2016 Global Connection

2015 –16 ANNUAL REVIEW | UNIVERSIT Y O F DENVER JOSEF KORBEL SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

47th Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks to DU students in Hamilton Gymnasium following his keynote speech at the 19th Annual Korbel Dinner on September 15, 2016.

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Message From the Dean

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Building On a Legacy

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Sie Complex Completion Marks a New Era

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Faculty, Visitor and Staff News

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Research and Scholarship

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Centers and Programs

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Public Engagement

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Admission Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Student Programs and Profiles

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Alumni Profiles

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In Memoriam

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Donor Spotlight

The Josef Korbel School of International Studies is one of the world’s leading institutions for the study of international relations. Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in the vibrant city of Denver, Colorado, our innovative programs provide students the skills, knowledge and expertise necessary to become successful global leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Since our school’s founding in 1964, the award-winning faculty of the Josef Korbel School have challenged students to think independently and innovatively to create change. We foster a community that harnesses the Rocky Mountain West’s innovative spirit to examine global issues from multiple perspectives and create actionable, policy-relevant solutions.

Global Connection is the Josef Korbel School’s annual review. It includes highlights from the previous calendar year and Admissions and Careers data for the previous academic year.

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN In the last two issues of this annual review I have written to you about the Future of Korbel campaign, which began with the groundbreaking for the Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex. While the campaign continues, with the goal of securing additional financial contributions for our student scholarships and research programs, the physical plant—the Sie Complex—is now complete.

We are deeply grateful to Anna and John Sie and the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation for making this possible. Their investment in a school of international studies, which was founded by an immigrant, is especially meaningful since Anna and John, too, are immigrants—she from Italy, and he from China.

It seems appropriate now to reflect on our school’s journey over the past five decades and the role immigrants have played in our history. In 1964, when Josef Korbel founded the Graduate School of International Studies, he was one of two immigrants on the nine-person faculty. Professor Korbel emigrated to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1949; Professor Charles Micaud emigrated from France in 1936. In 1965 they were joined by professors Joseph Szyliowicz, a native of Belgium, and Ved Nanda, who was born in India.

Both are still on our faculty. In 1970, Professor Bernard Abrahamson, a Swede, would join GSIS, becoming dean in 1981. Their contributions are incalculable.

Today, we are fortunate, and proud, to have faculty—and staff—from around the world: Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. Our school, and our nation, are richer and stronger thanks to the tremendous talent, vitality and creativity which comes from global perspectives.

We are also enormously proud of our graduate and undergraduate students, who represent 33 countries including the United States, and who are preparing for careers and lives of purpose. You will read profiles of some of these students, who are already making a positive impact on the world. We also profile several alumni, who are creating bright futures for themselves and for the many people whose lives they touch, and donors, whose gifts are helping to support our students through scholarships.

In these pages we present highlights from a very productive past year in research and scholarship; the integration of public policy to our undergraduate and graduate curricula; and our busiest year ever in terms of public engagement. In 2016 we held 145 public events, compared to 55 the year before. Among many distinguished guest speakers from around the world, one very special guest last year was the 47th Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, who gave the keynote speech at the 19th Annual Korbel Dinner.

As we reflect on the past year, and indeed on the past fifty-two, we celebrate the legacy of our founder. We rededicate ourselves to Josef Korbel’s passion for innovative thinking and his commitment to building a more peaceful world. The likelihood for achieving both is greater when we welcome global views.

We could not do this without you, and I thank you for your continued engagement.

Sincerely,

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, Ret. Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies

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Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex spire reflected in Harper’s Garden. Š Spencer J. Nickel, used with permission.

In 2016 in the Middle East, the war in Syria continued to rage. Europe saw an influx of more than a million refugees escaping the conflict, adding to a rise in populist nationalism reflected in, among other developments, Great Britain’s ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the European Union. International trade growth saw a dramatic slowing, which the World Trade Organization labeled “serious” and a “wake-up call of particular concern” in an emerging atmosphere of anti-globalization sentiment.

In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock movements dominated the news before being eclipsed by the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. Amid deep partisan division, his election ushered in significant change in foreign and domestic policy. Six days after his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, which raised legal questions and sparked protests around the world. It was subsequently revoked and replaced by a new executive order also being challenged by protests and in court.

As a school of international studies we seek to understand complex global issues such as these—their consequences for people’s lives, international relations and their implications for policy. We conduct research and educate tomorrow’s leaders with the ultimate goal of shaping solutions for a more peaceful world. This is the legacy of our founder.

Josef Korbel, a distinguished scholar and diplomat, was twice a refugee from his homeland— first from totalitarianism in Europe during World War II and again during the Cold War. That he came with his family to the United States was no accident. America was known then, and will always be known, as a nation which welcomes immigrants.

A beloved professor, Korbel was passionate about teaching and watching his students’ successes. He was serious about academic scholarship, rigorous in his research and expected the same from the school’s faculty and students. He was father to one U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Korbel Albright, and mentor to another, Condoleezza Rice. He deeply valued the examination of global issues from many perspectives.

Today the Josef Korbel School continues the work of its namesake and honors what Josef Korbel stood for, where he came from, what he created here in Denver and what he made possible for advancing freedom, progress and peace.

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The Honorable Madeleine Korbel Albright, daughter of Josef Korbel, was the school’s special guest speaker at the 2016 graduate breakfast reception.

Korbel School graduates are entering a growth industry.

– Madeleine Korbel Albright

Freedom knows no national barriers.

It scatters and deepens in all directions.

An understanding of this changing face of freedom unveils the secret to progress and to peace.

– Josef Korbel

On June 3, 2016, the Korbel School’s Class of 2016 graduate students were honored at a breakfast reception which featured special guest Madeleine Korbel Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and first woman to hold the post.

In an on-stage conversation, Secretary Albright talked with Dean Christopher R. Hill about the most pressing foreign policy issues which will face the next president of the United States. "China is the most important area, and the Middle East, the most dangerous" for the next president, said Albright.

The graduate breakfast reception is an annual Korbel School celebration preceding the University's official commencement. In addition to hearing remarks by Secretary Albright and Dean Christopher R. Hill, students, parents, friends, faculty and staff honored Korbel School outgoing Army War College Fellow Lt. Col. Daniel Allen and recognized last year's PhD graduates Ahmad Dost, Malliga Och and Sabina Pavlovska-Hilaiel. Albright was also the featured speaker at the University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony, during which she received an honorary doctorate.

Korbel alumna and future U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left) in class with Professor Korbel.

Secretary Albright and Dean Hill with Army War College Fellow Lt. Col. Daniel Allen

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Sie Complex Completion Marks a New Era Amid global political and social change in 2016, closer to home the Korbel School celebrated a milestone with the completion of the Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex.

We are immensely grateful to the Sies and to the Sie Foundation for making this transformative investment in our school. Their gift funded construction of our new 46,000 square foot building and renovations and upgrades to Cherrington Hall, our school’s original facility built in 1965. Designed with environmental sustainability in mind, the new building addition project has been submitted to the U.S. Green Building Council for LEED Gold certification.

With the physical infrastructure complete, we continue to raise funds to supplement the Sies’ gift and meet our overall $40 million Future of Korbel campaign goal to support our People, Programs and Places investment priorities. All gifts ultimately build on our founder’s legacy through providing our students, faculty and researchers the tools, technologies and opportunities they need to take on the challenges of an increasingly complex world.

Photos: 1. Groundbreaking for the Sie Complex in September 2014. 2. University Architect Mark Rodgers (left) and Dean Christopher R. Hill (right) give a construction tour to distinguished guests including Michelle Sie Whitten (center). 3. Placing of the spire in September 2015.

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➑ Photos: 1. Dean Christopher R. Hill (left), Anna Sie, John Sie and Chancellor Rebecca Chopp celebrate the completion of the Sie Complex (May 2016).

