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CENTER STAFF

Geoffrey Wiseman

Director 

Sherine Badawi Walton

Deputy Director 

Lisa Larsen

Assistant Director, Programming and Events 

Laudrell Tilmon

Office Manager 

CENTER ADVISORY BOARD

William H. Luers
Chairman of Advisory Board

President & CEO of the United Nations Association of the USA 

Rebecka Belldegrun
Advisory Board Member

President and CEO, BellCo Capital, LLC 

Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Advisory Board Member

President of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute 

Hodding Carter, III
Advisory Board Member

President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 

Henry Catto
Advisory Board Member

Former Ambassador to the U.K. and El Salvador  

Kimberly Marteau Emerson
Advisory Board Member

Former Director of the Office of Public Liaison at the USIA 

Bruce Gelb
Advisory Board Member

President of the Council of American Ambassadors 

Vartan Gregorian
Advisory Board Member

President of Carnegie Corporation of New York 

Betty King
Advisory Board Member

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations 

Kevin Klose
Advisory Board Member

President and CEO for National Public Radio (NPR) 

Gary E. Knell
Advisory Board Member

President and CEO, Sesame Workshop 

Markos Kounalakis
Advisory Board Member

President and Publisher, Washington Monthly magazine 

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Advisory Board Member

University Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government 

Ponchitta Pierce
Advisory Board Member

Journalist, producer 

Keith Reinhard
Advisory Board Member

Chairman, DDB Worldwide 

Elizabeth Rohatyn
Advisory Board Member

Founder and Chairperson, Teaching Matters, Inc. 

FACULTY FELLOWS

Laurie Brand
Faculty Fellow

Director, USC School of International Relations 

Nicholas Cull
Faculty Fellow

Director, Master of Public Diplomacy Program, USC 

G. Thomas Goodnight
Faculty Fellow

Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Steven L. Lamy
Faculty Fellow

Professor & Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, USC  

Philip Seib
Faculty Fellow

Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Gordon Stables
Faculty Fellow

Director of Debate and Assistant Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Pamela Starr
Faculty Fellow

Associate Director, USC Latin America Initiative 

Douglas Thomas
Faculty Fellow

Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Ernest James Wilson III
Faculty Fellow

Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

SENIOR FELLOWS

Reza Aslan
Senior Fellow

Author 

Benjamin Barber
Senior Fellow

President and Director of CivWorld 

John H. Brown
Senior Fellow

Adjunct Professor of Liberal Studies, Georgetown University 

Emma Kiselyova
Senior Fellow

Head of International Relations at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 

Cynthia Schneider
Senior Fellow

Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University 

Nancy Snow
Senior Fellow

Associate Prof. of Communications, Cal State Fullerton 

Alvin Snyder
Senior Fellow

Author and Former Executive of USIA 

FELLOWS 2007-2008

Lloyd Axworthy
Fellow

President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg 

Anthony Gooch
Fellow

Director of Public Affairs & Communications, OECD 

Joshua Kurlantzick
Fellow

Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment China 

Kristin M. Lord
Science Diplomacy Fellow

Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution  

Anthony Pratkanis
Fellow

Professor of Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz 

Monroe E. Price
Fellow

Director of the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research 

Neal Rosendorf
Fellow

Assistant Professor of U.S. International History, Long Island University 

Jill A. Schuker
Fellow

President of JAS International and Adjunct Professor at The Fletcher School, Tufts University 

Derek N. Shearer
Fellow

Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland 

Gillian Sorensen
Fellow

Senior Adviser and National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation 

Alice Taylor
Fellow

Digital Media Strategy & Innovation, BBC 

Phil Taylor
Fellow

Professor of International Communications, University of Leeds 

Shashi Tharoor
Fellow

Chairman, Afras Ventures 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Amelia Arsenault
Research Assistant

USC Wallis Annenberg Graduate Research Fellow 

Craig Hayden
Project Manager

Assistant Professor, American University 

Iskra Kirova
Research Associate

Master of Public Diplomacy, USC
Master of International Relations, Sofia University  

Shawn Powers
Research Associate

Candidate for a Ph.D in Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Meg Young
Research Associate

Master of Public Diplomacy, USC 

VISITING PROFESSORS

Eytan Gilboa
Visiting Professor

Professor of Communication and Government, Bar-Ilan University  

Evan Potter
Visiting Professor

U.S. Canada Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy, 2008 

Kelton Rhoads
Visiting Professor

Adjunct Professor of Communication and Psychology, USC Annenberg School for Communication 

Mark Smith
Visiting Professor

Public Diplomat in Residence 2008-2009 

STUDENT INTERNS & ASSISTANTS

Noah Chestnut
Wiki Project Coordinator

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC 

Stefanie Demetriades
Wiki Contributor

Candidate for a B.A. in International Relations, University of Southern California 

Therese Dizon
Wiki Contributor

Candidate for a B.A. in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University 

Stefanie Garden
Event Coordinator

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC  

Faisal Haneef
Web Developer

Candidate for M.S. in Computer Science, USC 

Danielle Horn
Assistant to Office Manager

Candidate for a B.A. in Theatre, USC 

Katharine Keith
Event Coordinator

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC  

Jessica Jumee Kim
Contributing Researcher

Candidate for a B.A. in Communication, USC 

William Ogborn
Webmaster and Newsletter Editor

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC 

Desa Philadelphia
FPA/CPD Blog Contributor

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC 

Anoush Rima Tatevossian
Blogroll, Contributing Researcher

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC 

Sheila Vatan
Wiki Contributor

B.A. in Philosophy, UC Berkeley 

Uri Zigelboim
Contributing Researcher

Candidate for Master of Public Diplomacy, USC