Program Support Staff: Ashleigh Bowers, Ashleigh.Bowers@asu.edu
The faculty within the School of Politics and Global Studies and the McCain Institute work very closely with graduate students. The following faculty are associated with the MA in International Affairs and Leadership.
Program director:
Anticipated Affiliated faculty:
Michael C. Polt - Ambassador, Senior Director of Leadership Programs, Professor of Practice
Edward B. O’Donnell - Ambassador, Professor of Practice, Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves
Benjamin Freakley - Lieutenant General, Special Advisor to the President of ASU, Professor of Practice
Matt Rooney - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Managing Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Paul Fagan - Senior Director of Human Rights, Professor of Practice
Nicholas Rasmussen - Senior Director of Counterterrorism and National Security, Former Director of the NCTC, Professor of Practice
Kristen Leanderson Abrams - Senior Director of Combatting Human Trafficking, Professor of Practice
Kurt Volker - Ambassador, Executive Director of the McCain Institute, Professor of Practice
Clint Williamson - Ambassador, Senior Director of International Rule of Law, Governance and Security, Professor of Practice
John Negroponte - Ambassador, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Deputy National Security Advisor, U.S. Director of National Intelligence
Catherine A. Novelli - Former Undersecretary of State, President of Listening For America, former Vice President for Worldwide Government Affairs at Apple Inc.