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About the Bucky Panels Environmental activist Buckminster Fuller created the Dymaxion map in

1946, with the belief that if people could visualize earth with greater accuracy, they would find themselves better equipped to tackle challenges related to natural resources, migration, and international affairs. The Dymaxion map is represented in a series of panels that encircle the top level of the new SIS building. It is a flat map that depicts earth as one island in one ocean, without distorting the shape or size of the land areas and without splitting any continents. The Bucky Panels make an important statement about the shared vision of Fuller and the SIS community that addresses international understanding and sustainable responses to the problems our world faces.

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SIS Mission 11 SIS History and Legacy 12 SIS Faculty Service 15 Careers that Serve 15

Programs of Study 17 Faculty Profiles 40 Selected Courses 56 Study Abroad SIS Partnerships 58

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Graduate Student Organizations 63 Honors and Awards 64 Career Opportunities and Alumni Connections 66 Admissions 71

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“At SIS, we are architects of laws, the shapers of ideas; we leave our imprint on academia as well as downtown and across town; we are the authors of academic books, conference papers, curriculum guides, peace agreements, laws for emerging democracies, and policy analysis for governments. [We are] creative, engaged, multinational, and multidisciplinary.”

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ver since President Dwight Eisenhower broke ground at the founding of the School of International Service in 1957, the School has been dedicated to preparing the “best young men and women” to learn to effectively “wage peace” around the world. SIS is

The inukshuk – the stone sculpture representing strength, leadership, and motivation – was sculpted from stones that were excavated from the SIS construction site.

now the largest school of international relations in the United States. SIS has remained a global leader in international affairs, consistently achieving notable successes in service, sustainability, scholarship, and, perhaps most importantly, in our students.

In the following pages, we will introduce you to the School of International Service by highlighting these characteristics, which are embodied in and through the SIS community. We hope you will join us in our commitment to waging peace throughout the world, by doing what President Obama, in his recent visit to the new SIS building, called “tackling the most complicated global issues of our time.”

Sustainability Both American University and the School of International Service are deeply committed to building a sustainable community, employing environmentally sustainable practices, and to living our sustainable mission on a daily basis.

Most notably, this commitment is reflected in the new ‘green’ SIS building, opened in May 2010.

This extraordinary building, designed by notable architect William McDonough, has achieved LEEDgold certification and features countless environmentally sustainable features. Institutionally, American University has made a holistic commitment to sustainability, through a bold goal of becoming completely carbon-neutral within the next decade.

While these environmental goals are vitally important, for us, sustainability is not limited to environmental action. At SIS, our students and faculty examine ways to build sustainable international partnerships. We seek to develop individuals with the skills to sustain their own communities. We work to achieve sustainable peace in post-conflict regions.

Our commitment to sustainability, broadly defined, is echoed in the complex questions that SIS community members tackle in their work, in our students’ internship choices, in the career paths chosen by our alumni, and in our faculty research interests. It is demonstrated in the way we approach the communities we serve: by promoting practices that help empower people to solve their own problems. Our sustainable ideal is centrally tied to our perspective that the way to alleviate poverty and to forward international understanding requires a deep commitment to human dignity and social justice.

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“I chose the International Development program at SIS for its dedicated and knowledgeable faculty, its academic rigor, its responsiveness to student input, and its collaborative, welcoming culture. SIS is ahead of the curve and has been linking sustainability and development for years.

Now, a whole new field that is attempting to rebuild the world’s economies based on green and sustainable principles is growing in importance and visibility.

I apply the skills I learned every day in my work building markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

Kellee James, MA/MBA ’04 International Development, White House Fellow

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The New SIS Building On May 14, 2010, the School of International Service opened the doors of its new building at a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony. This event celebrated a new 70,000 square-foot, eco-friendly building, and the school’s mission to wage peace.

Renowned “green” architect William McDonough designed the new building to reinforce

the values inherent in the school’s mission. Its design, construction, and operation reflect the School of International Service’s commitment to advancing ecological stewardship, preserving transparency and human dignity, and working for social justice. As an environmentally-friendly structure, the new building epitomizes healthy living and sustainability

“Over the past few decades, it has become abundantly clear that sustainability involves more than environmental protection. To build a sustainable future, we need to understand, work for, and appreciate the connections between social justice, economic well-being, humane governance, international peace and ecological health. Neglecting any part of this agenda is, by definition, unsustainable.”

Professor Paul Wapner

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3,230 square-feet of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof reduce reliance on nonrenewable sources Skylights in the atrium bring in natural daylight Nontoxic materials and state-of-the-art green installations increase natural air flow and effective ventilation Rainwater is collected and used for landscape irrigation Low-flow faucets and fixtures reduce water consumption Among the largest LED-lit spaces in Washington, D.C. First building with three solar water heating systems in Washington, D.C.

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American University: Carbon Neutrality by 2020

SIS echoes American University’s broad plan for carbon neutrality, considered among the most ambitious in the country. According to the EPA’s Green Power Partnership, American University is now the 2nd largest university to purchase 100 percent green power. By 2020, the University is committed to: l Reducing consumption l Producing renewable energy l Buying-Developing offsets for travel and other unavoidable emissions l Buying green power for 100 percent of electricity consumption and renewable energy credits (RECs) for 100 percent of electricity AU has already achieved one of these goals, recently purchasing wind-generated RECs that offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage.

“During my career, I’ve run into countless SIS alumni who are also fair trade entrepreneurs.

We’re everywhere.”

Carmen Iezzi SIS/MA ’01, International Politics Executive Director, Fair Trade Federation

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will reduce energy consumption, minimize construction waste, and create a space that will protect public health.

Designed for LEED certification with the goal of being gold rated, McDonough developed a building that focuses on key elements of human and environmental health, including sustainable site development, water savings, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. By using natural light, nontoxic materials, and climate controls that ensure the quality of indoor air, AU incorporated each of the LEED pillars.

Faculty and students from the Global Environmental Politics Program within the School of International Service were also involved in the new building’s planning and design.

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and the leadership of William McDonough, the new School of International Service will be a vibrant center for teaching, learning, and research, that reflects today’s socially-conscious students who are striving to create an environment of global peace,” says Dean Emeritus Louis W. Goodman, who served as dean of SIS during the design, construction, and opening of the new building.

“Our new home will go a long way towards inspiring our community to reach new levels of global responsibility and public understanding. It inspires students on multiple levels to engage with the great issues of our time, including sustainability.”

As a result of its design and various eco-friendly attributes, the new building brings in a

“The SIS Master’s Program is designed to help students connect in-depth academic training with real-world practical experience.

We are proud of our world-class faculty, and we seek students who are highly motivated and want to make a difference in the world.”

Dr. Jim Goldgeier, Dean

large amount of natural daylight through its large expanses of glass and atrium skylights.

With its open seating areas, terrazzo flooring, and inviting entryway, the building serves as the ideal environment for learning, sharing ideas, and embracing the school’s dedication to transparency.

“From the spacious windows to the illuminated offices, we wanted the design of the new SIS building to reflect a sense of openness that would welcome faculty and staff to communicate and share ideas and creative solutions,” said Goodman.

Thirty of American University’s buildings are registered for LEED accreditation, the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.

Throughout the entire campus, AU continues to make additions to its green campaign, including initiatives in transportation, grounds, water, energy and waste management. sustainability

Professor Eve Bratman SIS/PhD ’08

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he co-purchased a used car with several other boat community friends but rarely uses it, opting for the Metro. The two motors in her boat are broken, keeping her home permanently tied to the dock.

Living on the water has eliminated Eve Bratman’s ability to keep extraneous, disposable items that most Americans are wont to have.

During last winter’s heavy snows, a large houseboat in the marina with more creature comforts became so weighed down by the snow and sank, taking part of the dock with it. “That put the fear of God into all of us,” Bratman said.

Raising cattle and other edible animals is a high-emission process — so Bratman is strictly vegetarian, growing strawberries, sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers and mushrooms outside on the dock in container boxes made of recycled materials.

All of her organic waste — eggshells, rinds, seeds and scraps — is dumped into a large covered tub on the upper deck of the boat. When she opens the cover for a visitor, garden worms slither through the soil, turning the compost into highly enriched soil in a process known as vermicompost, which helps fertilize the boxes of growing plants with the worm castings.

The only thing she can’t do on the boat is fish.

More than half of the catfish in the water have tumors, she says. But she’s trying to do her part, hanging small bags of clams from the stern of her boat to help to clean up the polluted Potomac.

At night, fish feeding on the algae on the hull of her boat make knocking sounds with their fins.

“It’s all just a great adventure,” Bratman said.

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President Obama offers the inaugural address in the new SIS building, July 2010.

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President Eisenhower expressed his “good wishes to all students who will…go into the service of our country in the noblest work that our nation can possibly pursue, and that is the seeking of a peace based on justice and the right.”

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founding member of the prestigious Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), SIS is widely considered to be among the top schools of international relations both in Washington and around the world. There are many distinctive features of the school that support this reputation: our extraordinarily large and dedicated faculty

of distinguished scholar-practitioners, the breadth of our programmatic offerings, the

flexibility of our degree programs, our Washington location, our balance of theoretical and skill-based learning, our accomplished global alumni. But above all, the distinctive advantage of SIS is embodied in the operative word in the school’s name: Service.

Our Mission of Service In 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower came to American University to celebrate the groundbreaking of the original School of International Service building. In congratulating American University on the establishment of SIS, President Eisenhower expressed his “good wishes to all students who will… go into the service of our country in the noblest work that our nation can possibly pursue, and that is the seeking of a peace based on justice and the right.” In the over 50 years since this historic moment, the School’s faculty, students, and alumni have continually embraced the distinctive mission of service

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As a Fulbright Fellow, Bilal Wahab recognizes that his experience in the U.S. has been exceptionally beneficial. “Now that the doors are open, I had the chance to receive quality education from a prestigious university such as AU,” he said.

“I have tried to build bridges between the two communities, American and Iraqi.”

Bilal Wahab, SIS/MA ’07, International Politics Fulbright Fellow with research focus on corruption, governance and reform

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expressed by its founders, serving in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Washington and across the world. SIS remains committed to a broad and interdisciplinary approach to the study of international relations that values public service, environmental stewardship, human rights, and social justice.

The School of International Service:

History and Legacy Even when the Cold War was most intense, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower was keenly aware that the United States and the world needed to prepare for of a time when the U.S.-Soviet rivalry no longer dominated foreign policy and the world could focus on enhancing human dignity.

With this in mind, he called together thirteen university presidents, including American University’s Hurst Anderson, to encourage them to incorporate human-focused international affairs into higher education.

Anderson and the Methodist Bishop of Washington, G. Bromley Oxnam, shared a similar vision and proposed that President Eisenhower support their idea: a school predicated on service to the global community. President Eisenhower embraced the idea and eventually agreed to speak at the School’s groundbreaking ceremony in 1957.

Capitalizing on the previous successes of the AU Department of International Relations, SIS

opened its doors in 1958 to an inaugural class of 80 full-time students from 36 countries. It offered six innovative programs designed to combine a liberal arts foundation with a specialization in some aspect of the international community. By 1965, SIS took the lead in helping to formulate the University’s response to the antiwar movement that swept through U.S. college campuses in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Students from all over the campus took their concerns to Prof. Gary Weaver’s course called “The University and Revolution.”

In 1968, the international communication program began and is now the oldest of its kind in the country. Shortly thereafter, the international development program was founded.

In 1981, with the beginning of concerns that greater MuslimWestern understanding was needed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies was inaugurated, a post currently held by Prof. Akbar Ahmed.

Recognizing the strategic importance of an education that embraces more than one culture, in the 1990s SIS established dual degree programs with Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan— now the longest-standing partnership of its kind—and with Korea University in Seoul, Korea.

In 1995, an innovative master’s program was created under Professor Abdul Aziz Said in international peace and conflict resolution, quickly followed by the establishment of the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair in Islamic Peace. In 2000, a joint degree service

program on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development was launched with the United Nations University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica, as well as a Master of Arts in Global Environmental Policy.

Today, SIS is the largest school of international affairs in the United States with more than 3,000 students from 150 countries. Its eight programs of study offer students a wide range of possibilities in Comparative and Regional Studies, Global Environmental Politics, International Communication, International Development, International Economic Policy, International Politics, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, and United States Foreign Policy. Its students draw upon resources in Washington DC and beyond for over 500 internships a year.

While the School and its curriculum have grown and changed dramatically in the last 53 years, its core values remain true to the ideals as provided

by Eisenhower, Anderson, and Oxnam. Louis W. Goodman, Dean Emeritus, notes that “Our founders had a vision of a place that would educate citizens planning to be of service. That is the essence of what we do.”

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Learning from Leaders Who Serve Though Eisenhower was the first U.S. president to visit SIS, he was certainly not the last. SIS and American University continue to draw a cadre of global leaders to our campus who are service

Esther Benjamin, SIS/MA ’92 formerly a White House Fellow and a United Nations humanitarian affairs officer, Director of Global Operations for the United States Peace Corps

s a child, Esther Benjamin immigrated to the United States from Sri Lanka, leaving behind

a brutal civil war, and bringing with her an innate willingness to make a difference.

“Seeing how my country of birth has been torn apart by civil war over the past 25 years has had a major impact on my life,” she explains. “My commitment to international service and global development is part of who I am. I wake up every morning inspired to do this work.”

