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Sarah Cleeland Knight Assistant Professor Politics, Governance & Economics

Contact
Sarah Cleeland Knight
SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
School of International Service 343
Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 (via Zoom, email for appointment) and Thursdays 1-3 (in person)
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 Campus
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 American University’s 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/American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, and Georgetown University. Before coming to American University, 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.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • SISU-220 Int'l Political Economy

  • SISU-440 SIS Honors Project I

Spring 2025

  • SISU-106 First Year Seminar: Economic Warfare

  • 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." International Studies Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 2019. 
  • "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).