Richard Jordan

  • Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Undergraduate Program Director

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University
M.A., Princeton University
B.A., College of William & Mary, summa cum laude

Richard Jordan's research and teaching interests include statesmanship, grand strategy, literary fiction, crisis decision-making, and emerging technologies. His work combines game theory and historical cases to study wartime leadership. 

 

Courses at Baylor

PSC 2315 Fundamentals of International Politics

PSC 4313 War, Politics, and Literature

PSC 4316 Grand Strategy

PSC 4355 Power & Morality

 

Publications and Working Papers

International governance of advancing artificial intelligence | AI & SOCIETY (springer.com)

“Rational Origins of Revisionist War” International Studies Review

RATIONAL ORIGINS OF REVISIONIST WAR

“Symbolic victories and strategic risk,” Journal of Peace Research

SYMBOLIC VICTORIES AND STRATEGIC RISK

“Assessing the Renaissance of Individuals in International Relations Theory” with Marcus Holmes and Eric Parajon, PS: Political Science and Politics

ASSESSING THE RENAISSANCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY

“Forming the Grand Strategist According to Shakespeare,” with Peter Campbell, Texas National Security Review (2020)

FORMING THE GRAND STRATEGIST ACCORDING TO SHAKESPEARE

“Lessons from Game Theory about Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons” Journal of Law and International Affairs (2020)

LESSONS FROM GAME THEORY ABOUT HUMANIZING NEXT-GENERATION WEAPONS

Richard Jordan
Office Location

Burleson 301.02

Richard's Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae