Department Chair
Research interests
- The Indo-Pacific
- Multi-lateral Diplomacy
- Women in National Security
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Garret Martin Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- Transatlantic relations and security
- EU foreign policy
- European External Action Service
Core Faculty
William Akoto Assistant Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- Interstate cyber conflict
- Political economy dynamics of international trade & military coups
- Domestic political environment
Research interests
- Congress and foreign policy
- US foreign policy toward Latin America and Cub
Elizabeth Cohn Assistant Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- US promotion of democracy
- US foreign policy toward Latin America
- Scholarship on teaching and learning
Shoon Murray Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- US foreign policy
- Domestic politics and public opinion
- Politics of military interventions
Eric Novotny Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research
Research interests
- Communications technologies (ICTs)
- Technology and governance
- Technology to stimulate economic growth
Joshua Rovner Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- International politics
- National security
Sally Shelton-Colby Distinguished Diplomat-in-Residence SIS | General Academics & Research
Research interests
- Congress
- Domestic Politics
- US foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean
Jordan Tama Provost Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- Foreign policy-making process
- Congressional-Presidential relations
- National security strategy
Stephen Tankel Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Terrorism
- Insurgency
- Political and military affairs in South Asia
Earl Anthony Wayne Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- US diplomacy and national security decision-making
- North American relations, cooperation and competitiveness (Mexico and Canada)
- Economic diplomacy and national security
Sharon Weiner Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- Nonproliferation and weapons of mass destruction
- Civil-military relations
- US national security institutions and security policy
Joe Young Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Research interests
- Domestic and transnational terrorism
- US national security policy and civil conflict
- Human rights
Research interests
- US foreign policy toward the Middle East
- Theories of decision-making
- Psychology of leaders