Jesse C. Tumblin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Strategy and Policy Department
Biography
Jesse Tumblin is an assistant professor of strategy and policy specializing in political and military history, ideas of security, and the current and former British world. He earned a Ph.D. and M.A. from Boston College and a B.A. from the University of Tennessee. He is a past fellow in international security studies at Yale University. He is the author of “The Quest for Security: Sovereignty, Race, and the Defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931” (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and an article on Britain’s attempts to secure its Indo-Pacific empire, which won the Saki Ruth Dockrill Memorial Prize for international history from the Institute for Historical Research, University of London.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Diplomacy
- Europe
- Foreign Policy
- Maritime History
- Security Cooperation
- WWI
Professional Highlights
Assistant Professor
Book Published
Completed Ph.D.
Fellowship - International Security Studies, Yale University
Education
Ph.D., Boston College, 2016, History
M.A., Boston College, 2012, History
B.A., University of Tennessee, 2009, History
Research Contributions and Publications
The Quest for Security: Sovereignty, Race, and the Defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Awards and Decorations
Saki Ruth Dockrill Memorial Prize, Best Paper
Institute of Historical Research (IHR) International History Seminar
School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2015
Smith Richardson Predoctoral Fellowship
International Security Studies
Yale University, 2014-15
Smith Richardson World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship
2013
Fellow
Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Boston College, 2013-2015
Graduate Research Fellowship in Sustainable National Security Strategy
The Tobin Project
Cambridge, MA, 2012-2014
Presidential Fellowship
Boston College, 2009-2014
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