Office:          McKinley 206C
Office Hours: 11:15-2 Tuesday, 12-2 Wednesday, or By Appointment
Phone:         (202) 885-1613
E-mail:         sarahj@american.edu

Biography

Sarah Johnson, PhD SIS ‘02 has returned to the School of International Service. Professor Johnson's research interests include international security, post-conflict reconstruction. Her dissertation, “Displaced Humanity: Power Politics and the International Refugee Movement,” provided a comparative analysis of international responses to migration crises as both security threats and humanitarian events. Dr. Johnson has held consulting positions with the World Bank and worked with American University's Mediation Services.

• Introduction to Peace & Conflict Resolution
  

• Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
• Migration Crises and Security
• People's Movements
• Student Movements 
• International Development 

• Parent Resource Center, D.C. Public School System, Washington, D.C.
• The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
  

• Performance Merit Increase, SIS The American University
• Award for Outstanding Teaching by a PhD Candidate, SIS The American University 
• Performance Recognition Award, World Bank 
• Summer Symposium Participant (1999), Women in International Security  
• Herman Churchill History Award, University of Rhode Island