Sara Bjerg Moller is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Prior to undertaking her PhD studies, Sara worked as a Research Associate for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She has also held research positions at the Brookings Institution, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Sara has published in the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, National Interest, Middle East Times, and World Politics Review and won first place in the 2011 Richard A. Clarke National Scholarly Monograph Contest for her monograph "Lessons Learned and Unlearned: The Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001."  She received an MA from Georgetown University's Security Studies Program (SSP) and a BA from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Her dissertation explores the military effectiveness of wartime alliances. 

Research Interests: IR Theory; Security Studies; Grand Strategy; Alliances; Military Effectiveness

Fields of Study: International Relations, Comparative Politics

Courses Taught: 

Introduction to International Relations, Summer 2012, Columbia University (Instructor)

Introduction to International Security, Summer 2011, Columbia  University (Instructor)