If reality can kill the dream, why can't the dream kill reality?

-George Moore.
 


laura sjoberg, ph.d., j.d. (pdf)

University of Florida
Department of Political Science
PO Box 117325
203 Anderson Hall
Gainesville Florida 32611
sjoberg at ufl.edu
352.575.8603
 
education
juris doctorate, boston college law school, 2007
ph.d., international relations, university of southern california, 2004
bachelors, political science and history, university of chicago, 2001
 

academic appointments
assistant professor, political science, university of florida, 2009-
faculty research affiliate, women and public policy program, kennedy school of government, harvard university, 2007-
assistant professor, political science, virginia tech, 2007-2009
visiting assistant professor, political science, duke university, 2006-2007
lecturer, women's studies, merrimack college, 2006
lecturer, politics and women's studies, brandeis university, 2005-2006
 
other training
basin harbor workshop on teaching security studies, 2009
inter-university consortium for political and social research, 2008
journeys in world politics: women mentoring women, spring 2007
from harvard square to the oval office: executive education for women in politics, 2005-2006
graduate certificate in gender studies, 2004
institute for qualitative research methods, winter 2003
women in international security graduate symposium, summer 2002
 
research appointments
visiting scholar, institute for research on women and gender, university of michigan, 2008
post-doctoral fellow, women and public policy program and belfer center for science and international affairs, kennedy school of government, harvard university, 2005-2006
post-doctoral fellow, boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights, tufts university, 2005-2006
 
publications
(see research page for summaries)
 
(authored) books
gendering global conflict: towards a feminist theory of war (under contract and under review, columbia university press)
mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics (with Caron Gentry, zed books, 2007)
gender, justice, and the wars in iraq: a feminist reformulation of just war theory (lexington books, 2006)
 
(edited) books
women, gender, and terrorism (with Caron Gentry, university of georgia press, 2011)
feminism and international relations: conversations about the past, present, and future (with J. Ann Tickner, routledge, 2011)
gender, war, and militarism: feminist perspectives (with Sandra Via, praeger security international, 2010)
gender and international security (routledge, 2010)
international studies encyclopedia, section editor, feminist theory and gender studies (54 article-length critical literature reviews, wiley-blackwell, 2010)
rethinking the 21st century: new problems, old solutions (with Amy Eckert, zed books, 2009)
 
journal editorships

international feminist journal of politics (with Heidi Hudson and Cynthia Weber), july 2011-
 
edited book series
oxford studies in gender and international relations, with J. Ann Tickner, oxford university press
gender and political violence, new york university press
 
edited journal special issues
security studies: feminist contributions, special issue of security studies 18(2): 183-369.
the state of feminist security studies, edited critical perspectives section of the politics and gender, december 2011
 
peer-reviewed journal articles
"the trans-embodiment of war(s): gender (ambiguity), terror, and violence," (with Laura Shepherd), feminist review, forthcoming, july 2012
"feminist ir 101: teaching through blogs," international studies perspectives, forthcoming, july 2012
"gender hierarchy, international structure, and the causes of war," international theory, forthcoming, february 2012
"the 'state' of 'feminist security studies,'" politics and gender, forthcoming, december 2011
"emotion, risk, and feminist international relations research," forthcoming, international studies review, december 2011
"a(nother) dark side of the protection racket: targeting women in wars," (with Jessica Peet), international feminist journal of politics, july 2011
"the paradox of double effect," forthcoming, women's policy journal, june 2011
"a(nother) dark side of the protection racket: targeting women in wars," (with Jessica Peet), international feminist journal of politics, july 2011
"gender, the state, and war redux," international relations, 2011, volume 25, number 1: 108-34 (replied to by jean elshtain, p.135-41)
"women fighters and the 'beautiful soul' narrative," international review of the red cross, 2010, number 877: 53-68.
"security studies: feminist contributions," security studies, 2009, volume 18, number 2: 183-213.
"feminist interrogations of terrorism/terrorism studies,"international relations, 2009, volume 23, number 1: 69-74.
"profiling terror: gendering the strategic logic of suicide terror and other narratives," austrian journal of political science 2008/2: 181-196 (with Caron Gentry).
"scaling international relations theory: geography's contribution to where ir takes place," international studies review, 2008, volume 10, number 3: 471-499.
"the norm of tradition: gender subordination and women's exclusion in international relations," politics and gender, 2008, volume 4, number 1: 73-80.
"reduced to bad sex: narratives of violent women from the bible to the 'war on terror'" international relations, 2008, volume 22, number 1: 5-23 (with Caron Gentry).
"why just war needs feminism now more than ever," international politics, 2008, volume 45, number 1: 1-18.
"gender and personal pedagogy: some observations," international studies perspectives, 2007, volume 8, number 3: 336-339.
"agency, militarized femininity, and enemy others," international feminist journal of politics, 2007, volume 9, number 3: 82-101.
"the gendered realities of the immunity principle: why gender analysis needs feminism," international studies quarterly, 2006, volume 50, number 4: 889-910.
 
