Faculty- In- Residence

Faculty in Residence

North Campus Faculty-in-Residence play a fundamental role in the North Campus living-learning community, helping to create a shared experience and supportive environment that fosters academic and intellectual learning, personal development, holistic well-being, and a sense of belonging and connectedness. While Faculty-in-Residence are pivotal to each of these dimensions, Faculty-in-Residence play a leadership role in the dimension of learning. Faculty-in-Residence participate in programs, act as mentors and role models, dine with students, and are active members of the residential community. Faculty-led programs in the residence halls provide the opportunity to foster intellectual, personal, and career development for students. In each of our residential communities, faculty members collaborate with residence hall staff members to develop and implement a variety of programs that range from social and community-building activities to academic and intellectual discussions.

Meet Dr. Sabrina M. Karim

Dr. Sabrina M. Karim is an associate professor in Government at Cornell University. She directs the Gender and Security Sector Lab funded by Global Affairs Canada and is the PI of the NSF CAREER award “The Domestic and International Politics of Global Police.”

Her research focuses on conflict and peace processes, particularly state building in the aftermath of civil war. Specifically, she studies international involvement in security assistance to post-conflict states, gender reforms in peacekeeping and domestic security sectors, and the relationship between gender and violence.

She is also co-author of the book Positioning Women in Conflict Studies: How Women’s Status Affects Political Violence (Oxford University Press, 2024). She is also the co-author of Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping: Women, Peace, and Security in Post-Conflict Countries (Oxford University Press, 2017). The book was the winner of the Conflict Research Studies Best Book Prize for 2017 and the American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Best Book Award for 2018. Her work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, the British Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Peace Research, International Interactions, World Development, among others.

Born and raised in Colorado, Sabrina received her PhD from Emory University in 2016. Prior to her doctorate degree, she received a Fulbright Fellowship and received her master’s degree as a Clarendon Scholar from Oxford University. She has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Dr. Sabrina Karim
Government, Cornell
smk349@cornell.edu

More About the FIR Program

Faculty-in-Residence participate in programs, act as mentors and role models, dine with students, and are active members of the residential community. Faculty-led programs in the residence halls provide the opportunity to foster intellectual, personal, and career development for students. In each of our residential communities, faculty members collaborate with residence hall staff members to develop and implement a variety of programs that range from social and community-building activities to academic and intellectual discussions.

Fellows

A Fellow's primary responsibility is to provide students in their residential community with opportunities to explore and cultivate the students' academic, intellectual, and cultural interests. To accomplish this, Fellows work closely with the Faculty-in-Residence, if the community has one; the Residence Hall Director (RHD);  the Resident Advisors and potentially other Fellows.

Anu Lyons

Community Fellow

I am currently a member of the Cornell Career Network, specifically in ILR Career Development and work with students daily to map out their career plans. I have been at Cornell for almost 30 years and my first job at Cornell was serving as the RHD in Donlon! I was born and raised in India and then lived in Queens, NY and Monroe, NY before going to college in Western NY. I studied Psychology and Organizational Behavior at SUNY Geneseo and then completed a master’s in education at Alfred University. I enjoyed college so much, I figured out how to work at one! I live in the South Hill community (just beyond Ithaca College). My two daughters just graduated, one from Nolan’26 and one for the local high school and will be part of the Class of 2030 at University of Vermont. In my spare time, I enjoy perfecting my skills at a local pottery studio, socializing with friends and family, and watching various binge-worthy streaming shows. I look forward to meeting Donlonites through community dinners and other events hosted in partnership with the Donlon RAs, Hall Council, Community Fellows AND Faculty-In Residence.