2. New seminar rooms provide much-needed classroom space. 3. More than 7,000 pounds of copper top the Sie Complex. Made from 95% recycled copper, the material was chosen for its low maintenance, longevity and its aesthetic complement to other DU campus roofs. 4. The west lobby of the building, underneath the signature blue spire, is just south of Evans Chapel. 5. The map of the world, in the form of a tile mosaic, greets our students, faculty, staff and visitors to the west entry of the Sie Complex. To create the design for this unique mosaic, faculty from the University of Denver’s geography department precisely projected the globe onto an ellipse with Denver at the center, marked by a gold tessera (tile). Two other gold tesserae mark the birthplaces of Anna Maglione Sie (Italy) and John Sie (China). 6. The Green Room, located on the top floor, offers a place for media interviews and a preparation space for guest speakers prior to public events. 7. Inside view of the Sie Center tower, looking up, from the Green Room. 8. Maglione Hall, named for Anna Maglione Sie, is an event space located on the top floor of the Sie Center. Maglione Hall has capacity for approximately 300 guests and offers spectacular views of the campus, downtown Denver and the Front Range. 9. Dean Christopher R. Hill (left) and University Board of Trustees Chair Doug Scrivner (right) welcomed His Excellency Heraldo Muñoz, Foreign Minister of Chile and a Korbel alumnus, to officially open the school's Latin America Center. 10. Epigraph for the Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex, located at the west entrance.

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FACULTY, STAFF

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VISITOR NEWS

New Appointments REBECCA GALEMBA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Rebecca Galemba’s research interests include Latin America; immigration and transnationalism; informal and illicit economies; Latinos in the U.S.; and international development. She teaches courses in International Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Illicit Markets, and Qualitative Research Methodologies.

Galemba holds a PhD and a master’s degree in Anthropology from Brown University and a bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from Dartmouth College.

JULIA MACDONALD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Julia Macdonald’s research lies at the intersection of coercive diplomacy and foreign policy decision making and investigates the importance of leadership beliefs in shaping assessments of threat credibility during international crises. She holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago, a bachelor’s in International Relations from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and a bachelor’s in History and Philosophy from the University of Otago, New Zealand.

JONATHAN MOYER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, FREDERICK S. PARDEE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FUTURES Jonathan Moyer has been working with the Pardee Center’s global forecasting model since he started his master’s program in 2005. He aids the strategic planning efforts of various governments, international organizations and corporations. He also leads the creation of new data and tools to better understand and analyze international relations theory. Moyer earned PhD and master’s degrees from the Josef Korbel School and a bachelor’s in international business from the University of Bluffton.

BECKY GUNDRUM, ASSISTANT DEAN OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Becky Gundrum has more than ten years’ experience in higher education administration including as assistant dean for administrative and financial services at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Graduate School and Office of Research; director of academic business affairs at Marquette University’s College of Education; and director of graduate programs for the College of Business at the University of ColoradoColorado Springs. She is a PhD candidate (ABD), Educational Policy and Leadership at Marquette University and holds an MBA from Regis University and bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.

ROBERT MACDONALD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE ENROLLMENT Robert MacDonald has 30 years of academic, student affairs, enrollment and operations experience. He was previously at Columbia University where he held several admissions positions, including assistant dean of admissions and financial aid and instructor/consultant to the international pre-graduate program. Prior to Columbia, MacDonald was senior director of graduate admissions at The New School. He has a bachelor’s degree from Drake University and is completing a master’s degree in Educational Technology & Distance Learning at Teachers College-Columbia University.

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INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES JOINS KORBEL SCHOOL The Korbel School officially welcomed the Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPS), formerly housed in the University’s School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, on July 1, 2016. The move leverages the complementary nature of public policy and international studies programs and marked the completion of a year-long planning process. The Korbel School now offers students both the master of public policy and the bachelor of public policy (major and minor) in addition to its graduate and undergraduate degrees in International Studies.

Public policy is a highly disciplined, evidence-based approach to the analysis and solution of contemporary issues, such as fiscal policy and government spending, entitlement reform, health care, national security, regulation, criminal justice, education and immigration. The rigorous coursework of the Master of Public Policy degree has been offered at DU since 1981.

Members of the Institute for Public Policy faculty gathered following the University’s 2016 graduation ceremonies (left to right): Richard Caldwell, Alexis Senger, Andy Sharma, Andy Sherbo, James Arundel, Robert Fusfeld, Lapo Salucci and the Honorable Richard Lamm. Not pictured: the Honorable Bill Owens.

Institute for Public Policy: Faculty RICHARD D. LAMM, CO-DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR Richard Lamm served three terms as Colorado Governor (1975-1987). He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including “Hard Choices in Public Policy” and “Medical Policy.” A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he earned his JD from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley.

RICHARD A. CALDWELL, CO-DIRECTOR AND TEACHING PROFESSOR In addition to serving as co-director of the IPPS research center, Richard Caldwell is director of the graduate and undergraduate programs in public policy. He received his bachelor's degree in philosophy and English literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His law degree and master's degree in sociology of law are from the University of Denver.

ROBERT FUSFELD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC POLICY Robert Fusfeld has more than 30 years of experience as a trial attorney with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and advises graduate and undergraduate public policy students. His research and teaching focuses on regulatory policy, constitutional law, organizational culture and effective analysis and writing. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Antioch School of Law. LAPO SALUCCI, TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Lapo Salucci's research interests include politics of mobility and migration and international political economy with a focus on finance and comparative politics. Salucci has more than ten years of teaching experience and most recently taught courses in the Political Science department at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He received his PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

ANDY SHARMA, TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Andy Sharma is a political economist whose areas of specialty include aging, health disparities, later-life migration and quantitative methods. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and holds master degrees in mathematics from Loyola University and economics from DePaul University. Sharma is a former recipient of the Carolina Population Center Fellowship with training grants from the National Institute of Aging and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development.

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Institute for Public Policy: Adjunct Faculty JAMES ARUNDEL James Arundel, a senior partner in the national law firm of Kutak Rock LLP, specializes in municipal and public finance, securitizations and other asset-backed structures and tax credit and related financial transactions, and has a particular interest in the federal tax code and related reform proposals. He has been responsible throughout his career for the representation of numerous national and institutional financial services clients.

BILL OWENS Former Colorado Governor Bill Owens is senior director in the government law and policy practice in the Denver office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he advises clients on public policy matters and capital and infrastructure projects. Owens served two terms as governor of Colorado. He also has extensive experience in the private sector, including the areas of energy, infrastructure and water. He earned a master’s degree in Public Affairs at the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

ALEXIS SENGER Alexis Senger teaches public management and budgeting in the graduate program in public policy. She is the chief analyst for Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's State Office of Budgeting and Planning, where she has been since 2007. Prior to her work in the Governor's Office, Alexis spent more than 15 years as the chief analyst with the Colorado Joint Budget Committee.

Senger received her Master of Public Affairs degree from Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin.

ANDY SHERBO Andy Sherbo has more than 35 years of experience in financial management, cost/economic analysis and accounting. He is the director of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Center for Cost and Financial Analysis and the SAIC Center for Nonprofit Financial Management and Analysis. Sherbo received his PhD in public policy analysis and administration from Saint Louis University, a master’s from the University of Georgia and a bachelor’s from Drake University.

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS was a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Michael Kalin

Evan Perkoski

Daniel Olmos

The Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy post-doctoral fellowship program is a unique opportunity for early-career researchers. Fellows spend one year at the center conducting independent research and engaging with faculty on research efforts designed to inform (and be informed by) contemporary global policy concerns.

Michael Kalin and Evan Perkoski are our current Sié Center fellows. Kalin is a PhD candidate in political science at Yale University specializing in international relations and comparative politics. Before joining the Sié Center, Perkoski

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The Latin America Center post-doctoral fellow is funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Incubator for the Study of Inequality for a two-year period. The fellow spends this time on research, teaching and engagement on issues facing immigrant communities, including alliances across communities of color and working classes. Daniel Olmos is the current Latin America Center fellow. He received his PhD in sociology at UC Santa Barbara, and researches the politics of Latina/o migrant labor in the context of global cities and neoliberal governance.

