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Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Social Movements
Director, Middle East Studies, Robert Family Professor of International Studies, Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies
Research Interests: Gender, Human Rights, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Religion & Politics, Social Movements
+ 1 401 863 5129
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Children & Families, Entrepreneurship, Health & Welfare, State & Municipal Policy
+1 401 863 2201
John Hay Professor of International Studies and Political Science
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Law Enforcement & Policing
+1 401 863 9839
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions, US Foreign Policy
+1 401 863 2809
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Education, Gender, Inequality & Poverty, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Science & Technology Policy, Social Movements
+1 401 863 9068
Associate Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs, Faculty Affiliate of the Economics Department
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Science & Technology Policy, Technology & Innovation , Trade
+1 401 863 2809
Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Research Interests: Education, Race, Identity & Ethnicity
+1 401 863 1375
Faculty Director of the International and Public Affairs Concentration, Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning, Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 5329
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Arkadij Eisler Goldman Sachs Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Health & Welfare, International Institutions , Law Enforcement & Policing
+1 401 863 9728
Faculty Director of the Master of Public Affairs program, Associate Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Race, Identity & Ethnicity
+1 401 863 7698
The William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Global Finance & Banking, Inequality & Poverty, Labor, Political Economy and finance
+1 401 863 1567
Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Professor of History of Art and Architecture Africana Studies
Research Interests: Inequality & Poverty, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Social Movements
+1 401 863 1782
Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, Democracy & Elections, Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Social Movements
Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International & Public Affairs
Research Interests: Global Health, International Institutions, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation, Trade
+1 401 863 7698
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Director of Climate Solutions Lab, Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Richard Holbrooke Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Energy & Environment, Energy Security, International Institutions, Political Economy, Trade, US Foreign Policy
+1 401 863 9721
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections
+1 401 863 7424
Watson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 2809
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, International Institutions, US Foreign Policy
+1 401 863 9768
Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections
+1 401 863 1071
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Ethics, Gender, Human Rights, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions, Political Economy, Social Movements
+1 401 863 7424
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Gender, Law Enforcement & Policing, Race, Identity & Ethnicity
Briger Family Distinguished Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Chair of the Economics Department
Research Interests: Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions, Political Economy, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Social Movements, Urban Policies & Politics, Urbanization
+1 401 863 9590
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Law Enforcement & Policing
+1 401 863 2809
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
+1 401 441 0093
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Senior Principal, Climate Intelligence Program, RMI
Research Interests: Energy & Environment, Science & Technology Policy, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation
+1 202 957 8849
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Documentary Filmmaking
Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Geological Sciences, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (Research)
Research Interests: Technology & Innovation, US Foreign Policy, Science & Technology Policy, International Institutions
+1 401 863 2526
Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Research Interests: Human Rights, Inequality & Poverty, Social Movements, Urban Policies & Politics, Urbanization, Welfare Policy
+1 401 863 5357
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 9744
Associate Professor of History
Research Interests: Global Health, Health & Welfare, Human Rights, International Institutions
+1 401 863 3691
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Nuclear Weapons
+1 401 863 2827
Watson Family University Associate Professor of International Security and Anthropology
Research Interests: Global Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Law Enforcement & Policing, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, State & Municipal Policy
+1 401 863 2451
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections, Ethics, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Social Movements
+1 401 863 6990
Professor of International and Public Affairs (Research), Paul R. Dupee, Jr. University Professor Emeritus of Social Science and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Italian Studies
Research Interests: Children & Families, Religion & Politics, Social Movements, Urbanization
+1 401 863 1938
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 2809
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections, Human Rights, International Institutions, US Foreign Policy, Warfare & Peacekeeping
+1 401 863 3473
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Director of the Brazil Initiative, Senior Lecturer in Language Studies, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
+1 401 863 3042
Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy & Practice
Research Interests: Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Global Health, Human Rights
+1 401 863 1536
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Director, Undergraduate Public Policy Concentration
Research Interests: Children & Families, Education, Political Economy, State & Municipal Policy, Urban Policies & Politics
+1 401 863 9197
Professor of Africana Studies (Research)
Research Interests: Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Political Economy, Trade
+1 401 863 5443
Professor of Economics, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Inequality & Poverty, Law Enforcement & Policing, Political Economy, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Urban Policies & Politics, Urbanization
+1 401 863 2606
Director of Postdoctoral Program, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, Ethics, Gender, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Policy
+1 401 863 2833
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Education, Inequality & Poverty, Labor, Technology & Innovation
+1 401 863 7424
IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Children & Families, Education, Global Health
+1 401 863 5443
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Director of Academic Programs
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Children & Families, Education, Gender, Health & Welfare
+1 401 863 9335
JJE Goldman Sachs University Professor in Economics
Research Interests: Children & Families, Gender, Health & Welfare, Inequality & Poverty, Political Economy
+1 401 863 2170
Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science, Chair, Department of Political Science
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Democracy & Elections, Global Health, Health & Welfare, Tax Policy, Welfare Policy
+1 401 863 6428
Dean's Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy
Research Interests: Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Policy
+1 401 863 2827
President, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 2234
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Energy & Environment, Environmental Justice, Food Policy, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions, Political Economy
+1 401 863 1970
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Research Interests: Children & Families, Education, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Race, Identity & Ethnicity
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Director, Military Fellows Program
Research Interests: Humanitarian Response
+1 401 863 6789
Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Gender, Human Rights, Law Enforcement & Policing, Political Economy, Social Movements
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Gender, Human Rights, Inequality & Poverty, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, Technology & Innovation
+1 401 863 7424
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions
+1 401 863 7424
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, 2020-2021, Assistant Professor of Cultural Medical Anthropology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Children & Families, Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Gender, Global Health, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Political Economy
Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Associate Professor of History
+1 401 863 2971
Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Alison S. Ressler Professor of Political Science
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections, Gender, Trade
+1 401 863 1569
Olive C. Watson Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurship, Labor, Science & Technology Policy, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation
+1 401 863 2326
Director of the Graduate Program in Development, Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
+1 401 863 6350
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Children & Families, Criminal Justice, Health & Welfare, Inequality & Poverty
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. ’32 Professor of International Studies
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Global Health, Inequality & Poverty, Urbanization
+1 401 863 1938
Howard R. Swearer Director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Dean's Professor of China Studies, Professor of Political Science, Director of the China Initiative
Research Interests: Political economy of contemporary China, political economy of global production and innovation, political economy of energy.
+1 401 863 3596
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Energy & Environment, International Institutions, US Foreign Policy
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Simmons Center
Research Interests: Children & Families, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Race, Identity & Ethnicity
+1 401 863 7658
Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics
Research Interests: Inequality & Poverty, Labor, Tax Policy
+1 401 863 9735
Director of the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, Democracy & Elections, Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Inequality & Poverty, Political Economy, Race, Identity & Ethnicity, State & Municipal Policy, Urban Policies & Politics, Urbanization
+1 401 863 6059
Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Research Interests: Inequality & Poverty, Labor, Social Movements, State & Municipal Policy, Urban Policies & Politics
+1 401 863 9652
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, Political Economy, Science & Technology Policy, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation
Professor of International and Public Affairs (Research)
Research Interests: Democracy & Elections, Global Finance & Banking, Political Economy, Science & Technology Policy, Technology & Innovation, Welfare Policy
+ 1 401 863 9083