Benjamin Thomas Jones

Benjamin Thomas Jones is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Graduate Program Coordinator at the University of Mississippi's Department of Political Science, part of the College of Liberal Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State University (2013) and an M.A. from the same institution (2009). His research focuses on international security, particularly civil war dynamics, public diplomacy in civil wars, foreign interventions, and political methodology, including event history analysis and multi-state models. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for International Interactions.

Benjamin teaches courses on international relations, ethnic conflict, war in world politics, and advanced methodologies like Maximum Likelihood Estimation. His work bridges theoretical insights with empirical analysis, emphasizing the role of third parties and diplomacy in conflict resolution. He is affiliated with the Political Science B.S. program and is based at the Oxford campus.

No grants, labs, or specific awards are listed in the provided information, though his editorial role highlights ongoing scholarly contributions.