Alumni
In this section you will find a selection of Antonian updates. Due to our limited space, we could not publish all the updates;
Academic Roll of Honour Dr Alexandra Délano Alonso (DPhil International Relations, 2008) is now Associate Professor (with tenure) and chair of the Global Studies program at The New School, New York. Dr Elizabeth David-Barrett (DPhil Politics, 2012) has become Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex. Professor Marilyn Booth (DPhil Comparative Literature, 1978) will be a research fellow at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for Autumn 2018. Jonathan Brunstedt (DPhil History, 2003) has received a Visiting Fellowship at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, for 2019. Professor Pepper Culpepper (MLitt Politics, 1990) has been appointed to the Blavatnik Chair in Government and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. Dr Jonathan Dingel (MPhil Economics, 2006) has been promoted to associate professor of economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He married Amrit Kaur Daniel in Chicago on 25 August 2018. Dr Alan Gamlen (DPhil Geography and the Environment, 2005) has become Head of Human Geography at Monash University. Dr Anthony Kauders (DPhil Modern History, 1989) has been promoted to a chair in Modern History at Keele University. Bridget Kendall (Modern Languages, 1980) received an Honorary degree from York University in July 2018. Nur Laiq (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2003) is now a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC. Ms Ashley Leech (MSc African Studies, 2007) is transitioning to an Assistant Professorship in Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Professor Matteo Legrenzi (DPhil Oriental Studies, 1997) has been appointed Provost and Full Professor of Political Science at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi. Dr Michael Petrou (DPhil Modern History, 2002) will spend 20182019 as the inaugural fellow-in-residence in Carleton University’s Global and International Studies Program. Dr Charles Asher Small (DPhil Anthropology, 1988) has been named the Goldman Fellow at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, at Tel Aviv University. Ms Kathleen Traynor DeRose (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2014) is Professor in the Finance Department at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Professor Karen Van Dyck (DPhil Literature, 1985) will be one of the fellows in the first year of the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris. 24
Plus est en vous – Career updates Heidi Berg (MPhil Oriental Studies, 2005) has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the US Navy, and appointed as the Director of Intelligence for the US Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany. She welcomes hearing from fellow alumni who are working or studying issues on the continent, or stopping through Stuttgart, and can be reached via the Alumni Office. Professor Abena Busia (DPhil Literature, 1978) was appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil in 2017, and serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary representing Ghana for the whole of South America. Professor Robert Cassen OBE (Emeritus Fellow) has launched, together with a choirmaster colleague, a website devoted to Renaissance sacred music. It contains history, composers’ biographies and music to listen to, all for free: golden-age-music.com Professor James Clad (Visiting Fellow, 1988) was in November 2017 appointed Senior Fellow for Asia at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington DC, while retaining his advisory role at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) in Arlington, Virginia. Dr João Cravinho (DPhil International Relations, 1995) has been named Minister of Defence by Portugal. Dr Sholto Cross (DPhil Social Studies, 1968) has been appointed as a Special Adviser by Good Governance Africa to assist with the opening of their office in Harare, Zimbabwe. Alexander Dawson (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2016) is now a diplomat working for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth in India. Tressa Guenov (née Gipe) (MSc Politics and International Research, 2002) recently joined Lockheed Martin Government Affairs following her role as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs at the Pentgon. Helena Fraser (MPhil International Relations, 1995) and family are now living in Tashkent, Uzbekistan where Helena heads the United Nations country team working on sustainable development. She would be glad to catch up with any visiting Antonians. His Excellency David Gallagher (Fellow, 1969-1974) was appointed Chilean Ambassador to the Court of St James 3 August 2018.