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
Assoc. Director for Programs & Research, John Sloan Dickey Ctr 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
Assoc. Director for Programs & Research, John Sloan Dickey Ctr for International Understanding; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies
Lauren E. Culler
Lecturer in Environmental Studies; Arctic Postdoctoral Fellow and Outreach Coordinator
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
Noel Anderson
Karen Tu'89 and Joseph Niehaus '85 Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security
Lauren E. Culler
Lecturer in Environmental Studies; Arctic Postdoctoral Fellow and Outreach Coordinator
Lenore Grenoble
Dickey Center Senior Arctic Fellow; Chair, Department of Linguistics and Humanities Collegiate Division, University of Chicago
Leah Sarson
Dickey Center Postdoctoral Researcher; Visiting Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies
