As part of its commitment to the deeper internationalization of Indiana University, the Center for the Study of Global Change has established a Visiting Scholar-In-Residence Program with support from the U.S. Department of Education (Title VI). As part of our academic community, the Visiting Scholar has the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, conduct research, and teach. Our students and faculty, as well as the general community, benefit from new perspectives on global issues which the Visiting Scholar-in-Residence can provide through teaching, research, and outreach.
The Global Center welcomes nominations from all academic disciplines and professional schools for future Visiting Scholars-in-Residence.
Sabelo Gumedze (Spring 2009) participated in sessions of the faculty seminar and the graduate seminar on “New Faces of International Security in the 21st Century as well as made a number of other presentations at the university and in the Bloomington community. A senior fellow at the Institute of International Security in Pretoria, South Africa, he has done extensive work on human rights, and during his stay at the university he devoted his attention largely to human rights and international security, with a special focus on Africa.
John Gearson (Spring 2009), currently reader in terrorism studies and director of the Center for Defense Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London, discussed terrorism in Europe at sessions of the faculty seminar and the graduate seminar on “New Faces of International Security in the 21st Century and in other venues around the university. In the 1990s, he served as special adviser to the City of London Corporation on the terrorist threat to the city. From 2002 to 2007, he also functioned as principal defense policy adviser to the Defense Select Committee of the United Kingdom House of Parliament and a Parliamentary Clerk to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee.
Andre de Mello e Souza (Spring 2009) spoke to sessions of the faculty seminar and the graduate seminar on “New Faces of International Security in the 21st Century” and at a number of other places at the university and in the Bloomington area. He covered economic inequality in Latin America and International Security primarily, but he also addressed topics such as Brazil and the United States. An assistant professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Radio de Janeiro, Brazil, he has done research and written in the areas of international relations and international political economy, with specific emphasis on intellectual property, non-governmental organizations, international regimes, and globalization.
Ahmad Shikara (Spring 2009) is at present a member of the faculty and a researcher at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. During his stay at the university, he talked to sessions of the faculty seminar and the graduate seminar on “New Faces of International Security in the 21st Century” and other audiences at the university and in the larger Bloomington community. He focused primarily on the scarcity of vital resources: oil and the Persian Gulf, although he spoke about the United States and the Persian Gulf to some extent. Before joining the Emirates Center in 2000, he served on the faculty of the Political Science Department at UAE from 1980 to 1994, as honorary professor at the Institute of Developing Economies in Japan in 1994, and as research fellow in the Department of Political Studies at the University Auckland, New Zealand, from 1996 to 2000.
Ambassador Feisal Amin Rasoul Istrabadi (Academic Year 2007-2008), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, New York 2004 - 2007. Ambassador Istrabadi focuses his research on the processes of building legal and political institutions in countries in transition from dictatorship to democracy. He brings a multi-disciplinary approach to studying the emergence of constitutionalism in such societies, including questions of timing and legitimacy, issues of transitional justice, and the political and cultural factors which influence the process of democratization. Ambassador Istrabadi lectures often at universities and think tanks on Iraq-related issues. He appears frequently in national and international media. Ambassador Istrabadi is also a Visiting Professor at the Indiana University Law School and a Visiting Professor by Courtesy at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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Dr. Graham Pike (Summers 2002 - 2008), Dean of the School of Education, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada; Dr. Pike serves as the Faculty Instructor of Record for the International Studies Summer Institute for Grade 7-12 Teachers. He is the 2006 recipient of the Innovation in International Education Award from the Canadian Bureau for International Education. Dr. Pike is an author and international consultant on the implementation of global education in schools, universities, and museums.
Dr. Sheldon Gellar (Academic Year 2002-2003), former Senior Research Associate in the Africa Unit of the Harry S Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Gellar held a joint appointment with Indiana University’s Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis and taught COAS I300: "Globalization: Back to the Future?" while he completed work on a monograph entitled "Tocqueville in Africa: Democracy in Senegal."
Ms. Marilu Miranda (Fall 2001 Semester), Embu, Brazil; Ms. Miranda has conducted extensive research on the music of Brazilian Amazonian Indians and is widely recognized as the consummate performer of indigenous music; she worked with Professor Mary Goetze (Music) on the Global Voices Project and provided a number of outreach performances on Latin American music.
Dr. Shashikant Karandikar (Spring 2001 Semester), Pharmacology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India; Dr. Karandikar worked with the Global Aging Faculty Study Group on a variety of projects including curriculum development, evaluation of a telecommunication and computer support program which will link Indiana University with Deemed University, and training in distance education and instructional technology.
Air Marshal Lord Timothy Garden (Spring 2001 Semester), former Executive Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, United Kingdom; Lord Timothy provided the keynote address to open the Nuclearization in the Indian Ocean States Conference, conducted a series of lectures for courses and the public at Indiana University, and participated in International Studies in Indiana Schools (ISIS) interactive videoconference programs.
Professor Anatoliy Mandych (Summer 2000), Department of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow; Professor Mandych assisted in preparations for the Globalization and Sustainability Conference and led conferences on International Riparian and Environmental Issues at the University of Colorado-Boulder and Indiana University.
Professor Gwynifer Clare Wenger (Spring 2000 Semester), Department of Social Gerontology, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales; Professor Wenger contributed to the Global Aging Faculty Study Group, presented lectures on gerontology at IU and in collaboration with the Center for Aging Research at IUPUI in Indianapolis, and assisted in a curriculum development project on the cross-cultural study of aging.
Ms. Margaret Jean Legum (Fall 1999 Semester), Western Cape, South Africa and Indiana University Distinguished Citizen Fellow (1997); Ms. Legum participated in a number of courses addressing gender and politics in the developing world, newsgathering in South Africa, changing politics in North Africa, and racism.
Dr. Balzhun Suzhikova (Fall 1999 Semester), former Vice-Rector for International Relations, Almaty Abai State University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Dr. Suzhikova provided lectures and participated in a variety of courses and workshops focusing on Ethnic Relations in an Era of Globalization.
Dr. Angene H. Wilson (Summers 1999 - 2001), College of Education, University of Kentucky; Professor Wilson served as the Faculty Instructor of Record for the International Studies Summer Institute for Grade 7-12 Teachers.
Dr. Roman I. Zlotin (Spring 1999 Semester; Academic Year 2001-2002), former Senior Research Scientist and Chair of the Department of Biogeography, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Zlotin taught a course on Biogeography and a unit on this subject for the International Studies Introductory Core Course and contributed to the development of the Global Resources and the Environment Track in the International Studies Program.
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