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
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
