Jessica Nicole Trisko Darden née Trisko (born August 20, 1984) is a Canadian academic, activist, former model, and beauty queen. She is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at School of International Service at American University and a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She studies the impact of foreign aid on repression and civil war. She has written and published journals on social science, humanities, and international security which were used in various international conferences.