PRINCETON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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GRADUATE STUDENTS GATHER ONSTAGE FOR A GROUP PHOTO DURING THE 2025 HOODING CEREMONY.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CELEBRATE TURNING IN THEIR SENIOR THESES WITH THE ANNUAL FOUNTAIN RUN.
DEAN AMANEY JAMAL
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) enjoyed another eventful, successful year. Princeton SPIA remains firmly committed to the principles that have made this institution among the finest in the world: academic freedom, the free expression of ideas, groundbreaking research, and impactful teaching. Each of these principles was on full display at the School this year.
Our award-winning faculty published their work in the world’s leading journals, including Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The American Economic Review, the American Sociological Review, and the American Journal of Political Science. Several produced acclaimed books, ranging from an examination of artificial intelligence to a defense of partisanship to a warning about the dangers of replacing courts with private arbitration. Some engaged with members of the U.S. Congress on critical challenges, and others advised governments in other parts of the world.
Our students traveled across the United States and around the world on policy trips and engaged in policy workshops on an impressive range of such relevant topics as building international strategies on China security and tech issues, and healthcare reform in the United States. Their destinations included Cuba, El Salvador, Senegal, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and elsewhere, where they conducted research, met with government officials, and gained invaluable new perspectives on policymaking. We held large-scale alumni events in New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and California, and abroad in India and Japan, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our Master in Public Affairs program, connect with SPIA grads doing great work in their communities, showcase our reach, and celebrate the impact and contributions SPIA is making through evidence-based policymaking in countless ways.
We welcomed a wide array of speakers, including heads of state, policymakers, diplomats, activists, analysts, journalists, and officials from thinktanks and NGOs. Their diversity of viewpoints and backgrounds showed our students that there are many, many pathways to public service. We’re pleased to share that all of our MPA students secured internships for summer 2025, despite changes at the federal level.
Perhaps most significantly, we launched a series of talks grounded in constructive dialogue. Effective policymaking requires an ability to understand multiple points of view, and as we train the next generation of policymakers, we are demonstrating this approach in action. Topics of discussion included antisemitism, Islamophobia, the 119th Congress, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By expanding our capacity to teach and model both civil discourse and impactful collaboration among leaders of varying viewpoints, we are upholding and promoting Princeton’s commitment to freedom of expression and intellectual inquiry.
I applaud and celebrate the strength of the Princeton SPIA community, and I thank all who are a part of it.
Amaney Jamal Dean
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs dedicates itself to integrating world-class scholarship and a commitment to service in order to make a positive difference in the world.
Our faculty, staff, and students develop and lead creative approaches to the challenges of public and international affairs, with particular emphasis on diverse scholarly perspectives and evidence-based analysis.
We welcome a robust exchange of ideas and strive to foster a close-knit community that values and supports every member.
We believe that public policy in the 21st century demands a passion for service, a respect for evidence of unsurpassed quality, a global perspective, and a multiplicity of voices.
Expanding internationalization efforts
Fostering greater diversity, equity, and inclusion
Expanding our influence in New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
Fostering constructive, mutually respectful dialogue
Building a cohesive SPIA community
STUDENTS RELAX IN FRONT OF ROBERTSON HALL AND THE FOUNTAIN OF FREEDOM.
For the 2024-25 academic year, Asia was a primary focus of Princeton SPIA’s global efforts, and the School engaged with the continent in numerous ways.
Guest speakers included Kyungwha Kang, the president and chief executive officer of the Asia Society and South Korea’s first female former minister of foreign affairs, and President Mohamed Muizzu of the Republic of Maldives.
International trips took faculty and students across the continent to offer briefings, conduct research, and observe high-level meetings. Sites visited included Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29; South Korea, for faculty briefings of policymakers, business leaders, and scholars; and Taiwan and Singapore, where undergraduates talked with high-level officials, international journalists, and Princeton alumni.