U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE FELLOWS

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DIPLOMAT IN RESIDENCE The Josef Korbel School was honored to be selected by the U.S. State Department to house a Diplomat in Residence. Diplomats in Residence are career Foreign Service officers and specialists located throughout the U.S. who Stewart Devine provide guidance and advice on careers, internships and fellowships to students and professionals in the communities they serve.

Our current Army War College Fellows Colonel Jamie Efaw (left) and Colonel Christopher Smith.

Since 2010, the Josef Korbel School has been honored to host U.S. Army War College Fellows, who spend one academic year auditing courses, giving lectures and conducting research.

Each year the Army selects 90 distinguished career field grade officers, all with master's degrees and substantial experience overseas, to pursue advanced education in international studies in preparation for their future assignments. The Army War College Fellows program was expanded by General George W. Casey Jr. (Ret.), a Korbel School alumnus (MA '80 International Relations), during his tenure as chief of staff of the Army (2007-2011).

This year the Korbel School welcomed Colonel James (Jamie) Efaw and Colonel Christopher Smith.

Colonel Efaw was commissioned in 1993 by the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He attended the U.S. Army's Airborne, Air Assault, Ranger and Jumpmaster schools. His civilian education includes a Master of Arts in Social Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002.

Colonel Smith was commissioned a lieutenant of field artillery in 1994 upon graduation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor of arts in history. He earned a master of arts in political science from Western Illinois University. Colonel Smith was first assigned to Fort Stewart, Ga., and the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, where he served as a company fire support officer, a platoon fire direction officer and platoon leader.

Last fall the school welcomed Stewart Devine, a career Foreign Service officer, as our first Diplomat in Residence, who is assigned to the Rocky Mountain Region. Devine’s career assignments have included The Hague; Baghdad; Abu Dhabi; Frankfurt; Bangkok; and various other administrative management assignments in Suva, Fiji Islands; Osaka; Cairo; and Seoul. He is the recipient of U.S. State Department Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor awards, and various military decorations. Devine is a graduate of Florida International University and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

As a first generation college student and graduate, who grew up in the inner city, and left home at 17 years old, my future could have been another statistic with limited or no hope. Fortunately, there were those who were always there to encourage me to move forward with the possibility of a bright future. Just as I am both grateful and humbled to have been given multiple opportunities in life, I am using this assignment to explain to various people, especially those in underrepresented groups—ethnic, LGBT, first generation college students, etc.—that they, too, are not alone in their quest for a bright future… that they have the possibility of being a part of our country’s premier diplomatic organization—the U.S. Department of State.

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RESEARCH

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The Josef Korbel School is recognized as a leading institution for research on global challenges. Nowhere is our commitment to innovative thinking and the advancement of progress and peace more apparent than in our research and scholarship. Here are highlights from 2016.

Bridging the Academic-Policy Gap In December 2016, a team from the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy was awarded a $1 million, two-year grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to generate and disseminate policy-relevant research on inclusive approaches to violence reduction, peacebuilding and governance.

Led by director Deborah Avant, the Sié Center faculty team will gather and analyze the data necessary to understand the links between inclusiveness and violence reduction in a range of conflict settings.

Avant is joined by Korbel faculty Marie Berry, Erica Chenoweth, Cullen Hendrix, Oliver Kaplan and Tricia Olsen to form the project’s research team. Their research is motivated by a key insight driving a wide range of policy decisions in conflict and post-conflict contexts around the globe: that inclusive approaches to governance, mobilization and problem-solving are necessary to prevent or reduce violence, promote peaceful behavior and outcomes and ensure more equitable and prosperous societies. However, most policymakers The Sié Center research team hosted representatives from the struggle to define inclusiveness or articulate how it operates, in part Carnegie Corporation of New York in a workshop discussing because inclusion, as a strategy, has not yet received rigorous and nonviolent strategies for violent settings. sustained scholarly attention. Working in small groups with Korbel doctoral and graduate students, the faculty members are exploring the links between inclusive policies and the reduction of violence using both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

In addition to funding the research program, the grant award will allow the Sié Center to bring two full-time post-doctoral researchers, practitioners-in-residence and a host of visiting academic and policymakers to the Josef Korbel School.

Researching the Predictability of Political Instability Professors Erica Chenoweth, Cullen Hendrix, Barry Hughes, Oliver Kaplan, Jonathan Moyer and Timothy Sisk, with support from Pardee Center research associate Drew Bowlsby, are collaborating on a project for the Minerva Research Initiative, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, to identify and measure how structural imbalances in development can lead to abrupt sociopolitical change. The group is studying how the accuracy of established models for predicting political instability has changed across time as well as exploring alternative models.

The team is also developing a database of structural imbalances and data on major episodes of contention, as well as a new database on qualitative narratives associated with political instability.

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Innovations In Peacebuilding: International Norms and Local Dynamics in Conflict-Affected Countries Intrastate conflict continues to be the greatest threat to international peace and security. Since 2007, the overall global decline in armed conflict has been reversed, with 2014 being the deadliest year in global organized violence in two decades. In 2016, intrastate conflict in Afghanistan, Libya, South Sudan, Syria and Ukraine consistently made global headlines with attacks on civilians that led to global humanitarian crises and gross violations of human rights.

Preventing violent conflict, reaching peace agreements and peacebuilding in the wake of war remain urgent priorities for the United Nations, regional organizations, leading states and transnational civil society.

Innovations in Peacebuilding is a two-year research, dialogue and policy project that explores innovative ways in which international organizations, donors, governments and local non-governmental organizations conduct activities aimed at conflict prevention and management, peacebuilding and reconciliation. The project explores how norms affect mobilization dynamics in local settings in conflict-affected countries, and the implications for peacebuilding practice and effectiveness. The methodology includes new empirical research on Nepal and South Africa—two commonly cited peacebuilding successes—together with regional research on South and Southeast Asia, East and Southern Africa and Latin America—compared to generate cross-national findings.

The project seeks to advance knowledge on rights-based peacebuilding in conflict-affected countries and identify and examine the effects of new actors in peacebuilding. The team will also identify innovations in peacebuilding practice and focus on developing the capacity of partner organizations.

Professor Timothy D. Sisk (back row, far right) and colleagues at an Innovations in Peacebuilding workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal (November 2016)

Findings and recommendations will be disseminated to policy makers and civil society actors at the United Nations and in the United States, Norway and the Global South.

With grant support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this project is made possible through multi-national and domestic partnerships and is led by Korbel School professor Timothy D. Sisk; Dr. Astri Suhrke, senior researcher at CMI in Bergen and a Korbel School alumna (MA ’65, PhD ’69 International Studies); Dr. Hugo van der Merwe, director of research at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in Cape Town; and Subindra Bogati, chief executive for the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative in Kathmandu.

SIÉ FELLOW TRISHNA RANA CONTRIBUTES TO PEACEBUILDING RESEARCH As part of the Innovations in Peacebuilding research project, Trishna Rana (MA candidate ’17 International Studies), a native of Kathmandu, Nepal, conducted field research with Professor Marie Berry on women’s participation in peacebuilding in Nepal and in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Together they are developing an integrated, cross-national report that will present research findings on ways to enhance women’s participation in post-conflict peacebuilding, focusing on assistance to women’s mobilization internally in a bottom-up perspective.

Rana is also a Sié Fellow and research assistant at the Korbel School’s Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy. She graduated with honors from Mount Holyoke College in 2010 where she majored in Political Science with a minor in Gender Studies. At Korbel, Rana is pursuing a master’s degree and exploring her research interests in post-conflict societies and the gendered implications of violence. Previously, she spent five years as an editor and reporter at an English daily in Kathmandu exploring the country's transitional politics, gender and social justice issues.

