Dr. Anna Feuer

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Anna Feuer is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, where she also serves as Director of the International Studies Program. Her research primarily focuses on international security, with specific emphases on insurgency and counterinsurgency tactics, defense technology, the intersection of war and the environment, and military ethics. Anna received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, where her academic rigor was recognized through her scholarship as a Marshall Scholar. She conducted her studies in international history and politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of Oxford. Prior to her appointment at UC San Diego, Anna held the Julian Steward Chair in Social Sciences at Deep Springs College in eastern California. She has a diverse educational background, holding degrees in M.A. International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and an M.St. in Global Imperial History from the University of Oxford, alongside a B.A. in English from Columbia University.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).