Molly Berkemeier, Ph.D.

mollyberkemeier@gmail.com

University of Georgia

Country: United States (Georgia)

About Me:

Dr. Berkemeier is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia's School for Public and International Affairs. Her research covers the areas of nuclear politics, international security, and the role of leaders in international politics. Dr. Berkemeier's dissertation and ongoing book project examines the role of relationships between leaders in international politics in the three contexts of nuclear cooperation agreements, nuclear proliferation under extended deterrence, and alliance formation. Dr. Berkemeier's work has been published in Research & Politics and in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. She is currently working on both independent and collaborative research projects on nuclear cooperation, alliance relationships, nuclear deterrence, nuclear latency and counterproliferation, non-state actors and the nonproliferation regime, and the geographic causes of ecological terrorism. Dr. Berkemeier's teaching focuses on international relations and nuclear politics. Dr. Berkemeier completed her PhD in Political Science at Texas A&M University in 2019 and previously completed a MA in Nonproliferation and International Security ay King's College, London (with distinction) and a BA in Political Science at the University of Chicago (with honors). Dr. Berkemeier is also a former CSIS PONI Nuclear Scholar and a Bridging the Gap New Era alumna. 

Research Interests

Conflict Processes & War

International Law & Organization

Nuclear Weapons

Political Psychology

Research Methods & Research Design

Political Leadership

Nuclear Proliferation

Alliances

Trust In IR

Research Methods