Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (International Relations and Comparative Politics)

M.A., University of Maryland, College Park

B.A., Agnes Scott College

Also received training at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, and attended Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia.

Global Ecopolitics (syllabus)

Population and National Security (syllabus)

Comparative Ecopolitics

Intro to International Relations (syllabus)

Demography and the Future of Warfare. Book manuscript forthcoming, Praeger/Greenwood Press (2010).

Book chapter: “Population Aging and Power Transition Theory.” In Political Demography: Interests, Conflict and Institutions, edited by Jack Goldstone, Monica Duffy Toft, and Eric Kaufmann. Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming 2010).

“The Evolution of Environmental Security in the Military and Intelligence during the George W. Bush Administration.” In Environmental Change and Security Program Report, Issue 14. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (forthcoming 2009).

“Population in Defense Policy Planning.” Environmental Change and Security Program Report, Issue 13. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2009).

“The Defense Implications of Demographic Trends: Age Structure, Migration, and Urbanization.” Joint Force Quarterly Vol. 48 (1st quarter, January 2008).

Multimedia

VIDEO - "Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba - Teaching Demography and Security Linkages"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV4FZH69Lbs)

VIDEO - "Jennifer Sciubba on Defense Policy Planning"
(http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/02/video-from-ecsp-report-13-jennifer.html)

"Guest Contributor Jennifer Sciubba on Environment, Population in the 2008 National Defense Strategy"
(http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2008/10/guest-contributor-jennifer-sciubba-on.html)

"Guest Contributor Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba on Saving the World"
(http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2007/04/guest-contributor-jennifer-dabbs.html)

"US Defense Planners Must Consider Age Structure, Migration, Urbanization, Says Defense Consultant"
(http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2007/12/us-defense-planners-must-consider-age.html)

"Developed World′s Dominance Declines with Age, Say Demographers"
(http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/02/developed-worlds-dominance-declines.html)

VIDEO - "Demography and Conflict: How Population Pressure and Youth Bulges Affect the Risk of Civil War"
(http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1413&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=219250)

Recent presentations

“Population Aging and Power Transition Theory.” Presentation on July 22, 2009 to DASD Strategy, US Department of Defense, Washington, DC.

“Population Aging and National Security.” Presentation on July 21, 2009 to AARP International
        Division, Washington, DC.

“Population Aging and Power Transition Theory.” Presentation on June 11, 2009 to the faculty of the
        George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany.

“Population in Military Planning.” Lectures delivered June 3-4, 2009 at Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
        Krakow University, Krakow, Poland.

“Population Aging and Power Transition Theory.” Paper presented May 2, 2009 at the workshop     Demography and Security: The Politics of Population Change, Harvard University, USA.

“Aging of the Great Powers.” Paper presented February 18, 2009 at the International Studies Association Conference, New York, USA.

Other relevant positions

Demography consultant, Office of Policy Planning, Office of the Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Defense (January 2006-October 2007).

Graduate Fellow, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, University of Maryland (August 2004-May 2005).