peer-reviewed book chapters
"feminist international relations," (with J. Ann Tickner) for inclusion in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, and Beth Simmons, editors, handbook of international relations (sage, forthcoming, 2012)
"feminist perspectives on political violence," in Marie Breen-Smyth, editor, ashgate research companion to political violence, under contract and under review, ashgate
"just war without civilians," in critical perspectives on just war, edited by Amy E. Eckert and Caron E. Gentry (university of georgia press, forthcoming, 2012)
"arguing gender and international relations," in alker and ir: global studies in an interconnected worldedited by Renee Marlin-Bennett (routledge, 2011)
"women, gender, and 21st century terrorism: introduction" (with Grace Cooke and Stacey Reiter Neal), in women, gender, and 21st century terrorism, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry (university of georgia press, forthcoming, 2011)
"gendering women's terrorism in historical perspective," (with Caron Gentry) in women, gender, and terrorism, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry (university of georgia press, 2011)
"conclusion: terror(izing) gender," in women, gender, and terrorism, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry (university of georgia press, 2011)
"introduction," in feminism and international relations: conversations about the past, present, and future, edited by J. Ann Tickner and Laura Sjoberg (routledge, 2011): 1-21.
"targeting civilians in war: feminist approaches" (with Jessica Peet), in feminism international relations: conversations about the past, present, and future, edited by J. Ann Tickner and Laura Sjoberg (routledge, 2011): 169-187.
"emancipation and the feminist security studies project," in feminism and international relations: conversations about the past, present, and future, edited by J. Ann Tickner and Laura Sjoberg (routledge, 2011): 115-122.
"conclusion: feminist futures" in feminism and international relations: conversations about the past, present, and future, edited by J. Ann Tickner and Laura Sjoberg (routledge, 2011): 221-236.
"reconstructing womanhood in post-conflict rwanda," in women, war, and violence: personal perspectives and global activism, edited by Robin Chandler, Lihua Wang, and Linda Fuller (palgrave macmillan, 2010): 165-180.
"women and the genocidal rape of other women: the gendered dynamics of gendered war crimes," in confronting gender justice: women's lives, human rights, edited by Debra Bergofen, Paula Ruth Gilbert, Tamara Harvey, and Connie L. McNeely (routledge, 2010): 21-34.
"feminism," in international relations theories: discipline and diversity, edited by Steve Smith, Tim Dunne, and Milja Kurki (with J. Ann Tickner, second edition, oxford university press, 2010): 195-212.
"feminist security theorizing," in international studies encyclopedia, edited by Robert Denemark (with Jillian Martin, wiley-blackwell, 2010): 1371-1402.
"feminist theory and gender studies," in international studies encyclopedia, edited by Robert Denemark (with Brooke Ackerly, wiley-blackwell, 2010): 121-136.
"introduction," in gender, war, and militarism: feminist perspectives, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via (praeger security international, 2010): 1-16.
"gendering the empire's soldiers: gender ideologies, the U.S. military, and the 'war on terror,'" in gender, war, and militarism: feminist perspectives, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via (praeger security international, 2010): 209-218.
"conclusion: the interrelationship between gender, war, and militarism" in gender, war, and militarism: feminist perspectives, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via (praeger security international, 2010): 231-241.
"feminism and styles of political leadership," in the ashgate research companion to political leadership edited by Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov, and W. Andy Knight (ashgate, 2009): 149-176.
"introduction," in gender and international security, edited by Laura Sjoberg, (routledge, 2010): 1-14.
"gendering power transition theory" in gender and international security, edited by Laura Sjoberg, (routledge, 2010): 83-102.
"gender, just war theory, and non-state actors," in ethics, authority, and war: non-state actors and the just war tradition, edited by Brent Steele and Eric Heinze (palgrave, 2009): 151-176.
"introduction," (with Amy E. Eckert) in rethinking the 21st century: new problems, old solutions, edited by Amy E. Eckert and Laura Sjoberg (zed books, 2009): 1-21.
"sanctions as war" in rethinking the 21st century: new problems, old solutions, edited by Amy E. Eckert and Laura Sjoberg (zed books, 2009): 173-192.
"conclusion," (with Amy E. Eckert) in rethinking the 21st century: new problems, old solutions, edited by Amy E. Eckert and Laura Sjoberg (zed books, 2009): 228-236.
"feminism,"in international relations theories: discipline and diversity, edited by Steve Smith, Tim Dunne, and Milja Kurki (with J. Ann Tickner, oxford university press, 2010; first edition, 2006): 185-202.
 