Among Princeton SPIA researchers’ Asia-related scholarly initiatives over the course of the year were studies of the electric vehicle transition’s pollution impacts on China and India, the collapse of Afghanistan’s economy using
nightlights data, crop burning and child mortality in South Asia, and important factors in China’s drive to reach its carbon neutrality goal by 2060.
The School’s SPIA D.C. Center hosted a gathering of ambassadors and senior diplomats from the Asia-Pacific region as part of its Diplomatic Corps Dinner Series. It also hosted SPIA graduate students for conversations with former government officials, top thinktank experts, and Chinese diplomats.
The School’s internationalization initiatives extended well beyond Asia.
Princeton SPIA welcomed to campus guest speakers
Yael Braudo-Bahat and Reem Al-Hajajreh, founders of organizations fostering dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians; Michael Froman ’85, president of the Council on Foreign Relations; Volker Türk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights; Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic
DR. KYUNG-WHA KANG IS INTERVIEWED BY RORY TRUEX, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, FOR A DEAN’S LEADERSHIP SERIES EVENT, APRIL 2025.
Energy Agency; Paraguayan President Santiago Peña; Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and New York Times diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong.
Faculty members attended and reflected on the Munich Security Conference and offered timely analysis on the Israel-Iran conflict and on the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas ceasefires. Undergrads traveled to Cuba, El Salvador, and Brazil over winter break. Policy workshops took
MPA students to Senegal, Finland, Saudi Arabia, and Japan.
The School held multiple events adjacent to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, and the annual U.N. Day gave students a chance to network with alumni who work there and with affiliated organizations. Additionally, undergraduates successfully advocated for an extension of the U.N. Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice in Law Enforcement.
The Princeton SPIA DC Center, in the heart of the nation’s capital, offers faculty, students, staff, and alumni opportunities to convene with policymakers and practitioners on a range of domestic and international public policy questions. In 2024–25, the Center welcomed experts from federal agencies, Congress, think tanks, foundations, and non-governmental organizations. The Center’s programming connected Princeton and SPIA faculty and alumni in Washington, D.C., to one another, to current students, and to the University at large.
A wide range of workshops, briefings, activities, and public gatherings supported these objectives. A snapshot:
• AI Policy Precepts
• Senate AI Caucus expert briefings
• “AI Snake Oil” book launch with authors Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
• “At the Edge of Empire” with The New York Times’ Edward Wong and NPR’s Rund Abdelfatah
• “How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact” with Nick Grono ’03, Cecilia Rouse, and Xanthe Scharff
• “When We Sold God’s Eye” with author Alex Cuadros and Brazil expert Bruna Santos
• Latin America: Democratic Backsliding
• Europe: The Future of Transatlantic Relations
• Middle East: Politics & Security in a Changing Landscape
• Is the UN Security Council Still Relevant?
• Financial Regulation & Income Inequality
• The New Administration, Climate Policy, & Future of Net Zero
STUDENT POLICY SERIES
• Careers in International Development
• Undergraduate Policy Days in Washington
• Careers in Government Day
NEW YORK TIMES DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT EDWARD WONG AND NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO’S RUND ABDELFATAH DISCUSSED WONG’S NEW BOOK, “AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE,” AS PART OF THE “BOOKS & COCKTAILS” SERIES.
• Fall Alumni Social with President Christopher Eisgruber ’83
• Spring Student and Alumni Soiree
• Rooftop Sundowners with Washington Policy Community
PUBLIC SERVICE SERIES
• Princeton In Service of the Nation and Humanity: What’s Next?
• Professor Deborah Pearlstein: Contemporary Constitutional Questions
• Future of Foreign Aid Workshops
• China’s Economic Troubles: Temporary Woes or Structural Reckoning?
• Launch of PRC public opinion study on foreign policy
• Student Day with U.S-China strategists and Chinese diplomats
PRINCETON-IN-WASHINGTON SERIES
• Peacebuilding expert Kristen Wall ’00
• Senior Vice President at Rockefeller Foundation and former Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-WA) ’96
• Higher Education Practice Chair at WilmerHale Lisa Brown ’82 and Ambassador Chris Lu ’88
• Producers Brian Rokus ’99 (C-SPAN) and Dugald McConnell ’93 (CNN)
• Retired Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus *85 *87
In its second year, SPIA in New Jersey expanded its programming and outreach on behalf of residents of the Garden State.
