Sara Mitchell, Ph.D.

sara-mitchell@uiowa.edu

University of Iowa

Country: United States (Iowa)

About Me:

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science at Michigan State University in 1997 and her B.S degree in Economics and Political Science at Iowa State University in 1991. She is author of Domestic Law Goes Global: Legal Traditions and International Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes (Wiley-Blackwell 2012), Conflict, War, and Peace: An Introduction to Scientific Research (CQ Press/Sage 2013),The Triumph of Democracy and the Eclipse of the West (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), and What Do We Know About Civil Wars?(Rowman Littlfield 2016), she has edited several special journal issues, and she has published more than forty journal articles and book chapters. She is the recipient of several major research awards from the Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development. Her areas of expertise include international conflict, political methodology, and gender issues in academia. Professor Mitchell is co-founder of the Journeys in World Politics workshop, a mentoring workshop for junior women studying international relations. She received the Faculty Scholar Award (2007-2010), Collegiate Scholar Award (2011), and the Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (2012) from the University of Iowa, the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award (2015) from the International Studies Association, a distinguished alumni award from Iowa State University, and she served as President of the Peace Science Society.

Research Interests

Conflict Processes & War

Research Methods & Research Design

International Law & Organization

Foreign Policy

Maritime Conflict

Interstate Wars

Time Series Analysis

Territorial Conflict

International Organizations

International Courts

Media Appearances:

TV Appearances:

(2017) Iowa Public Radio

Patterns of Maritime Conflicts: discussion of my research on global maritime disputes

Radio Appearances:

(2017) Iowa Public Radio

River to River, discussion of politics