Education:
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Expertise:
International security and public diplomacy
Background:
Kristin Lord is Associate Dean for Strategy, Research, and External Relations at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. In that capacity, she oversees the School's four research centers, graduate admissions, public affairs, and strategic initiatives. She also teaches courses on U.S. public diplomacy, the causes of war, and U.S. foreign policy.
In addition to her work at GW, Dr. Lord serves as a nonresident fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program of the Brookings Institution, where she convenes the science and technology working group of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, and as the inaugural Science Diplomacy Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for Public Diplomacy. In 2005-2006, Lord served as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow and Special Adviser to the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. In that role, she worked on a wide range of issues including international science and technology cooperation, international health, democracy and the rule of law, communications, and public diplomacy.
She is the author of Perils and Promise of Global Transparency: Why the Information Revolution May Not Lead to Security Democracy or Peace, (SUNY Press, 2006; paperback 2007), Power and Conflict in an Age of Transparency, edited with Bernard I. Finel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000), and numerous book chapters and articles. In 2006-2007, Dr. Lord served as project director of a Council on Foreign Relations study group entitled "Beyond Institutions: Building Cultural Support for the Rule of Law." She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University and her B.A., magna cum laude, in international studies from American University.
Courses Taught:
IAff 190 Causes of War
IAff 290 U.S. Public Diplomacy
Last update: 8/30/2007
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