Keven Ruby is Senior Research Associate at CPOST and Research Director for CPOST's Minerva Initiative-funded research on militant propaganda.  Keven has worked on a number of projects since joining CPOST in 2012, and has co-authored articles appearing in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the American Political Science Review. He is currently working on a book project with Robert Pape and Gentry Jenkins on the targeting logics of militant groups.  Keven earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2012. He also holds an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and a BA in International Studies from the University of South Carolina at Columbia.