The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy is dedicated to reconceptualizing the study and practice of diplomacy in the 21st century. Our mission is to train future practitioners of diplomacy across all vocations—from those pursuing careers in the foreign service to those who want to build bridges as NGO leaders, private sector actors, scientists, artists, religious leaders, community organizers and activists. Our goal is to create cohorts of students with a wide range of vocational trajectories who engage in the study and practice of diplomacy together, and in so doing establish networks that they will take with them as they pursue or redirect their respective careers upon graduation.
The faculty of Applied Diplomacy are drawn from twenty-one different departments and programs across the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, making it one of the most disciplinarily and diverse diplomatic studies programs in the United States. Our diverse constellation of teacher-scholars bring the critical insights of a liberal arts education to bear on the concrete work of promoting cooperation, community building, and conflict resolution in multiple contexts. The Faculty come from not only DePaul's International Studies and Political Science departments, but also from African and Black Diaspora Studies; Anthropology; Art, Media and Design; Community Service Studies; Critical Ethnic Studies; Forced Migration Studies; Geography; History; History of Art and Architecture; Latin American and Latino Studies; Modern Languages; Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies; Public Health; Public Service; Religious Studies; Sociology; Sustainable Urban Development; Women and Gender Studies; and Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse.
Eugene Beiriger, PhD
Associate Professor, History
University of Illinois at Chicago
Pascale-Anne Brault, PhD
Professor, Modern Languages
New York UniversityÂ
Gil Gott, PhD, JD
Associate Professor, International Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Scott Hibbard, PhD
Associate Professor & Chair, Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
Valerie C. Johnson, PhD
Endowed Professor of Urban Diplomacy and Associate Professor, Political Science
University of Maryland
Shiera Malik, PhD
Endowed Professor of Applied Diplomacy and Associate Professor, International Studies
University of Dublin
Craig Mousin, JD
Ombudsperson, DePaul University
University of Illinois, Urbana
Alex G. Papadopoulos, PhD
Professor, Geography
University of Chicago
Anna Souchuk, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair of Modern Languages
Yale University
David Wellman, PhD
Director and Associate Professor, The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy
Union Theological Seminary
Michaela Winchatz, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Communication
University of Washington
Geoffrey Wiseman, PhD
Professor and Endowed Chair in Applied Diplomacy
Oxford University