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Professor and Associate Dean for Research Erica Chenoweth presented her work on nonviolent resistance at the University of Denver’s Founders Forum (March 2016)

Korbel Faculty Launch Inclusive Leadership Initiative Advancing global peace and security is always a noble cause, but never an easy one—especially for women and minority groups. The newly-launched Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI) at the Korbel School seeks to understand the roles that women and underrepresented groups play in advancing global peace and security. It also seeks to host academic programs focused on inclusive global leadership in the Denver community and abroad, and to perpetuate these ideas through influential speakers and practitioners-in-residence.

The flagship program of IGLI will be the annual Inclusive Global Leadership Institute, which will bring women and other marginalized people actively working on the frontlines to promote peace, human rights and security in countries across the globe to the University of Denver for training and dialogue on how best to wage strategic nonviolent movements in the current global political climate.

“Within movements, women leaders often find themselves in subordinate positions to men, or excluded from movement decisions in ways that reduce their own voices both during the movement and in its aftermath,” said Professor and Associate Dean for Research Erica Chenoweth. “Many women have expressed frustration with journalists and observers who tend to view men activists as leaders of movements, when women are often the primary drivers, organizers and strategists of movements.”

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Many women have expressed frustration with journalists and observers who tend to view men activists as leaders of movements, when women are often the primary drivers, organizers and strategists of movements.

The initiative, housed at the Sié Center, will also include a data collection and analysis project that will harness the power of participant photos from mass protest events to better analyze the micro-level gendered dynamics of the protests themselves. A team of researchers led by Professor Marie Berry will compile a dataset that identifies the percentage of women present in mass protest campaigns on a day-by-day basis. The data will cover 35 mass protest campaigns from around the world since 2010, including the 2011 mass mobilization of Egyptians in Tahrir Square, the 2014 Euro-Maidan protests in Ukraine and ongoing mass mobilization in Burundi.

Recent Publications Our faculty members and PhD students annually publish dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and policy reports, and regularly contribute expert opinions to popular media and blogs on a range of policy issues. In addition, our faculty published the following monographs and edited volumes over the past year.

DEBORAH AVANT “The New Power Politics: Networks and Transnational Security Governance” (Oxford University Press, 2016). A new theoretical framework compatible with qualitative and quantitative methods of network analysis which analyzes new security issues.

GEORGE DEMARTINO “The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics” (Oxford University Press, 2016). The first comprehensive examination of the field. Explores economic ethics from the perspectives of philosophy, economics and other social sciences.

NADER HASHEMI “Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East” (Hurst Publishers, in press). An anatomy of the increasing sectarianization of conflicts in the Middle East by some of the leading scholars writing on the region.

OLIVER KAPLAN “Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves” (Cambridge University Press, in press). An explanation of how local social organization and cohesion enable both covert and overt nonviolent strategies based on fieldwork and statistical analysis.

HAIDER KHAN “Days of Liberation War: Songs of Light in Darkness” (Prothoma, Bangladesh, 2016). A political, economic and subaltern historical analysis of national liberation applied to Bangladesh using both social science theories and literary styles, particularly the haibun style of Japanese literature.

JONATHAN PINCKNEY “Making or Breaking Nonviolent Discipline in Civil Resistance Movements” (International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, 2016). Analysis of what promotes and undermines nonviolent discipline in civil resistance movements drawing from quantitative research on thousands of nonviolent and violent actions.

CHEN REIS “Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker” (Elsevier, 2016). A comprehensive guide for those thinking about a career in international humanitarian aid.

Draws on experiences of current aid workers and provides strategies for job-seekers.

MARTIN RHODES “The Political and Economic Dynamics of the Eurozone Crisis” (Oxford University Press, 2016). Full coverage of the major issues raised by the Eurozone crisis featuring contributions from leading authors in the field.

TIMOTHY SISK “Democratization in the 21st Century: Reviving Transitology” (Routledge, 2016). An examination of the state of democratization theory and practice that reopens and revives the democratic transition debate.

JOSEPH SZYLIOWICZ “Multimodal Transport Security: Frameworks and Policy Applications in Freight and Passenger Transport” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016). A multidisciplinary examination of how the rapid growth of multimodal passenger and freight has created dangerous new security issues.

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Recent Publications (cont.)

PETER VAN ARSDALE “Global Human Rights: People, Processes and Principles” (Waveland Press, 2016). A synthesis and discussion of key rights debates as well as human rights injustices on four continents, emphasizing the intersection of theory, ethics and practice.

PAUL VIOTTI “U.S. National Security: New Threats, Old Realities” (Cambria Press, 2016). Identifies strategies and policies central to maintaining peace and security, including relations with other great powers and cooperative norms and institutions.

SUISHENG ZHAO “The Making of China’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Historical Sources, Institutions/Players, and Perceptions of Power Relations” (Routledge, 2016). A study of the making of foreign policy of China, examining historical sources, institutions and players and China’s perception of power relations.

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA RECOGNIZES BEST ARTICLE WITH INAUGURAL SABEL AWARD On May 4, 2016, the Journal of Contemporary China awarded the inaugural annual John and Vivian Sabel Award for best article to Professor Benjamin van Rooij. Van Rooij is the John S. and Marilyn Long Chair Professor and director of the Long US-China Institute at the University of California-Irvine. His article, "The People Vs. Pollution: Understanding Citizen Action against Pollution in China," was published in the Journal of Contemporary China, 19, no. 63 (2010).

Professor Benjamin van Rooij, second from left, receives the Sabel Award. He is joined by (from left) Long Family Foundation director of programs Vivian Long, Dean Christopher R. Hill, journal editor Professor Suisheng Zhao, and John and Vivian Sabel.

The award reception and dinner was one of the first events to take place in Maglione Hall, the school’s premier event space on the fifth floor of the Sie International Relations Complex. A sold-out crowd heard dinner speakers Ambassador Chas Freeman, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Dr. Carla Freeman, Director of Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA MARKS 100TH ISSUE In July 2016, the Journal of Contemporary China published its 100th issue (Professor Suisheng Zhao, Editor). The journal is consistently the top ranked in academic journals on China. Published by Routledge with a readership in the thousands, the journal will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2017.

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NEW JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES ESTABLISHES SOLID FOOTHOLD Launched in January 2016 with Oxford University Press, the Journal of Global Security Studies (JoGSS) fills a major gap in academic literature. JoGSS aims to publish first-rate work addressing the variety of methodological, epistemological, theoretical, normative and empirical concerns reflected in the field of global security studies. More importantly, it encourages dialogue and engagement among different parts of the field. The first issue of the journal was downloaded more than 11,000 times, nearly doubling the number of downloads for comparable journals (Professor Deborah Avant, Editor-in-Chief; Jill Schmeider Hereau, Managing Editor; Erica Chenoweth, Associate Editor).

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The Josef Korbel School’s innovative research centers and programs offer students the opportunity to learn from and work alongside world-renowned scholars and practitioners. Here are highlights from last year.

International Career Advancement Program Marks 20 Years

Professor Tom Rowe, founder of ICAP, was named by The Economist as one of the Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life for his outstanding commitment to diversity.

A Josef Korbel School program designed to increase quality and diversity in the staffing of senior management and policy-making positions in international affairs will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2017.

The International Career Advancement Program (ICAP), founded and led

by Professor Tom Rowe, is a career development and leadership program for professionals from underrepresented groups (women, traditional minorities, LGBT and others) and those advocating for such groups who are working in U.S. nonprofit, government and private sector roles.

At the close of 2016, ICAP had 470 alumni, and in recent years has been jointly sponsored by Korbel and the Aspen Institute. ICAP also has strategic partnerships with the

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a variety of Washington-based think tanks and government agencies. The U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture and USAID all sponsor their officers to participate in ICAP. The Economist's Global Diversity List put ICAP as among the top 10 Ethnic Diversity Networks and U.S. congressional legislation has recognized ICAP as a successful leadership program.