other publications
"what are the grounds for the legality of abortion? the 13th amendment argument," cardozo journal of law and gender 17(3) (2011): 527-550.
"civility and rwandan reconstruction," case study, atlantic coast conference inter-institutional academic collaborative student leadership conference, 2009
"teaching gender in international relations and the international in gender," women and politics section of the american political science association newsletter 21(2): summer 2010, 14-16.
"emerging issues: youth, gender, and the changing nature of armed conflict," with Ibrahim Bangura, Myriam Denov, Jennifer Klot, Irma Specht, Julie Stevens, and Christina Yueng, report for Peacebuild: the canadian peacebuilding network, february 2008.
"mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics," meeting report for the boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights, october 31, 2007.
"gendering the war in iraq," meeting report for the boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights, february 13, 2007.
"the paradox of double effect: how feminism can save the immunity principle," boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights working paper 3-1, 2006.
Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Maine Bar Association 2006 (edited with Paul Chaiken)
 
interviews
"interview with dr. laura sjoberg," by Erin Hogeboom, Perspectives on Global Issues 5(2) (Summer 2011), 24-28.
"interview with laura sjoberg and jessica peet," by Rozanne Larsen, Women's Policy Journal 7(1) (Summer 2011)
 
reviews published
of Richard Jackson, Lee Jarvis, Jeroen Gunning, and Marie Breen Smyth, terrorism: a critical interoruction (palgrave macmillan, 2011), in critical studies on terrorism, march 2012.
of Rosa-Linda Fregoso and Cynthia Berjarano, terrorizing women: feminicide in the americas (duke, 2010), in perspectives on politics, december 2011.
of Cynthia Enloe, nimo's war, emma's war: making feminist sense of the iraq war (university of california press, 2010), in feminist review, december 2011.
of Sanford Silverberg, ed. international law: contemporary issues and future developments (westview, 2011), in choice, july 2011.
of Chris Coulter, bush wives and girl soldiers: women's lives through war and peace in sierra leone (cornell, 2009), in political science quarterly, volume 126, number 1 (2011): 171-172.
of Yoran Dinstein, the conduct of hostilities under the law of international armed conflict (2nd edition, cambridge, 2010) in choice, november 2010.
of Carol Harrington, politicization of sexual violence: from abolitionism to peacekeeping (ashgate, 2010) in choice, october 2010.
of Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca, making feminist sense of the global justice movement (rowman and littlefield, 2010) in choice, september 2010.
of Miranda H. Alison, women and political violence: female combatants in ethno-national conflicts (routledge, 2009), international feminist journal of politics, 2010, volume 12, number 2: 285-287.
of Cynthia Cockburn, from where we stand: war, women's activism, and feminist analysis (zed books, 2007), feminist review, 2010, number 92: 180-182.
of Natalie Bormann, national missile defence and the politics of u.s. identity: a poststructural critique (manchester university press, 2008), presidential studies quarterly, 2009, volume 39, number 4: 957-958.
of Robin L. Riley and Naeem Inayatullah, interrogating imperialism: conversations on gender, race, and war (palgrave macmillan, 2008) in international studies review, 2009, volume 11, number 2: 368-370.
