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.
David Wellman, PhD
Director and Associate Professor, The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy
Union Theological Seminary
Geoffrey Wiseman, PhD
Professor and Endowed Chair in Applied Diplomacy
Oxford University
Minseon Ku, PhD
Assistant Professor, The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy
Ohio State University
Craig Mousin, JD
Assistant Professor, DePaul University
University of Illinois, Urbana
Eugene Beiriger, PhD
Associate Professor, History
University of Illinois at Chicago
Scott Bucking, PhD
Associate Professor, History
Cambridge University
Joanna Gardner-Huggett, PhD
Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture
Rutgers University
Matthew Girson, MFA
Professor, The Art School
University of Illinois at Chicago
Gil Gott, PhD, JD
Associate Professor, International Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Euan Hague, PhD
Professor, Geography and GIS
Syracuse University
Scott Hibbard, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
Kathryn Ibata-Arens, PhD
Endowed Professor of Environmental Diplomacy and Professor, Political Science
Northwestern University
Li Jin, PhD
Professor and Chair, Modern Languages
University of South Florida
Valerie C. Johnson, PhD
Endowed Professor of Urban Diplomacy and Professor, Political Science
University of Maryland
Shiera Malik, PhD
Endowed Professor of Applied Diplomacy and Professor, International Studies
University of Dublin
Alex G. Papadopoulos, PhD
Professor, Geography
University of Chicago
Ramya Ramanath, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, International Public Service
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Howard Rosing, PhD
Executive Director, Steans Center
State University of New York at Binghamton
John Joe Schlichtman, PhD
Endowed Professor of Urban Diplomacy and Professor, Sociology
New York University
Shailja Sharma, PhD
Professor and Chair, International Studies
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Anna Souchuk, PhD
Associate Professor, Modern Languages
Yale University
Michaela Winchatz, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor, College of Communication
University of Washington