ICAP holds an annual week-long program in Aspen, Colorado; ongoing ICAP Alumni Association programs in Washington, D.C. and New York City; and a yearly Conference on Diversity in International Affairs, co-sponsored by the CFR. Last October ICAP held a joint conference with CSIS examining diversity in the U.S. government, specifically in foreign and national security policy. This conference is expected to be an annual event.

Participants in the 2016 ICAP program in Aspen, Co.

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New Korbel Asylum Project Contributes to Human Rights Research and Increases School’s Presence in the Community When Professor Oliver Kaplan was asked to prepare expert testimony for an asylum seeker from Colombia, he realized Korbel students could likely assist with his research. He first introduced an asylum research assignment in his new Human Rights Research Methods course, and, in 2016, expanded the effort beyond the course in the form of the new Korbel Asylum Project (KAP).

Members of the Korbel Asylum Project team—front row (left to right): Emma Heffernan (MA candidate ’18, International Administration), Samantha Tu (MA candidate ‘18, International Development), Claudia Castillo (MA candidate ’18, International Human Rights), Christine Caldera (MA candidate ’18, International Human Rights), Amy Czulada (MA candidate ’17, International Studies). Back row, left to right: Professor Oliver Kaplan, Emily Nelson (MA candidate ’17, International Human Rights), Rachel Kerstein (MA candidate ’17, International Human Rights), Aaron Nilson (MA candidate ‘17, International Studies).

Because asylum-seekers frequently flee their home countries with few resources, they often face a resource gap and must rely on pro bono legal services. Supported by a Public Goods grant awarded from DU's Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning, KAP creates opportunities for DU students to contribute human rights research in support of real-world asylum cases. The project provides benefits to everyone involved: students are energized to continue working on human rights by learning research methods through hands-on experience, community partner attorneys get high quality research and asylum-seekers get additional evidence to support their case.

“At a moment of xenophobia, stigma and backlash against immigrants and asylum seekers, supporting the asylum process today is more important than ever,” says Kaplan.

“KAP students have supported more than 20 asylum cases to date, from countries ranging from Ethiopia to El Salvador, and their caseload continues to grow.” A community partner attorney praised the students’ initial work as invaluable in preparing asylum applications and providing an understanding of country conditions specific to the clients’ claims.

Alumnus Heraldo Muñoz, Foreign Minister of Chile, Opens School’s Latin America Center In May 2016, the Korbel School's Latin America Center celebrated its official opening by hosting distinguished alumnus His Excellency Heraldo Muñoz (MA '76, PhD '79) for a two-day visit. Muñoz previously served as Chile's ambassador to the United Nations and representative to the Organization of American States.

In a public presentation, Muñoz shared his unique perspectives on Chile's foreign policy in an era of complex change. He discussed how global transformations such as the growth of the cyber realm and climate change are posing new threats to Chile and to other countries in the region and world. Citing numerous examples of Chile's contributions to global governance, Muñoz argued that to effectively manage the complex changes underway in the international system, governments need to display strong leadership at home and abroad.

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(Left to right) Professor Oliver Kaplan, associate director of the Latin America Center; His Excellency Heraldo Muñoz; and Professor Aaron Schneider, director of the Latin America Center.

Crossley Center Director Floyd Ciruli Inducted into Denver Press Club Hall of Fame Floyd Ciruli, political pollster and director of the Korbel School’s Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, was inducted into the Denver Press Club's Hall of Fame on September 9, 2016. Ciruli helped create the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, where he serves as director and teaches graduate courses in public opinion and foreign policy.

He is past-president of the Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and an active AAPOR member. He is also a past president of the Georgetown Law Alumni Board.

Less than a week before the November 2016 U.S. election, the Crossley Center released results from a survey of Colorado voters which showed a tightening race for president and the U.S. Senate in Colorado. The results also surveyed Colorado’s ballot issues. As one of the late-breaking polls, the results received statewide and national attention. The center plans a national poll in 2017 to survey U.S. voters’ opinions of the new Trump administration.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR RESEARCH CENTERS Center for China-U.S. Cooperation du.edu/korbel/china Center for Middle East Studies du.edu/korbel/middleeast Center on Human Rights Education centeronhumanrightseudcation.org Colorado European Union Center of Excellence du.edu/korbel/ceuce

A standing room only crowd gathered in Maglione Hall the day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election to hear Dean Christopher R. Hill and Floyd Ciruli discuss the results and the Crossley Center’s survey of Colorado voters.

Conflict Resolution Institute du.edu/conflictresolution Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research du.edu/korbel/crossleycenter Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures pardee.du.edu Human Trafficking Center Humantraffickingcenter.org Institute for Public Policy Studies du.edu/korbel/ipps International Career Advancement Program du.edu/faculty/icap Latin America Center du.edu/korbel/latinamerica Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy du.edu/korbel/sie

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT With the opening of the Sie Complex, the Korbel School gained additional space for holding community events featuring policy experts from around the world. As a result, during 2016 the school held more public lectures (145) than ever before, helping to advance DU’s place as an anchor institution in the Denver community. Our distinguished guest speakers bring diverse perspectives on a range of current international issues, enhancing the student experience and educating the larger Denver community. Some of last year’s guests are listed below. For more information visit du.edu/korbel/events.

THE HONORABLE JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. 47th Vice President of the United States

DR. HENRI BARKEY Director of the Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

THE HONORABLE MADELEINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT 66th U.S. Secretary of State

THE HONORABLE SARAH SEWALL Former Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State

HIS EXCELLENCY HERALDO MUÑOZ

HIS EXCELLENCY MAHMOUD JIBRIL

MA ’76, PhD ‘79, Foreign Minister of Chile

Former Interim Prime Minister of Libya

KRISTIINA KANGASPUNTA United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

DR. FRANCES BURWELL Atlantic Council

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PROFESSOR DANIEL DREZNER Tufts Fletcher School and Contributing Editor, The Washington Post

PROFESSOR THERESA BETANCOURT Harvard School of Public Health

MR. DAVID HOLBROOKE Film Director and Producer and Festival Director of Telluride Mountainfilm Director and producer David Holbrooke presented his recent documentary, “The Diplomat,” a career retrospective of his late father, the legendary Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, from Vietnam to Bosnia to Afghanistan.

Ambassador Holbrooke was a mentor and friend to Dean Christopher R. Hill, who worked with Holbrooke on the historic Dayton Accords, which in 1995 brought peace to Bosnia.

JUDGE NAJLA AYOUBI Former Legal Adviser, State Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Afghanistan

DR. ESTE GERAGHTY Environmental Services Research Institute

PROFESSOR GORAN HYDEN Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida

PROFESSOR RICHARD WOLIN City University of New York

PROFESSOR MOON CHUNG-IN Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library, Republic of Korea

DR. DAVID F. GORDON Head of Research, Eurasia Group

MR. MITCH MORRISSEY Former District Attorney, Denver, Co.

AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS (RET.) Washington Institute for Near East Policy

In the Media The Josef Korbel School's renowned dean and faculty are often sought by media to provide expert commentary on current events in international affairs. Last year they appeared in 122 unique media outlets, ranging from local to global. The U.S. presidential election was the most frequent interview topic, followed by the war in Syria; the Middle East and Islamophobia; China; North Korea’s nuclear missile tests; the ‘Brexit’ vote; nonviolent resistance; Latin America; the terrorist attacks in Orlando, Brussels and Istanbul; Russia and many other topics. For details visit our media archives at du.edu/korbel/about/news.

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Former Vice President Joe Biden is Keynote Speaker at 19th Annual Korbel Dinner On September 15, 2016, the Josef Korbel School and University of Denver marked a first by hosting a sitting vice president on campus. More than 700 people attended the 19th Annual Korbel Dinner to hear 47th Vice President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr., speak about foreign policy and celebrate our school, students, alumni, donors and friends. The dinner is the school’s primary fundraising event and benefits scholarship and research programs.

In addition to hosting Vice President Biden, the school was deeply honored to recognize Carrie and John Morgridge, founders of the Morgridge Family Foundation, with the Josef Korbel Humanitarian Award, and Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita, with the University’s International Bridge Builders Award.

