Laura Sjoberg

Laura Sjoberg is an American feminist scholar of international relations and international security. Her work specializes in gendered interpretations of just war theory, Feminist Security Studies, and women's violence in global politics.

She is author (with Caron Gentry) of Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women's Violence in Global Politics (Zed Books 2007) and "Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq," (Lexington Books 2006). She is editor of "Gender and International Security: Feminist Perspectives" (Routledge 2010), "Rethinking the 21st Century: New Problems, Old Solutions" (Zed Books 2009, with Amy Eckert), "Feminist International Relations: Conversations about the Past, Present, and Future" (Routledge 2011, with J. Ann Tickner), "Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives" (Praeger Security International, with Sandra Via), and "Women, Gender, and Terrorism" (University of Georgia Press 2012, with Caron Gentry).

Dr. Sjoberg is an Associate Professor of Political Science and affiliate faculty in Women's Studies at the University of Florida. She has previously taught and researched at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Duke University, Boston College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Brandeis University, and Merrimack College. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and Gender Studies from the University of Southern California, and a law degree from Boston College.

Dr. Sjoberg is currently homebase editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics. She serves as the Chair of the International Studies Association Committee on the Status of Women. She has given invited presentations at the University of Florida Law School, Harvard University, Lancaster University, Virginia State University, the University of Virginia, Hollins University, the University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California and Duke University, as well as at meetings of the International Studies Association, the American Political Science Association, and the National Women's Studies Association.

Her work has been published in International Studies Quarterly, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, Security Studies, International Studies Perspectives, International Relations, Politics and Gender, International Studies Review, Feminist Review, International Politics, and other academic journals and edited volumes. She is editor of book series at New York University Press on "Gender and Political Violence," and at Oxford University Press on "Gender and International Relations" (with J. Ann Tickner).