With one in four residents born outside the United States and the highest population density in the nation, New Jersey offers a natural experiment in the opportunities and challenges of American democracy.
SPIA in NJ’s signature program for the year was its partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and the state’s Office of the Public Defender to assist prison inmates seeking clemency pursuant to an executive order issued by Governor Phil Murphy. Faculty Fellow Joe Krakora ’76, a former head of the Public Defender Office, supervised 52 SPIA Clemency Fellows who submitted 31 applications to the Governor’s Executive Clemency Office.
A pair of second-year MPA students participated in meaningful internships thanks to SPIA in NJ. Ben Harris ’25 worked with the New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services on a policy to cover medical respite care, while Sylvia Skerry ’25
collaborated with students from the Pace Center for Civic Engagement in creating informational videos in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Ukrainian for newly arrived migrants. The initiative also facilitated placements for students at organizations including Regional Plan Association, New Jersey Future, the office of U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, the Truth and Reconciliation Project, and the state Department of Labor.
A three-part series on New Jersey and the American economy kicked off a year’s worth of stimulating discussions on topics ranging from housing and mental health to congestion pricing. Among the speakers welcomed by SPIA in NJ were bestselling authors Michael Lewis ’82, Dave Eggers, and Casey Cep, who talked about the new volume “Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service,” which Lewis edited.
Kimberly Cross ’25 and Hiba Siddiki ’25 were named as SPIA
in NJ’s second Garden State Fellowship cohort in June. All three members of the inaugural cohort were hired by their host organizations as permanent staff: Lauren Aung ’24 by ACLU-NJ,
Madison Linton ’24 by the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, and Olivia Ragan ’24 by the Fair Share Housing Center.
SPEAKERS DURING THE OCTOBER 2024 PANEL “THE DRIVE TO REPAIR OUR ECONOMY: UNDERSTANDING WHAT’S BROKEN, WHY IT BROKE, AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT,” PART OF THE NEW JERSEY AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY SERIES.
Offering programming for all members of the Princeton SPIA community, the Diversity and Inclusion team worked to ensure that everyone felt welcomed at the School.
The 2024 incoming graduate class had the highest number of different countries – 30 – ever represented. Nearly 40% were international, and the class was evenly divided between women and men. A quarter were firstgeneration college students, 15% were Pell Grant recipients, and 12% identified as a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Eightyone different undergraduate institutions were represented, and the class collectively speaks 46 different languages. Six students were PPIA Fellows, and six were members of the military.
The SPIA D&I team hosted nearly 30 weekly DEI Dinners, providing students of all backgrounds the opportunity to share their identities, experiences, and diverse perspectives while discussing the intersections of diversity, equity, and inclusion with public policy. They also hosted two signature events, including the
SAOC Spring Symposium and a graduation celebration for FIRST+ students.
The D&I team partnered with a dozen organizations across the University, including two within the School — SPIA in New Jersey and the Program in Law and Public Policy — on a variety of initiatives, as well as with three communitybased organizations: HiTOPS, of Princeton; Philadelphia’s Kensington Corridor Trust; and the Democracy at Work Institute. In addition, they cosponsored an appearance by the awardwinning violinist and speaker Mariela Shaker, who shared her journey of resilience through music and storytelling.
In the summer of 2025, SPIA celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Princeton Junior Summer Institute, welcoming to campus 19 students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives,
and experiences for education in skills essential for policy analysis and development. This class represented 18 different colleges and universities, 15 states, and five countries.
Just after Commencement, the D&I team presented a workshop to Princeton SPIA staff entitled “Engaging
in Dialogue & Communication Skills.” Additionally, the School served as a gathering place for constructive dialogue across differences, empowering people to share differing viewpoints on topics including community-based property ownership in Philadelphia, the impacts of global conflict, and policies affecting the LGBTQIA+ community.
