WHO WE ARE
Program Staff
Featured

Michael Sfraga
Director, Polar Institute // Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program
Featured

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

Sarah B. Barnes
Project Director, Maternal Health Initiative

Allison Garland
Project Director, Urban Sustainability Laboratory

John Thon Majok
Senior Program Analyst, Global Sustainability and Resilence Program

Amanda King
Program Assistant

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
Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science, Arnold Chair in International Political Economy, and Director, Tower Center, SMU
Professor of Political Science, Arnold Chair in International Political Economy, and Director, Tower Center, 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)