That drive has led her to become a White House Fellow, a United Nations humanitarian affairs officer, and a Brookings Institution and World Bank research analyst.

Global public health is the issue that now occupies Benjamin professionally.

She’s lucky, says Benjamin, to have such a breadth of professional experiences, from the U.N. to the U.S. government to international nonprofits.

“I come from humble beginnings, but I have been blessed with many great opportunities, and with that comes the responsibility to give back.”

attracted to the School’s focus on international understanding and public service. Most recently, President Barack Obama visited the new SIS building in July 2010 to unveil his comprehensive immigration reform strategy.

This was his second visit to AU, as his candidacy was endorsed by the late Senator Ted Kennedy on campus in 2008. Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter have also all visited campus over the past few decades. Countless other

notable leaders have also come to AU to speak with our students, most recently including the Honorable Dalai Lama, former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., NBC news correspondent and SIS alumnus David Gregory, Enough Project founder and SIS alumnus John Prendergast, as well as numerous ambassadors, government officials, economic powerhouses, and NGO leaders from the U.S. and around the world.

SIS Curriculum:

Learning through Service The School’s multidisciplinary curriculum also emphasizes our focus on service.

Through a carefully designed combination of scholarly breadth and concrete experience, the faculty challenges their students to consider the moral, philosophical, and practical implications of the decisions they make. While grounded in a core set of foundation courses unique to each

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John Prendergast, SIS/MA ’90 International Development Co-Founder of the Enough Project

“The mission of the school is not only the development of good thinkers, but the development of people who are concerned about the world...”

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ohn Prendergast has focused most of his 20-year career on conflict resolution in Africa and shaping U.S. foreign policy toward the continent, and now serves on the board and as advisor to Not On Our Watch, an international advocacy and humanitarian assistance organization. He co-founded the Enough Project, which strives to end conflict and genocide in Africa. From 1985-1996, Prendergast worked for a variety of NGOs and think tanks in Africa and in the United States. In late 1996, he joined the White House and State Department during the Clinton administration until 2001.

Prendergast has authored or co-authored eleven books on Africa, including Not on My Watch, with actor Don Cheadle, about citizen action to end mass atrocities. He has written commentaries for major newspapers, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, and appeared on the national media magazines 60 Minutes and Nightline and as a regular presence on CNN and the BBC. Two School of International Service (SIS) faculty members in particular shaped Prendergast’s experience at the school. “Fantu Cheru and David Hirschmann were indispensable to my career development,” Prendergast stated. “Both were guiding lights in terms of career advice, academic challenge, and real world experience. They had an enormous amount of influence on the direction of my studies and of my career.” John also credits the irreplaceable strategic development and guidance received at SIS as key factors that focused his career path in policy advocacy. “Political and economic development challenges are at the root of so many of the world’s problems,” Prendergast said. “We have to understand the issues if we are going to advocate for meaningful change.”

field of study, SIS encourages students to develop their own particular research interest by designing a unique concentration drawing from across the School’s programs of study.

Our curriculum is centrally focused on preparing students for careers in public service.

Our courses are designed to encourage students to draw from and share the insights

they’ve gained from their prior experiences, and pushes them to develop additional theoretical tools and hands-on skills to bring to their future career pathways. In all of our courses, service

we use theory to help us understand and interpret what we’ve seen and experienced in the field, and we use our practical experiences to support, challenge and build new theories.

We encourage our students to use the rich resources of Washington as a laboratory, and support them in earning academic credit for internship experiences in DC and around the globe. We also offer numerous skills institutes, conferences, and study abroad opportunities throughout the year.

Faculty:

Serving Our Students, Serving the Global Community Our faculty are centrally interested in serving our students, and work to build close mentoring relationships both in and outside of classes.

A hallmark of the School of International Service is that all of our faculty are appointed directly to SIS, meaning that they are exclusively dedicated to serving SIS students, rather than being stretched across multiple schools or departments. All scholar-practitioners, SIS professors draw from a wide range of areas of expertise and are thus able to offer students opportunities to learn about various aspects of international affairs from both practical and theoretical perspectives.

Our extremely large faculty allows us to offer personalized mentorship to our students in our typically small seminar-style courses of about 20 students service

“I was really enticed to go to SIS because of the school’s focus on service.”

Larke Williams, SIS/MA ’10, Global Environmental Policy, Boren Fellow

NGOs, and broker international trade agreements. They develop global environmental policies, combat transnational terror and corruption, and use diplomacy to find nonviolent solutions to ongoing disputes.

SIS alumni serve in a variety of ways, and their career paths are distributed across the public, private, and NGO/non-profit sectors. Students apply their skills both domestically and abroad, in government service, multinational corporations, and international NGOs. Regardless of the path they take, or how they choose to serve, SIS students are the global leaders envisioned by our founders.

each on average. Faculty members often look to students to assist them in their research, which often lead to publication and consulting opportunities for students. Our faculty are also active and current in the field and consistently offer students advice and networking assistance as they seek internship and career opportunities.

Internships, Careers, and Alumni:

Serving in Many Sectors Beginning with our first cohort of 13 master’s students in 1958 and continuing through the over 800 graduate students who are currently enrolled, SIS students and alumni serve in various sectors across the globe.

They are White House Fellows, Presidential Management Fellowship Award winners, and Fulbright scholars. They lead international criminal tribunals, found human rights-focused

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SIS students receive service awards from the International Communication program.

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Master’s Degrees

Academic Programs

MA in Comparative and International Disability Policy l MS in Development Management l MA in Global Environmental Policy l MA in International Affairs: Comparative and Regional Studies (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and Central Eurasia, Islamic Studies) l MA in International Affairs: International Economic Relations l MA in International Affairs: International Politics l MA in International Affairs: United States Foreign Policy l MA in International Communication l MA in International Development l MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution ➢ l MA in Social Enterprise

Comparative and Regional Studies Global Environmental Politics International Communication International Development International Economic Relations International Peace and Conflict Resolution International Politics U.S. Foreign Policy

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degree programs focused on various aspects of international affairs, including traditional, dual, joint, international, and executive master’s programs. We also have a renowned doctoral program in international relations as well as

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Comparative and Regional Studies 39 Credits

CRS is innovative in that it uses the prisms of comparative inquiry to enable students to gain knowledge of specific countries while engaged in cross-regional analysis.

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he field of Comparative and Regional Studies (CRS) bridges comparative analysis and regional specializations. Whereas comparative reasoning focuses on uniformities and variation among cases, examining a specific region grounds knowledge and provides insight. By melding these two approaches, CRS offers an innovative program of study.

CRS is innovative in that it uses the prisms of comparative inquiry to enable students to gain knowledge of specific countries while engaged in cross-regional analysis. By pioneering the frontiers of comparison across regions, this program represents a distinc-

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tive form of professional education – it is at once scholarly and eminently practical.

With emphasis on rigor and practical application, CRS places many students in internships overseas and in Washington, D.C. The capital, with a population drawn from all world regions, is itself a vast campus, which offers extensive resources, including international organizations, embassies, U.S. government offices, major libraries, a university consortium, numerous museums, and other cultural venues.

Common themes that cut across regions can be divided into the following dimensions: l Comparative Political Economy l Comparative Governance l Comparative Political, Social and Cultural Changes l Comparative Foreign Policy and Security Examples of specific crosscutting themes that provide a basis for comparative inquiry and facilitate the transfer of analytical skills from one region to another include: l ➢Civil societies, markets, and states ➢ l Authoritarianism and democracy ➢ l Colonialism and postcolonialism ➢ l Globalization, regionalism, and local communities ➢ l Identities of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and nation ➢ l Nationalism ➢ l Religion, justice society, and human rights l ➢ Political violence and revolution

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➢ l Urban politics and immigration ➢ l Social movements and contentious politics ➢ l Social networks, migration, and transnational cultures Regions

Africa The concentration in SubSaharan Africa covers some 48 states south of the Sahara.

The study of Africa has four broad themes: state, society, economy, and international affairs. African states have grappled with the need for effective institutions, responsive political processes, and accountable leaders. The problems of autocracy and difficulties of democratic development are acute. The nature of African societies poses important questions about the context of governance, the roles of civil society, and ethnic and communal diversity.

The Americas This concentration focuses on the historical and growing interconnectedness of the countries of the Americas. Courses in this program explore the evolution of U.S.-Latin American relations from colonialism to present, and domestic politics within the region. Specific courses examine topical issues, such as the historical genesis of race relations and their impact today, the evolution of the Cold War and its impact on the region, the transnationalization of the drug war, and neoliberalism’s effects on social relations.

Masters Degree Programs

“In addition to their exceptional accessibility and dedication to students, the faculty’s blend of academic and practical experience brought a real world dimension to class discussions and coursework.

The knowledge and skills I gained at SIS have been invaluable in my professional work and in the publication of my first book.”

Patrick Quirk, SIS/ MA ’06, Comparative and Regional Studies Creative Associates International

Asia Combining comparative studies with Asian regional studies provides students an opportunity to examine the rise of modern and contemporary Asia from both historical and theoretical perspectives. Although the primary focus is in on East Asia, namely China, Japan and Korea, other sub-regions such as Southeast Asia and South Asia are also covered. Courses probe issues related to domestic politics, democratization, policy-making processes, political economy, security and foreign policy.

Professor Pek Koon Heng with SIS students in Malaysia.

Europe European studies focuses on Western and Central Europe through a broad range of courses on security and foreign policy, political economy, regional integration, and public policy making. The curriculum highlights contemporary political challenges facing European governments.

Islamic Studies Islamic studies at American University/SIS seeks to promote scholarship, fair and accurate analysis, and preparation of students in understanding Islam and the Muslim community in the United States and throughout the world. Themes include democratization in the Muslim world, women and Islam, Islam in the media, Islamic politics in the Middle East, and Islam and terrorism among others.

Our Islamic scholars have conducted groundbreaking scholarly field projects accompanied by American University students. The fostering of an understanding of Islam is accomplished through courses, events, invited speakers, and other education efforts. Public dialogue involving scholars, public officials, students, religious leaders of all denominations, and other constituencies have contributed to constructing a program that is innovative, far-sighted, and rigorous.

Middle East Courses on the Middle East highlight society and the state; internally and externally derived processes of social change; restructuring political regimes; cultural, religious, and ethnic identities; intra-regional conflicts; and the involvement of the superpowers.

Russia and Central Eurasia A rich tapestry of European and Asian cultures has shaped the development of Russia and Central Eurasia. Courses on the regional states - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – focus on the persistence of historical tensions between authoritarian and democratic political cultures, and the dramatic transformations that have taken place in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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he Global Environmental Politics program focuses on the challenge of responding to environmental degradation. It aims to understand the causes of environmental harm and the ways that humanity can build a more sustainable world.

Housed within the School of International Service, the program studies the bio-physical dimensions of environmental issues as well as the socio-economic and global political processes that shape the relationship between human beings and the natural environment.

The program hosts two Masters of Arts degrees of study.

The MA program in Global Environmental Policy (GEP) places students in the heart of environmental politics and policy in Washington, D.C. Through core seminar courses, electives, internships, a substantial research project and a myriad of public events, students learn about and engage with the forces that shape global and international environmental behavior.

At the heart of the degree is a tripartite course of study in which students focus on natural science, economics, and policy studies to build an integrated understanding of environmental politics and policy. The curriculum reflects the understanding that the field includes more than governmental action, and thus focuses on the many dimensions of international cooperation and diplomacy, civil society networks, community organization, environmental ethics, international political economy, and environmental justice.

The relatively small size of the program enables students to work closely with faculty and fellow students and allows them to tailor their studies to personal interests and career goals. Our graduates work in almost every significant governmental agency in the US and in environmental ministries abroad. Our alumni are making their careers in the major environmental NGOs in the US and around the world, and in the environmentally focused private sector. The GEP degree offers an intensive, coherent immersion in global environmental policy and prepares students for a broad range of career options.

NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE Development

The Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) program offers students the opportunity to study at and receive degrees from both American University and the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace in Costa

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Global environmental Politics

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Rica. It is unique in that students learn about environmental and development policies from the perspectives of both the global South and North. American University, in Washington, D.C., is uniquely situated to do this through its strengths in international development, global environmental policy, and economics, while The University for Peace, in San Jose, Costa Rica, provides unparalleled opportunities to take courses and gain practical experience in sustainable development and natural resources management.

This two-year program trains graduates to advance sustainable development at the local, regional, and global levels, to facilitate international cooperation in the design of sustainable development and environment policy, and to generate strategies for environmental conflict management. Alumni of the program work at environment and development organizations throughout the world—in the public, not-for-profit, and private sectors. The NRSD program trains students to wrestle with challenges at the interfaces between environmental degradation, social justice, and economic development.

Courses are taught in English, but Spanish language is taught through the program and is useful for the summer internship in the field.

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“The GEP program cultivates an understanding of the bio-physical dimensions of environmental issues and the political processes shaping the relationship between humans and nature. SIS’s Washington, D.C. location offers students an enormous opportunity to be in the heart of environmental policy-making activity. I want to help shape future environmental policies globally and help my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to become more environmentally sustainable and productive.”

Patrick Kipalu, SIS/MA ’10 Global Environmental Policy Recipient, SIS graduate research award

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International Communication 39 credits International Media 45 Credits

Whether you want to study cultural and public diplomacy, transnational education, global media, social enterprise, or intercultural management in private and notfor-profit sectors, or any other IC concentration, the IC Program is the only place where you can combine expertise in cross-cultural communication with co-designed research that shapes practice.

