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Sarah Knight

Assistant Professor
School of International Service

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Director, Global Scholars Program
  • Dr. Sarah Cleeland Knight conducts multi-method research in the area of international political economy. In particular, she is interested in the winners and losers from globalization and when and how those groups try to influence foreign economic policy (trade, exchange rates, and sanctions). She also has written on the Bretton Woods institutions and the politics of the Internet and electronic commerce. Dr. Knight has received funding for her research from the Ford Foundation, DAAD/American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, and Georgetown University. Previously, she taught at Georgetown University and worked at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the USDA’s export promotion program, and the international trade office of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

  • Degrees

    PhD, Government, Georgetown University; MA, Foreign Service, Georgetown University; BA, International Studies, University of Washington

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    Davenport Lounge

    Book Currently Reading:

    Liberal Leviathan by John Ikenberry

    Languages Spoken:

    English (native) and Spanish

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Partnerships & Affiliations

  • American Political Science Association

    member

  • International Studies Association

    member

Teaching

  • Spring 2012

  • Fall 2012

    • SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Politics of Int'l Trade Policy
    • Description

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Research Fellow, Georgetown University, Center for Democracy and Civil Society (2007-2008)
  • Departmental Fellowship, Georgetown University (2002-2004, 2006-2007)
  • School of Foreign Service Research Fellowship, Georgetown University (2002, 2006)
  • DAAD/AICGS Research Fellow (2005)
  • Jill Hopper Memorial Fellowship, Georgetown University (2004-2005)
  • Best Graduate Paper in International Relations, Georgetown University's Department of Government (2003)
  • School of Foreign Service Teaching Fellowship, Georgetown University (2002)
  • Honors Certificate in International Business Diplomacy, Georgetown University (1999)
  • Earl C. Ravenal Scholarship, Georgetown University (1997-1998)
  • Distinction for undergraduate senior thesis, University of Washington (1993)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington (1993)

Professional Presentations

  • "Globalization and Compensation in Good Times and Bad," paper presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) annual conference, Washington, DC, August 2010.
  • "A Survey of Preferences and Political Activity on Exchange Rate Policy," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 2007, and the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, March 2007.
  • "When Exchange Rates Become Political:  The Evolving Relationship Between Exchange Rates and Firm Competitiveness," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 2005.
  • "Re-examining the Digital Divide," paper prepared for the SSRC/Ford Foundation project on information technology and international cooperation and presented at the Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, May 2004.

Selected Publications

  • "Monetary Unions, Bretton Woods, and Global Finance," in Gerard Caprio, ed. The Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization. Amsterdam: Elsevier Press. Forthcoming in 2011.
  • "Divested Interests: Globalization and the New Politics of Exchange Rates," Business and Politics, Vol. 12, Issue 2 (August 2010).
  • "Electronic Commerce," in Robert A. Denamark, ed. The International Studies Compendium Project. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 2010. Co-authored with Catherine L. Mann.
  • "Review of One Economics, Many Recipes, by Dani Rodrik," Democracy and Society, Volume 5 (December), 2007.
  • "Regulatory Conflict Over Data Privacy," Cases on Transatlantic Relations, American Consortium on European Studies, 2003.
  • Global Electronic Commerce: A Policy Primer, book co-authored with Catherine L. Mann and Sue E. Eckert. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 2000.
  • "Electronic Commerce and the World Trade Organization,"chapter co-authored with Catherine L. Mann, in Jeffrey Schott, ed., The WTO After Seattle. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 2000.

Work In Progress

  • "Rethinking the Sanctions Temptation:  Ideas and Interests in US Foreign Policy."  In preparation.
  • "Re-Examining the Digital Divide:  The Politics of the Internet."  In preparation.

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