Dr. Matthew Jenkins
Dr. Matthew Jenkins
Professorial Lecturer
Part-time Faculty
Department: Space Policy Institute
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Dr. Matthew Jenkins
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Dr. Matt Jenkins received his doctorate from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., in 2023, where he specialized in space policy. Following graduation, he did his post-doc fellowship at Georgetown University, focusing on normative behavior for rendezvous and proximity operations in space. In Nov 2023, he was hired part-time to teach at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, teaching undergraduate students how states use space to advance national policy objectives. He has authored numerous publications and is a contributing author for the European Space Policy Handbook due for release in the Spring of 2024.
He has 18+ years of experience working on space system design, manufacturing, launch, and operations for both the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
space policy, defense issues, national security space, space and intelligence
Normative behaviors for space
Doctorate of Statecraft and National Security, Institute of World Politics, Washington, D.C.
IAFF 3179 Space and International Affairs
- Strategic Geographical Points in Outer Space, November 1, 2021, The Space Review, https://thespacereview.com/article/4273/1
- Improved Sea Service Interoperability with Space Systems, December 2021, Navy Proceedings, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/december/improve-sea-service-interoperability-space-systems
- Galactic Dissonance for the Space Force, February 13, 2023, The Space Review, The Space Review: Galactic dissonance for the Space Force
- Normative Behavior Incentives in Space Activities: Sustaining Momentum, Astropolitics, Dec 25, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/14777622.2023.2298829
- The Militarization & Weaponization of Space—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Projected Spring 2024, Contributing Author in the Oxford Handbook of Space Security