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.
Joanna Spear
Associate Professor of International Affairs
On Sabbatical, AY 2012–13
Office: 1957 E Street, NW Suite 605
Phone: (202) 994-1088
Fax: (202) 994-7761
E-mail: jspear@gwu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Southampton
Expertise:
U.S. arms sales policies, U.S. counter-proliferation policies, and transatlantic relations
Watch Dr. Spear discuss U.S. Defense Strategy in 2012 and Beyond
Background:
Dr. Spear is Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Elliott School's Security Policy Studies Program. She was the Founding Director of the National Security Studies Program, an executive education program serving the needs of the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Dr. Spear is also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House in London. Before joining GW, Dr. Spear was Director of the Graduate Research Programme and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London. In addition, she was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a Visiting Scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Selected Publications:
- More Than Guns and Bombs: The Defense Trade in the Twenty-First Century (forthcoming)
- Security and Development in Global Politics: a Critical Comparison. ed with Paul Williams (Georgetown Univ Pr, 2012)
- Carter and Arms Sales: Implementing the Carter Administration's Arms Transfer Restraint Policy (Macmillan, 1995)
Dr. Spear has written numerous articles and chapters in books on subjects such as the international defense trade, arms control, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and post-conflict reconstruction.
Courses Taught:
IAFF 6163 Transnational Security
IAFF 6173 Security and Development
PSC 6349 International Security Politics