engaging the world 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 Andrew Brown (B.A. ’11) with Congressman John Campbell, 8 9 10 reading over the healthcare reform bill during his internship with the U.S. House of Representatives. Photo courtesy of 7 Brown. 12 Steven Stoddard (M.A. ’10) at the Blue Mosque during an 11 12 13 14 excursion to Istanbul, Turkey, while studying abroad in Beirut, Lebanon. Photo courtesy of Stoddard. 13 Kate Hamann (M.A. ’10) reading with local children during her internship with the NGO Fundacion Nepytyvo in San Solano, 15 16 17 18 19 Paraguay. Hamann worked with local school libraries to create “kid-friendly spaces” and activities. Here, she is helping third-grade children choose their own books to read in the new “Children’s Corner.” Photo courtesy of Hamann. 14 Amelia Aiello (B.A. ’11) spent the Fall 2009 semester studying 21 23 24 through the GW Latin America program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This photo shows an alleyway in downtown 20 22 Valparaiso, Chile, a port city on the Pacific coast. Photo courtesy of Aiello. 25 26 27 15 Kabeer Parwani (B.A. ’11) photographed in front of the pyramids during his study abroad experience at the American University of Cairo. Photo courtesy of Parwani. 16 Alicia van der Veen (M.A. ’11), center, photographed with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Van der Veen attended a hearing at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where Clinton presented the FY2011 State Department budget. Photo cover photos courtesy of van der Veen. courtesy of elliott school students 17 Grant Tudor (B.A. ’10) swimming with youngsters on the southeast coast of Kenya while studying abroad in Nairobi. 1 Arezu Kaywanfar (B.A. ’13) works with a local child during her Photo courtesy of Tudor. study abroad experience in Guatemala. Photo courtesy of 18 Lauren Basler (B.A. ’11), right, during her internship with the Kaywanfar. Organization of American States, participating in a model 2 Wadi Sands, Oman, as photographed by Kate Pazoles of the Permanent Council of the OAS. Basler represented (M.A. ’11) on her excursion to Oman while studying in Beirut, Uruguay, discussing inter-American efforts for effective disaster Lebanon for the semester. Photo courtesy of Pazoles. mitigation through multilateral coordination. Photo courtesy of Basler. 3 Melyssa Jenkins (M.A. ’10) stands in front of the ancient city Ephesos, Turkey. She visited the city while studying with a 19 A Buddhist monk participating in a major festival in Vang program that toured Turkey and Greece, exploring health Vieng, Laos, as photographed by Blake Bergen (B.A. ’13) behaviors and cultural perceptions about body image. Photo during a semester abroad. courtesy of Jenkins. 20 A Cairo mosque, as photographed by Danielle Richards (B.A. 4 Silk saris in a shop in Varanasi (Benares), India, as ’10) while traveling in Egypt during her semester abroad in photographed by Blake Bergen (B.A. ’13) while studying Jordan. Photo courtesy of Richards. abroad. 21 Arezu Kaywanfar (B.A. ’13) works with children during a trip to a 5 Anna Thiergartner (B.A. ’11) with a Bedouin family’s camel refugee camp in Sudan. Photo courtesy of Kaywanfar. in Wadi Rum, Jordan, while studying abroad in the country. 22 Davina Durgana (B.A. ’10) with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Photo courtesy of Thiergartner. Moon while interning at the United Nations Information Center 6 A young boy dressed as Siva at a festival in the Hindu God’s in Washington, DC. Durgana was the first undergraduate intern honor, in Varanasi (Benares), India. This photograph was taken to work at UNIC. Photo courtesy of Durgana. by Blake Bergen (B.A. ’13) during an excursion abroad. 23 Emily Primack (B.A. ’12) teaching English to middle and high 7 Marine One taking off at the White House, as photographed school students as part of her summer abroad program in La by Lucas Anderson (M.A. ’10). Anderson worked as a student Palma, Panama. Here, Primack is reviewing body parts with assistant in the International Affairs Division at the Office the class. Photo courtesy of Primack. of Management and Budget. He snapped this early on a 24 Kryukov Canal, with the famous Mariinsky Theater to the right, January morning as the President, in Marine One, took off from in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jonah Friedman (M.A. ’10) took this the White House south lawn, heading out to stump for the photo while studying abroad for the semester in St. Petersburg. passage of the health care bill. Photo courtesy of Anderson. 25 Leslie Jessen (B.A. ’10) holding one of her home stay sisters in 8 Fahad Juneja (B.A. ’10) during his summer abroad program in front of the hut that she shared with a fellow student while Alexandria, Egypt. Here, Juneja is pictured during an excursion abroad in Busia, near the Kenyan border. Photo courtesy of to the Sahara desert. Photo courtesy of Juneja. Jessen. 