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ounded in 1968, the International Communication program is the first such program in the U.S. This innovative program, housed in a school focused on international affairs and service, provides students with interdisciplinary course offerings exploring communication, cross-cultural communication, and media across borders as well as in individual, group, organization, interorganizational, and global settings. The comprehensive curriculum focuses on emergent and vital topics in international communication – such as intercultural relations, global technology governance, public diplomacy, health communication, communication and development, communication and mobility, communication and information policy, media and technology studies, and media in conflict resolution. The program also builds on the distinctive strengths of the School of International Service with its faculty expertise in international relations, international development, peace and conflict resolution, comparative and regional studies, international economic relations, global environmental

policy, and U.S. foreign policy.

The IC program, with its vibrant community including the award-winning International Communication Student Forum, prepares students for careers as well as career advancement across a wide range of public, private, and not-for-profit sector positions and fields impacted by international communication, media, and information flows. Recent IC alumni have gone on to work in organizations such as the U.S. Foreign Service, Embassy of Japan and Embassies throughout the world, Association of International Educators, U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. International Trade Commission, Institute for International Education, Intermedia, InterNews Network, Environmental Protection Agency, BoozAllen Hamilton, Bombardier, J.P.Morgan Chase, Center for Social Media, CNN, Al-Jazeera, United Nations Development

Program, or U.S. AID. The IC program serves as a vibrant ‘laboratory’ for addressing real world problems and opportunities through its affiliated research and training centers.

1) The Intercultural Management Institute (IMI) IMI delivers worldrenowned skills institutes related to cross-cultural communication and intercultural training.

2) The Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology-Enhanced Learning Communities (COTELCO) COTELCO conducts cutting-edge research on the intersection of technology and global organizations and offers opportunities for current students to be involved in externally-funded research and conference travel.

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“The diversity of the perspectives and experiences of the student body, the possibility of finding close faculty mentors, the commitment to service, and the unique community of scholars set the International Communication program apart as a valuable and transformative academic experience.”

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These institutions along with the wide range of faculty research conducted at the IC program offer unprecedented professional opportunities and publication venues for masters’ students seeking to jump-start or advance a career in international communication. As part of its commitment to students’ professional development, the IC Program includes an array of internships in Washington, DC and around the world, as well as a graduate study abroad and research options to complement their program of study. With a strong and committed worldwide alumni and practitioner community, the Program mentors master’s degree candidates in international communication international Communication

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The opportunities and education offered by the International Communication program as well as the specific knowledge niche each degree candidate designs serve as catalysts for the creation and dissemination of ideas to improve policy and practice and offers opportunities for current students to be involved in externally-funded research and conference travel.

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Comparative and International Disability Policy 39 credits

This degree is the first of its kind. The program has been designed to ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to capitalize upon their own unique capabilities.

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he Comparative and International Disability Policy program offers an in-depth analysis on the convergence between disability studies and public policy. This intensive one year Master’s of International Affairs has been designed to facilitate the emergence of a cadre of leaders who will strive towards the development of disability-inclusive public policy across the public sphere, the private sector, academia, and civil society with a concentration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).  This degree is the first of its kind. The program has been designed to ensure equal

opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to capitalize upon their own unique capabilities. Â This program is geared to develop both the academic and professional skills of its MA candidates.

The CIDP degree has the distinction of being the first entirely online degree offered at SIS. This distance learning program brings students from all over the world together virtually. This program has also developed an ongoing strategy for usability testing that will ensure that these courses continue to maintain the highest degree of accessibility for its students and faculty. In addition to core coursework, students must complete nine credits in a concentration track, as well as complete six credits allotted for a capstone, practicum, or thesis. These requirements will be completed over the course of two academic semesters and one summer session.

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Core Courses International Relations Theory and Disability Rights l Introduction to Policy Analysis l Microeconomics for Policy Analysis l Disability and Social Policy l Disability Policy and Organization l Research Seminar: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches l Informing and Evaluating Policy l Assistive and Adaptive Technology l Cross-Cultural Communication and Collaboration Concentration Tracks l Disability Studies l Management and Leadership l

Annually, the program will begin with a two week face-toface residency and end with a graduation ceremony after the successful completion of all requirements for the degree. Each candidate for the CIDP degree is required to attend the two-week orientation at the beginning of his or her program in order to participate in key lectures, seminars, and training on the cyber tools that will be used for the duration of the degree program.

This Residency will be hosted by Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants will be housed and hosted at the facilities of Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), a fully accessible facility with accommodation and meeting spaces. graudate Degree Programs

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he Master of Arts in Social Enterprise (SE) program is the first of its kind offered by an Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs member, and is among the very few graduate degrees available worldwide that directly focuses on social entrepreneurship.

This program is designed to assist you in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to launch a new social entrepreneurial venture or play a key leadership role in an existing one. These ventures may be new stand-alone enterprises or may be contained within existing organizations.

It is oriented at developing practitioners. Its focus is more on the doing of social enterprise than its study as a subject of inquiry. This program’s curriculum blends learning about both hard and soft management practices with an examination of the dynamics of social innovation. Based in the School of International Service, it gives special attention to enterprises dealing with issues that are global in scope.

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Egger is now one of nine SE Practitioner Affiliates. Others include a foundation head, prominent environmental activist, fighters against sex trafficking and child labor, Teach for America’s former chief operating officer, and a builder of partnerships between NGOs and corporations. Affiliates serve as coaches and role models for SE students.

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That means our central emphasis is on social innovation designed to tackle intractable global challenges.

We selectively draw from and adapt skills and tools from the private sector to help us achieve these goals.

The program is based on the careful integration of experienced social innovation practitioners and institutions with SIS’ existing faculty resources. The program will have a strong real world orientation through its creative use of social entrepreneurs

as Practitioner Affiliates. Special attention is given throughout the program to the acquisition of the professional competencies essential to your success as an innovator and agent of change.

As a program aimed at producing doers we welcome students working in organizations where they are able to put into immediate practice what they learn in the classroom. A number of students already come to the program with fascinating jobs in social enterprises. We want to make it as easy as possible to keep and learn from these jobs.

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International Development 42 credits

The ID Program focuses on doing something constructive about poverty. It builds on an up- to-date and flexible curriculum that combines concepts and skills, idealism and professionalism.

It prepares our graduates to ‘do good’ and ‘do well’ in areas of their interest that make a difference.

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For over 35 years, it has trained students to participate effectively in driving socio-economic, political, and environmental change throughout the world.

The program’s primary focus is the improvement of opportunities for the world’s poor and disenfranchised. It has one of the largest concentrations of faculty both teaching and researching international development, and has approximately 1200 alumni in developmentrelated positions around the world.

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ment is a problem of values and politics as well as a technical issue. We examine methods to ensure that the values and visions of all concerned are incorporated into technological solutions, regardless of race, class, religion, or gender.

Practice-Theory: The program combines respect for theory and concept with training in stateof-the-art technical professional skills applicable in development institutions and in the field.

These skills include policy analysis, program design, gender analysis, social assessment, costbenefit analysis, micro-finance, monitoring & evaluation, rapid appraisal techniques, conflict resolution, and information technology.

Generalist-Specialist: A multi-disciplinary core program combines with the opportunity to concentrate in one of a wide variety of specialized professional areas including development

management, gender, economic policy, development economics, environment, small enterprise development, globalization, political economy, development policy, community development, children/youth and democracy and governance, and more.

Global-Local: Graduates of the program can combine macromicro analysis to clarify the impacts of globalization and other macro-level factors on people in local communities, and assessment of the options that exist at the local and global levels for influencing these forces.

Action-Research: The use of Washington institutions and developing country locations as learning laboratories enables students to participate in internships and practicum experiences that combine research and action with an integrated, problem-solving approach to development challenges.

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MA in International Development (MAID) – Provides a multidisciplinary understanding of and skills to assess international development issues and policies, enabling students to select from and focus on a wide variety of current, professionallyoriented concentrations.

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They can do this in one of three ways: a master’s thesis, a substantial research paper and an internship/professional affiliation, or two substantial research papers.

MS in Development Management (MSDM) – Designed to train individuals with prior experience working in developing countries, the MSDM combines skills from development, business and public management for those specifically interested in the management of development programs and activities and organizational and institutional development. The capstone of the MSDM program is an applied special practicum involving a planned, managed, and monitored field activity in a developing community or organization.

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rmed with a video camera and a computer for blogging, the School of International Service master’s student spent his summer with impoverished waste pickers who scour the streets and trash dumps of the sprawling Indian capital for anything that can be recycled. He ended up impressed by their resiliency and efficient recycling work and dismayed by current efforts to ban the practice and delegate trash collection to businesses that will dump it in landfills.

Others can meet the waste pickers, too, thanks to the film he made and posted on YouTube. His blog entries are posted on the site of the Advocacy Project, the organization that selected him as a Peace Fellow and sent him to work India’s Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, a nonprofit that assists the waste pickers.

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International Economic Relations 39-42 Credits

What distinguishes the program is its focus on international trade, finance, investment and development using analytical tools from economics and political science.

Students learn to apply concepts and theories from international economics and international political economy to understand institutions, policymaking and market dynamics in the global economy.

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nternational Economic Relations provides students with the range of skills needed to understand international economic and financial problems in today’s complex global environment. What distinguishes the program is its focus on international trade, finance, investment, and development using analytical tools from economics and political science. Students learn to apply concepts and theories from international economics and international political economy to understand institutions, policymaking, and market dynamics in the global economy. Our distinguished international faculty of scholars and practitioners regularly interact with students

both inside and outside the classroom. IER students also may supplement their studies in SIS by taking advantage of courses and seminars in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Economics, at the Kogod School of Business, or at the Washington College of Law. The program’s academic content is complemented by the many internship, research, and policy-oriented work opportunities available for students in Washington, D.C. All students are strongly encouraged to complete internships while studying at the School of International Service, during the academic year and the summer months. Internships abroad are also a possibility, especially during summertime.

Internships in which IER students have participated in the past include such organizations as Honeywell International, Institute of International Finance, International Management Institute, International Monetary Fund, International Labor Organization, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S.

Ex-Im Bank, U.S. Department of Commerce, Korea Economic Institute of America, World Bank, AB Bellington (Commodities Trading), Economic Strategy Institute, U.S.-China Business Council, U.S.-Russia Business Council, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Our curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for careers in areas such as government, international and non-governmental organizations, corporations, trade associations, finance ministries, and regulatory authorities.

Our graduates have found rewarding careers in organizations that include the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, U.S. Treasury, Chemonics, European Central Bank, IBM, Daimler AG, L’Oreal, European Commission, U.S. Congress, International Food Policy Research Institute, Institute for Policy Studies, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Organization of American States, and the U.S. Foreign Service.

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Themes in International Economic Relations include: l International commercial and financial policies, such as protectionism and currency regimes. l The globalization of commodity and financial markets; the role of the World Trade Organization; bilateral and regional trade and investment agreements; and private-sector actors and organizations. l Foreign direct and portfolio investment, and relations between multinational corporations and national governments. l The politics and main institutions of the global economy. l Transformation of the international monetary system and the appearance of monetary regionalism, e.g., European monetary union. l Financial crises and efforts to prevent and manage them through reforms of domestic currency regimes and domestic or international financial institutions. l Democratic accountability, transparency, and management of international economic organizations. l Practices and techniques typical of international trade and financial transactions. l Trade-offs between economic efficiency and political considerations that underlie choices about international economic policies.

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fter completing her BA and MA at the School of International Service (SIS), Doreen Parekh was hired as an International Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Doreen works in the Office of Multilateral Affairs in the International Trade Administration, which represents U.S. industry’s interests in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round industrial goods market access negotiations. Doreen often travels to Geneva, Switzerland for these negotiations as a U.S. Government representative.

Additionally, Doreen was chosen to participate in a 7 month detail in the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, where she had the opportunity to draft legislation, brief Members of Congress, and meet with concerned industries and foreign officials.

Doreen cites a number of SIS classes that made an impact on her: International Economics, International Trade and Investment, International Monetary and Financial Relations, International Law and the Legal Order, and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy. These courses, especially International Trade and Investment, provided her with knowledge about the global trade economy and served as a stepping stone to her current employment.

Doreen advises SIS students to utilize the school’s location in Washington, D.C. and take part in a variety of internships throughout their SIS careers.

She also strongly suggests spending at least one semester abroad to gain a broader international perspective. (Doreen spent a semester in Madrid, Spain and a semester in Brussels, Belgium.) Doreen maintains contact with the SIS community and occasionally returns to campus to speak with students.

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International Peace and Conflict Resolution 39 credits

IPCR is founded on the belief that war and organized violence are neither necessary nor inevitable, and while change and conflict are inevitable, the challenges that face the world today can be approached from a collaborative and humanistic perspective that relies primarily on nonviolent conflict resolution alternatives.

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he International Peace and Conflict Resolution program (IPCR) focuses on the causes of war and organized violence and the processes of conflict analysis and resolution. IPCR is founded on the belief that violence is neither necessary nor inevitable, and that change toward social justice and sustainable peace can best be approached from a collaborative and humanistic perspective that engages people in constructive conflict resolution. Peace thus means much

more than the absence of direct violence—it encompasses social justice and economic equity, respect for human rights, political pluralism, cultural diversity, and quality of life with ecological balance.

