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DrShannon Zimmerman

Senior Lecturer, Strategic Studies

Faculty of Arts and Education/Centre for Future Defence and National Security

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  • Senior Lecturer, Strategic Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Centre for Future Defence and National Security
  • +61 3 522 78549 (Work)
  • Canberra - Centre for Defence

BIO

Shannon Zimmerman is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University in the Center for Future Defence and National Security

Her research investigates peace and stability operations, specifically how
peacekeepers protect civilians in conflict environments characterised by
asymmetric threats. She also studies misogyny motivated terrorism, looking
at the online groups in the 'Manosphere'. She received her PhD from the
University of Queensland in 2019 and her MA in Conflict Resolution from
Georgetown University in 2012.

Research Groups
Politics and International Studies

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer, Strategic Studies
    Deakin University, Centre for Future Defence and National Security

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Queensland
  • Master of Arts
    Georgetown University, Washington D.C., United States16 Jun 2009 - 18 May 2012
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Teaching and Learning)
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia1 Jan 2025 - 27 Feb 2025

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Political science
  • International relations
  • Gender and politics
  • Terrorism

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Centre for Future Defence and National Security