Jenna Gibson is the Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate at the O’Brien Notre Dame International Security Center (ONDISC). She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2025. 
 
Her dissertation, titled “Unpacking Diplospeak: Diplomatic Rhetoric and Communication in International Relations,” examines the production and dissemination of diplomatic rhetoric, and how the words that diplomats choose can facilitate communication between states. Her research interests include: diplomatic rhetoric, public and cultural diplomacy, soft power, South Korean politics and social issues, and U.S.-Korea relations. In 2022-23, she was awarded a Fulbright grant to South Korea to conduct field work for her dissertation. 

Read more at her personal website: https://jennargibson.com/