The IPCR program has a history of student initiative and engagement. Beginning in the 1980s, SIS students were calling for peace and conflict resolution studies to which faculty members responded. It was not long before there was greater demand by students and faculty for more such course offerings in the field. By 1995 a full master of arts degree in international peace and conflict resolution was inaugurated. Beginning with the MA degree, and later adding dual and joint degree programs, IPCR continues to grow steadily. Now, with thirteen full-time faculty, and additional adjunct faculty, who

bring a wealth of diverse knowledge and experience, IPCR is a dynamic part of American University. The faculty, staff, and students pride themselves on the international, multi-disciplinary, integrative aspects of the courses and degrees offered.

With a strong emphasis on the blending of theory and practice, peace studies with conflict resolution, and always with a search for alternatives to violence, IPCR stands apart as a reputable and unique academic and professional training program. In addition to graduate degrees, the undergraduate concentration, the certificate program, and practical hands-on institutes, there are many related opportunities on and off campus including the Peacebuilding and Development Institute and the Center for Global Peace.

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“I appreciate the IPCR program’s emphasis on bridging theory and practice. As a student and practitioner of inter-group and inter-racial dialogue, I have been able to study the theoretical principles of sustained dialogue as a tool for conflict transformation, and have had valuable opportunities to practice my dialogue facilitation skills through AU’s student run Dialogue Development Group (DDG). The IPCR program has allowed me to deepen my understanding of dialogue in action while fostering opportunities for meaningful conversations on campus amongst AU’s diverse student, staff and alumni communities. Ultimately, my experience in the program has better prepared me to design, facilitate and engage in dialogue processes, skills which I know will support my Fulbright research in New Zealand, addressing issues of racial equity.”

dents to participate creatively in contributing to peacebuilding in conflict and post-conflict societies and to develop cooperative relationships. The analysis of systemic and overt violence and causes of war, of human rights and peacebuilding, and of conflict resolution alternatives leads students to a deeper understanding of the complexities of conflict situations, the social impact of nonviolent movements, conflict resolution practice, and peace studies.

Themes in IPCR: l Contending theories of conflict, the causes of war, organized violence and the condition of peace, basic theoretical assumptions, and their relationship to present global policies, structures and events l Alternative approaches to peacemaking, basic assumptions and methodologies, and application to current conflict situations l Role of culture and crosscultural communication in conflict situations, conflict resolution, international negotiations, realization of human rights, and the role of identity labels such as gender, race, ethnicity and their role in conflict dynamics and conflict resolution l The development of skills in critical analysis and conflict resolution alternatives l Values and ethics embedded in different religious traditions as well as ways of fostering reconciliation and coexistence. graduate Degree Programs

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“It’s significant to see education and experience together... What AU offers is the ability to experience Washington, and then pull back and reflect on those experiences. It starts with something as important as our physical location. We’re not in the middle of the fray, no monuments break up our campus, so the AU experience is about being in D.C., but also about pulling back and reflecting on it.”

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by Professor Paul R. Williams, provides an amazing opportunity for students to work as Research Associates with the Public International Law and Policy Group to provide policy planning assistance to parties involved in negotiating peace agreements and drafting post-conflict constitutions. In previous years students have provided assistance to teams of senior lawyers and policy advisors working on the peace processes in Darfur, Sri Lanka, Armenia/Azerbaijan and Kosovo, and the development of postconflict constitutions in Iraq, Nepal, Kenya, Somaliland, Southern Sudan and Uganda. Students work for academic credit in mixed teams of MA students, Law students and LLM students.

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United States Foreign Policy 39-42 credits

U.S. Foreign Policy graduates are currently employed in a variety of positions inside and outside of government including:

Central Intelligence Agency l U.S. Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Energy, Agriculture and Treasury l U.S. Government Accountability Office l Office of Management and Budget l Henry L. Stimson Center l Organization of American States l Human Rights First l Center for American Progress l U.S. House of Representatives/ U.S. Senate l Pew Research Center for the People and the Press l InterAction l

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The program combines core competencies in foreign policy with programmatic flexibility, including specialization in a related concentration selected by the student. USFP faculty offer courses on national security institutions, defense policy, intelligence, the formulation and implementation of foreign policy, and the social, political, economic, strategic, and historical underpinnings of U.S. foreign policy. Faculty members and students draw upon the Washington venue, from which they gain experience and around which they focus their interests.

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“I found SIS to be the preeminent school of international service in the United States because it gave me and other students the intellectual tools to be successful in any sector— private, public, non-profit— while challenging us to use our careers to serve the global community.

SIS helped me realize that a job in international relations extends far beyond the oft-thought of careers of diplomacy and intelligence.”

Ann Blair Mersinger SIS/MA ’08, U.S. Foreign Policy

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Prof. Julie Mertus, CoDirector of the Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs program, is a nationally recognized expert on human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, gender and conflict and post-war transitions. She is the author or editor of ten books, and has been a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a fellow at Harvard Law School, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow and a Counsel to Human Rights Watch. Her most recent book is Human Rights Matters: Local Politics and National Human Rights Institutions (Stanford University Press, 2009).

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39 credits he Master of Arts in Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs is offered jointly through the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program at SIS and the Department of Philosophy and Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). This interdisciplinary degree is a response to the challenges of social policy facing the world and fosters understanding of the structural and political dynamic of conflict, including an analysis of their sources. The conflict challenges facing the world today can be approached from collaborative and humanitarian perspectives that rely on diplomacy and other nonviolent alternatives. Students gain theoretical and skills-based training in peace and conflict resolution and do substantial work in philosophy and social policy to acquire a solid framework for the increasingly compelling and relevant questions of ethics and peace. This approach paves the way for policy analysis formulation and implementation in the face of increasingly ethical issues.

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63-66 credits he School of International Service (SIS) and the Kogod School of Business (KSB) jointly offer a program for students to earn a master’s degree in international affairs combined with a master’s degree in business administration. The program is specifically designed not only to fill the need for global market professionals but also to take advantage of classroom experiences that contribute to both degree fields. The MA/ MBA program provides a solid grounding in traditional business skills and in international relations. Students acquire in-depth knowledge of a geographic region’s culture, history and politics. They gain expertise in both cross-cultural communication and leadership, while analyzing the ethical issues of the increasingly complex and interdependent world.

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101 credits ith American University’s joint JD/MA, students earn a JD from the Washington College of Law (WCL) and a MA in international affairs from the School of International Service (SIS) in an average of 3 1/2 years of study. This exciting program provides students interested in international law with a political, historical, and economic background germane to their international practice.

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By completing the dual degree, students acquire a depth of knowledge about facets of international law that candidates for either degree alone can rarely, if ever, achieve. The overall intent is to ensure that students are exceptionally well equipped for a career in government, the private sector, international corporations, or humanitarian law.

Master of Arts in International Media

45 credits he MA in International media combines an unusual blend of communication theory, research methods, and professional production skills. Students in the 45-credit program take courses in both the School of Communication (SOC) and the School of International Service (SIS) acquiring professional research skills, a broad knowledge of global economic and political issues, and a deeper understanding of how media work, especially in an international environment. Students also hone their writing skills over a broad range of media while taking production classes in areas such as filmmaking, Web Design, news writing, and digital imaging.

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“The International Media Master’s Program is what brought me to AU. There was no program like it at any other university. By taking classes in both the School of Communication and the School of International Service, International Media perfectly combines my passion for story-telling with my hunger for international experiences.”

Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution or Master of Arts in International Development/Master of Theological Studies

72 credits he School of International Service and Wesley Theological Seminary offer a dual master’s degree in which graduates receive both an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution or an MA in International Development and a Master of Theological Studies.

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57 credits dual master’s degree offered by the School of International Service and the School of Education in the College of Arts and Sciences provides graduates with the tools necessary to infuse conflict resolution practices, principles, and curriculum into educational settings. At the completion of this three –year curriculum, graduates receive the MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, the MA in Teaching Secondary Education, and preparation to pass the teacher’s certificate exam.

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SIS/MA ‘11, Masters in International Service

Service (MIS) executive master’s degree 24-30 credits

Sample Academic Trajectory —

International Communication and Diplomacy Fall 2011

SIS-686 Proseminar 1 SIS-633 Building Mediator Capacity l SIS-640 International Communication l l

Spring 2012

SIS687 Proseminar 2 SIS-619 The Art of Negotiation l SIS-689 Foreign Policy Decision Making l l

Summer 2012

SIS-633 Multinational Teambuilding l SIS-645 International and Comparative Communication Policy l

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he Master of International Service (MIS) degree is designed specifically for professionals with a minimum of seven years of professional work experience. This program provides 12-15 months of midcareer training in an individually designed specialization within the field of international affairs. Members of the MIS program draw from a variety of backgrounds including diplomatic, military, science, non-profit, finance, and the arts. Students from the Fall 2010 cohort lived, worked and travelled to over 100 countries including Afghanistan, Brazil, Croatia, France, Ghana, Israel, Indonesia, Kuwait, Mexico, Qatar, Sudan, and Venezuela.

The program is 30 credits to complete, with a possible reduction to 24 credits based on years of relevant experience. As a cohort, MIS candidates enroll in two sequential proseminars in international affairs, which explore cutting-edge topics and help students enhance their professional skills. Through the proseminars, candidates develop a sense of community with their cohort, sharing a diverse set of professional experiences

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hrough the Master’s in International Service executive degree (with concentrations in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and International Development), Jamila has been able to integrate the substantial prior work experience she brought to SIS with her academic interests into a specialized program of study designed to take her career to new heights. She is the founder of Global Awareness Project Consulting, a group that focuses on initiatives and target-specific programs for communities of color. She is interested in studying the Afro-Central American community (commonly called Garifuna) and the effects that mega-tourism has on the Garifuna, their culture, and lands. To further support this interest, Brown received a Graduate Research Award from SIS to travel to Costa Rica to participate in the Organizacion Negra Centroamericana’s General Assembly. and exploring their applications to the field of international affairs.

In conjunction with their faculty advisor, MIS candidates also choose six-eight courses from among the school’s eight core academic programs to design a unique specialization to build a program fitting their individual intellectual interests and plans for professional enhancement. Previous specializations have included: International Development and Conflict, U.S. Foreign Policy and Security, International Communication and Diplomacy, International Economic Relations and Policy Management, and International

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Politics and International Relations Theory.

Candidates may complete their studies with three semesters of full-time study, including summers. While the MIS is not specifically an evening or weekend program, many course offerings are available after business hours to accommodate the needs of part-time students.

SIS also offers a number of intensive skills institutes that focus on specific international relations practice and are taught over the course of one weekend.

Many previous MIS students have used these institutes to add practical skill-sets to their professional backgrounds. scholarship

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he SIS PhD program trains students to produce new knowledge of the highest scholarly caliber. The program prepares students for careers as teachers and scholars at universities and research institutes in both the private and public sectors. The program is highly selective. SIS receives approximately 200 applications for a class of ten students each year.

The core curriculum covers the foundational fields of transnational study: Comparative and Regional Studies, International Relations and Social Theory. Students also take a

two-course multiple-methodology sequence that introduces them to all the major qualitative and quantitative research techniques used in the social sciences today. To ensure the highest quality, the core seminars are limited to PhD students. Students have considerable flexibility to pursue more specialized study within one or more of the School’s eight programs, or to develop their own specialization.

SIS provides generous financial support—four years of guaranteed full funding, including tuition remission and a stipend—to all admitted students.

All students have the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on their teaching and research. SIS values diversity among its student population.

Our program promotes a cooperative and congenial environment among students and between students and faculty.

“I decided to pursue my PhD at SIS because of its expert, interdisciplinary faculty and their strong grounding in both theory and application. Since entering the program I’ve had access to extraordinary mentors in every aspect of my research— from conflict resolution to gender issues to religion’s role in international politics.

Through their guidance and steadfast support, I have learned how to bridge my interests in both research and practice, and develop as both a scholar and committed practitioner in women’s rights and peace.”

Sheherazade Jafari SIS PhD student

www.american.edu/sis/admissions/ PhDProgram.cfm Where are recent SIS PhD graduates working?

Brandeis University, Brigham Young University, Department of State, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Syracuse University, Tsinghua University (China), UNICEF, United Nations, United States Department of Justice, United States Naval Academy, University of Arizona, University of Bremen (Germany), University of London, University of Miami, University of Toronto phd Program

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entails researching the social and institutional origins of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf region. Dr. Diwan is currently completing her book about the rise of Islamic finance, entitled From Petrodollars to Islamic Dollars: Islamic Finance in the Arab Gulf.

FAculty Comparative and Regional Studies Akbar Ahmed PhD, University of London Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington DC, the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is considered “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam” by the BBC. He has advised General David Petraeus, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and other U.S. agencies on Islam and foreign policy. He is regularly interviewed by CNN, CBS, BBC, and Fox News and has ap40

peared several times on Oprah.

His latest project based in extensive fieldwork has resulted in a full-length documentary, “Journey into America,” which has been shown at several film festivals and the book, Journey into America; the Challenge of Islam (Brookings Press, 2010).

logue on e-commerce. Dr. Cowles is author of over 30 articles and book chapters, and co-editor of three books on the European Union, including Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change (Cornell, 2001) and Developments in the European Union (Palgrave, 2004).