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI GATHER FOR PHOTOS DURING THE 2025 SAOC SPRING SYMPOSIUM.
The School concluded its two-year celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Master in Public Affairs program with a special reception as part of Reunions.
Prior to an all-SPIA alumni reception, MPA alumni gathered in Arthur Lewis Auditorium to hear from Dean Amaney Jamal and four graduates of the program.
“Among the MPA program’s points of distinction is the tight-knit community it fosters, with students building close relationships on campus together that remain throughout their lives,” Jamal said. “In each of the preceding decades, there were challenges to meet and opportunities to seize. Time and again, alumni have stepped up and stepped forward not only to help solve some of the world’s most pressing policy challenges, but also to offer help to fellow alumni and to our students — advice, informational interviews, coffee chats, internships, jobs.”
SPIA’s signature sense of mutually supportive community came into particular play when the change in presidential administrations resulted in significant reductions in the federal workforce. The School’s alumni team developed a means
for SPIA graduates in need of work to connect with alums willing to offer help. In addition, the SPIA D.C. Center hosted alumni for informal networking sessions in the wake of the changes.
Other community-oriented activities included the Afghanistan Policy Lab’s annual Nowruz cultural event outside Robertson Hall and the MPA students annual service auction in December, which raised $25,000 for HomeFront, whose mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey.
ATTENDEES AT THE MPA STUDENTS’ ANNUAL SERVICE AUCTION, HELD EVERY DECEMBER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HOMEFRONT.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
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FULL-TIME FACULTY
64 VISITING PROFESSORS, LECTURERS, PRACTITIONERS
Seven new full-time faculty members joined the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs for the 2024-25 academic year.
PAULINE CARRY
Assistant professor of economics and international affairs
NAVROZ K. DUBASH
Professor of public and international affairs and the High Meadow Environmental Institute
SIMON JÄGER
Associate professor of economics and public affairs
KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD
Professor of African American studies and public affairs
AYSEGUL SAHIN
Professor of economics and public affairs
ANUJ SHAH
Associate professor of psychology and public affairs
FLORENCIA TORCHE
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
DANIEL C. KURTZER, LECTURER AND S. DANIEL ABRAHAM PROFESSOR OF MIDDLE EAST POLICY STUDIES, WITH STUDENTS DURING A CLASS DISCUSSION.
GARY J. BASS William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War; Professor of politics and international affairs
Book “Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia” named winner of the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2024 Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal.
BENJAMIN H. BRADLOW Assistant professor of sociology and international affairs
Book “Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg” named winner of the Charles Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award by the American Sociological Association’s Collective Behavior & Social Movements Section; named winner of the Best Book Award by the Latin American Studies Association’s Subnational Politics and Society Section; received Honorable Mention in the Best Book Award by the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Development Section; named a finalist by Foreword INDIES in the Political and Social Sciences Category.
Article “Urban social movements and local state capacity,” published in World Development, received Honorable Mention in the Faculty Article Award of the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Development Section.
CHARLES M. CAMERON Professor of politics and public affairs
Named winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Political Science Association’s Law and Court Section.
ANNE C. CASE Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus; Lecturer with rank of professor
Named winner of the National Association for Business Economics’ Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy
SIR ANGUS DEATON Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus; Professor of economics and international affairs, Emeritus; Senior scholar
Named winner of the National Association for Business Economics’ Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy.
G. JOHN IKENBERRY Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affair
Named chair of the External Advisory Council by the National Intelligence Council.
Named guest editor of the 2025 edition of Great Decisions, the flagship publication of the Foreign Policy Association.
SIMON JÄGER Associate professor of economics and public affairs
Named winner of the Gustav Stolper Prize by the German Economic Association.
ALEKSANDRA KOROLOVA Assistant professor of computer science and public affairs
Named winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Paper “External Evaluation of Discrimination Mitigation Efforts in Meta’s Ad Delivery” named winner of Best Paper Award at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
JOE KRAKORA ’76 SPIA in New Jersey Faculty Fellow
Received the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law.
RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN Senior research scholar
Named winner of the Garrod Medal by the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
FRANCES E. LEE Professor of politics and public affairs
Named winner of the University of Rochester’s 2024 Richard F. Fenno, Jr., Award for Political Inquiry.
Named a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.
ELLIOT MAMET Postdoctoral research associate and lecturer
Paper “Nonvoting Delegates to the Modern U.S. Congress: Race, Democracy, Empire” received an honorable mention for the David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award from the American Political Science Association’s Politics and History Section.
NOLAN MCCARTY Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs
Article “The Ideological Mapping of State Legislatures” named winner of the Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award by the American Political Science Association’s State Politics & Policy Section.
ATIF MIAN John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor in Public Policy and Finance; Professor of economics and public affairs
Appointed as a Monetary Authority of Singapore Distinguished Term Professor in Economics and Finance by MAS and the National University of Singapore (NUS).
JONATHAN MUMMOLO Associate professor of politics and public affairs
Named co-winner of the Best Statistical Software Award by the Society for Political Methodology.
MUSTAFA BASIJ RASIKH Professional specialist at the Center for Health and Wellbeing
ALYSSA SHARKEY Lecturer affiliated with the Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Office for Population Research
Article “Gender Outlasting the Taliban’s Ban on Women’s Medical Education”
named one of the “Best of 2024 Global Health Stories” by Think Global Health, an online bulletin from the Council on Foreign Relations.
GUADALUPE TUÑÓN Assistant professor of politics and international affairs
Paper “Oppression Beyond Plantations: The Effect of Emancipation on Incarceration in Urban Buenos Aires” named winner of the David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award by the American Political Science Association’s Politics and History Section.
JAMES RAYMOND VREELAND Professor of politics and international affairs
Named winner of the Distinguished Mentor Award of the American Political Science Association’s International Collaboration Section.
DAVID S. WILCOVE Vice Dean; Henry W. Putnam Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute; Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Named winner of the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award by the American Ornithological Society.
JULIAN E. ZELIZER Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs
Appointed as affiliated faculty by the New York University School of Law.
Appointed as a senior fellow by Penn Washington
Named to the Historians Review Committee of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
Named to the advisory board of the National Constitution Center’s Separations of Power Gallery.
Launched The Long View on Substack.
Named a columnist by Foreign Policy.
“Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg”
Princeton University Press
BEN BRADLOW Assistant professor of sociology and international affairs
“Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries”
Yale University Press
ZACK COOPER Lecturer
“In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us”
Princeton University Press
FRANCES E. LEE Professor of politics and public affairs
“AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference”
Princeton University Press
ARVIND NARAYANAN Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy; Professor of computer science
“Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments” Knopf
KENNETH ROTH Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor; Visiting lecturer
“Privatizing Justice: Arbitration and the Decline of Public Governance in the U.S.” Oxford University Press
SARAH L. STASZAK Research scholar, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
“In Defense of Partisanship” Columbia Global Reports
JULIAN E. ZELIZER Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs
“Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue”
New York University Press
JULIAN E. ZELIZER Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs
THE ALUMNI PANEL PORTION OF SPIA’S ANNUAL PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER DAY, HELD DURING THE FALL TERM.
/ MPAS 11% FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP
CAREER
36% NONPROFIT SECTOR
56% PUBLIC SECTOR
4% PRIVATE SECTOR
4% UNREPORTED
INTERNSHIPS / UNDERGRADUATES
INTERNSHIPS / FIRST-YEAR MPAS 25 25 22 59
32% DOMESTICALLY FOCUSED
44% INTERNATIONALLY FOCUSED 20% DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOCUSED
4% UNREPORTED 55% NONPROFIT SECTOR
SECTOR
The Dean’s Leadership Series brings high-profile policy leaders and practitioners to Princeton SPIA to share their experiences with students. Below are the visitors the School hosted during the 2024-25 academic year.
