Sarah Shoer

Sarah Shoer is a Program Manager in the Office of University Affairs, where she manages projects within ASU’s national security and defense portfolio. She is a lead contributor to ASU’s Agriculture and National Security Project, which positions food systems as strategic assets and develops innovative tools to counter hybrid threats to U.S. agriculture. In addition, Sarah serves as the Managing Editor for Inter Populum: The Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations, a peer-reviewed publication that advances scholarship on irregular warfare, special operations, and their intersections.

Prior to joining ASU, Sarah held roles in administration, event coordination, and public diplomacy at several embassies in Washington, D.C., including the embassies of Qatar, France, and Canada. 

She holds a Master’s degree in Global Security from Arizona State University, where her capstone research on the Wagner Group’s operations in the Central African Republic and Mali was published in Inter Populum. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in French Studies, with a minor in Religious Studies, from Colby College.

Having spent several years in France for her education and work, Sarah is fluent in French and is currently learning Arabic.