Dr. Shannon Zimmerman (Deakin University ӏ Australian War College)

Dr. Shannon Zimmerman

Deakin University ӏ Australian War College

Dr Shannon Zimmerman is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University at the Australian War College. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the RMIT University in Melbourne. Her research investigates peace and stability operations, specifically how peacekeepers protect civilians in conflict environments characterised by asymmetric threats. She also studies misogyny motivated terrorism, looking at the online groups in the ‘Manosphere’. Shannon received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2019 and her Masters in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in 2012.