International Studies
Multidisciplinary Program

The program provides a solid, systematic grounding in the study of global interdependence while allowing students to develop strengths in at least two traditional disciplines. In consultation with the program’s director, each student designs a program that builds a core of knowledge in the international social sciences, develops fluency in at least one foreign language, and includes upper-level work that may come from the sciences, humanities, or literature and arts. Students are encouraged to spend their junior year abroad. In addition, each year the program organizes a specialized study trip to an area of current interest. Treated as a semester course, students learn about the language, culture, and history of the area they will visit. Recent destinations have included Cuba, Indonesia, Russia, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. Work in the final year includes a senior seminar in the program and the completion of a thesis.

Professor of Education, Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, and Director of International Studies
BA, Boston University; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of Sociology
BA, University of Missouri-Kansas City; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Adjunct Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies on the Pittsburgh Chair in the Humanities
BA, Wesleyan University; MA, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; PhD, New York University
Professor of History on the Shirley Ecker Boskey Chair
BA, SUNY College at Brockport; MA, University of Rhode Island; PhD, University of Kentucky
Professor of Political Science
BA, Lafayette College; MA, University of Delaware; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of Political Science on the F. Thompson Chair
BA, Duke University; MIA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Urban Studies
BA, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor of Political Science on the Betty Goff Cook Cartwright Chair
BA, Osmania University; MA, MPhil, Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Studies
BS, SUNY College at New Paltz; MA, PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Professor and Chair of History on the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair
BA, University of Ghana; MA, Wilfrid Laurier University; PhD, McGill University
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies
BA, University of Nairobi; MED, Western Washington University; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor and Chair of Political Science
BA, Miami University-Oxford; MA, PhD, Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA, Smith College; MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Professor of German Studies and Faculty Director for Institutional Equity
BA, Bates College; MA, PhD, Cornell University
Professor of Anthropology
BA, Harvard University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Associate Professor and Chair of Religion
BA, Willamette University; MTS, PhD, Harvard University
Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of Media Studies
BA, MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Stony Brook University
Professor of Geography
BS, MS, Peking University (北京大学); PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities