Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé Named Fulbright Canada Scholar

Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé of the Department of Politics and International Studies has been named Fulbright Canada Scholar. Fulbright Canada Scholars are distinguished by their commitment to advancing knowledge in their chosen discipline and having an impact on the professional, local, and global communities that they serve. Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé will be a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Peace and War Studies in the Peace and War Center located in the College of Liberal Arts of Norwich University, where she will conduct research, guest lecture at the undergraduate level, and support the missions of the Peace and War Center, The College of Graduate and Continuing Studies’ Military History, Diplomacy or Information Assurance Programs. Norwich University is the United States’ oldest private military college, and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Its campus comprises a population of approximately 1500 cadets, 500 civilian students, and 120 tenure-track faculty.

This very prestigious program is based on the principle of reciprocal academic exchange and provides American and Canadian scholars and students the opportunity to study or research in their neighbouring country. These awards are granted to highly accomplished individuals who are both exceptional scholars and engaged community leaders.

Dr. Martin-Brûlé’s research focuses on peace operations and security issues related to fragile states. She has recently published Evaluating Peacekeeping Missions: A Typology of Success and Failure in International Interventions (Routledge, 2016). She was one of a handful of individuals across the world invited by the prestigious International Pace Institute’s Global Observatory to comment on the Cruz Report, a document that identifies challenges related to the security of peacekeeping personnel. She also recently took part in the design workshop on Elsie Initiative on Women in Peace Operations, which aimed to increase the number of women in peace operations. She organized and hosted an international conference entitled “Engendering International Security: The Role of Women in International Development in NATO and at the United Nations”, an event that took place at Bishop’s University in March 2018. She has led several highly successful Model UN delegations from Bishop’s University. Finally, she was a co-recipient of the Bishop’s University Emerging Scholar Research Award in 2017.