WHO WE ARE
Program Staff
Featured

Dr. Michael Sfraga
Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute // Chair, US Arctic Research Commission
Featured

Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Featured

Sarah B. Barnes
Project Director, Maternal Health Initiative

Allison Garland
Project Director, Urban Sustainability Laboratory

Amanda King
Former Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program

Jack Durkee
Program Associate, Polar Institute // Manager, Arctic Infrastructure Inventory
Fellows
Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Fellow;
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha

Roger-Mark De Souza
Global Fellow and Advisor;
Former Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience
Former Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience

Sharon Guynup
Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Fellow;
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets

James Hollifield
RAFDI Working Group Co-chair; Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU)

Thomas Oatley
Fellow;
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University

Blair A. Ruble
Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)