9 The First Lady of Haiti Elisabeth Préval during an event at the 26 Dome of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Elliott School, as photographed by student Jordan Emont the second largest building in the world, as photographed by (B.A. ’13). Anthony Cartelli (B.A. ’10) during his study abroad course in 10 Thao Nguyen (B.A. ’11) spent Summer 2009 on a U.S. State Albania and Romania. Department fellowship pursuing an independent research 27 Katie Reyzis (B.A. ’10) standing in front of the European Court of project on human trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This is Human Rights in Strasbourg, France while studying abroad in a photo taken during that time. Photo courtesy of Nguyen. the city. Photo courtesy of Reyzis. a message from the dean The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs is engaging the world in a multitude of ways. At the Elliott School, the study of international affairs is not an abstract exercise. Engaging the world is integral to the school’s mission, and this is reflected throughout our teaching, research, and service. If the goal is global impact, size matters. The Elliott School is the largest school of international affairs in the United States, with almost 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Our B.A. program has more than 2,000 exceptionally talented students, making it the largest undergraduate major at GW and the largest B.A. program in international affairs in the country. In May 2010, more than 800 students walked across the stage at the Elliott School’s commencement ceremony, joining more than 17,000 alumni in leadership positions in more than 100 countries around the world. Our faculty members are engaging the world through innovative research. In 2009-10, James Foster’s pathbreaking work on poverty measurement was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and adopted by the government of Mexico. Charles Glaser’s book on international competition and cooperation is a new landmark in the field. Martha Finnemore and Susan Sell published Who Governs the Globe?, shedding new light on the motivations and dynamics of key global actors. Faculty also launched major new projects, including the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia, the Project on Middle East Political Science, and the Rising Powers Initiative—all supported by substantial external grants. The Elliott School’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, launched Fall 2009, sponsored 22 events on nuclear policy issues. The Elliott School’s special events are some of the most visible ways in which we engage the broader academic and policy communities around the world. In 2009-10, we sponsored a stunning array of more than 300 public events, featuring one Nobel Prize winner, two current heads of state, three Pulitzer Prize winners, a dozen officials from the IMF and World Bank, 21 current or former ambassadors from 24 countries, more than two dozen U.S. government officials from 12 agencies and departments, and dozens of leading scholars. The Elliott School’s new Web Video Initiative extends the reach of many of our events to scholars, students, policymakers, and citizens around the world. In 2009-10, we posted videos of 70 talks from 41 separate events, turning our unique Foggy Bottom resources into a global educational resource. Throughout this report, you will find this icon designating events that can be found in our online video library. Our students and alumni are engaging the world as well. On the cover and throughout this report, you will find spectacular photos taken by our students and alumni during their studies, service, and work around the world. You will read many of their stories as well. I am grateful to every member of the Elliott School community—faculty, students, staff, alumni, parents, and friends—for your tremendous dedication to this extraordinary school. I am especially grateful to our donors for your generous support. Thanks to all of you, GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs is in a unique and powerful position to engage the world and make our world a better place. Michael E. Brown Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University the elliott school of international affairs 1 ELLIOTT SCHOOL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL is the largest school of Benjamin D. international affairs in the United States, with Hopkins, assistant UNDERGRADUATE B.A., International Affairs almost 3,000 undergraduate and graduate professor of history B.A., Asian Studies students directly enrolled in the school. Our B.A. and international B.A., Latin American and Hemispheric Studies program in International Affairs has more than 2,000 affairs B.A., Middle East Studies exceptionally talented, engaged students, making Expertise: Afghanistan it the largest undergraduate major at GW and the GRADUATE largest B.A.