Patricia Sullivan earned her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Davis, in 2004, with a concentration in international relations, comparative politics, and research methodology. She teaches courses in foreign policy analysis, international conflict, national security policy, … Read more

Jeff Summerlin-Long returned to UNC after spending four years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he served as the pre-law advisor and helped develop a new curriculum for … Read more

Terry has well over fifteen years of experience at UNC supporting the university’s global endeavors. She has worked at the Duke-UNC Rotary Center, and currently has a joint appointment at the Global Research Institute, a center for scholarly research on … Read more

Shai Tamari is the Director of the Conflict Management Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and specializes in conflict management training. As a Professor of the Practice, he teaches both undergraduate- and graduate-level skills-based courses in … Read more

Dr. Walker’s current work focuses on biomedical research including animal research, phase I healthy volunteer research, and genomic advances. She also works on topics in health care ethics including distributive justice and concepts of autonomy. Dr. Walker completed a Greenwall … Read more

Brian is originally from Orangeburg, South Carolina and is currently completing a bachelor’s degree at UNC. He was previously an Accounting Technician in the Cashier’s office for almost ten years, where he fulfilled a variety of roles. Before that, he … Read more

Mehdi Shadmehr is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Prior to joining UNC, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary (2016-2020), and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Miami Herbert School of … Read more

Brigitte Seim is a scholar of comparative politics, focusing on the political economy of development. Her research agenda examines the relationship between citizens and political officials, with a particular emphasis on accountability in consolidating democracies. Brigitte’s dissertation analyzed the strategic … Read more

Professor Scott’s research interests include: aging and work, retirement policy, lobbying, social network analysis, quantitative analysis, and public policy. As Director of the Retirement Income Security Project at the Pew Charitable Trust, Dr. Scott will be implementing and directing the … Read more

Elizabeth Sasser has a B.A. and an M.P.P. from Duke University, and studied at Peking University in Beijing, China, where she developed a fluency in Mandarin. Sasser served as a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy through the … Read more