Sarah Kenny is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at Women in International Security (WIIS). Sarah graduated from the University of Virginia in May 2018, where she served as president of the student body. During her time as an undergraduate, Sarah majored in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law and minored in Women and Gender Studies. Her senior thesis focused on the role of women in the alt-right and the implications of a gendered perspective for counter-extremism efforts in America. She plans to expand her research on female actors and ideological movements to the international scale in graduate school, focusing on the role that gender plays in peace negotiations and reconciliation in post-conflict societies.
