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MAY 2014
Honors
Paula Dobriansky, a diplomat and foreign policy
expert who served under five U.S. presidents,
delivered this year’s SIS commencement
address. Dobriansky, a specialist on Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union, served
most recently as Under Secretary of State for
Democracy and Global Affairs. Read More.
Priyanka Srinivasa was the SIS Class of 2014
student commencement speaker. She studied
international relations and anthropology at SIS
and has focused her studies on Muslim-Hindu
relations and political Islam and Hinduism. Read
More.
For much of his life, Serge Okogo has faced
seemingly insurmountable odds. This month, he
earned his master’s degree from SIS, capping
an amazing journey. Read More.
Professor Paul Williams was
elected to the Executive Council
of the American Society of
International Law.
Associate Professor Derrick
Cogburn participated in the
High-Level Multistakeholder
Committee at NETMundial, the
international meeting on the
future of Internet governance.
Alumni
Stay up to date on alumni news
and events. Keep up with your
classmates on the Class Notes
page.
Check out photos of the Senior
Class BBQ Series hosted by
President Neil Kerwin.
SIS in the News
SIS Global Scholar Jennifer Johnson was
recognized by area universities for her work with
the Latino immigrant community in Washington,
DC. Read More.
In his new book, The End of American World
Order, SIS Professor and UNESCO Chair
Amitav Acharya argues that the American-led
international order, as we know it, is coming to
an end. Read More. Watch the SIS Spotlight
video.
Scholar in Residence Benjamin
Jensen: "How Ukraine Wins,"
US News & World Report, May
14.
Assistant Professor Kristin
Diwan: "Kuwait’s Royals Are
Taking Their Feuds Public,"
Monkey Cage, The Washington
Post, May 8.
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Chad Bissonnette, SIS/BA ’05, was honored at
the residence of the Brazilian ambassador with
the SIS Alumnus of the Year award for his work
in Haiti. Read More. Nominate an alum for next
year’s award!
SIS Ph.D. student Kia Hall won an AU Outstanding Scholarship at the
Graduate Level award. Read More.
SIS Global Scholar Kate Brunette received the AU Outstanding Service to
the University Community award. Read More.
Assistant Professor Carl
LeVan: "The Nigerian
Schoolgirl Abduction,"WAMU's
Diane Rehm Show, May 5.
Assistant Professor Carl
LeVan: "Distress Over
Kidnapped Girls Fuels Protest,"
PBS Newshour, May 5.
SIS student Fu Hamabe received the AU Carlton Savage award for
organizing student dialogue groups to promote peace in East Asia. Read
More.
SIS senior Mary Caroline Brazill was selected to be a Truman Scholar, and
Kate Brunette and Antonio Rivera-Martínez were finalists. Read More.
AU was tied for number two nationally in the Presidential Management Fellow
(PMF) competition with thirty-four finalists, fifteen of whom are at SIS. Read
Dean Jim Goldgeier and
Andrew Weiss: "Trying to
'Win' Ukraine Could Lead to Its
Collapse," The New Republic,
May 5.
More.
AU Ranks tenth among Master's International programs, and ninth among
Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship programs. All Peace Corps
Fellows are SIS Students. Read More. Find out more about SIS's Peace
Corps Programs.
Professor Amitav Acharya:
"International Studies: A Dying
Discipline?" World Policy Blog,
May 2.
Many other SIS students received honors, awards, and scholarships, including
nine Boren Scholars, seven Boren Fellows, four Fulbright grantees, a
Pickering Fellowship, and much more. Read More.
SIS bestowed faculty awards to Sharon Weiner who won the F. Gunther Eyck
Award; Christine Chin for SIS Scholar/Teacher of the Year; Mohammed
Abu-Nimer for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Professional
Contributions; Sikina Jinnah with the William Cromwell Award for
Outstanding Teaching; Guy Ziv for Outstanding Term Faculty Teaching;
Tamar Gutner with the Darrell Randall Award for Outstanding Service to the
University Community; and Colman McCarthy and Hillary Mann Leverett for
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Teaching. Read More, including SIS staff awards.
Assistant Professor Jeffrey
Colgan: "Could Energy
Sanctions on Russia Work?" The
Wilson Center Blog, May 5.
Professorial Lecturer Neil K.
Shenai: "The Rupee Dilemma,"
Foreign Affairs, April 30.
Professor Gordon Adams:
"Through the Fiscal Looking
Glass," Foreign Policy, April 28.
Professor Robin Broad (pictured above with Provost Scott Bass and Naomi
Baron, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Research, and
Dean Jim Goldgeier: "The
Pivot to Asia Requires a Stronger
Europe," Debate Club, US News
& World Report, April 28.
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Learning) was awarded the 2014 AU Green Teacher of the Year award.
Broad was recognized for her commitment to make her courses greener and
for helping her students become “green students” as well as “green citizens."
Read More.
Associate Professor Keith
Darden: "The War on Truth in
Ukraine," The New York Times,
April 27.
Scholar in Residence Johanna
Mendelson Forman: "Latin
America’s Hottest New Tourism
Trend: Culinary Branding,"
VOXXI, April 23.
José Mujica, President of Uruguay, spoke at SIS about Uruguay’s
progressive human and civil rights agenda with Dean Jim Goldgeier. Watch
the Video.
Assistant Professor Simon
Nicholson: "Can We Reverse
the Damage Done to the Earth?"
Huffington Post Live, April 22.
Dean Jim Goldgeier: "Stop
Blaming NATO for Putin's
Provocations," The New
Republic, April 17.
Professor Clarence Lusane:
"Condoleezza Rice Is All Wrong
on Ukraine Crisis," The
Progressive, April 16.
Assistant Professor Malini Ranganathan (pictured above) and Assistant
Professor Simon Nicholson gave talks at the first TEDx event at American
University. Read More.
Associate Professor Keith
Darden: "How to Save
Ukraine," Foreign Affairs, April
14.
Professorial Lecturer Jeffrey
Bachman: "Nothing to See
Here," Congress Blog, The Hill,
April 13.
Tara Sonenshine, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and
Public Affairs, discussed public diplomacy at a Dean’s Discussion with Dean
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "Threat of Justice,"
Foreign Policy, April 9.
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Jim Goldgeier. Watch the Video.
Read More Media Mentions
SIS hosted a University Conversation, convened by the Wilson Center, on
efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear program. Pictured above with Dean Jim
Goldgeier are: Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO of the Wilson
Center; Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives at the Wilson
Center; Thomas Pickering, retired U.S. Career Ambassador; Michael
Doran, Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the
Brookings Institution; and Shaul Bakhash, Robinson Professor of History at
George Mason University. Watch the Video.
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