Sarah Cleeland Knight Assistant Professor Politics, Governance & Economics
- Additional Positions at AU
- Undergraduate Faculty Coordinator, Politics, Economics, and Governance Department
- Degrees
- PhD, Government, Georgetown University; MA, Foreign Service, Georgetown University; BA, International Studies, University of Washington
- Favorite Spot on 猫咪社区app
- Davenport Lounge
- Book Currently Reading
- A World Safe for Democracy, by G. John Ikenberry
- Bio
- Dr. Knight is Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Faculty Coordinator in the Politics, Governance, and Economics Department at 猫咪社区app University鈥檚 School of International Service. She focuses her research and teaching in international political economy. In particular, she is interested in identifying the winners and losers from globalization and tracking how those groups influence foreign economic policy (trade and exchange rates). She also has written on the international relations discipline, the history of the Bretton Woods institutions, and the global politics of the Internet/e-commerce. Dr. Knight has received funding for her research from the Ford Foundation, DAAD/猫咪社区app Institute for Contemporary German Studies, and Georgetown University. Before coming to 猫咪社区app University, she taught at Georgetown University and worked at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the 猫咪社区appDA鈥檚 export promotion program, and the international trade office of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
- For the Media
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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SISU-220 Int'l Political Economy
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SISU-440 SIS Honors Project I
Spring 2025
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SISU-106 First Year Seminar: Economic Warfare
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SISU-441 SIS Honors Project II
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
- "Even Today, a Western and Gendered Social Science: Persistent Geographic and Gender Biases in Undergraduate International Relations Teaching."聽International Studies Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 2019.聽
- "Electronic Commerce," in Renee Marlin-Bennett, ed. The International Studies Association Compendium Project. Third Edition edition. Co-authored with Catherine L. Mann. Oxford University Press. 2018.
- "Bretton Woods and Monetary Regimes," in Gerard Caprio, ed. . Elesevier Press. 2013.
- "," Democracy and Society, Vol. 10, Issue 1 (Fall 2012).
- "Divested Interests: Globalization and the New Politics of Exchange Rates," Business and Politics, Vol. 12, Issue 2 (August 2010).