Dr. Laura Samotin Assistant Professor History & War Studies Social Sciences laura.samotin [at] gmail.com About Education Dr. Samotin received her PhD in international affairs from Columbia University, where her research focused on the non-material determinants of military effectiveness. Her academic work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and major academic journals and presses. She has also served as a non-resident senior fellow at the Stimson Center and USC's Schwarzenegger Institute, as well as a former non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Ph.D. in international affairs - Columbia UniversityM.A. - Columbia UniversityM.Phil.- Columbia UniversityB.A. in political science - University of Pennsylvania