Dr. Jennifer Riggan, Professor of International Studies at Arcadia University, is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work is grounded in educational and political anthropology. Her ethnographic research focuses on political identities and the state in Eritrea and Ethiopia. She is the author of The Struggling State: Nationalism, Mass Militarization and the Education of Eritrea (2016) which examined the de-coupling of the nation and the state in light of the fusion of government schooling with mass militarization. Her current research explores temporality, forced migration and new paradigms in global migration management. She has held fellowships from the Georg Arnhold Program (2019), Fulbright (Addis Ababa University 2016-17 & Asmara University 2004-5), The Spencer Foundation/ National Academy of Education (2012-14) and the Social Science Research Council (2004-5). She received her PhD in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007.