Regular Faculty
Madeline Baer, Chair
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., American University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Madeline Baer鈥檚 research and teaching focuses on global political economy, human rights, and water policy with a regional focus on Latin America.
Anthony Tirado Chase
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; M.A.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Anthony Tirado Chase鈥檚 research and teaching interests focus on human rights, the work of international organizations, and the politics of the Middle East and broader Muslim world.
Lan T. Chu
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., George Washington University
Chu鈥檚 research and teaching interests focus on the political role of religious institutions, the Catholic Church and global politics, faith diplomacy, religion and international relations theory, inter-religious dialogue, political ideologies (theory and practice), and the political liberalization processes of former and existing communist countries.
Laura Hebert
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee M.A., University of Oregon Ph.D., University of Denver
Hebert's research interests center on gender, human rights, international law, and international organizations, with a geographic emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia and a thematic focus on gender-based violence.
Syeda ShahBano Ijaz
Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS); M.S., University of Oxford; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California at San Diego
Professor Ijaz is a scholar of the political economy of development, with a regional focus on South Asia.
Igor Logvinenko
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Igor Logvinenko teaches and writes about the intricacies of global political economy, delving into subjects such as energy geopolitics, corruption and international finance, and the nature of authoritarianism.
Movindri Reddy
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Natal; M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University
Movindri Reddy teaches courses on international political processes, international organizations, international theory, South African politics, African politics, and comparative South Asian politics.
Derek Shearer
Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
BA, Yale University; PhD, The Union Graduate School
Ambassador Shearer serves as Director of the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs, handling the college's international relations and directing the expansion of its international affairs programs.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Tyler Bonanno-Curley
Visiting Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., M.A. University of Washington, Tacoma; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Christopher Fennessy
Visiting Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Loyola Marymount University, M.A., California State University Los Angeles
Jacques Fomerand
Assistant Director, 色情视频 at the UN program; Visiting Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Lyc茅e Janson de Sailly; M.A., Dipl么me de I鈥橧nstitut d鈥櫭塼udes Politiques; Ph.D., City University of New York
Jacques Fomerand was the director of United Nations University鈥檚 North American office from 1992 to 2003.
Cynthia Rothschild
Faculty Director, Kahane UN Program; Resident Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Tufts University, M.A., Columbia University
Cynthia Rothschild is the on-site faculty director of 色情视频 at the U.N. She is a writer, a trainer, and an advocate whose work has revolved around and traveled through the UN for over two decades.