Vice President Biden accepted the speaking invitation from Dean Christopher R. Hill.

During long careers in public service their paths crossed many times, most recently during Dean Hill’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.

It's a real honor to be here to honor the legacy of a man...who believed so deeply in the potential power of American leadership.

– Vice President Joe Biden

The vice president opened his speech by talking about the legacy of the school’s founder, Josef Korbel. “It's a real honor to be here to honor the legacy of a man...who believed so deeply in the potential power of American leadership,” said Biden. “He had an unfaltering faith in the capacity of America to do good in the world. And he knew better than anyone that America was and remains, as his daughter, Madeleine Albright, always used to say, the indispensable nation. That's not hyperbole...(he) understood the need for great educational institutions, like the University of Denver, to continue to refresh and renew our commitment to these principles.”

Dean Christopher R. Hill, Kent Thiry and Chancellor Rebecca Chopp

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John and Carrie Morgridge

This is a large community with connections all around the world.

Following his formal dinner remarks at Magness Arena, Vice President Biden made a surprise appearance at Hamilton Gymnasium, where several hundred DU students gathered to watch the Korbel Dinner live-streamed. The vice president spoke to the students and answered questions.

By all accounts his visit was a highlight. “(Being at Korbel) feels like a really important thing to be a part of,” said International Studies student Emily Robinson.

“This is a large community with connections all around the world.”

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ADMISSIONS STATISTICS As a leading school of international affairs, the Josef Korbel School offers intellectually rigorous programs that prepare students for careers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. We offer two undergraduate degree programs, eight master’s degree programs, dual and joint master’s degrees, graduate certificate programs and a PhD program.

Learn more at du.edu/korbel/programs.

MASTERS DEGREE STUDENTS

NEW GRADUATE STUDENT ADMISSIONS

PHD STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Canada | Chad | Germany | Ghana Hungary | India | Iran | Kenya | Kosovo | Nepal | Nigeria | Norway Pakistan | People's Republic of China | Republic of China (Taiwan) Republic of Korea | Russian Federation | Serbia | Sweden | Switzerland Turkey | United Kingdom | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Zambia | Zimbabwe

DEGREE CONCENTRATIONS 27% = International Studies 21% = International Security

PEACE CORPS SCHOLARSHIPS

20% = International Development 12% = International Human Rights 10% = G lobal Finance, Trade and Economic Integration 4% = International Administration 3% = Conflict Resolution 3% = Public Policy

STUDENTS ADDING CERTIFICATES TO STUDIES

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

India | Italy | Kenya | Mexico People's Republic of China | Republic of Korea Russian Federation | Saudi Arabia | Tunisia

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CAREER STATISTICS Undergraduates and alumni across DU utilize the University’s Career Center for career and internship resources, while Korbel’s graduate students and graduate alumni have the Korbel School’s Office of Career and Professional Development available on-site in the Sie International Relations Complex. Here are our most recent statistics for graduate students.

EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR

EMPLOYMENT BY LOCATION

Total employed graduates = 182

Total employed graduates = 189

of graduates are employed or pursuing higher education within a year of graduating

48% = Nonprofit/NGO

48% = Colorado

27% = Private

30% = Other U.S.

24% = Government

13% = Washington, D.C.

<1% = Multilateral

INTERNSHIPS BY REGION

9% = International

U.S-BASED INTERNSHIPS 69% = North America 11% = Europe

59% = Colorado

8% = Asia

32% = Washington, D.C.

6% = A frica

9% = Other

4% = C entral & South America 2% = Middle East Total internships = 153

Total U.S. internships = 105

INTERNSHIPS BY SECTOR

INTERNSHIPS BY COMPENSATION

56% = Nonprofit/NGO

71% = Unpaid

30% = Public

17% = Paid

7% = Private

12% = Stipend

7% = Multilateral

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Japanese Exchange Program, the Kakehashi Project, Expands Students’ Learning Environment Last year, the Josef Korbel School was honored to accept an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to participate in the Kakehashi Project, a fully-funded student exchange program. The Kakehashi Project’s goal is to promote deeper mutual understanding among the people of Japan and the United States, enable future leaders of Japan-U.S. exchanges to form networks and help young people develop wider perspectives to encourage future active roles at the global level. Korbel students benefit from enhanced opportunities to study abroad.

2016 Spring Break student group at Tokyo train station.

Photo courtesy of Korbel student and Kakehashi Project participant Andrew Scott (MA '16 Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration).

During the 2016 spring break, 23 Korbel School graduate and undergraduate students traveled to Japan and attended lectures about society, politics, history and foreign policy, enhancing their understanding of Japan; visited educational institutions, high-tech and traditional industries, World Heritage sites and provincial governments; and participated in activities that strengthened their knowledge and appreciation of Japanese culture.

"The Kakehashi Project gave me the chance to take the theories I learned in courses at Korbel and see them in practice," said Aaron Hinds (BA ‘18 International Studies). "Sitting in on the various lectures held at Meiji and Osaka Universities, I learned about many of the concerns the people of the East Asian and Pacific regions face, while, at the same time, formulating and proposing ideas to possibly mitigate those problems with Japanese scholars and political officials."

AYESHA HAMZA, MA CANDIDATE ’17 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES RECIPIENT OF U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP Ayesha Hamza was awarded the nationally competitive Critical Language Scholarship and the opportunity study the Russian language in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia during the summer of 2016.

The program is a fully-funded summer overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the program seeks to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages with the goal of building relationships between the people of the United States and other countries. CLS provides opportunities to a range of students at every level of language learning in 14 languages.

It was a wonderful experience that I leveraged to dramatically improve my language skills, expand my knowledge of the region and build strong, lasting relationships with locals.

“After studying the Russian language and Russian culture for six years, I was ecstatic to be awarded the Critical Language Scholarship for Russian in 2016 and go to Russia for the first time,” said Hamza. “It was a wonderful experience that I leveraged to dramatically improve my language skills, expand my knowledge of the region and build strong, lasting relationships with locals.”

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Tackling Real-World Challenges through Crisis Simulations Each year the Korbel School holds simulation exercises designed to help students learn how to analyze and solve crisis scenarios which, in their future careers, they may face in the real world. Guest experts serve as advisers to student participants.

The 2016 Army War College International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise, sponsored by the school’s Office of Career and Professional Development, included 56 students seeking to solve a hypothetical, and plausible, crisis scenario developed by officers from the U.S. Army War College: heightened nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan and terrorist attacks in the Jammu and Kashmir region. Students were grouped into teams representing various interests and sought to successfully negotiate crisis situations through multi-lateral discussions. Ambassador Thomas Pickering (Ret.), Colonel Jamie Efaw and Colonel Christopher Smith (current Korbel School Army War College Fellows) and officers from the Army War College served as advisers.

The Crisis Engagement And Negotiation Exercise (CENEX) held its sixth annual simulation last year and brought together more than 100 graduate students.

The exercise focused on the rapid consequences of an international crisis situation in Eastern Europe. The CENEX teams are typically made up of eight to ten students each and include cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Team captains act in a leadership role and communications officers handle diplomatic messages among teams. Other students act as cabinet or diplomatic staff.

To ensure that the next generation of aid workers is prepared to serve effectively, the University of Denver sponsors an international Humanitarian Crisis Simulation exercise every Memorial Day weekend for students in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, the Graduate School of Professional Psychology and the Graduate School of Social Work. Each year’s simulation is based on events in Chad during the mid-2000s, when thousands of citizens were displaced and became endangered from violence.

(Top left) Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Ret., served as an advisor to the 2016 Army War College International Crisis Negotiation Exercise. (Top right) Katie Smedema (MA candidate '17 International Studies) participates in the exercise representing the Pakistani team. (Bottom) Fifty-six students participated in the 2016 simulation.

Korbel alumnus and adjunct professor General George W. Casey Jr. (Ret.) (MA ’80), 36th chief of staff of the United States Army, advised the 2016 CENEX executive committee in planning the year’s scenario. Professor Lewis Griffith, International Security degree director, administers the CENEX program.

