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, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding ; Adjunct Professor Environmental Studies (ENVS)
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
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; Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science
Our Fellows
Lenore Grenoble
Dickey Center Senior Arctic Fellow; Chair, Department of Linguistics and Humanities Collegiate Division, University of Chicago
Rafico Ruiz
2018 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Arctic Studies; Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada
Andrew Shaver
Karen TU'89 and Joseph Niehaus '85 Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security
Kai Sun
Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar; Professor, School of Law and Political Science, Ocean University of China
Our Student Interns
Our Board of Visitors
Our Graduate Students
Our Affiliated Faculty
