Josef Korbel School of International Studies
history
The University of Denver (DU)'s Josef Korbel School of International Studies is graduate school located in Ben Cherrington Hall (BCH) on the DU campus. It was formerly the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) before being renamed on May 28, 2008.
About the school
History
DU and Dr. Ben Mark Cherrington created the Department of International Relations, one of the first in the country, in 1929.»About the GSIS (accessed April 14, 2008) This department became the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) in 1964, under the leadership of Josef Korbel, father of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Since its inception, the school has been committed to helping professionals respond intelligently, ethically and effectively to the challenges facing the global village.
In a 2006/2007 survey performed by the College of William and Mary and published by Foreign Policy magazine, the Korbel School of International Studies ranked 9th in the nation for graduate programs, ahead of such schools as Syracuse, University of Chicago, Yale, Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, and MIT.»http://www.du.edu/gsis/news/articles/fp.html
Degree programs
The Josef Korbel School focuses on training graduate students in a number of different areas.
MA Programs:
- Global Finance, Trade & Economic Integration (GFTEI)
- International Development
- Homeland Security
- International Human Rights
- International Administration
- International Security
- International Studies
- Master's of Development in Practice
- Peace Corps
Dual Degree Programs:
- Global Trade, Finance, and Economic Integration and International Master of Business Administration
- International Studies and Juris Doctorate
- International Studies and MSW
'''Certificate Programs:
- Global Heath Affairs
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Homeland Security
'''Doctoral Program:
- PhD in International Studies
- Condoleezza Rice - U.S. Secretary of State
- George W. Casey, Jr. - Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Cindy Courville - U.S. Ambassador to the African Union
- Masouma Al-Mubarak - Minister of Communications and former Minister of Planning & Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs of Kuwait
- M. Javad Zarif - Former Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations
- Heraldo Muñoz - Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations
- Paul Trivelli - U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua
- Jami Miscik - Former Deputy Director for Intelligence at the CIA, Vice-Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. in New York.
- Charlotte Kea - Senior consultant, The Whelan Group; former director of development, Development Gateway Foundation
- Jendayi Frazer - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
- James E. Goodby - Specialist on nuclear nonproliferation and security issues in Northeast Asia, focusing particularly on the Korean peninsula. A former diplomat, he was involved in nuclear security issues and military affairs for the State Department.
- Haider A. Khan - Expert on on social accounting matrix (SAM)-based economic modeling
- Josef Korbel - the founding Dean of GSIS, father of Madeleine Albright, and mentor of Condoleezza Rice