Participants in the 2016 Humanitarian Crisis Simulation exercise, held annually on the DU campus. Professor Chen Reis is the Korbel School's advisor for the exercise.

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KANISHKA NARAYAN, MA CANDIDATE ’17 GLOBAL FINANCE, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Kanishka Narayan’s interest in integrated, long-term assessment modeling led him to the Korbel School’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. After earning his bachelors in Commerce and Economics from the University of Pune and working in the finance sector in his native India, Narayan became passionate about corporate-social responsibility and sought a bridge between quantitative analysis and human development.

He fulfilled his degree’s internship requirement in Pretoria, South Africa, at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). His October 2016 publication, “Envisioning a Healthy Future: Africa’s Shifting Burden of Disease,” addresses two targets of the African Sustainable Development Goals— eradication of selected communicable diseases, and a one-third reduction in premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 2030. Narayan believes his work at Pardee and ISS grounded his research and taught him how to structure academic research into real-world policy. “We get lost in our own little bubbles and there can be a lack of empathy for one another even in human development,” he said.

We get lost in our own little bubbles and there can be a lack of empathy for one another even in human development.

DANA KIEL, BA ’16 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WINNER OF THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY ESSAY CONTEST Dana Kiel won second place in the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity’s essay contest for her piece entitled “The Great Race: Equal Opportunity in a Land of Inequality.” She originally wrote the essay for Professor George DeMartino’s course, “The Ethical Foundations of Global Economic Policy.” Kiel was awarded $2,500 and a trip to New York in October 2016 to attend an ethics workshop and award ceremony.

Elie Wiesel, an Auschwitz survivor, personally reviewed each of the 300 essays submitted. He died last July.

Kiel’s essay details her transition from a teenage believer in Ayn Rand’s objectivism to a more recent volunteer for Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign. She wrote about two concepts she believes can be found in each movement. First, that whether or not we help others, we have a duty to do no harm. Second, that we should pursue equal opportunity for everyone.

If there is anything I can do to honor his [Wiesel’s] legacy, it is to never stop working for a more just and peaceful society.

“One of my favorite quotes from Dr. Wiesel is that the opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference,” said Kiel. “These words have inspired me to take action against systemic injustice in my community, even when I could easily rest in my bubble of comfort and privilege. If there is anything I can do to honor his legacy, it is to never stop working for a more just and peaceful society.”

Following graduation, Kiel began teaching in a 4th grade charter school in Baton Rouge, La., as part of a two-year commitment with Teach for America. “I was inspired to go into education because of the evidence that educational inequity is one of the root causes of later economic and racial inequality,” Kiel said. She plans to stay involved with local and national political movements as well.

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Korbel’s Undergraduate Program is DU’s Fourth Largest Major In the 2015-16 academic year, 461 students were enrolled in our undergraduate International Studies program, making it the University of Denver’s fourth-largest major for undergraduates. (Starting in the 2016-17 academic year, the Korbel School also offers an undergraduate degree in Public Policy. Read more on page 13). In addition to enrolling students from across the U.S., we welcomed undergraduates from the People’s Republic of China, India, Italy, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudia Arabia and Tunisia.

GLOBAL INTERNSHIPS ENHANCE STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE While internships are not required of our undergraduates, we strongly encourage them as part of the experiential learning process and as a tool in the development of a student’s career goals.

Last year, three Korbel undergraduates were selected for internships with IFE, a French nonprofit education organization which advances transatlantic understanding and contributions to French and European studies in the U.S. Each student works alongside IFE professionals and conducts an independent research project.

CAMERON HICKERT NAMED TO INAUGURAL CLASS OF SCHWARZMAN SCHOLARS Cameron Hickert (BA ’16 International Studies, BS ’16 Physics) was named a Schwarzman Scholar in January 2016. As a member of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars, Hickert was one of 111 recipients selected from a pool of 3,000 applicants.

Schwarzman Scholars receive a fully funded scholarship to study at the new Schwarzman College at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Schwarzman Scholars program is designed to prepare its graduates to build stronger relationships between China and a rapidly changing world and to address the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

After experiencing United States-China cooperation while assisting on-site at the recent nuclear negotiations with Iran, Hickert is interested in China’s role in the dissemination of peaceful nuclear technologies. Previously, he was named a Truman Scholar.

KIERAN DOYLE BA CANDIDATE ‘18 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

ELIZABETH WAMUKOYA BA CANDIDATE ’17 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

MADELINE ZANN, BA CANDIDATE ’17 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Kieran Doyle interned with the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC) in Paris.

Through monitoring, with a colleague, World Terror Watch communications for francophone countries in Africa, he learned how to obtain and analyze information from the field. Doyle’s independent research project was an analysis, conducted with a colleague, of the role of propaganda used by ISIS, resulting in an article published on the ESISC website. Doyle also helped to organize an event marking the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Paris. In addition to his work at ESISC, IFE arranged for Doyle to visit NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Elizabeth Wamukoya interned with the Council of African Communities in Belgium. She researched and wrote reports on employment and discrimination, immigration and the refugee situation in Belgium; translated brochures; and participated in numerous activities organized by partner nonprofits including the National Center for Cooperation and Development. Wamukoya’s independent research project focused on sustainable development and analyzed best practices for eliminating cycles of dependence.

Madeline Zann interned with the University of Strasbourg Research Institute for International Relations and European Studies, where she was responsible for website content, administrative duties and organizing a university colloquium on international copyright law.

IFE also arranged for Zann to spend time volunteering at the Association for Migration, Solidarity, and Exchange for Development, working on a program to support social start-up organizations.

Her independent research topic concerned the influence of the rise of populism and the effects of migration on the security/ fragility of democratic states.

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ALUMNI PROFILES Landing a Dream Job in International Education MATT RICHARDS, MA ’13 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Matt Richards has worn many hats and many different pairs of shoes in his time: missionary in Spain, student in Europe and the Middle East, backpacker in Southeast Asia, Peace Corps volunteer in Moldova, English teacher in Ukraine and consultant in South Africa. Now, he lives in a potato farming community and works at Brigham Young University-Idaho bringing online education to thousands of students in more than 50 countries.

Richards came to Korbel after finding that without a master's degree his employment options were limited. After graduating, he took a job at a university in Gaziantep, Turkey and networked aggressively on social networks such as LinkedIn. His online presence grew and he took on work editing articles about professional development.

Through LinkedIn connections, he was invited to interview at BYU-Idaho and was offered the position of international area manager for Europe. He is now responsible for all of the school’s sites and students in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. But the biggest perk, he says, is getting to travel to those countries and meeting the students there.

“If you apply what you learn, it’s possible to jump from your entry level job after graduation to your dream job in a year or two,” said Richards. “Once you land your dream job, make a career out of it. Invest in it with all your heart, commit to the cause you have embraced, bring your very best to the office every day, and seek to grow in your organization and add value.”

Once you land your dream job, make a career out of it.

Korbel Curriculum’s Global Perspective Sets Up CNN Producer for Success JASON EVANS, ’98 BA INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND SPANISH Jason Evans is a producer for CNN Newsource, working with an Atlanta-based team that decides what stories to cover for more than 850 affiliate stations across North America—a position he landed just four years after receiving his diploma. “I grew up in Phoenix, but Atlanta is home now.” Evans maintains his connection to the University of Denver through his position as president of the DU Atlanta Alumni Network.

While Evans didn’t study broadcast during his undergraduate studies, he credits his success to the understanding of global politics and culture that came from his international studies courses—a perspective, he says, that many of his colleagues do not have.

“If a story gains big enough traction we put crews in the field to cover it for those affiliates. That means putting people on planes, making sure we have a satellite truck ready and put an advertisement on our website so our stations can reserve windows to get a live hit from our reporter,” said Evans.

“My advice to current students is to go ‘multimedia,’ said Evans.

