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Bonnie Jenkins

Research Fellow

Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Contact:
Email: bonnie_jenkins@harvard.edu

Experience

Bonnie Jenkins was a joint International Security Program/Managing the Atom Project Research Fellow, and she completed her doctorate in international relations at the University of Virginia. She previously worked at the RAND Institute and the U.S. Department of State in the Office of Policy Planning.  Ms. Jenkins also served as General Counsel with the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and as a consultant with the National Commission on Terrorism.

Ms. Jenkins was an attorney at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1991–1998. In 1988, she was selected as an intern with the Presidential Management Internship program.

She received an LL.M. in international law from the Georgetown University Law Center and a J.D. from Albany Law School. She received an M.P.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a B.A. in psychology and black studies from Amherst College. Ms. Jenkins is a member of the New York State Bar.

Ms. Jenkins was an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has written articles on arms control and nonproliferation. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Ms. Jenkins is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves.