She is also Co-Director of the Notre Dame International Security Program, a Faculty Fellow at The Center for Civil & Human Rights, and Co-Director of the Civil War Initiation and Termination project. Her book State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation won the Best Book Award from the Conflict Processes section of the American Political Science Association in 2008. Her books explains the puzzle of why “of all the states on the map of the world in 1816, nearly half no longer exist today.” Prior to joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Professor Fazal taught at Columbia University, and held fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and the John M. Olin Institute for Security Studies at Harvard University.