Internationalization Advisory Board
The Internationalization Advisory Board provides guidance on the development of global programs, assists in evaluating international initiatives, and also contributes by making distinguished visitor appearances and helping to shape partnerships.
Stephen Sloan
Lawrence J. Chastang Distinguished Professor of Terrorism Studies, University of Central Florida
Key PublicationsCo-Author, Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (The Scarecrow Press, 1995), Co-Author, Corporate Aviation Security: The Next Frontier in Aerospace Operation (University of Oklahoma Press, 1993). Terrorism: The Present Threat in Context (2006)
Previously Held Positions Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Presidential Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma; Senor Associate, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.; Senior Research Fellow, Center for Aerospace Doctrine Research.
Education M.A., Comparative Politics, New York University; Ph.D., Comparative Politics, New York University.
Kenneth Stein
Professor, Emory University, Athens, GA
Key PublicationsHeroic Diplomacy (Routledge, 1999), Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis (Washington, 1991).
Previously Held Positions Advisor to former President Jimmy Carter on Middle Eastern Matters; Middle East Fellow, The Carter Center.
Education B.A., History, Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Near Eastern History, University of Michigan; M.A., Near Eastern Literatures and Languages, University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Anne Thurston
Associate Professor, China Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Key PublicationsMuddling Towards Democracy: Political Change in Grass Roots China (1998), The Private Life of Chairman Mao (1994).
Previously Held Positions Consultant, National Endowment for Democracy; Host, Views and Perspectives on Voice of America; Professional Lecturer at SAIS.
Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of California at Berkley
Sanam Vakil
Visiting Scholar, Middle East Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Professor, SAIS, Bologna, Italy
Key PublicationsConfrontations, Concessions & Contradictions: Women’s Activism in the Islamic Republic of Iran (forthcoming)
Previously Held Positions Research Fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations' Iran Project; Consultant to the World Bank Group's Middle East/North Africa Division; former public relations Account Executive at the Abernathy MacGregor Group, New York City.
Education B.A., Political Science and History, Barnard College, Colombia University; M.A., International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS; Ph.D., International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Fareed Zakaria
Editor, Newsweek International, New York, N.Y.
Key PublicationsThe Post-American World (W.W. Norton Company, 2008); The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (W.W. Norton Company, 2003) From Wealth to Power (Princeton University Press, 1998) Co-Editor, The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World (Basic Books, 1997).
Previously Held Positions Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs (foreign policy publication); Professor, Harvard University.
Education B.A., History, Yale University; Ph.D., International Relations, Harvard University.