“Show you can do more than put together a well-researched paper.

The fight for either a work position, or a grant, or some form of sustaining assistance has never been tougher. Get your language skills up to snuff, learn how to write a press release, learn how to shoot video that you could use to push whatever your project is on social media."

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My advice to current students is to go ‘multimedia.’ Show you can do more than put together a well-researched paper.

Entrepreneur’s Online Aid Marketplace Recognized as “Tech for Good” STEPHANIE COX, MA ‘00 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Alumna Stephanie Cox is an entrepreneur and a force for good. In 2016, Cox launched her own business, The Level Market, an online marketplace which connects aid workers to aid products and suppliers. It is the world’s first online marketplace for relief and development products.

Cox’s business was recently named by the UK’s Nominet Trust as one of 100 most inspiring examples of tech for good. The Level Market is a first in an existing massive marketplace, filling a need for aid workers to connect directly and easily with the supplies they need most.

Reflecting on her time at what was then known as the Graduate School of International Studies, Cox said the school prepared her well and gave her opportunities for practical, real-world experience, including an internship with an organization for which she worked for 13 years. “Korbel helped me shift my focus from journalism, my first career, to international development,” said Cox. “It gave me a good basis of theory and practicality to build off of. I'm a proponent of the ‘harder’ skills because in this field we all tend to have a passion for it, but the more technical skills are also necessary. Korbel helped me focus on things like economics and statistics that proved very helpful—in addition to the passion.”

“I always tell students to go for what they want and don't take no for an answer. Too many grads send out a single CV and hope that gets them an interview. It won't. I'm much more interested in the person, not the paper. What will get students noticed is persistence and what value they can add, not what the company can do for them.”

What will get students noticed is persistence and what value they can add, not what the company can do for them.

IN MEMORIAM PROFESSOR THEODORE ZERWIN (1937–2016) Ted Zerwin, a longtime and beloved professor at the Korbel School, passed away on February 8, 2016, following an illness. He was Professor of the Practice of Non-Profit Management and taught non-profit management courses and advanced fundraising courses.

"Over the years, Ted contributed greatly to the Josef Korbel School and the many lives he touched and helped to shape,” said Dean Christopher R. Hill. “His classes were sought after by students, and his kind demeanor admired by those who came into contact with him. We are fortunate to have known this quiet gentleman who touched many of our lives in such a positive way over the years."

Zerwin was an alumnus (MSW ’71) and a DU employee for nearly 17 years.

These kids are going to save the world.

– Ted Zerwin

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT Global Humanitarians Giving Back: The Grant and Marlene Wilkins Endowed Scholarship Though he had initially intended to go to medical school following his graduation from DU in 1947, Grant Wilkins’ life took a dramatic turn. At age 25, and a father of three young children, both he and his wife, Diane, contracted polio. Wilkins recovered, but Diane became totally paralyzed and needed an iron lung respirator and around-the-clock care.

Remarkably, Wilkins was able to develop a successful career in advertising, and his wife lived for 13 more years aided by Grant, a live-in nurse and increasing assistance from the children as they grew older.

Wilkins found a new mission: eradicating polio across the globe. Through his association with the Denver Rotary Club over the course of more than 40 years (and still counting), he and his second wife, Marlene, have been key players in Rotary International’s Polio Plus program, traveling to 60 different countries to raise funds for polio, and in some cases having the opportunity to directly administer the vaccine to children and adults. In the 1980s he established Artists of America, an annual sale of original art by 70 of America’s renowned painters and sculptors, which generated millions of dollars for programs of the Denver Rotary Foundation.

In 2014, Wilkins received the Daniel L. Ritchie Award from the Colorado Alliance on Business Ethics. The following year, at the annual Korbel Dinner, he received the Josef Korbel Humanitarian Award for his lifetime of achievement in the community.

The Grant and Marlene Wilkins Endowed Scholarship was established through a Charitable Gift Annuity, which will pay the Wilkins an annual payment until the death of the surviving spouse, when the remainder will be directed to the Josef Korbel School.

Because of the Momentum Challenge Scholarship Match, funds have already been allocated toward a scholarship for Korbel students. In this way, the Wilkins’ will have the opportunity of meeting the Wilkins Scholars during their lifetimes.

THANK YOU On behalf of the faculty, staff and especially the students of the Josef Korbel School, we are grateful to you, our alumni and friends, for your financial support. Through your contributions, you not only help endow our scholarships and underwrite our programs, but in so doing, you endorse our work in educating and training our future international leaders.

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Honoring Those Who Serve: Clay Family Endowed Scholarship Four years ago, DU alumnus Phil Clay (BS ’74) and his family created the Clay Family Endowed Scholarship for students who are currently serving or have served in the United States Marine Corps.

“We consider the Marines to be an important component of the DU student population,” said Clay. “Our son, Jordan, served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, including two deployments in the Mideast and Afghanistan. We are intensely proud of his commitment, service and dedication to our country—attributes that are shared by the other military service members and the student population in general at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.”

Infantry Officer Jordan Clay

In addition to the scholarship, the Clays wanted to create an opportunity for Marines to network with each other on campus. “We want the students who receive the award today to open doors for students who receive the award 25 years from now,” Clay said.

Captain Reno Bamford

This year’s Clay Family Scholar is Captain Reno Bamford (MA student, International Security), a former active-duty member of the United States Marine Corps, who now serves in the Reserves. He has been deployed to Africa, the South Pacific and the Republic of Georgia, and will depart for Jordan in 2017.

“The Clay Family Scholarship is what allows me to attend the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver,” he said. “The amount of funding I receive from the scholarship covers all additional costs that are not covered by the Post 9/11 GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program. I don’t think I would be able to attend Korbel without the financial support provided by the scholarship. I am extremely thankful to Phil and his family for providing me, and any future Marines, the ability to obtain such a phenomenal education.”

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: AMG National Trust Bank Endowed Scholarship The Josef Korbel School is pleased to announce a new endowed scholarship from AMG National Trust Bank. This scholarship is awarded to top Korbel students and will provide them with an opportunity to work closely with the school’s Pardee Center for International Futures. The Pardee Center uses a sophisticated and comprehensive forecasting modeling system to understand global systems in 186 countries and how changing factors may impact these systems well into the future. Typically seeking Korbel master’s degrees in the Global, Finance, Trade and Economic Integration program, AMG Scholars are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between classroom theory and practice through their work at the Pardee Center.

Students working in the center learn a variety of skills including the intricacies of the International Futures computer model; a new data-exploration tool developed by the Center, DataGator;

and, in general, how to build databases, construct tools and perform analyses focused on international relations through the Diplometrics project. The skills and information gleaned help the Pardee Center inform government agencies, corporations, and national governments on issues such as global change, human development, trade relationships and geopolitical risk.

To the layperson, this work may sound complicated, but to students who benefit from this important scholarship, the tuition support and enhanced skills they master, as a result of the gift from AMG, are invaluable. Earl Wright, Chairman of the Board of AMG National Trust Bank adds, “A global, integrated perspective on economics, finance and trade is incredibly important in business generally and in the work we do at AMG. We are pleased to partner with the Korbel School in providing opportunities for its talented students to gain additional, practical experience that will help propel them toward successful careers following their graduation.”

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Office of the Dean Janet Roll Executive Assistant to the Dean janet.roll@du.edu 303-871-2539 Advancement Richard Graw Executive Director of Development richard.graw@du.edu 303-871-6014 Ann Irving Director of Development ann.irving@du.edu 303-871-2729 Alumni Relations Alicia Kirkeby Director of Alumni Relations alicia.kirkeby@du.edu 303-871-2541 Communications Joanne Napper Director of Communications joanne.napper@du.edu 303-871-3513 Finance and Operations Becky Gundrum Assistant Dean of Operations and Finance becky.gundrum@du.edu 303-871-365 Graduate Admissions Robert MacDonald Executive Director of Graduate Enrollment robert.macdonald@du.edu 303-871-2989

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