Warburg Chair in International Relations
Established with the help of a generous grant from Joan Melber Warburg '45, widow of James P. Warburg, the Warburg Chair in International Relations brings to Simmons a distinguished practitioner who has had significant experience at a responsible level in international relations. The Warburg professor normally remains for a two or three-year term. He or she joins the interdisciplinary program in international relations, encompassing the fields of political science, economics, history, women's studies, and foreign languages, and sits on the Steering Committee of that program. The Warburg Chair teaches the senior seminar in international relations in the fall and a special topics course in the spring. The Chair also holds occasional luncheon seminars with faculty, staff, and students and organizes other programming throughout the academic year, such as a lecture series or an academic conference.
Previous Warburg Chairs
- 2023-2025: Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Ambassador for Special Political Affairs, U.S. Mission to the United Nations (2011-14) - 2019-2023: Thomas Dougherty
U.S. Ambassador, Burkina Faso (2010‐2013) - 2012–2019: William M. Bellamy
U.S. Ambassador to Kenya (2003-2006) - 2010–2012: Catharin Dalpino
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy (1993–1997) - 2007–2010: Thomas Hull
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone (2004–2007) - 2004–2007: Walter C. Carrington
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal (1980–1981) and Nigeria (1993–1997) - 2000–2004: Charles F. Dunbar
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar (1983–1985) and Yemen (1988–1991) - 1998–2000: Erik Jensen
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1994–1998) - 1995–1998: Denis McLean
New Zealand Ambassador to the United States (1991–1994) - 1993–1995: T. Frank Crigler
U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda (1976–1979) and Somalia (1987–1990) - 1991–1993: Harry G. Barnes Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to Romania (1973–77), India (1981–1985), and Chile (1985–1988) - 1990–1991: Elizabeth Pond
Eminent writer and journalist - 1988–1990: Monteagle Stearns
U.S. Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire (1976–1979) and Greece (1981–1985) - 1985–1988: David Anderson
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1981–1985) - 1983–1985: Robert E. White
U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981)