Jo L. Husbands

Jo L. Husbands "is Senior Project Director the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and an Adjunct Professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She has also served as the Director of the Development, Security, and Cooperation Division in the NAS Office of International Affairs. Previously, she was Director of the Academy's Project on Democratization and a Senior Research Associate for its Committee on International Conflict and Cooperation. Before joining the NAS, Dr. Husbands was Deputy Director of the Committee for National Security, a Washington, DC-based non-governmental organization. She serves on the editorial boards of International Studies Quarterly, International Politics, and International Studies Perspective. Dr. Husbands has published widely on the topics of arms controls, arms transfers, weapons proliferation, and international negotiations." 

Member of the advisory board of Women in International Security.