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CPD Staff

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Jian (Jay) Wang

Director

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Assistant Director, Programming & Events

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Victoria Parrott

Business Analyst

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Editorial Manager

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Research Associate

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Senior Manager for Development & Partnerships

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Website Manager

CPD ADVISORY BOARD

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Chair, CPD Advisory Board

Partner, Latham & Watkins (ret.)

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CPD Advisory Board Member

CEO, StartItUp

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Katherine Brown

CPD Advisory Board Member

President & CEO, Global Ties U.S.

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Executive Director, California Film Commission

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Chairman, Chehadé & Company

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Editor-in-chief, WorldPost

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Jerrold D. Green

CPD Advisory Board Member

President & CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy

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Vartan Gregorian

CPD Honorary Board Member

President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

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CPD Advisory Board Member

President & CEO, National Geographic Partners

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Markos Kounalakis

CPD Advisory Board Member

Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution

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CPD Advisory Board

Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Chair and CEO of TLC Beatrice, LLC

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Tireco, Inc., Founder and Chairman

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Garrett Marquis

CPD Advisory Board Member

Former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, White House

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Kimberly Marteau Emerson

CPD Advisory Board Member

International Board, Human Rights Watch

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Pictures

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Ponchitta Pierce

CPD Advisory Board Member

Journalist & Media Consultant

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Founder & Chairman, The Open Hands Initiative

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Chairman and Former CEO, Stein Mart, Inc.

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CPD Advisory Board Member

Latham & Watkins LLP Partner

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Jonathan Woetzel

CPD Advisory Board Member

McKinsey & Co. Senior Partner and McKinsey Global Institute Director

STUDENT INTERNS

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Graduate Student Fellow (Journalism)

USC Master of Science in Journalism

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Development and External Relations Assistant

Candidate, USC Bachelor of Public Relations

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Jesús Fernandez

Assistant Programming Coordinator

Candidate, Master of Public Diplomacy

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Graduate Student Fellow (Public Diplomacy)

Candidate, Master of Public Diplomacy

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Changyue Minnie Ma

CPD Research Intern

Candidate, Master of Science in Digital Social Media

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Assistant Editor & Multimedia Producer

USC Master of Public Diplomacy Candidate ('21)

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Alisanne Meyers

CPD Research Intern

USC Master of Urban Planning Candidate

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Assistant Managing Editor

USC Master of Public Diplomacy Candidate ('21)

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CPD Graduate Student Fellow (Public Relations)

Candidate, Master of Strategic Public Relations

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CPD Graduate Student Fellow (Public Relations)

Candidate, Master of Strategic Public Relations

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CPD Research Intern

USC Master of Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs ('21)

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CPD Research Intern

USC Master of Public Policy candidate ('21)

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CPD Research Intern

USC Master of Public Diplomacy Candidate

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CPD Research Intern

Doctoral Student & Annenberg Fellow, USC Department of Cinema and Media Studies

CPD Visiting Scholars & Fellows

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CPD Visiting Scholar

Professor, Bar-Ilan University

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CPD Senior Visiting Fellow (Non-Resident)

Senior Research Associate, Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford

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Joëlle Uzarksi

U.S. Public Diplomat in Residence

CPD Visiting Scholar, 2020–22

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Arturo Sarukhan

CPD Visiting Scholar

Ambassador & CPD Distinguished Fellow

To view past CPD Visiting Scholars & Fellows, click here.

CPD Research Fellows

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Zahid Shahab Ahmed

CPD Research Fellow, 2017-2019

Alfred Deakin Postdoc Research Fellow, Deakin Inst. for Citizenship & Globalization, Deakin University

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CPD Research Fellow, 2019-2021

Associate Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM)

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Lindsay J. Benstead

CPD Research Fellow, 2017-2019

Associate Professor, Political Science, Portland State University

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CPD Research Fellow, 2018-2020

Associate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University

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Diana Ingenhoff

CPD Research Fellow, 2017-2019

Professor of Organizational & Strategic Communication, University of Fribourg

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Jennifer Hubbert

CPD Research Fellow, 2018-2020

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Asian studies, Lewis & Clark College

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CPD Research Fellow, 2019-2021

University of Oxford scholar and Blogger at digdipblog.com

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CPD Research Fellow, 2018-2020

Head of Evaluation for the Arts, British Council

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Mafalda Dâmaso

CPD Research Fellow 2019-21

Lecturer, King’s College London and Institut Catholique de Paris

To view past CPD Visiting Scholars & Fellows / Research Fellows, click here.

CPD Faculty Fellows

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USC Annenberg

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VP for Global Initiatives, USC

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USC Annenberg

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University of Oxford

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USC School of International Relations

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Griffith Asia Institute

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CPD Faculty Fellow

USC School of Architecture

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USC Annenberg

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Nicholas J. Cull

USC Annenberg

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Kathy Fitzpatrick

University of South Florida

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Robeson Taj Frazier

USC Annenberg

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USC Annenberg

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G. Thomas Goodnight

USC Annenberg

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George Washington University

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Robert Hernandez

USC Annenberg

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USC Annenberg

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University of Oklahoma

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USC Annenberg

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Matthew Le Veque

USC Annenberg

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Clingendael

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Najmedin Meshkati

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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Northwestern University

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Lund University

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USC Annenberg

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Katarzyna Pisarska

Warsaw School of Economics

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Adam Clayton Powell, III

USC Annenberg

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Alison Dundes Renteln

USC Dornsife

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USC Annenberg

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USC Annenberg

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Dean of Religious Life, USC

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US-Mexico Network, USC

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Vivian S. Walker

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

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Rebecca Weintraub

USC Annenberg

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Ernest J. Wilson III

USC Annenberg

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USC Annenberg

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USC Annenberg

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American University