Ricardo was the best. As a colleague, teacher, mentor, scholar, citizen, friend, and person. Simply the best. I will miss him personally, and this institution will feel his loss profoundly. Such deep sorrow throughout our community.
First day on the job as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown. Eager to get to work and hope to be able to share more here on my perspective on leading in higher ed. Grateful to the College Comms team for the story below drawing on my background in endurance sports. . . #hoyasaxa
Looking forward to this! Giving my administrative brain a break and reengaging my IR brain. . .
Deeply honored to be entrusted with this role. Deeply grateful to the colleagues, mentors, friends, and family who have supported and sustained me. And deeply cognizant of the responsibility that this position carries, especially right now. Hoya Saxa!
When I wrote my occupations book, some people told me it was a "work of history." "We'd never do that again," they insisted. Deep, deep sigh.
A marvelous letter in today’s New York Times from Victoria Chen, a senior at Georgetown, on the vitality of the humanities. . .
Several years ago, a prominent person in our field opened his discussant remarks at an APSA panel by noting that having a discussant call a paper “interesting” was about the most vacuous praise you could receive. (He went on—five minutes later—to describe a paper as, yes, “interesting.”)
Hi, friends. I'm back from a bit of a social media hiatus. . .Thinking a lot these days in my professorial role about the future of great power politics and in my vice provostial role about the future of higher ed. Interesting times ahead for both, and I look forward to productive conversations.
Those of us who enjoy institution-building and all the challenges and rewards (by which I do *not* mean financial rewards) that entails? @dandrezner.bsky.social is not wrong, but perhaps understandably a bit one-sided (all challenge, no reward).
Everybody’s favorite tree at Georgetown wishes you a good morning.
A more niche polisky note about this Good Chat: I learned a lot from the cross-subfield perspectives here, and this chat, particularly the second half on how to define and study occupation, could be very useful for teaching. @goodauth.bsky.social
Please do. Let me know if it would helpful to discuss.
When I wrote *Occupational Hazards*, some skeptics said military occupation was a thing of the past. Suffice it to say that OH has remained pertinent. This is a terrific discussion from which I learned a lot and hope that I contributed at least a little. Thanks to @goodauth.bsky.social for hosting.
McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University recruiting in Computer and Social Science! apply.interfolio.com/132215
I was in true vice provostial form and just showed up for the free food and drink afterward. 🤣 Great to see this book getting the attention it deserves.
Nope. Just Japan and Germany.
I'm here to tell you based on extensive research that an occupation of Mexico would not go well. You're welcome.
I appreciate the humility of this post by Dan. Perhaps not surprisingly, I find myself fielding more and more questions these days about navigating administrative challenges or taking on leadership roles. I'm ok with that and happy when I can be genuinely helpful.
Ideas like the Good Authority/Room Rater collab? 🧠 😜
This is an engaging format with a panel of wicked smart folks. Would be great to have this actually recorded and posted. I could see lots of people using it for teaching purposes.
📡. Did I hear "time horizons?"
I shared invite codes with some good, smart people this week. Follow them!
@katemcnamara.bsky.social IPE and Europe
@rolandparis.bsky.social Theory and practice in practice
@asens.bsky.social Classics and grad education
@doctorapples.bsky.social World-class pomologist (and my brother-in-law!)
Well, suffice it to say that my favorite genre is biography of bad people, especially power-hungry autocrats. Somehow I suspect this is not the answer that will have people flocking to befriend me. 🤷♂️ (And Moby Dick is my favorite work of fiction, so 🤷♂️ x 2.)
Can we meet for $78 burgers to discuss?
Good morning. Are we still talking about David Brooks’ dinner? Just setting my expectations for the morning.
Deep dive: Will foreign policy matter in the 2024 election? Spoiler alert: no. But that’s not the real story.
As Zelensky visits DC, my first post for @goodauth.bsky.social is a deep dive into foreign policy and the 2024 election. Featuring a ton of new polisky research since I last looked at this in 2016, and the super dead King Louis’ head from Hamilton.
goodauthority.org/news/will-fo...
Good morning, friends.
Interesting question that this prompts: what makes an academic administrator good or bad? I don’t think the answer is self-evident, nor do I think you’d find a consensus within most universities.
Van Leeuwen. New to DC but not new nationally. I'm told it's on Prospect in the vicinity of Milano and Liberte. vanleeuwenicecream.com/scoop-shops/
Just me eating a cup of ice cream in the provost's office at 3:00 on a Monday afternoon. Grateful for colleagues who brought back a pint from the fancy new place in Georgetown. 🍨😋
