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Sarah Croco

Associate Professor
2101 Chincoteague Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Work Phone: 
301 405 2161
Expert Credentials: 

Sarah Croco is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Politics and a faculty associate at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland.

Her dissertation, Peace at What Price?, won the 2009 Best Dissertation Prize from the Committee for the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy. She has also won numerous teaching awards.

Her work has appeared in The American Political Science Review, The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, and World Politics, among others

Area of Expertise: 

International conflict; the process by which citizens assign leaders responsibility for international wars; the value of policy consistency in elections; territorial disputes and civilian targeting.

College/School/Division: 
Degrees: 
Ph.D. Political Science University of Michigan