REEM AL-HAJAJREH
Founder & Director, Women of the Sun
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
YAEL BRAUDO-BAHAT
Co-director, Women Wage Peac
BRENDAN BOYLE
United States Representative
ROBERT DOAR ’83
President, American Enterprise Institute
DR. DALIA FAHMY
Associate professor of political science at Long Island University
MICHAEL FROMAN ‘85
President, Council on Foreign Relations
AMBER GREENE, MPP ’12
Former Acting Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, U.S. Department of State
H.E. RAFAEL GROSSI
Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
MOLLY JONG-FAST
MSNBC political analyst
LEONARD LANCE ’82
Former United States Representative
HON. DEBORAH LIPSTADT
Former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism
GENERAL (RET.) MARK A. MILLEY ’80
Charles and Marie Robertson
Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer
H.E. MOHAMED MUIZZU President of the Republic of Maldives
DR. MARK OPPENHEIMER
Renowned journalist and author
HON. FARAH PANDITH
Former U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities
H.E. SANTIAGO PEÑA
President of Paraguay
JOHN SARBANES ’84
Former United States Representative
DR. DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN
Tel-Aviv based American-Israeli political consultant, pollster, and journalist
TERRI SEWELL ’86
United States Representative
VOLKER TÜRK
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
AMY WALTER
Publisher and editor-in-chief, Cook Political Report
DR. KYUNG-WHA KANG
President and CEO, Asia Society
HON. MARGARET “MEG” WHITMAN ’77
Former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya
EDWARD WONG
Diplomatic correspondent, The New York Times
JSI STUDENTS AND STAFF DURING THEIR PPIA COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL FAIR, AT THE PPIA PUBLIC SERVICE EXPO IN WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 2025.
This scholarship program fully funds graduate fellowships and undergraduate summer internships with the U.S. federal government. It’s designed to encourage, support, and prepare students to pursue careers in internationally and domestically focused federal agencies. During 2024-25 academic year, 12 Princeton students were selected to participate.
Thomas Emens
Sejal Goud
Judah Guggenheim
Rishi Khanna
Sujay Swain
SINSI INTERNS
Hadi Kamara
Samuel Kligman
Michelle Miao
Koki Ogawa
Olivia Sanchez
Josephine Wender
Olin Zimmet
For 40 years, Princeton SPIA has hosted JSI, which prepares students from diverse backgrounds for graduate study and careers in public policy. In 2025, 19 students ventured across the United States to Princeton to develop the skills that are essential for the analysis, evaluation, and development of future public policy professionals. The cohort completed classes in microeconomics, statistics, and public policy writing and pursued a course centering on domestic or international policy. At the end of the summer program, students presented policy research on topics important to them and their future aspirations.
The School’s research centers, programs, and initiatives provide a framework for organizing and elevating our faculty’s research interests:
Afghanistan Policy Lab
Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing
Center for Health and Wellbeing
Center for Information Technology Policy
Center for International Security Studies
Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment
Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
Education Research Section
Empirical Studies of Conflict Project
Innovations for Successful Societies
Institutional Racism and Accountability Project
Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy Law@Princeton
Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Office of Population Research
Princeton Survey Research Center
Program on Science and Global Security
Research Program in Development Economics
Research Program in Political Economy
SPIA in D.C.
SPIA in New Jersey
AMANEY A. JAMAL
Dean
Edwards S. Sanford
Professor of Politics
Professor of politics and international affairs
DAVID S. WILCOVE
Vice Dean
Henry W. Putnam Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
PAUL A. LIPTON
Senior associate dean for academic administration
STEVEN F. PETRIC
Assistant dean for global outreach, admissions and alumni engagement
KAREN L. MCGUINNESS
Associate dean for graduate education
ELIZABETH CHOE
Undergraduate program director
HEATHER EVANS
Chief of staff
Operations and project manager
NANCY EVERETT
Associate dean for administration, planning, and facilities
DAVID MAYORGA
Associate dean for public affairs and communications
TAM ROVITTO
Assistant dean for diversity and inclusion and student affairs
STACEY A. WEBER
Associate dean of administration and operations
BARBARA A. HAMPTON
Director of graduate career development
