Departments
Programs
International Studies
- Director Associate Professor Scott Pegg, Political Science
- Professors Frederick Bein, Geography; David Bell, Sociology; Linda Bell, Communication Studies; Gabrielle Bersier, World Languages and Cultures; Dwight Burlingame, Philanthropic Studies; Ulla Connor, English; Jon Eller, English; David Ford, Sociology; Linda Haas, Sociology; Didier Gondola, History; Bessie House-Soremekun, Political Science; Giles Hoyt, World Languages and Cultures; Leslie Lenkowsky, Philanthropic Studies; John McCormick, Political Science; Eric Meslin, Philosophy; Obioma Nnaemeka, World Languages and Cultures; Larbi Oukada, World Languages and Cultures; John Parrish-Sprowl, Communication Studies; Adrian Sargeant, Philanthropic Studies; William Schneider, History; Martin Spechler, Economics; Robert Sutton, Classical Studies; Susan Sutton, Anthropology; Eugene Tempel, Philanthropic Studies; Rosalie Vermette, World Languages and Cultures; Robert White, Sociology; Marianne Wokeck, History; Larry Zimmerman, Anthropology
- Associate Professors Robert Aponte, Sociology; Enrica Ardemagni, World Languages and Cultures; Wan-Ning Bao, Sociology; Didier Bertrand, World Languages and Cultures; Herbert Brant, World Languages and Cultures; Tim Brothers, Geography; Kevin Cramer, History; Edward Curtis, Religious Studies; Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, Anthropology; Thomas Fedor, Geography; Gina Sánchez Gibau, Anthropology; Elizabeth Goering, Communication Studies; Carrie Foote-Ardah, Sociology; Ain Haas, Sociology; David Hoegberg, English; Sue Hyatt, Anthropology; Una Osili, Economics; Scott Pegg, Political Science; Kevin Robbins, History; Michael Snodgrass, History; Rosa Tezanos-Pinto, World Languages and Cultures; Gail Gráinne Whitchurch, Communication Studies; Reiko Yonogi, World Languages and Cultures; Xin Zhang, History
- Assistant Professors Kelly Hayes, Religious Studies; Jason Kelly, History; Daniella Kostroun, History; Tom Mustillo, Political Science; Eric Saak, History; Tim Seiler, Philanthropic Studies; Jennifer Thorington-Springer, English
- Senior Lecturers Claudia Grossman, World Languages and Cultures; Erik Lindseth, History
- Lecturers Jasper Sumner, Political Science; Peg Williams, Anthropology
Students will learn another language, specialize in a given region of the world, study abroad for the major, focus on cultural, historical, political, and economic aspects of the international system, and develop a broad awareness of the major global forces at work in the twenty-first-century world. They will be better equipped to understand and pursue a career or graduate study in an interdependent world.
Perhaps the most innovative feature of the major is the way that students can tailor their combination of area and thematic concentrations to meet their individual academic interests and career goals. A student interested in pursuing a career in development as part of the burgeoning nongovernmental sector could combine a thematic concentration on development or global civil society with an area concentration on Africa or Latin America and the Caribbean and study French or Spanish as their foreign language. Another student interested in working for a transnational corporation could combine a thematic concentration on international business and economics with an area concentration on Europe and study German as their foreign language. A student interested in a career in the Foreign Service could combine a thematic concentration on international relations with an area concentration on the Middle East and study Arabic as their foreign language. In short, students can tailor their area and thematic course work in a variety of ways to meet their individual interests and goals.