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Dr. Robert Farley

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Robert Farley

Jul 27, 2021
Faculty, Profile

Dr. Robert Farley is a Senior Lecturer at the Patterson School. Dr. Farley grew up in Northern California and Oregon prior to attending the University of Oregon for his undergraduate degree. He received his doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Washington before moving to Lexington to complete his post-doc in 2005. He has worked for Patterson since holding various responsibilities. He currently assists with the school website, manages the Patterson podcast, and leads recruitment efforts. 

Book Cover, The Daughters of Kobani

2021 Summer Reading List

May 9, 2021
Summer Reading

Payal Arora, The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West (2019) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice (2021) George Packer, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (2019) Séverine Autesserre, The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World (2021)

Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

Faculty Spotlight: Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

Apr 27, 2021
Faculty, Profile

Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh has been with the Patterson School since 2006. He served as the Director of the program for ten years before going on sabbatical to Geneva and Cambridge. Upon his return, he focused on teaching and expanded his work with peacebuilding NGOs. He is currently Chair of International Alert, based in London, which carries out programs across the globe advancing peace and conflict resolution. His return to academia after his twenty-plus year Foreign Service career was quite fitting, as he had worked as a professor prior to entering government service.

Victor Montgomery

Victor Montgomery Awarded Title VIII Fellowship for Russian

Apr 27, 2021
Alumni

Please join us in congratulating first-year student, Victor Montgomery, on being awarded a Title VIII Fellowship to study Russian this summer at Indiana University.  The Title VIII Fellowship is a competitive award that provides tuition, fees, and room & board stipends for U.S. graduate students, area specialists, and scholars studying the languages and cultures of Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union in the Language Workshop.

In Memoriam: Dag Ryan

Jan 27, 2021
Recognition

It is with great sorrow that the Patterson School reports the passing of Dag Ryen after a short in-home hospice stay. His cancer accelerated at a rapid pace over his last six weeks, but he was resting comfortably at home with family by his side until the end. 

Dr. Gregory O. Hall

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Gregory Hall

Jan 27, 2021
Faculty, Profile

Dr. Gregory Hall has been teaching at the Patterson School for just over four years and was recently awarded the  Earl F. and Jean M. Lockwood Professorship of International Commerce and Entrepreneurship. Prior to coming to the University of Kentucky, Dr. Hall served as Head of the Department of Political Science and Director of the International Studies Program at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He has also completed appointments abroad including stops in Hong Kong and Turkey.

Dr. Yujia He

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Yujia He

Nov 27, 2020
Faculty, Profile

Meet our newest faculty member, Dr. Yujia He. She is a strong addition to the faculty adding expertise not only in science and technology policy but in China and Asia issues more broadly and across our International Commerce track.

Book Cover, The Narrow Corridor

2020 Summer Reading List

May 4, 2020
Summer Reading

Mara Hvistendahl, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI and Industrial Espionage (2020) Nada Bakos, The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House (2019) Daron Acemoglu et. al., The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty (2019) Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (2019)

Book Cover, The Back Channel

2019 Summer Reading List

May 9, 2019
Summer Reading

Raj Kumar, The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry (2019) William J. Burns, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal (2019) Jeffrey Lewis, The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (2018) Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (2018)

Book Cover, Directorate S by Steve Coll

2018 Summer Reading List

May 1, 2018
Summer Reading

Steve Coll, Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2018) Lawrence Freedman, The Future of War: A History (2017) Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World (2017) Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2018) Dambisa Moyo, Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018)

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