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Sheehan Assumes Leadership of School of Public & International Affairs

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On July 1, 2018, Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan was named Executive Director (Chair) of the School of Public & International Affairs (SPIA) – the largest unit within the College of Public Affairs – at the University of Baltimore. In this role, Sheehan will oversee 7 graduate and undergraduate programs, 6 program directors, 23 full-time faculty, dozens of adjunct faculty, and more than 750 students.

The University of Baltimore’s College of Public Affairs is in the top 25 percent of all 282 public affairs institutions in the United States in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report graduate-school rankings, where it ties with Brown University, Claremont Graduate University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Texas-Dallas, University of California-San Diego, and Pepperdine University. The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland.

Prior to assuming leadership of the School of Public and International Affairs, Dr. Sheehan – a tenured Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs – served for 8 years as the director of the Negotiation and Conflict Management graduate program and founding director of the Global Affairs and Human Security graduate program in the College of Public Affairs.

An award-winning professor, Sheehan is the recipient of the 2015 University of Baltimore President’s Faculty Award, the 2016 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Award, and a 2017 citation from the Maryland State Senate in recognition of “Exceptional leadership and Service to the University of Baltimore.”

Dr. Sheehan is the author of more than eighty publications and has appeared in The National Interest, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Al Jazeera, The Washington Times, The Hill, Roll Call, The Washington Examiner, The Baltimore Sun, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, National Post, United Press International, Townhall.com, Newsmax, The Daily Caller, Independent Journal Review, Modern Diplomacy, International Policy Digest, New York Daily News, Citiscope, La Tribune (in French), and numerous academic journals. His writing has been translated into French and Farsi and he has participated in media around the world. Dr. Sheehan has also been cited in official testimony before the Canadian parliament.

For research or media related updates or to learn more about Dr. Sheehan, follow him at @ProfSheehan or link to his research profiles.

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