outcomes, Swansea University, Wales, Callaghan Centre for the Study of War, Conflict and Empire, March 2011 Jus Post Bellum and Facts on the Ground, International Studies Association-Northeast Annual Meeting, October 2009 Conceptions of Justice: Capabilities and Jus Post Bellum, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2009 Justice After War and Unexploded Ordinance, GRID Conference, University of Maryland, 2009 Capabilities and Cluster Munitions: Assessing Harm, Annual Democracy and Human Rights Conference, University of Connecticut, 2009 Capabilities, Human Rights, and Cluster Munitions, PROMISE Research Conference,
University of Maryland, 2009 The Importance of Nonderogability: Human Rights in Occupied Palestine, Kroc Institute Peace Conference, Notre Dame University, March 2007 Just War and the Principle of Universality, Brennan Conference, Loyola University, March 2007 A Just War? Normativity, Relativism and Criterial Stringency, Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, Elizabethtown College, September 2007 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Journal Referee: Ethics, Journal of Military Ethics, The Good Society, Journal of Human Rights, Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2010-2011 Field Representative, Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2009-2011 Field Representative, Political Theory, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2009-2010