Maria Green Cowles PhD, American University Dr. Maria Green Cowles is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, where she is responsible for all faculty, curricular, and advising matters in SIS. Dr. Cowles’ research focuses on the European Union (EU) and global public-private governance. She is a leading scholar on European business organizations including the European Round Table, the Transatlantic Business Dialogue, and the Global Business Dia-

Kristin Smith Diwan PhD, Harvard University Dr. Kristin Smith Diwan holds regional expertise in the politics and policies of the Arab Gulf, and functional expertise on Islamic finance and the politics surrounding it. Her particular interests revolve around the political economy of Islamism; specifically, how Islamic political movements build support and further social Islamization through the economy. Dr. Diwan’s most recent project

Comparative and Regional Studies

Michelle Egan PhD, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Egan’s geographic expertise is in Western Europe, with a secondary focus on Central and Eastern Europe.

Her work focuses on regional integration, transatlantic relations, comparative political economy, constitutionalism and defense and security issues. Her most recent publication is Research Agendas in EU Studies: Stalking the Elephant (Ed. with Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson.) (Palgrave MacMillan, 2010).

Carolyn Gallaher PhD, University of Kentucky Dr. Carolyn Gallaher is a broadly trained political geographer. Her work blends insights from political economy and cultural studies and is focused on two substantive areas of inquiry—the role of paramilitaries in irregular warfare and the influence of the religious right in U.S. foreign policy. Professor Gallaher’s expertise is in guerrilla and paramilitary violence and right-wing politics in the United States. Her most recent book is After the Peace: Loyalist Paramilitaries in Post-accord Northern Ireland, (Cornell University Press, 2007).

Faculty

Pek Koon Heng PhD, University of London Dr. Pek Koon Heng teaches courses on International Relations and International Political Economy in Southeast and East Asia. She is Director of the ASEAN Studies Center at American University’s School of International Service, and she also directs SIS’s summer graduate program on “Globalization in Southeast/East Asia” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In addition, she runs the Insular Southeast Asia Advanced Area Studies Program at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, which prepares U.S. Foreign Service Officers for assignments in the region. Dr. Heng has previously taught at Auckland University in New Zealand, Hull University in England, the National University of Malaysia, and Temple University Japan.

She was also a Visiting Professor at Peking University, and a Visiting Fellow at the both the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, and the Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Ji-Young Lee PhD, Georgetown University Dr. Ji-Young Lee is currently an Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in Politics and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. She earned her PhD in International Relations from Georgetown University.

Her research interests include International Relations Theory, East Asian Security and Foreign Policy (the Korean peninsula, Japan and China), U.S. National Faculty

Security, International Political Economy, and International Institutions. She wrote her dissertation on “The Chinese System of International Relations in Early Modern East Asia: China at the Center in the Eyes of the Periphery.” Her publications appeared in Asia-Pacific Bulletin, Issues and Insights, and CSIS Comparative Connections.

Dr. Lee has taught the following courses: Power Politics and Culture in East Asian Foreign Policy, East Asian Security, America’s Alliances in East Asia, East Asian Politics: the Cases of Japan and Korea and National Security Policy and History.

Carl LeVan PhD, University of California at San Diego Dr. Carl LeVan has published research projects on the Pentagon’s Africa Command, the economic effects of African cabinet size, and Nigerian civil society.

Prior to joining academia, he worked as legislative director for U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and he served as the National Democratic Institute’s country director in Nigeria.

Dr. LeVan’s research interests include comparative democratization, political institutions and economic development, and authoritarianism.

and sociology of science, the anthropology of medical practice, and a political theorization of social enterprise. A common element is her emphasis on substantive issues of power and freedom that both inhibit and liberate individuals in their search for identity and self-governance.

She has brought this theme into her recent work on European social enterprise (“Clinics, Prisons, and Practices of Freedom,” The Discourse of Sociological Practice 8 (2009): 59-73) and her research on local cooperatives for marginalized populations in Italy.

Well known for her publications on the Russian scientific community, Professor Lubrano teaches a new course on civil society in Russia, and she is currently writing a book on the intellectual and social history of scientists during the Soviet period.

Clarence Lusane PhD, Howard University Dr. Clarence Lusane teaches courses in comparative race relations, modern social movements, comparative politics of Africa, the Caribbean and Europe, black political theory and political behavior, international drug politics, and jazz

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington DC, the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is considered “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam” by the BBC. He has advised U.S. agencies on Islam and foreign policy. His latest project based in extensive fieldwork has resulted in a fulllength documentary, “Journey into America,” and the book, Journey into America: the Challenge of Islam (Brookings Press, 2010).

Linda Lucia Lubrano PhD, Indiana University Dr. Linda Lucia Lubrano teaches a wide range of courses that bridge the humanities with the natural and social sciences.

Her classes draw upon film, literature, and philosophy, for example, and the breadth of her scholarship includes the politics Comparative and Regional Studies

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SIS launches its ASEAN Studies Center.

and international relations. He is a national columnist for the Black Voices syndicated news network, and has published his writings in national publications and presented them at leading American and international universities and in the international media. He is the Co-Chair of U.S. Civil Society Committee of the Brazil-U.S. Joint Action Plan for the Elimination of Racism, a government-to-government project to address the issue of racism in Brazil. Dr. Lusane’s latest book is The Black History of the White House (City Lights Books, 2010).

James Mittelman PhD, Cornell University Dr. James Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs, and was the founding Chair of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University. Previously, he served on the faculty at Columbia University, and was Professor and Dean at the University of Denver and Queens College of the City 42

University of New York. Mittelman held the Pok Rafeah Chair at the National University of Malaysia, and was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. He has also worked for the United Nations and with nongovernmental organizations. Mittelman’s books include The Globalization Syndrome, Whither Globalization? Out from Underdevelopment, and Hyperconflict: Globalization and Insecurity. His most recent publication is Contesting Global Order: Development, Global Governance, and Globalization (Routledge, 2011).

Randolph Persaud PhD, York University Dr. Randolph Persaud’s research and teaching interests focus on the political economy of globalization; human and global security; north and south relations; and the global politics of race, culture, and identity. Dr. Persaud was previously assistant director of the Centre for Inter-

Prof. Clarence Lusane discusses his new book The Black History of the White House (City Lights Books, 2010).

national and Security Studies at York University in Toronto.

He is the author of CounterHegemony and Foreign Policy: The Dialectics of Marginalized and Global Forces in Jamaica (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001). Among other research projects, Dr. Persaud is currently working on a study of the nuances of American hegemony.

Comparative and Regional Studies

Rachel Sullivan Robinson PhD, University of California – Berkeley Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on the politics of population, reproductive health, and HIV/ AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, and she studies the determinants of birth timing in the United States.

Her most recent work on Africa explores the process of population policy adoption by African governments and the emergence of reproductive health NGOs. Faculty

She has conducted fieldwork in Senegal, Nigeria, Malawi, and Namibia. She is currently working on a book project, entitled Intimate Interventions, which extends her research on population policy to examine how countries’ political and organizational efforts to slow rapid population growth impacted their ability to combat HIV/AIDS. Cathy Schneider PhD, Cornell University Dr. Cathy Schneider is a former member of President Obama’s criminal justice and foreign policy advisory committees. She writes and teaches on comparative urban politics, social movements and political violence. Upcoming courses she will be teaching are Comparative Social Movements, Theory of Conflict, Violence, and War, Political Violence, and Nationalism/Ideology: Southern Europe.

Mireya Solís PhD, Harvard University Dr. Mireya Solís has authored or co-edited several books: Banking on Multinationals: Public Credit and the Export of Japanese Sunset Industries (Stanford University Press, 2004), Cross-Regional Trade Agreements: Understanding Fragmented Regionalism in East Asia (Springer, 2008), and Competitive Regionalism: FTA Diffusion in the Pacific Rim (PalgraveMacmillian, 2009).Her research interests cover comparative and international political economy, comparative studies of regional integration, trade policy, and Japanese politics and foreign economic policy. Her current research project focuses on East Faculty

Asian regionalism, with a special emphasis on Japan’s new policy to negotiate preferential trade agreements.

Quansheng Zhao PhD, University of California – Berkeley Dr. Quansheng Zhao is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for Asian Studies at American University. A specialist in international relations and comparative politics focusing on East Asia, Dr. Zhao is the author of Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, winner of the Best Academic Book Award by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Korea), and Japanese Policymaking (Oxford University Press/ Praeger, selected as “Outstanding Academic Book” by Choice).

His most recent edited book is Managing the China Challenge: Perspectives from the Globe (Routledge, 2008).

Global Environmental Policy

Professor Paul Wapner signs a copy of his book, Living Through the End of Nature.

Global environmental politics

Ken Conca PhD, University of California – Berkeley Dr. Ken Conca serves as the Director of the Global Environmental Policy program.

Dr. Conca is one of the most prolific and well-regarded scholars worldwide in the global environmental politics field. In 2006, his monograph Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building (MIT Press, 2005), won the International Studies Association’s (ISA) Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, given to the best book on international environmental affairs. Governing Water was also awarded International Organization’s Chadwick Alger Prize for best book in the field.

Sikina Jinnah PhD, University of California – Berkeley Dr. Sikina Jinnah’s research focuses on the changing dynamics of power and influence in global environmental politics. Her most recent project examined the role of international bureaucracies in managing the politics of overlapping international regimes in the areas of biodiversity, climate change and international trade. Prior to coming to

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SIS, she was a visiting fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. Dr. Jinnah is also a consultant for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), where she covers CITES and UNFCCC processes for IISD’s Earth Negotiations Bulletin.

Judith Shapiro PhD, American University Dr. Judith Shapiro is the AU Director of the Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) with University for Peace in Costa Rica. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses, including Environment and Politics, the Washington Environmental Workshop, Environmental Security in Asia, and Contemplation and Political Change.

Paul Wapner PhD, Princeton University Dr. Paul Wapner is the author of Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism (MIT Press, 2010) and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. (State University of New York Press, 1996). Dr. Wapner’s areas of specialization include international environmental politics, environmental activist groups, international relations, environmental ethics.

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International Communication

Professor Nanette Levinson with students at the annual IC facultygraduate student research dinner.

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Christine Chin PhD, American University Dr. Christine Chin is Director of the International Communication and International Media Programs. Her research and teaching interests are in the political economy of transnational migration, Southeast Asian Studies and intercultural relations. She is the recipient of various teaching awards at the school and university levels: the most recent is American University’s 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Amongst Dr. Chin’s publications are In Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian ‘Modernity’ Project (Columbia University Press) and Cruising in the Global Economy: Profits, Pleasure and Work at Sea (Ashgate). Currently, she is working on an interdisciplinary research project that examines transnational migration for employment, education and leisure in the rise of global cities.

Derrick L. Cogburn PhD, Howard University Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn is an expert on global information and communication technology policy and in the use of ICTs for socio-economic development.

His research interests include the institutional mechanisms for global governance of ICTs; transnational policy-actor networks and epistemic communities, especially for nongovernmental organizations and global civil society; and the sociotechnical infrastructure for geographically distributed collaboration in knowledge work. Cogburn serves as director of the award-winning the Collaboration Laboratory (COTELCO) that investigates the socio-technical factors influencing geographically distributed collaborative knowledge work, particularly between developed and developing countries, and conducts research and education on disability policy and the ASEAN region.

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Maria De Jesus PhD, Boston College Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of health inequalities, with a particular focus on cross-cultural communication and health promotion. While serving as a Yerby post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Center for Communitybased Research at the DanaFarber Cancer Institute in Boston, she served as co-investigator on several NIH-funded cancer disparities research studies examining how ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and migration status interact to affect health outcomes. Among other recent awards and honors, Dr. De Jesus received the Davis Putter Grant in 2008 for activist scholarship that contributes to the elimination of social and health disparities.

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Craig Hayden PhD, University of Southern California Dr. Craig Hayden’s current research focuses on the discourse of public diplomacy, the rhetoric of foreign policy related to media technologies, as well as the impact of global media and media convergence on international relations. He is particularly interested in the comparative study of public diplomacy and media culture as a pivotal resource for international relations, as well as the impact of communication technology on international influence. Dr. Hayden’s previous studies include analysis of media framing of the United States in pan-Arab media content, as well as analysis of media-based public argument by U.S. presidential advisors prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Professor Derrick Cogburn and an SIS staff member at the new SIS building groundbreaking.

Nanette S. Levinson EdD, Harvard University Dr. Nanette S. Levinson is the director of the SIS Sciences-Po exchange and founder of the study of social enterprise in SIS. She is the past Chair of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network, GigaNet; the past Chair of the International Communication Section, International Studies Association and the Section’s Compendium Project Editor. She is the 2011 Chair of the Information Technology and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. Her current research focuses on internet governance, institutional change, and interorganizational learning; social entrepreneurship; and international cyberinfrastructure policy with a focus on developing nations. In 2011, the Ashoka Foundation selected her for an award for outstanding contributions to social entrepreneurship education.

International Communication

Kyoung-Ah Nam PhD University of Minnesota – Minneapolis Dr. Kyoung–Ah Nam joins the IC program from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Her most recent research involves cross-cultural communication between US students and Asian instructors as well as the effects of international education and volunteer exchange programs on individuals and host communities. Dr. Nam holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in Intercultural Education and Intercultural Training, with a focus on Cross-Cultural Communication. She also holds an MA in International Communication and Journalism from the University of Oregon and a BA in Sociology from Duksung Women’s University in Seoul.

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Shalini Venturelli PhD, University of Colorado Dr. Shalini Venturelli is the director of the Global Public Media Research Project and associate professor of International Communication and International Relations. In addition to the Global Public Media Project, Dr. Venturelli also directs an international comparative study on the Global Knowledge Society. Dr. Venturelli’s research examines international dimensions of the global knowledge society and global innovation, as well as the growth of global public media in cyberspace or online citizen media in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe and North America.

