Sarah Federman, Ph.D.

Sarah Federman is an author, educator, and conflict resolution practitioner who unites business savvy with peacebuilding wisdom. She spent a decade as an international executive working with clients such as Google and the Discovery Channel. A job transfer moved her from Manhattan to Paris where she stumbled up her own name on a Holocaust memorial wall. This moment prompted her to turn her attention to helping people trapped in seemingly insurmountable conflicts and those seeking ways forward after mass atrocity. To this end, she completed a doctorate and extensive training in conflict resolution. She is now an Assistant Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management at the University of Baltimore and a Fulbright Peace & Conflict Resolution Specialist. She works in French and English.

“An excellent, well-written, original contribution to a growing field of business and human rights. Last Train to Auschwitz engagingly weaves together victims’ narratives and historical and legal archives to provide a compelling contribution to the study of corporate accountability and transitional justice.”
— Leigh Payne, University of Oxford

• George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, PhD Presidential Scholar
• American University of Paris, MA International Affairs
• The University of Pennsylvania, BA Intellectual History (Summa Cum Laude)
• Harvard University, Key Executive Training
• Middlebury College, Masters French Immersion

2020-2021 Visiting Fellow, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
McGill University

2021 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford – Publication Award University of Baltimore, College of Public Affairs

2018, 20 Summer Research Award, University of Baltimore

2017 Amtrak Writing Residency

2016 Kathryn Davis Fellows for Peace

2016 Carey Institute for Global Good Writing Residency

2015 Minerva Institute Grant

2014 Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (Grant)

2012-2015 Presidential Scholar, George Mason University