Kevin DeJesus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Social Sciences | John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences
Providence Campus
Kevin DeJesus's extensive studies relative to critical human, historical, literary and political geographies provide expertise for conflict overseas and US foreign relations. He has also traveled to Iraq and Gaza to gain a firsthand account of the turmoil in each region. He has contributed to local Rhode Island TV news and radio coverage of terrorism and international conflict.
Ph.D., York University, Toronto (dissertation title: "Imagining Lebanon: Living On Amid an Entangled History in Place")
M.S., Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto
B.A., Anthropology and Geography; minor in African studies and African American studies, Rhode Island College
Expertise:
- geography; ISIS; Middle Eastern culture
Recent Media Coverage:
- 08.19.22 - Two newcomers running well-funded gubernatorial campaigns, Providence Business News
- 08.02.21 - The Rotunda: Foreign Policy with Kevin DeJesus, 900WBOB
- 11.06.20 - A long drawn-out presidential election isn't new, NBC 10
- 06.23.20 - Syrians dread impact of Caesar Act sanctions aimed at Assad, Arab News
- 01.07.20 - Reed: United States and Iran in 'escalatory' cycle of violence, NBC 10
- 01.04.20 - Rising tensions in the Middle East, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 11.11.19 - Foreign policy in the age of Trump, 990WBOB
- 10.12.19 - J&W professor recalls time spent with the Kurds, The Providence Journal
- 04.13.19 - The aftermath of the Israeli election, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 01.14.19 - The Rotunda: Foreign policy in the age of Trump, 990WBOB
- 12.29.18 - Professor Kevin DeJesus - Trump Middle East foreign policy, AM630/99.7FM WPRO
- 12.04.18 - George H. W. Bush's impact on United State foreign policy, WPRO News
- 05.19.18 - President Trump's foreign policy decisions, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 04.14.18 - U.S. airstrikes in Syria, ABC 6
- 02.14.18 - Why rebuilding efforts in Iraq and Syria could be doomed to fail, Albawaba News
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2017 Media Coverage
- 12.06.17 - US movement toward Jerusalem as Israeli Capital, WPRO News
- 10.18.17 - ISIS defeated in Raqqa by U.S. backed forces, AM630/99.7FM WPRO News
- 07.15.17 - Mosul and ISIS; Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 06.10.17 - Recent trip to Kurdistan, Iraq; terror attacks in the UK; British election, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 04.07.17 - US airstrikes in Syria and the global response, The Dan Yorke Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 03.25.17 - Possible Russian involvement in U.S. election, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 03.22.17 - Terror attack in London, England, ABC 6
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2016 and earlier
- 12.24.16 - Aleppo and its impact on the Assad regime, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 11.09.16 - Rhode Island's higher-ed community assesses Trump election, Providence Journal
- 09.19.16 - Bombings in New Jersey, New York, ABC 6
- 09.12.16 - Syria Ceasefire, Radio Sputnik
- 09.10.16 - 15 years since 9/11, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 07.09.16 - Quartet Report on Israel-Palestine and its prediction of perpetual conflict, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 06.18.16 - Attack on Orlando, Florida, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 06.13.16 - Attack in Orlando, Florida, NBC 10
- 05.20.16 - EgyptAir Crash, NBC 10
- 05.20.16 - EgyptAir Crash, ABC 6
- 03.28.16 - ISIS and the attacks in Brussels, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 10.31.15 - The Vienna Peace Conference and prospects for resolution of the civil war in Syria, Radio Sputnik
- 10.31.15 - US policy in the war against ISIS in Syria and the Obama administration's decision to put boots on the ground, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM
- 10.15.15 - The changes in the Obama administration’s policy on troops in Afghanistan, Buddy Cianci’s Radio Show
- 10.13.15 - Russia's expanded involvement in the conflict in Syria, Radio Sputnik
- 09.30.15 - The ramifications for Rhode Island if the state begins to accept refugees from Syria, ABC 6
- 08.19.15 - Recent developments with ISIS, including US air strikes on ISIS in Syria from Turkey and the use of chemical weapons, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO AM630/99.7FM