Gary Weaver PhD, American University Each year, Dr. Gary Weaver gives over 100 keynote addresses, lectures, training seminars, and workshops to various universities, nonprofit groups, government agencies, professional organizations and business groups in the U.S. and abroad.

His topics range from working in a multicultural workforce, law enforcement in a cultural diverse community, culture shock, and cross-cultural negotiation to conflict resolution, American identity movements and multicultural childcare. He is the director of the IMI and also the author of two major books: Culture, Communication, and Conflict and America’s Midlife Crisis: The Future of a Troubled Superpower.

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International Development

Professor Deborah Bräutigam speaks on her new book, The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2009), at local bookstore Politics and Prose.

International development

Deborah Bräutigam PhD, Tufts University Professor Deborah Bräutigam’s research focuses on China-Africa relations, foreign aid, industrialization, statebuilding, and development. She is the author of The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2009) as well as publications on foreign aid and governance; taxation and state-building; global networks and comparative development in Africa and Asia. Her blog, chinaafricarealstory.com, continues to delve into myths and realities of China’s African engagement.

Robin Broad PhD, Princeton University Dr. Robin Broad established the International Development Program’s unique curricular offerings on economic globalization and development and on environment and development with a focus on social, environmental, and economic

accountability. Recipient of 4 awards for her teaching and scholarship from the School of International Service, Broad is widely published and the recipient of numerous external grants and fellowships. She came to AU with a wide range of professional experiences – from international economist in the U.S. Treasury Department to work with civil-society organizations in the Philippines. She is an active “scholar participant” in the movement to create a more just and sustainable economic globalization.

Miguel Carter PhD, Columbia University Dr. Miguel Carter’s professional interests are in the areas of community development, social movements, civil society, religion and politics, transitions to democracy and electoral demography. His region of expertise is Latin America. Dr. Carter has previously served as a Research Fellow in Politics at Oxford University’s Centre for Brazilian Studies.

Daniel Esser PhD, London School of Economics Dr. Daniel Esser teaches courses on international development, urban development, program evaluation, and global health. He conducts research on governance and reforms in fragile settings, focusing in particular on the politics of institution-building in cities and the frictions between local and international agendas.

He also pursues an academic interest in global health policy, especially with regard to the Faculty

manufacturers in France and Japan, oil companies in Peru and Thailand, and four of the “Baby Bell” regional telephone companies. His public sector clients include Auditor General of Canada, Presidential Commission on World Hunger, US Federal Aviation Administration, US Navy, and UNICEF.

emergence of priorities and the extent to which they are driven by scientific evidence as opposed to inter- and intraorganizational dynamics. His most recent publication is Conflict and Fragility: Do No Harm: International Support for Statebuilding (OECD, 2010).

Louis W. Goodman, Dean Emeritus PhD, Northwestern University Louis Goodman has been a professor in SIS since 1986 and served as the Dean for 25 years. He carries out research on social change and politics in Latin America. His current research focuses on civil-military relations. He has published widely on that topic, on foreign investment in developing countries and on determinants of career success for blue-collar workers. He has researched and lived abroad in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.

David Hirschmann LLB, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Dr. Hirschmann is the Director of the International Development program. He has written approximately 55 publications, with topics including reengineering and performance measurement in USAID; development management/ bureaucracy/administration, and planning; women and development; women and political participation/democracy/civil society; elections management; institutional development; rural development; development policy; and southern African politics.

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Professor David Hirschmann and SIS students in South Africa.

Vidyamali Samarasinghe PhD, Cambridge University Dr. Vidya Samarasinghe has conducted field surveys on tea plantation women in Sri Lanka, income inequalities among farming communities, and female adolescent food allocation patterns in Sri Lanka. Professor Samarasinghe teaches and researches gender and development, population and migration issues in developing countries, social science methodology, and field survey methodology.

Her regional focus of research is in South Asia.

Loubna Skalli-Hanna PhD, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Loubna Skalli-Hanna joined the American University in 2004 after teaching for 15 years at Moroccan Universities and Higher Institutes of Leaning (1987-2003). Dr. SkalliHanna’s research and teaching interests are grounded in the interdisciplinary tradition, and examine issues at the intersections of development, politics, gender, youth, culture and communication. Her regional

expertise is in the Middle East and North Africa. Professor Skalli-Hanna was a Fulbright Scholar (1996-2000) and a member of the UNESCO Chair on “Women and their Rights.”

Robert Tomasko EdM, Harvard University Robert Tomasko directs the Social Enterprise Program and holds two faculty appointments at American University, where he teaches graduate courses in corporate social responsibility, effective activism, leadership, NGO management and social entrepreneurship. Before coming to American University he was an author, business consultant, and frequent speaker at management conferences throughout the world. Over 100,000 copies of his books have been sold, and they have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. He has advised clients throughout the world on issues of organization and strategy, including Coca-Cola, Exxon, Ford, Marriott, Mitsubishi, Telstra, Toyota, chemical International development

Nina Yamanis PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. Yamanis’ professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that link social and economic conditions to global health disparities and in designing community-based interventions to improve health among the most vulnerable groups. She has conducted qualitative and quantitative field research for the past five years on the social networks of young, urban men in Tanzania and their influence on the men’s HIV risk behavior and partner violence. Her work resulted in a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health in which Dr. Yamanis and colleagues are piloting a combined health promotion/microfinance intervention for the men. In addition to her work in Tanzania, she has conducted research on violence against women at the World Health Organization and migration and mental health with colleagues at the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico. She currently teaches courses on health in developing countries and micropolitics of development.

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International Economic Relations Jeff Colgan PhD, Princeton University Dr. Colgan’s research focuses on oil politics and international relations. Professor Colgan has an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, in Public Policy, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and undergraduate degrees in engineering physics and philosophy from McMaster University in Canada. He also previously worked as a consultant at the Brattle Group and McKinsey & Co. Dr. Colgan is the author of The Promise and Peril of International Trade (University of Toronto Press,

2005), which focuses on how trade affects Canada’s political sovereignty and impacts environment, national culture, and economy.

Randall Henning PhD, Tufts University Dr. Henning specializes in the politics and institutions of international economic relations, international and comparative political economy, economic policymaking and regional integration. He has focused specifically on international monetary policy, European monetary integration, macroeconomic policy coordination, finance G-7 and G-8 summit cooperation, East Asian financial cooperation, and comparative regionalism. Cur-

rently, he is conducting projects on the political economy of East Asian regionalism, transatlantic economic relations, and the relationship between regionalism and multilateralism.

Arturo Porzecanski PhD, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Arturo Porzecanski, Distinguished Economist-inResidence, is an expert in international finance, emerging markets and Latin American economics and politics. He previously taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Williams College, but is a fairly recent arrival to academia, having spent most of his professional career working as an international economist on Wall Street. Dr. Porzecanski was

SIS summer program in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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International Economic relations

Faculty

Stephen Silvia PhD, Yale University Dr. Stephen Silvia directs doctoral studies at SIS and teaches international economics, international trade relations, and comparative politics. Professor Silvia’s research specializes in comparative labor markets and comparative industrial relations, with a focus on Germany and the European Union. He also writes about German politics and political parties. He teaches International Trade and Investment Relations in addition to other courses.

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Charles Call PhD, Stanford University Dr. Charles Call focuses on post-conflict peacebuilding, democratization, human rights and policing and justice reform. He has conducted field research in all of Central America and throughout South America, Africa, and Europe.

Dr. Call’s research interests include peacebuilding, post-conflict governance and reconstruction, Latin America and the Caribbean, human rights and democratization, and justice and security sector reform.

International peace and conflict resolution

chief economist for emerging markets at ABN AMRO Bank (2000-2005); chief economist for the Americas at ING Bank (1994-2000); chief emergingmarkets economist at Kidder, Peabody & Co. (1992-1993); chief economist at Republic National Bank of New York (19891992); and senior economist at J.P. Morgan Bank (1977-1989), among others.

Current IPCR Director Ron Fisher sharing a laugh with IPCR’s Founding Director, Professor Abdul Aziz Said.

Ronald Fisher PhD, University of Michigan Dr. Ronald Fisher is the Director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program. He was the founding coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and has taught at a number of universities in Canada, the United States, and Europe in peace studies and conflict resolution.

Dr. Fisher’s primary research interests focus on interactive conflict resolution, which involves informal, third party interventions in protracted and violent ethno-political conflict.

He has worked on the longstanding dispute in Cyprus and similar conflicts in other parts of the world.

Mohammed Abu-Nimer PhD, George Mason University Dr. Mohammed AbuNimer serves as Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute and the Center for Global Peace. He has conducted interreligious conflict resolution training and interfaith dialogue workshops in conflict areas around the world, including Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, the Philippines (Mindanao), and Sri Lanka. In addition to his articles and publications, Dr. Abu-Nimer is the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.

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“The professors here really cared about what I was doing and believed in my work. They encourage you as a scholar and connect you with people you need to know through networking. While in the DRC, some of my professors called me to make sure I had everything I needed.”

Arnila Santoso, SIS/MA ’10, International Peace and Conflict Resolution

Professor Gary Weaver directs the Intercultural Management Institute.

Julie Mertus JD, Yale University Professor Julie Mertus is the Co-Director of the Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs program. She has written widely on human rights and gender, conflict, the Balkans, U.S. foreign policy and U.N. institutions.

She is the author or editor of ten books, including Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy, named “human rights book of the year” by the American Political Science Association) and, most recently Human Rights Matters: Local Politics and National Human Rights Institutions (Stanford University Press, 2009) and The United Nations and Human Rights (Routledge, 2005).

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Kwaku Nuamah PhD, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Kwaku Nuamah focuses on theories and practices of conflict management, conflict prevention, cross-cultural conflict analysis, and contemporary African security concerns. As a practitioner, Dr. Nuamah has worked in the international development and conflict resolution fields and has provided consultancy services on African conflicts and political development concerns to several institutions.

Abdul Aziz Said PhD, American University Dr. Said is the senior ranking professor at American University and the first occupant of the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace. He founded the university-wide Center for Faculty

for UNICEF on transnational fosterage of war-affected youth in West Africa. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and has authored several book chapters and journal articles in the fields of youth studies, human rights, and African politics.

Global Peace, which undertakes a range of activities, both on and off campus, aimed at advancing our understanding of world peace. Dr. Said’s deep commitment to nonviolence, human rights, political pluralism, cultural diversity, and ecological balance has furthered the expansion of Peace and Conflict Resolution as a field of study throughout the world.

Susan Shepler PhD, University of California – Berkeley Dr. Shepler’s research interests include youth and conflict, migration crises and security, reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone, postconflict reconstruction, education and economic development, NGOs and globalization, and youth and childhood studies. Dr. Shepler has conducted research Faculty

Anthony Wanis-St. John PhD, Tufts University Dr. Anthony Wanis-St. John has created several advanced courses on negotiation for SIS, ranging from interpersonal skills and analysis to complex international challenges (such as ceasefires and peace processes).

He also conducts advanced negotiation trainings, mediation and conflict resolution workshops in diverse organizational contexts and sectors. He is an advisor for the Academy of International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding at the United States Institute of Peace.

International politics Amitav Acharya PhD, Murdoch University Amitav Acharya is Chair of the University’s ASEAN Studies Center. His previous appointments include Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Centre for Governance and International Affairs at the University of Bristol, Professor, Deputy Director and Head of Research of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Fellow of the Harvard University Asia Center, and Fellow of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. His most recent book is Whose Ideas Matter?: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism (Cornell, 2009).

Professor David Bosco discusses his most recent book, Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2009). A former senior editor of Foreign Policy magazine, Bosco examines both the organization’s successes as well as its struggles and offers suggestions as to how the U.N. can better reflect political realities.

Boaz Atzili PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Boaz Atzili is a political scientist who researches and teaches international politics.

His interest is in international security with an emphasis on territorial conflicts and the politics of borders, and the international aspects of state weakness and state failure. His research includes various cases from the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Europe.

Atzili is also interested in the politics of the Middle East and, in particular, Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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David Bosco JD, Harvard Law School David Bosco, Assistant Professor of International Politics, is a past Fulbright Scholar and senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. Formerly an attorney at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, he focused on international arbitration, litigation, and antitrust matters. He also served as a political analyst and journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina and as deputy director of a joint United Nations/NATO project on repatriating refugees in Sarajevo. He is author of Five to Rule Them All (Oxford University Press, 2009), a history of the UN Security Council. He is currently researching a book on the International Criminal Court and writes the Multilateralist blog for Foreign Policy magazine.

James Goldgeier PhD, University of California-Berkeley James Goldgeier is Dean of the School of International Service. Prior to joining American University, he was a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He taught previously at Cornell University, and has held appointments at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Library of Congress, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Hoover Institution, and the Transatlantic Academy. From 2001-2005, he directed GWU’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. His most 52

recent book is America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 (coauthored with Derek Chollet), named “a best book of 2008”

by Slate and “a favorite book of 2008” by The Daily Beast .

Tamar Gutner PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Tamar Gutner is the Director of the International Politics and Foreign Policy program. Her research and teaching interests include international organizations, global environmental politics, and international political economy.

