Dickey Center Research Programs
Learn about the five strategic areas of global concern for which we develop initiatives that provide in-depth knowledge.
Meet the people in the Dickey Center:
Our Director
Our Associate Directors
Melody Brown Burkins
Associate Director, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies
Our Staff
Our Faculty
Lisa V. Adams
Global Health Initiative Coordinator, Dickey Center for International Understanding; Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
Kenneth M. Bauer
Program Manager, Human Development Initiative, Dickey Center; Program Manager, War & Peace Studies Program, Dickey Center
Melody Brown Burkins
Associate Director, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies
Lauren E. Culler
Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer; Science Outreach Coordinator ; JSEP and JASE Co-PI
Jason Lyall
Associate Professor; James Wright Chair in Transnational Studies ; Director, Political Violence FieldLab
Benjamin A. Valentino
Associate Professor of Government; Coordinator, War and Peace Studies Program, Dickey Center for International Understanding
Ross A. Virginia
Director, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dickey Center; Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science
Our Fellows
Travis Curtice
U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow; Karen TU'89 and Joseph Niehaus ’85 Postdoctoral Fellow
Mariya Grinberg
U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow; Patricia and E. John Rosenwald, Jr. 1952 Postdoctoral Fellow
