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Master of Arts in International Development Studies

A World-Class Faculty

The faculty in the International Development Studies program interact regularly with practitioners in the development field and provide students with valuable help in locating internships and part-time or full-time employment in the development field. A partial list of faculty at GW who teach courses in the International Development Studies program includes:

David Gow (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Baker Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs and Director of the International Development Studies Program. International development, development anthropology, Latin America.

Alasdair Bowie (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Political Science. Southeast Asian politics.

Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff (Ph.D., University of Southern California). Associate Professor of Public Administration. Intersectoral relations, international development, nonprofit management, and organizational behavior.

Nathan J. Brown (Ph.D., Princeton University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Comparative politics of the Middle East.

Elizabeth Chacko (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs. Medical geography, development, South Asia.

Bruce J. Dickson (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Chinese politics, East Asian politics.

Shahe Emran (Ph.D., Stanford University). Development economics, public economics, international economics, and applied econometrics.

Martha Finnemore (Ph.D., Stanford University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. International organizations.

Leon Fuerth (MPA, Harvard University) Research Professor of International Affairs. National Security.

Roy Richard Grinker (Ph.D., Harvard University) Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences. Ethnicity and nationalism, Africa, Korea.

Muhiuddin Haider (Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Associate Professor of Global Health and International Affairs. Global health program planning/implementation; HIV/AIDS public-private partnerships; Health communications; Health systems technical leadership.

Norman Hicks

Peter Klaren (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Professor of History and International Affairs. Latin American history.

Joel Kuipers (Ph.D., Yale University) Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences. Southeast Asia, language, ethinicity.

Gina Lambright (Ph.D., Michigan State University) Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Comparative politics, African politics, politics of development, political reform.

Steven C. Lubkemann (Ph.D., Brown University). Migration and transnationalism, refugees and displacement, and humanitarian action. Southern and Lusophone Africa.

Cynthia McClintock (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Latin American politics.

Shawn McHale (Ph.D., Cornell University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs and Director of Asian Studies Program. Southeast Asia, decolonization, the First Indochina War, and religion and Third Worldism.

Barbara Miller (Ph.D., Syracuse University) Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs and Associate Dean of the Elliott School. International health and development, cultural Anthropology.

Joseph Pelzman (Ph.D., Boston College) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. European and Russian trade relations, economies in transition.

Marie D. Price (Ph.D., Syracuse University) Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs and Director of the Latin American Studies Program. Political and cultural geography of Latin America.

James N. Rosenau (Ph.D., Princeton University) University Professor International Affairs. Theories of world politics, international relations.

Susan K. Sell (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Political Science. International political economy.

Stephen C. Smith (Ph.D., Cornell University) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. Development economics, economics of organization. (On sabbatical 2003/2004).

Inder Sud (Ph.D., Stanford University) Adjunct Professor of the Practice of International Affairs. International development, international finance, aid and development, Asia, Middle East.

Hildy J. Teegen (Ph.D., University of Texas) Associate Professor of International Business. Strategic alliances and collaborations, Latin America.

Robert J. Weiner (Ph.D., Harvard University) Professor of International Business and International Affairs. International finance, international strategy.

James H. Williams (Ed.D., Harvard University) Assistant Professor of International Education and International Affairs. International education.

Sharon L. Wolchik (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Russian and Eastern European politics, comparative  politics of Central/Eastern Europe.