of Gary Goertz and Amy Mazur, politics, gender, and concepts (cambridge university press, 2008) in choice, june 2009.
of Yasmin Husein Al-Jawaheri, women in iraq: the gender impact of international sanctions (ib tauris, 2008) in the european journal of women's studies, 2009, volume 16, number 1: 90-92.
of Laura Shepherd, gender, violence, and security (zed books, 2009) in choice, february 2009.
of George Fletcher and Jens Davis Ohlin, defending humanity: when force is justified and why (oxford university press, 2008) in choice, september 2008.
of Monique Deveaux, gender and justice in multicultural liberal states (oxford university press, 2007) in choice, may 2008.
of Joost Hiltermann, a poisonous affair: america, iraq, and the gassing of halabja (cambridge university press, 2007) in choice, february 2008.
of Julie Mertus and Jeffrey Helsing, eds. human rights and conflict: exploring the linkages between rights, law, and peacebuilding (united states institute of peace, 2007) in choice, September 2007.
of David Malone, the international struggle over iraq: the politics of the united nations security council (cambridge university press, 2006), in choice, August 2007.
 
research in progress and/or under review
 
books
kill the women first: gender and civilian victimization (with Jessica Peet, a prospectus and sample chapter are under review at oxford university press)
rape among women: genocidal rape and sex subordination (under contract at new york university press)
(gendered) international relations (a textbook project under review at oxford university press)
gender, war, and conflict (a textbook project under contract at polity press)
 
journal articles
"towards transgendering international relations?" revised and resubmitted
"gendering 'desperate times': feminist contributions to the civilian victimization debate," (with Jessica Peet) under review
"the power of peace: looking at gendered opportunity structures through feminist lenses," (with Catia Confortini), under review
"the moral limits (and theoretical possibilities) of constructivist theorizing" (with J. Samuel Barkin), under review
 
book chapters
“feminism,” for inclusion in international relations 101, edited by Eric K. Leonard (under contract, rowman and littlefield), revised and resubmitted.
“the inseparability of gender hierarchy, just war, and the legitimacy of war(s),” for inclusion in Cian O’Driscoll and Anthony Lang, eds. just war theory: the state of the art, for submission to the united states institute of peace press, submitted and under review.
"gender-based violence and the impacts of war," for inclusion in Jennifer Mathers, ed., handbook of gender and war (under contract, edward elgar press), submitted and under review
"morality, legality, and health: the influence of the grounds of abortion legality on abortion-related health issues," for inclusion in women's global health: ethical norms and state policy, eds. Lyn Boyd Judson and Patrick James, under review.
"quantitative methods in critical security studies," for inclusion in Laura J. Shepherd, ed., critical approaches to security: theories and methods (under contract, routledge), planned submission february 2012.
"feminisms and political leadership," for inclusion in Paul't Hart and R. A. W. Rhodes, oxford handbook of political leadership (under contract, oxford university press), planned submission october 2011.
"female combatants, feminism, and just war theory," for Marsha Henry, Mary Evans, Clare Hemmings, Sadie Wearing, Sumi Madhok, and Ania Plomien, handbook of feminist theory (sage, under contract), planned submission january 2012.
 
