Sarah Lockhart

Sarah P. Lockhart is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at Fordham University. She is also a member of Fordham’s Initiative on Migrants, Migration, and Human Dignity, which supports research, teaching, experiential learning, and university-community partnerships in New York City and at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, particularly in the areas of migration, political economy, and conflict. She is the co-editor of Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century (Routledge 2021; 2nd edition forthcoming) and the co-author of Migration Crises and the Structure of International Cooperation (University of Georgia 2018). She also has written about the implications of international efforts to combat human trafficking and smuggling, and the potential of international efforts to protect migrant rights. Currently, she is focused on how efforts to enhance international cooperation on “migration management” may impact human security in countries of origin and transit, especially during times of conflict or crisis.

Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Davis
BA, Mount Holyoke College

Undergraduate:

• POSC 1100: Intro to Politics
• POSC 3516: Conflict Analysis & Resolution
• POSC 3915: International Political Economy
• POSC 4002: Seminar: Global Migration
• HPLC 2610: Honors Globalization Seminar
• INST 4000: International Studies Senior Thesis Seminar

Graduate:

• POSC 5550: International MIgration Policy
• POSC 6640: The Politics of Global Economic Relations

Books:

Money, Jeannette, and Sarah P. Lockhart, eds. 2021. Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century. Routledge.

Money, Jeannette, and Sarah P. Lockhart. 2018. Migration Crises and the Structure of International Cooperation. University of Georgia Press. 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Donovan, Gregory T., Leo Guardado, Annika Marlen Hinze, Carey Kasten, Sarah P. Lockhart, and James P. McCartin. 2025. "Accompaniment as Institutional Practice: A Transdisciplinary Initiative Bridging Fordham University and the US-Mexico Border."Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education 5 (1): 6–16.

Lockhart, Sarah P. 2023. “Multilateral Protocols on Trafficking and Smuggling: Divergent Paths of Cooperation and Disintegration Since 2000.” In Global Human Smuggling: Buying Freedom in a Retreating World, 3rd Edition, eds. David Kyle and Luigi Achilli. Johns Hopkins University Press. 

Western, Shaina D., Sarah P. Lockhart, and Jeannette Money. 2019. "Does Anyone Care about Migrant Rights? An Analysis of Why Countries Enter the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families."The International Journal of Human Rights 23 (8): 1276–1299. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2019.1597716.

Money, Jeannette, and Sarah P. Lockhart. 2017. "The Paucity of International Protections: Global Migration Governance in the Contemporary Era."Global Summitry 3 (1): 45–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/global/guy007.