Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault

Biography

Professor Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault is Assistant Professor of Teaching for the Security Studies Program at Georgetown. She has previously served as an Assistant Dean in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown. With an expertise in the study of terrorism, torture, and interrogation, Professor Arsenault has taught International Security, International Law, and International Relations courses as well as seminars on national security policy and asymmetric violence and terrorism. She was presented with the Dorothy Brown Award in 2012 by the Georgetown University Student Association on behalf of the undergraduate student body and has also received the School of Foreign Service Faculty of the Year Award in 2012. She received her Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, M.A. in Security Policy Studies from the George Washington University, and B.A. in Government and History from The College of William & Mary. She has also worked in the defense and security sectors of the U.S. government.

Research Interest

Terrorism, Torture, Insurgency, International Law, U.S. National Security, Intelligence, International Relations