reviews
review of Columba Peoples, justifying ballistic missile defence: technology, security, and culture (cambridge, 2010), invited and submitted to perspectives on politics
review of Choman Hardi, gendered experiences of genocide: anfal survivors in Kurdistan-Iraq (ashgate, 2011), invited and submitted to gender and development
 
 

field leadership positions

 
women & politics section of the american political science association
secretary, 2010-2011
sexuality & politics section of the american political science association
program chair, apsa 2013
the international studies association (isa)
member, governing council, 2009-2012
member, professional development committee, 2010-2012
member, workshop grants committee, 2011-2013
member, committee on the status of women, 2012-2014

feminist theory & gender studies section of isa
member, executive committee, 2006-2012
section chair, 2009-2010
program chair, 2007-2009
webmaster, 2006-present
international studies association-northeast
president, 2011-2012
acting president and president-elect, 2010-2011
program chair, 2009-2010
governing council, 2009-2013
women's caucus program chair, 2006-2008
international studies association-west
executive board, 2006-2012
president, 2008-2009
program chair, 2005-2008
webmaster, 2005-present
international studies association-south
executive board, 2010-
boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights
member, board of directors, 2006-present
webmaster, 2006-present
 
institutional service
 
university level
faculty senator, 2010-2013
coach, university of florida mock trial team, 2011-
faculty advisor, university of florida mock trial team, 2010-2011
reitz scholars mentors board, 2010-
honors advisory council, 2010-
planning committee, ACC inter-institutional academic collaborative student leadership conference, virginia tech, 2008-2009
organization of women faculty, executive board, virginia tech, 2008-2009
president, middle east working group, virginia tech, 2008-2009
planning, institute for society, culture, & environment, virginia tech, 2007
coach, duke university mock trial team, 2006-2007
 
college level
secretary of the CLAS faculty assembly, 2010-
CLAS steering committee, 2010-
faculty affiliate, women's studies, 2010-
CLAHS college research committee, virginia tech, 2008-2009
faculty affiliate, women's studies, virginia tech, 2007-2009
faculty affiliate, the alliance for social, political, ethical, and cultural thought (aspect) ph.d. program, virginia tech, 2007-2009
international studies steering committee, virginia tech, 2007-2009
 
department level
graduate placement director, 2010-
member, chair's advisory committee, political science department, 2010-
research series coordinator, political science department, 2009-2010
political science dissertation-writing support group coordinator, 2010-
co-coordinator, workshop on epistemology and method in IR, 2010
best undergraduate thesis committee, political science department, 2010
international relations field committee, political science department, 2010-
graduate teaching award committee, political science department, 2010
editor, virginia tech political science alumni newsletter, 2007-2009
advisor, virginia tech political science club, 2007-2009
political science curriculum committee, virginia tech, 2007-2009
 
professional memberships
 
international studies association, 2003-
feminist theory and gender studies section
women's caucus for international studies
international security studies section
american political science association, 2003-
women and politics research section
women's caucus for political science
international security and arms control section
qualitative research methods section
national women's studies association
women in international security
boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights
 
 
editorial boards
foreign policy analysis
review of international studies
international feminist journal of politics
 
peer reviewing
international studies quarterly
british journal of politics and international relations
international feminist journal of politics
international security
comparative political studies
ethics and international affairs
european journal of international relations
international studies review
international studies perspectives
security dialogue
the sociological review
political research quarterly
global society
political studies quarterly
journal of peace research
globalizations
journal of international relations and development
international relations
journal of political science education
gender, place, and culture
review of international studies
journal of women, politics, and policy
politics and gender
foreign policy analysis
cambridge review of international affairs
wiley-blackwell publishers
rowman and littlefield publishers
routledge publishers
longman publishers
columbia university press
new york university press
oxford university press
polity press
university of michigan press
CQ press
zed books
continuum books
kumarian press
policy press
palgrave macmillan publishers
temple university press
university of chicago press
 
