Jessica Trisko Darden

Jessica Trisko Darden is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches courses on political violence, genocide, and women in politics. Dr. Trisko Darden's research focuses on women’s roles in non-state armed groups, political violence, and war crimes. She is the author of four books, including The Accused: How Women Faced Justice for Nazi-Era Crimes (Yale University Press, 2026) and Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice (Stanford University Press, 2020).

She is a Non-resident Fellow at the George Washington University's Program on Extremism. Dr. Trisko Darden is also a research affiliate with William & Mary’s Global Research Institute and has served as a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a Visiting Scholar at Yale University's Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence. Dr. Trisko Darden holds a PhD in Political Science from McGill University.