Sarah Burns

College of Art and Design College of Engineering Technology College of Health Sciences and Technology College of Liberal Arts College of Science Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences International Campuses Kate Gleason College of Engineering National Technical Institute for the Deaf Saunders College of Business School of Individualized Study

Sarah Burns

Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts
Department of Political Science

2024 Submissions

Journal Paper

Burns, Sarah. "Before the Responsibility to Protect: The Humanitarian Intervention in Cuba." Cosmos and Taxis 10. 9+10 (2022): 53-67. Print. «

Book Chapter

Burns, Sarah. "The Ratchet Effect: War Powers and Presidential Unilateralism." The Legacy of Robert Higgs. Ed. Christopher J. Coyne. Washington, DC: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2024. 152-176. Print. * £

Burns, Sarah. "Pax Americana: Is the United States a Benevolent Hegemon?" Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume 1: Westphalian Sovereignty and the National State. Ed. Brandon Christenson. London, United Kingdom: Palgraves Macmillan, 2024. x-y. Print. *

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

Burns, Sarah. "Legalizing a Political Fight: Congressional Abdication of War Powers in the Bush and Obama Administrations." Presidential Studies Quarterly 51. 3 (2021): 462-491. Print. «

2020 Submissions

Journal Paper

Burns, Sarah and Andrew Stravers. "Obama, Congress, and Audience Costs: Shifting the Blame on the Red Line." Political Science Quarterly 135. 1 (2020): 67-101. Print. «

2019 Submissions

Full Length Book

Burns, Sarah. The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 2019. Print. *

2017 Submissions

Journal Paper

Burns, Sarah. "Capitalist Peace Theory: A New Way Forward for American Foreign Policy." Society. (2017): 501-508. Print. «

Burns, Sarah. "Debating War Powers: Battles in the Clinton and Obama Administrations." Political Science Quarterly 132. 2 (2017): 203-223. Print. «

2014 Submissions

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Burns, Sarah. "America's Ambivalent Relationship with Liberal Imperialism." Toronto Liberty Seminar. Institute for Liberal Studies. Toronto, Canada. 8 Mar. 2014. Lecture. ∆

2013 Submissions

Journal Paper

Burns, Sarah, Lindsay Eberhardt, and Jennifer Merolla. "What's the Difference between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull? Presentations of Palin and Gender Stereotypes in the 2008 Presidential Election." Political Research Quarterly 66. 3 (2013): 687-701. Print. *