awards
feminist theory and gender studies section of the isa service award, 2009
best paper award, women in politics, american political science association, 2006
university of southern california, university-wide best dissertation, 2004
boston college law school merit scholarship, 2004-2007
best paper award, international studies association-west, 2002
bannerman foundation fellowship, international relations, 2001-2002
alan sagner fellow, the century foundation, public policy, 1999-2000
 
grants
united states state department study of the united states institute on u.s. foreign policy grant, "the united states from the inside out" (with Stephen Craig) $299222
university of florida humanities scholarship enhancement grant, "rape among women" $10248
university of florida department of political science collaborative reseach grant, "gendering the civilian victimization debate," (with Jessica Peet), 2010 $1000
university of florida preliminary research grant, "theorizing conflict processes through gender lenses," 2010 $11000
university of southern california school of international relations grant, "twenty years of feminist international relations" (with J. Ann Tickner), 2010 $20000
international studies association working group grant, "gender and security studies: theory and practice," (with Jennifer Lobasz), 2010 $5000
university provost's office summer sessions grant, virginia tech, "simulating comparative politics," 2009 $5000
office of academic assessment grant, virginia tech, "learning outcome assessment for political science/international studies," (with Craig Brians), 2008 $2100
center for excellence in undergraduate teaching interdisciplinary teaching grant, "interdisciplinary learning outcome assessement for the social sciences," (with Craig Brians), 2008 $2880
institute for society, culture, and the environment research grant for expanding quantitative methods skills, virginia tech, 2008 $5000
international studies association workshop grant, "security studies: feminist contributions," (with Susan Peterson), 2007 $5000
international studies association workshop grant, "old solutions to new problems: rethinking 21st century security" (with Amy Eckert), 2007 $5000
departmental research grant, duke university, department of political science, gender and security studies, 2006-2007 $2000
kenan institute for ethics faculty research grant, duke university, "gender and just war theorizing," 2006 $2000
international studies association travel grants, 2005 & 2006 $1250
university of southern california center for international studies dissertation fellowship, 2004 $10000
university of california at santa barbara center for the study of sexuality in the military research fellowship, 2003-2004 $1000
the university of southern california center for international studies pre-dissertation fellowshop, 2002 $3000
 
 
consulting and contract research
the united nations development fund for women, 2010
department of state, study of the united states foreign policy institute, assistant director, 2010
academic council of the united nations, 2010
canadian peacebuilding network, 2008
rudman and winchell, PA/LLC, 2006
 
ph.d. committees
Ioannis Ziogas, University of Florida (chair)
Jessica Peet, University of Florida, 2011 (co-chair)
Sandra Via, Virginia Tech, 2011 (co-chair)
Adriana Seagle, Virginia Tech (member)
Chi-Hung Wei, University of Florida (member)
Lorna Bracewell, University of Florida (member)
Jasin Cooley, University of Florida (member)
Dominic Lisanti, University of Florida (member)
Eric Johnson, University of Florida (member)
Kendra Patterson, University of Florida (member)
Jennifer Heeg, Georgetown University, 2010(member)
Sarah Cervone, University of Florida, 2010, (anthropology, outside member)
Kate Richey, University of Oklahoma (member)
 
