Conference Speakers
Dr. Samantha Arnold
Faculty Member, Department of Politics, University of Winnipeg
Samantha Arnold is an Assistant Professor in the Politics Department. She has been affiliated with the York Centre for International and Security Studies for a decade, and is currently an External Associate. She is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba. Samantha Arnold is the Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Global Studies at the UW's Global College, and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Manitoba Chair of United Nations Studies.
Samantha Arnold received her BA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and an MA and PhD in Political Science from York University, Toronto; the major concentration of her doctoral studies was International Relations with a specialised minor in Historical Social Thought. Her dissertation, entitled "Wor(l)d Politics," was nominated for York University's 2004 Dissertation Prize. She has taught courses in international relations, global conflict, critical security studies, comparative foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy, and Canadian security and defence policy at several universities in Southern Ontario.
Samantha Arnold's research focuses on international relations theory, critical security studies, and questions of identity and representation in global politics. She has explored these issues with respect to race and insecurity, US foreign policy, military culture, Canadian public diplomacy, photographic images of death, and the disciplinary practices of International Relations and Security Studies. She is currently involved in research investigating Circumpolar discourses of Arctic security.