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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Yujia He

Nov 27, 2020

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.

2020 Summer Reading List

May 4, 2020

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)

2019 Summer Reading List

May 9, 2019

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)

2018 Summer Reading List

May 1, 2018

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)

Meet 2016 Alumna Jocelyn Bell

Oct 26, 2017

Jocelyn Bell is a 2016 graduate from the Patterson School with a focus on development. During her time at Patterson, Jocelyn interned for a Mumbai-based anti-trafficking program that helped digitize blocks of women in the red-light district. Prior to Patterson, she received her bachelor's from Brown University with a major in Development Studies. Upon graduating from Patterson, Jocelyn returned to Brown to complete her Ph.D. program at Brown University. Her doctoral dissertation allowed her to spend two months in Delhi while residing in Mumbai.

Alumni Profile: Austin Anderson, 2016

Patterson Staff Jul 2, 2017

Austin Anderson is a 2016 graduate from the Patterson School and studied Security/Intelligence with a minor in Global Commerce. After graduating, he started his post-grad career as a software developer in the US Department of Defense working with the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commanders, and the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.

2017 Summer Reading List

May 9, 2017

Richard Baldwin, The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization (2016) Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order (2017) David Shambaugh, China’s Future (2016) Jay Solomon, The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East (2016)