Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
, which included responses from 1,582 international relations faculty members.
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Martha Finnemore
University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
On Sabbatical, AY 2012–13
Office: Monroe 472, 2115 G Street, N.W.
Phone: (202) 994-8617
Fax: (202) 994-7743
E-mail: finnemor@gwu.edu
Web: http://home.gwu.edu/~finnemor/
Education:
Ph.D., Stanford University
Expertise:
International organizations, organization theory, and ethics in international affairs
Background:
Professor Finnemore received her B.A. from Harvard, an M.A. from the University of Sydney, and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She received GW's Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship in 2006. Her research focuses on global governance and international organizations.
Selected Publications
- Who Governs the Globe? Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan K. Sell, eds. (Cambridge, 2010)
- Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics, Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore (Cornell U Pr., 2004)
Prof. Finnemore has also written National Interests in International Society and The Purpose of Intervention, which won the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Prize as "the best book on government, politics, or international affairs" in 2003. Her scholarly articles have appeared in International Organization, Review of International Studies, and elsewhere.
Professor Finnemore teaches courses on international organizations, organization theory, and ethics in world politics.