Her research focuses on the performance and effectiveness of international organizations, particularly international financial institutions. She is the author of Banking on the Environment: Multilateral Development Banks and Their Performance in Central and Eastern Europe (MIT Press, 2002), and is currently writing International Organizations in World Politics (CQ Press). Her recent work includes being co-editor of a special issue of Review of International Organizations and “When Doing Good Does Not: The IMF and the Millennium Development Goals,” in Who Governs the Globe? (Cambridge 2010).

Patrick Jackson PhD, Columbia University Patrick Thaddeus Jackson is currently Associate Professor of International Relations in the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, DC; he is also Director of General Education for the university. In 2003-2004, he served as President of the International Politics

International Studies Association-Northeast. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Relations and Development. Jackson’s research interests include culture and agency, international relations theory (particularly the intersection of realism and constructivism), scientific methodology, the role of rhetoric in public life, civilizations in world politics, the sociology of academic knowledge, and the formation of subjectivity both in the classroom and in the broader social sphere. His most recent book, The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations, was published by Routledge in July 2010.

Christopher Rudolph PhD, University of California – Los Angeles Christopher Rudolph has expertise in the areas of national security, international political economy, international migration, ethnic conflict, and international law. His work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, Security Studies, and International Studies Review.

He is the author of National Security and Immigration (Stanford University Press, 2006). Professor Rudolph previously taught at Georgetown University, UCLA, and the University of Southern California. He has been awarded research fellowships from the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton, the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford, the Center for International Studies at USC, and other institutions.

Daniel Schneider JD, University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Daniel Schneider previously served as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs.

He is currently the executive director of Probitas International in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing corruption in developing countries’ legal systems.

Matthew Taylor PhD, Georgetown University Professor Taylor’s research and teaching interests include crime and corruption, courts and public policy, and the political economy of Latin American development. He is the co-editor (with Timothy J. Power) of Corruption and Democracy in Brazil: The Struggle for Accountability (University of Notre Dame Press, 2011) and author of Judging Policy: Courts and Policy Reform in Democratic Brazil (Stanford University Press, 2008). His scholarly articles have been published in Comparative Politics, Latin American Research Review, Perspectives on Politics, and World Politics, among other journals.

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dozen states and governments on peace negotiations and drafting post-conflict constitutions. As a result of this work, in 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His most recent publication is Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Celeste Wallander PhD, Yale University Dr. Celeste Wallander is currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Dr. Wallander’s research interests include Eurasian military issues, Russian foreign policy, NATO, and globalization.

Before her current positions, Dr. Wallander served as a visiting scholar to Georgetown University and Director and Senior Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

United States Foreign Policy

Professor Phillip Brenner is an expert on U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-Cuban relations, and Congress and foreign policy.

Paul Williams JD, Stanford University; PhD, University of Cambridge Dr. Paul Williams holds the Rebecca I. Grazier Professorship in Law and International Relations, and directs the JD/ MA dual degree program. He also helps direct the Public International Law & Policy Group, a global pro bono law firm.

He formerly served as an attorney/advisor for the U.S. Department of State, and as a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Williams has advised over two Faculty

Gordon Adams PhD, Columbia University Dr. Gordon Adams has published widely on defense and national security policy, the defense policy process, and national security budgets.

He is extensively used by the nation’s media for comment on U.S. national security policy. Dr. Adams is currently working and publishing on strengthening the civilian toolkit of foreign policy and rebalancing the State/DOD relationship. Gordon Adams is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, D.C.. He was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2006-07.

He was previously deputy director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and served for five years as the associate director for national security and international affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, the senior White House budget official for national security. His most recent publication is Buying National Security: How America Plans and Pays for Its Global Role and Safety at Home (with Cindy Williams, Taylor and Francis, 2010).

Philip Brenner PhD, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Philip Brenner has published widely on U.S./ Cuba relations, on U.S. policy towards Central America, and on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Professor Brenner specializes in the U.S. foreign policy process with an emphasis on Congress,

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James Goldgeier, an internationally renowned scholar whose academic research focuses on contemporary international relations and American foreign policy, has been named the new dean of SIS.

and in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Selected courses of Dr. Brenner’s include the Honors Colloquium in Social Sciences: War and Personal Responsibility, Continuity and Change in U.S. Foreign Policy, and Understanding U.S.-Cuban Relations. His most recent book is A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution (with Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John Kirk, and William LeoGrande, Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).

Elizabeth Cohn PhD, American University Dr. Elizabeth Cohn previously spent nine years as an Assistant Professor at Goucher College and director of the International and Intercultural Studies program there. She teaches courses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics, as well as courses on Latin America including, “Breakfast in the Americas: Bananas, Cof54

fee, Sugar.” Dr. Cohn has also been a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

James Goldgeier PhD, University of California –Berkeley James Goldgeier is Dean of the School of International Service. Prior to joining American University, he was a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He taught previously at Cornell University, and has held appointments at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Library of Congress, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Hoover Institution, and the Transatlantic Academy. From 2001-2005, he directed GWU’s Institute for European, Russian united stateS foreign policy

and Eurasian Studies. His most recent book is America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 (coauthored with Derek Chollet), named “a best book of 2008”

by Slate and “a favorite book of 2008” by The Daily Beast.

Christian Maisch PhD, American University Dr. Maisch’s areas of focus include U.S. foreign policy, comparative and regional studies, and Latin American history, diplomacy, politics, and development. Since the fall of 1988, his primary teaching responsibility has been the U.S. Foreign Policy Seminars and Internship of the American University’s Washington Semester Program.

Dr. Maisch’s research focuses primarily on Latin American politics and diplomatic history.

Shoon Murray PhD, Yale University Dr. Shoon Murray is the Director for the U.S. Foreign Policy program. She has written widely on such topics as public reactions to military force and the “rally ‘round the flag phenomenon,” the political consequences of September 11th, the effect of polls on presidential behavior, the role of values and partisanship in leaders’ belief systems, and American perceptions of China.

Her book Anchors Against Change: American Opinion Leaders’ Beliefs After the Cold War (University of Michigan Press, 2002) used original survey research to investigate the tenacity of “enemy images” and how much American leaders’ attitudes changed in response to dramatic international events.

Robert Pastor PhD, Harvard University Dr. Robert Pastor is CoDirector of the Center for North American Studies and the Center for Democracy and Election Management. From 200207, he was Vice President of International Affairs at AU. Dr. Pastor’s latest book is The North American Idea, which offers a vision and a blueprint for a new relationship between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. He has written or edited 16 other books and approximately 250 articles about international relations, including A Century’s Journey: How the Great Powers Shape the World (Basic Books, 1999) and Exiting the Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Latin America and the Caribbean (Westview, 2001). He Faculty

Distinguished Honor Award and twice been honored with the Presidential Meritorious Service Award, among others.

Ambassador Quainton teaches courses on public diplomacy, foreign policy, and diplomatic practice.

was founding director of the Carter Center’s Latin American and Caribbean Program and the Democracy and China Elections projects. Pastor pioneered “election mediation” to assist transitions to democracy around the world. He was senior advisor to the mission led

by Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and Sam Nunn to restore constitutional government to Haiti (1994). Pastor was national security advisor for Latin American and Caribbean affairs (1977 to 1981) and was nominated ambassador to Panama (1993).

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, a Fulbright professor in Mexico, and the Strauss Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Pastor created the Hubert Humphrey Fellows Program (1978). Pastor was vice chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on the Future of North America, which issued the report Constructing a North American Community.

He was a member and executive director of the Commission on Federal Election Reform, chaired by Jimmy Carter and former secretary of state James A. Baker III.

Jordan Tama PhD, Princeton University Dr. Jordan Tama specializes in national security policy, the foreign policy making process, and presidential-congressional relations. His most recent book is Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Dr. Tama has published articles on foreign affairs topics in a variety of scholarly and popular publications.

Sharon K. Weiner PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Sharon K. Weiner writes about the intersection of organizational politics and U.S. national security policy.

Her current work focuses on institutional interest and U.S. nonproliferation policy, especially with respect to the former Soviet Union. She holds a PhD from MIT and was formerly a research associate with the Woodrow Wilson School’s Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University and a staff member of the House Armed Services Committee.Dr. Weiner’s forthcoming book Our Own Worst Enemy?

Institutions, Interests, and the Proliferation of WMD Expertis e has been accepted for publication in 2011 by MIT Press.

Anthony C. E. Quainton LHD, LaRoche College Distinguished Diplomat-inResidence Ambassador Anthony Quainton is a Distinguished Diplomatin-Residence and a professor of U.S. Foreign Policy, having previously served in the United States Foreign Service and held ambassadorships to the Central African Republic, Nicaragua, Kuwait, and Peru. He has received the Department of State Masters Degree Programs Faculty

Guy Ziv PhD, University of Maryland Dr. Guy Ziv’s research interests lie at the nexus of international security, foreign policy decision-making and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He currently teaches U.S. Foreign Policy: Critical Global Challenges as well as undergraduate and graduate courses on the politics of the Middle East. During the 2008-2009 academic year, Dr. Ziv was a visiting professor of international relations at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

He has written on such topics as the impact of Israel’s nuclear policy on U.S.-Israel relations, Israel’s strategic partnership with France in the 1950s, and the role of leaders’ presonalities in foreign policy change. Dr. Ziv also has a background in policy, having worked at the U.S. Department of State, on Capitol Hill, and for leading non-profit organizations that promote American involvement in IsraeliPalestinian peacemaking.

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Population, Migration, and Development l Community Development l Complex Emergencies l Rethinking U.S. Foreign Aid l Children in International Development l Conflict and Development l Health and Development l Urban Development l Micropolitics of Development l Women and Development l Global Economy and Sustainable Development l Microfinance: Concepts and Tools l Youth and Development l Remittances and Development l Development Management l Democracy and Governance l Social Policy and Development l 10 Skills Institutes a Year l Leading Social Innovation l NGO Management l NGO-Private Sector Engagement l Social Enterprise Techniques

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Over 40% percent of the graduate student population studies abroad during the two-year program at SIS. The School offers several types of study abroad experiences that cater to the diverse needs and interests of students.

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’ve been thinking about doing the Peace Corps for a long time, and the Master’s International program allows me to participate in the Peace Corps while accomplishing my academic goals.

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SIS Prof. Eve Bratman using beekeeping as a skill to support Combined with the skills I’ve learned at SIS, such sustainable development and as using education as a tool for sustainable develop- promote enterpreneurship. ment, I will be able to help people in developing countries acquire practical skills training or entrepreneurship.

The next two years will really help me define where I’m going next. When I return from my Peace Corps Service and complete my master’s degree, I’ll have the networks, knowledge, and skills from which to launch my career.”

Programmatic In addition to the individual benefits of both the Peace Corps and the SIS graduate degree programs, MI students are able to fully realize the goal of combining theory and practice through the program. Additionally, MI students have the benefit of close mentorship by SIS faculty and staff through their academic and overseas experiences.

Financial In addition to the financial benefits of Peace Corps service, MI participants will receive 6 credits of tuition waiver towards their master’s degree requirements while performing their Peace Corps service.

Aaron Williams, Director of the Peace Corps, speaking at the 2011 American University graduation.

Professional MI graduates complete the program deeply prepared for a successful career in the international arena, having acquired the theoretical and skill-based training of a rigorous master’s degree program in international affairs coupled with two years of substantive international experience.

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SIS Graduate Research Awards SIS Graduate Study Abroad Awards Tinker-Walker Fellowships Endowed by International Development alumni Irene Tinker and Millidge Walker, this fellowship supports ID students to include overseas field experience in their research, internship, or practicum.

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Leon E Clark Fellowship for Applied Research on Culture and International Development in Latin America and Africa (International Development students only) (Left to right) 2011 Fulbright recipients Divya Narayanan (SIS/BA ’11), Kia Hall (SIS/PhD ’13), and Ben Williams (SIS/ MA ’11).

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“I made the decision to come to SIS not only because it is situated in the U.S. capital, but also because AU’s class scheduling allows you ample opportunity to experience everything in it.

My classes have been taught by experienced passionate professors, who have made an effort to know me and my future goals, making the classes very relevant. AU has complemented the Rangel Fellowship program by providing opportunities, like attending seminars, high level speeches, and study abroad opportunities, which have and continue to enhance my understanding of the theoretical and practical components of international relations. “ Migael Penix, SIS/MA ’11 Comparative and Regional Studies Rangel Fellow

SIS tops the list of institutions selected by Rangel Fellows, a prestigious national award offered to historically underrepresented groups and designed to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers as diplomats in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State.

American University ‘s unique Office of Merit Awards is an extraordinary resource for current SIS graduate students as they apply for nationally-competitive scholarships and grants.

This award-winning office offers personalized mentorship to SIS graduate students interested in applying for nationally competitive fellowships and grants, to much success: SIS students have consistently topped the ranks of students receiving awards like the prestigious Fulbright, Boren, and Presidential Management Fellowships, to name a few.

Jennryn Wetzler, SIS/MA ’08 Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs Boren Fellowship Recipient

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Corps in Niger, Jennryn Wetzler ‘08 watched as a local friend was forced into prostitution by her family. This experience made human-trafficking a focal point for her activism, graduate studies, and future career. “I felt helpless in that situation,” she recalls, “and studying global migration concerns and human security in grad school gave me a sense of traction.” Wetzler received a Boren Fellowship to conduct independent research on trafficking in Thailand.

AU ranks 2nd nationally in number of graduate students receiving the prestigious Boren Graduate Fellowship.

