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
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; John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Linguistics and Humanities Collegiate Division, the University of Chicago
Jayita Sarkar
Karen TU'89 and Joseph Niehaus '85 Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security
