My research interests are in religious/ethnic conflict and civilian-military relations. I received a Master of Arts degree from Boston College in Modern Irish History, where my focus was on the relationship between religion and nationalism during the long nineteenth century (1798-1916). After three years of teaching at a private junior college, I returned to graduate school at the University of California, Riverside in the Political Science program. My dissertation focuses on rebuilding militaries after ethnic conflict, how the military can aid in statebuilding, and identity formation. While my research interests include the causes of conflict, state building, civil-war resolution, and the role of religion in both state making and conflict, other projects include an analysis of austerity measures and the support for extremist parties, the relationship between secular and religion (in the US and France), and a study of Pope Francis's use of soft power.
Publications
Grittersova, Jana, Indridi H. Indridason, Christina C. Gregory, and Ricardo Crespo. “Austerity and Niche Parties: The electoral Consequences of Fiscal Reforms.” Electoral Studies, 42(2016) 276-289.
Papers Under Review at Journals
"Negotiated Spaces: Defining the Boundaries between Religion and Secular in America and France Today."
Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, 2016 Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association.
"The Doctrine of Mercy: The Moral Authority and Foreign Policy of Pope Francis."
Coauthored with Ricardo Crespo. Presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association and the 2016 Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association.
Papers in Progress
“Women Matter in Wartime and AfterWARd: Gender Integration's Post-Civil War Role.”
Co-authored with Lewis Luartz. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Studies Association April 2018.
"The Sudanese Experiment: Military Reconstruction in Sudan 1972-1983"
upcoming presentation at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa November 2018.
Publications
Grittersova, Jana, Indridi H. Indridason, Christina C. Gregory, and Ricardo Crespo. “Austerity and Niche Parties: The electoral Consequences of Fiscal Reforms.” Electoral Studies, 42(2016) 276-289.
Papers Under Review at Journals
"Negotiated Spaces: Defining the Boundaries between Religion and Secular in America and France Today."
Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, 2016 Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association.
"The Doctrine of Mercy: The Moral Authority and Foreign Policy of Pope Francis."
Coauthored with Ricardo Crespo. Presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association and the 2016 Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association.
Papers in Progress
“Women Matter in Wartime and AfterWARd: Gender Integration's Post-Civil War Role.”
Co-authored with Lewis Luartz. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Studies Association April 2018.
"The Sudanese Experiment: Military Reconstruction in Sudan 1972-1983"
upcoming presentation at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa November 2018.