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Career Opportunities and Alumni Connections

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he School of International Service is an active learning community of faculty and students linked to a wide array of institutions, including partner universities in other countries and public, private, and not-for-profit organizations.

The school’s hallmark is its linking of theory with practice. In this highly interactive learning environment, faculty members encourage students to apply their academic research to practical experiences. Many classes involve teamwork, simulations, or case studies. A major international world capital, Washington, D.C. provides numerous opportunities for students to interact with professionals and SIS alumni in a variety of career fields. Additionally, students have the chance to build their contacts and skills through specific technology-enhanced learning, the school’s 15,000 alumni, and other professional development opportunities.

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Washington, DC location Through its commitment to academic and practical collaboration, SIS is particularly positioned to enable students to take advantage of the rich resources of the Washington, D.C. area. As a cosmopolitan (international) capital city, Washington D.C. is uniquely positioned in the arena of international relations. Some 192 foreign embassies, chanceries, and the headquarters of many international organizations are located in Washington. In addition, Washington is an unparalleled city of learning resources for the study of international affairs. The National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, World Bank, National Archives, Brookings Institutions, Heritage Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the

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Library of Congress are all just a short drive or subway ride from campus. Current students and alumni benefit from the connections that SIS has built in Washington.

Career Services SIS works in collaboration with the university’s nationally recognized Career Center to provide a wealth of professional development opportunities to graduate students. The Center’s planning team is specifically assigned to assist students in continuing or launching successful careers in international affairs, and provides concrete opportunities to interact with professionals, develop a competitive resume of skills and experiences, and successfully compete for professional internships and full-time jobs.

Personalized Career Advising In the first semester of their academic program, students are assigned to a first-year advisor, who will be a guide in assessing previous experiences and setting professional goals. The first-year advisor helps students to begin to craft an individualized strategy for utilizing the wealth of resources on campus and in Washington, D.C., and to enhance academic learning while developing strong professional networks. Professional development programming, coupled with the guidance of faculty, academic advisors, and Career Center staff, enables students to capitalize on those networks to secure challenging and rewarding internship and job opportunities.

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Internship Experiences SIS graduates are recognized by employers for having proven skills upon graduation — developed through active involvement in such internships throughout the academic program. Over 90% of SIS graduate students complete at least one (and often more than one) internship in the field during their time in the program. These internships can be in Washington or anywhere in the world, and can be for credit or can be done on a non-credit basis.

To support the student’s professional development, the Career Center and SIS partner with domestic and international employers to offer substantive internship experiences. The Career Center’s advisors provide students with individualized assistance in locating and successfully completing these internships. SIS faculty members are also rich resources for internship ideas and opportunities; as scholar-practitioners, they are actively engaged in the field and help students make connections to various organizations and professionals in Washington and the world.

Our SIS summer study abroad programs also offer students a wealth of opportunities for internships.

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Career Fairs and Panel Discussions Throughout the academic year, the Career Center offers two career fairs, workshops on job search skills, and panel discussions on various career topics. Each spring the center also hosts a networking reception on campus, which provides students an opportunity to network with and discuss matters with a variety of alumni and employers.

Online Job and Internship Database The Career Center lists thousands of jobs and internships online, which allows AU students unlimited access to the information. The Career Center’s website allows students to post resume and application materials for viewing by recruiters, thereby increasing exposure to relevant organizations.

“After what seemed like a never-ending application process with the Department of State, I’ve just left for my first posting in La Paz,Bolivia.

I am very happy to be in Latin America, which has cultures and languages that I love. It is quite an experience to be traveling not just as a tourist but as a representative of my country. One thing is quite clear -- what I learned in the SIS International Communication program will be helping me every single day in my new job, not only with understanding the context of the Bolivian culture but also how my own behavior might be seen within this culture.”

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Alumni Mentors SIS has an extensive global network of over 15,000 professional alumni. Our alumni serve as mentors for current SIS students, either through participating in on-campus networking events or by supporting students in their internship and career explorations. SIS has a distinctive alumni mentorship program that matches students up with alumni in their field, offering programming and support through several yearly on-campus events.

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wo days after appearing on the Colbert Report, where the host’s first questions were “You are a Middle Eastern correspondent for Al Jazeera English, right? Where is bin Laden?” rising network star Ayman Mohyeldin, SIS/MA ’01, returned to American University to discuss the historical events in the Arab world and his coverage of them.

“This was the first revolution to happen in the information age,” he said. “We became a microphone for the protesters.” Authorities no less than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have praised Al Jazeera English’s coverage of the Egyptian revolution. At the center of the global network’s coverage in Cairo was Mohyeldin, whose career began as a desk assistant at NBC News while he earned his master’s degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at the School of International Service.

Mohyeldin, a native Egyptian, covered the protests in Tahir Square, often scrambling to disseminate information after the government shut down access to the Internet and barred Al Jazeera from reporting in the country.

He even gave a friend in Washington his Twitter password to ensure that information he reported could not be suppressed.

“Tahir Square became not only a symbol of the struggle, it became an actual part of it,” he said. “We were getting calls saying ‘please don’t turn off your cameras because your cameras and your pictures are protecting us against the thugs.’”

Miraculously, President Hosni Mubarak resigned and power transitioned peacefully.

History will determine whether “this was a complete revolution or part coup at the end,” he said. “But the fear factor for [people] of the Arab world has been broken. People want a new dynamic for their state. There’s no doubt that today what spreads out across Egypt and the Arab world is a great sense of optimism.”

While Mohyeldin is optimistic about the future of a democratic Egypt, he cautioned people not to paint the Arab world with broad strokes.

“You can’t use a formula for all the countries of the Arab world,” he said.

“The fault lines are all different.”

The Egyptian story was the biggest he’d ever covered, and it also was intensely personal. “There is not a single Egyptian I have ever met who has not had his civil or political rights trampled,” he said. “People are looking at the images [from Tahir Square] and they’re saying, ‘Wow, I didn’t know Egypt had this life to it.’ It was a moment of pride. I cried like a baby when Mubarak stepped down, but you didn’t see me do that on the air.” — By Mike Unger

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SIS alumni mentors and their mentees gather at a biannual event.

Alumni Career Network

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IS has an extraordinary network of engaged alumni, working in various sectors and countless organizations in diverse locations across the globe. Our alumni play a key role in helping SIS graduate students reach their career and academic goals. SIS’s new LinkedIn alumni group has thousands of active members and is growing exponentially, and the Career Center’s own InCircle Online Community helps students find classmates or alumni with similar interests, hobbies, or professions. Alumni also are active in presenting career information to the university community and recruiting SIS students for internships and jobs. In recent years, alumni have hosted receptions and professional discussions at places as diverse as the World Bank and RTI International.

Over half of SIS 2010 graduates attained professional positions in their desired field prior to graduation, and 86% did so within six months.

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36% Nonprofit 35% Public 22% Private 5% Foreign Government 2% International Organization

For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/alumni students

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Selected SIS Graduate Student Internships and Careers AB Bellington | Academy for Educational Development | Accenture | ACDI/VOCA | Academy for Educational Development | AFL-CIO | Africare | American Academy for Diplomacy | American Red Cross | American Rivers | AMIDEAST | Amnesty International | Andes Foods, Brazil | AT&T | Atlantic Council of the US | Associated Press | Association for International Practical Training | Bank of South Africa | BBC | BBS Ohta Showa Consulting | Bearing Point | Booz, Allen, & Hamilton | Bread for the World | Bretton Woods Committee | British Telecom | Brookings Institution | Brown Brothers Harriman | Catholic Relief Services | Center of Economic Justice | Center for International Policy | Center for Socio-Legal Studies, UK | Center for Strategic and International Studies | Central Intelligence Agency | Chemonics International | Citizen’s Network for Foreign Affairs | CNN | Coca-Cola, Inc. | Communication Satellite Corporation | Conservation International | Cooperative Housing Foundation | Corporate Executive Board | Council for International Exchange | Council on Foreign Relations | Counterpart International | Creative Associates International, Inc. | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Delphi International Program of World Learning | DevTech Systems | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Disney Channel | Economic Strategy Institute | Ecotropica | Eisenhower Institute | Embassy of Bolivia | Embassy of Israel | Embassy of Italy | Embassy of Liberia | Embassy of Namibia | Environmental Resource Management | Ernst & Young | Eurasia Foundation | Executive Office of Transnational Threats | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Federal Communication Commission | Frances Kernodle Associates | Freshman Kast, Inc. | FMAC-Residential Funding | FON Technology, Spain | Friends of Earth | ForestEthics | Fundecor | Fund for Peace | Georgetown University Law Center | Global Action for Children | Global Environmental Facility | Global Fund for Women | Global Mechanism | Globalization Observatory | Global Rights | Government Accountability Project | Government of Japan Grameen Foundation | Greenpeace | Heritage Foundation | Honeywell International | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Human Rights Watch | HydroGeologic, Inc. | i2 Technologies Japan, Inc. | IBM | ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability | Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis | Institute for International Economics | Institute for International Education | Institute for Kurds | Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy | Institute for National Strategic Studies | Institute for Social and Economic Development | Institute for World Politics | Intellibridge Corporation | InterAction | Inter-American Development Bank | International Bureau of Broadcasting | International Criminal Court | International Crisis Group | International Executive Services Corps | International Finance Corporation | International Foundation for Election Systems | International Fund for Agricultural Development | International Management | International Monetary Fund | International Republic Institute | International Technology & Trade Associates | International Telecommunications Satellite Organization | International Trade Administration | Internews | Isaac Walton League | JET Program | Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies | Korea Economic Institute of America | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau | Kyoto News | Latham & Watkins | Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service | Management Systems International | Marriott Hotels | Medecins Sans Frontiers | Medley Global Advisors | Mercy Corps | Microsof | Middle Eat Institute | Migration Policy Institute | Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Qatar | Missile Defense Agency | Morgan Stanley | MPRI Communications | NASA | Nathan Associates | National Association for Government Communicators | National Association of Corporate Directors | National Association of County and City Health Officials | National Council for International Visitors | National Crime Prevention Council | National Defense Council | National Democratic Institute for International Affairs | National Endowment Trust | National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association | National Marine Fisheries Service | National Parks Conservation Association | National Peace Foundation | National Security and Natural Resources News Service | NATO | Natural Resources Defense Council | Nature Conservancy | NBC | NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation | Nippon Research Center | Nomura Research Institute | Nonviolence International

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Corporation | Oxfam | Pacific Council on International Policy | Palmer & Dodge LLP | Pan American Woods | Peace Corps | Phido Productions Inc. | Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services | RAND | Reuters Television | Refugees International | Sabanci University | Samaritan’s Purse | Save the Children | Science Applications International | Search for Common Ground | Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs | Sierra Club | Smithsonian Institution | Social Science Research Council | Social Security Administration | STE Corp | Survey Action Center | TASC | Teach for America | The Nature Conservancy | The Scowcroft Group | Taiwan News | Timor Aid | Transport Logistics International |

United Nations Association of the National Capital | United Nations Development Program | United Nations Education,

Culture, and Science Organization | United Nations High Commission for Human Rights | United Palestine Appeal | Urban Forestry and Landscape Planning for San Jose | US Agency for International Development | US Air Force | US Army | US-Brazil Business Exchange | US-China Business Council | US Defense Intelligence Agency | US Department of Agriculture – Foreign Service | US Department of Commerce | US Department of Defense | US Department of Energy | US Department of Homeland Security | US Department of Justice | US Department of State | US Department of Treasury | US District Court of the Virgin Islands | US Environmental Protection Agency | US Institute for Peace | US House of Representatives | US Naval Criminal Investigative Systems | US News & World Report | US-Saudi Arabian Business Council | US Small Business Administration | Vital Voices Global Partnership | Wachovia Bank | Wall Street Journal | Washington Post | Western Resource Advocates | Woodrow Wilson Center | World Bank | World Federalist Association | World Health Organization | World Learning | World Resources Institute | World Science Federation | World Space Foundation | World Vision | Worldwatch Institute | World Wide Fund for Nature | World Wildlife Fund for Nature | Youth Advocacy Program International | Zeitgeist

SIS Incoming Student Graduate Fellowship Awards

admissions For detailed application instructions, visit our website at: http://www.american.edu/sis/admissions/grad.cfm Contact Us

Graduate Admissions School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016-8071 202-885-1646 sisgrad@american.edu Application Components: l

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Executive Master’s Program Fall semester

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Applicants who submit complete applications by the posted deadlines are automatically considered for the following fellowships offered to incoming SIS graduate students. All PhD students are fully funded for 4 years, and about 15% of master’s students receive a fellowship award annually. l SIS Doctoral Fellowship (4 years of full funding awarded to all admitted PhD students) l Dean’s Scholar Award l SIS Graduate Fellowship Award l Hall of Nations Award (Preference given to international students) l Special Opportunities Award (Preference given to domestic students of color) l Lou Torres Award (Preference given to Native American students) l AU Massey scholarship

(University-wide award for Canadian citizens) l United Methodist scholarship (University-wide award for U.S.-born members of the United Methodist church) l Nippon Foundation-IDPP Fellowship (full funding for select students in the CIDP program; preference will be given to applicants who are residents of an ASEAN country and have a documented disability)

* SIS cannot consider applicants for graduate fellowship awards after the above deadlines. Please note that graduate fellowship awards are typically available in the fall semester only.

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Graduate Admissions School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016-8071 202-885-1646 sisgrad@american.edu

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