invited presentations
  • "a feminist reading of the paradox of civilian protection," york university, center for international and security studies, april 26, 2011
  • "relations international: gender and dyadic-level theories of war," north carolina state university, department of political science, february 18, 2011
  • "kill the women first? gender and civilian victimization," north carolina state university, department of political science, february 16, 2011
  • (with Catia Confortini), "the power of peace: seeing gendered opportunity structures through feminist lenses," the university of massachusetts-boston, boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights, november 2, 2010
  • "protective shield or open door? gender and the civilian immunity principle," wellesley college, peace and justice studies program, october 29, 2010
  • (with Jessica Peet), "kill the women first: gender and civilian victimization," harvard university, kennedy school of government, women and public policy program, october 28, 2010
  • "gender and security," united states department of state, study of the united states u.s. foreign policy institute, july 7, 2010
  • "women and wars," the dynamo, student think tank at the university of florida, april 13, 2010
  • (with Jessica Peet) "gendering desperate times: feminist perspectives on the civilian victimization debate," university of southern california, twenty years of feminist international relations conference, april 10, 2010
  • "mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics," university of southern california, peace and justice studies program, april 7, 2010
  • "gender, war, and militarism," university of southern california, school of international relations, april 6, 2010
  • "morality, legality, and health: the influence of the grounds of abortion legality on abortion-related health issues," university of southern california levan institute for humanities and ethics, april 5, 2010
  • (with Jessica Peet) "gendering desperate times: gender and the civilian victimization debate," university of florida department of political science research series, march 19, 2010
  • "intersections: gender and terrorism," university of florida, department of women's studies, gender conversations series, november 20, 2009
  • "gender and security," university of florida, political science honors society," september 28, 2009
  • "gender and alternative dispute resolution," university of florida, frederic levin college of law, september 22, 2009
  • "gender hierarchy as a permissive cause of war," harvard university, kennedy school of government, women and public policy program, april 23, 2009
  • "gender, religion, and sexual violence," virginia tech, alliance for social, political, ethical, and cultural thought (ASPECT), gender, religion, and identity symposium (GRIST), april 3, 2009
  • "gender and just war theory," george mason university, department of political science, march 24, 2009
  • "women: armed and dangerous," lancaster university, department of politics, march 20, 2009
  • "issues in wartime rape," virginia state university, english department, february 27, 2009
  • "gender and leadership," atlantic coast conference inter-university academic collaborative student leadership conference, break-out session, february 21, 2009
  • "civility in the rwandan reconstruction process," atlantic coast conference inter-university academic collaborative student leadership conference, keynote, february 20, 2009
  • "mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics," university of virginia, political science club, november 19, 2008
  • "through feminist eyes: women's violence in global politics," virginia tech, women's studies program and campus women's center, through feminist eyes lecture series, november 12, 2008
  • "sex and sex subordination: women's sexual violence towards other women," virginia tech, women's studies program faculty research series, november 10, 2008
  • "how will she decide? gender expectations and political leadership," hollins university, mary camp walker speakers series, april 12, 2008
  • "can gender improve strategy? unlikely bedfellows of femininism and realism," harvard university, kennedy school of government, belfer center for science and international affairs, november 1, 2007
  • "gendering the empire's soldiers: gendered ideologies, the united states military, and the war on terror," university of pennsylvania, gender, war, and militarism conference, october 26, 2007
  • "mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics" (with Caron Gentry), harvard univversity, kennedy school of government, women and public policy program, april 9, 2007
  • "will there be a just end in iraq? observations from a feminist standpoint," tufts university, fletcher school of law and diplomacy, boston consortium on gender, security, and human rights, february 14, 2007
  • "gender, justice, and the wars in iraq," massachusetts institute of technology, graduate consortium on gender studies, feburary 13, 2007
  • "gender and the political practice of just war stories," university of michigan, ann arbor, institute for research on women and gender, december 1, 2006
  • "gender, justice, and the wars in iraq," university of michigan, dearborn, department of social science, november 30, 2006
  • "mean girls: women's violence in global politics," duke university, department of political science
  • "empathetic war-fighting," harvard university, kennedy school of government, women and public policy program, november 9, 2006
  • "gender, justice, and the wars in iraq," coop bookstore, cambridge, massachusetts, book signing and discussion, august 14, 2006
  • "empathy as a new way forward for just war theory," harvard university, kennedy school of government, women and public policy program, may 14, 2006
  • "was iraq 'a threat to international peace and security'? an empirical investigation," harvard university, kennedy school of government, belfer center for science and international affairs, april 13, 2006
 
conference presentations
dr. sjoberg has presented more than 50 papers at international, national, and regional conferences and given talks on more than a dozen roundtables. The complete list of her conference presentations is on the pdf version of her cv. in 2011-2012, she plans to present at the annual meeting of the american political science association, the annual meeting of the international studies association-west, the annual meeting of the international studies association-northeast, and the annual meeting of the international studies association.