Beth Dougherty

Beth Dougherty is the Manger Professor of International Relations and Director of the School of Global & Public Service at Beloit College, where she has taught since 1996. Her research focuses on transitional justice, post-conflict memory, and Middle East politics, with particular attention to Iraq, Bosnia, and Sierra Leone. She has conducted fieldwork across the Middle East and Africa, including recent visits to Morocco.

Education: B.A., Chatham College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Research emphasizes the interplay between political memory, justice mechanisms, and governance post-conflict. Recent work examines Bosnia’s monument politics and Iraq’s De-Baathification policies, while earlier studies addressed Sierra Leone’s hybrid courts and African conflict pedagogy.

Publications span historical dictionaries, journal articles analyzing truth commissions and tribunals, and pedagogical innovations using simulations and political cartoons. Her 2019 Historical Dictionary of Iraq remains a key reference work.

• Awards: Underkofler Teaching Award (Beloit College), Rowman & Littlefield Innovative Teaching Award (APSA)

Teaching specialties include international politics, Middle East policy, human rights advocacy, and nationalism. Courses integrate case studies from Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and mass atrocities.