Dirk Bonker is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University. He is a historian of Germany and the United States, who focuses on questions of militarism, warfare, and empire in the long twentieth century.

Eric Mvukiyehe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. His academic and policy research cuts across many topics and contexts, including on: (i) reducing poverty and promoting socioeconomic welfare and psychological wellbeing for the … Read more

Michael J. Struett is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. His research interests include global governance, international organizations, human rights, and the … Read more

Timothy Nichols served as an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps for over 21 years with extensive experience in the special operations, intelligence, and counterterrorism fields. His overseas experience spanned deployments to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, East … Read more

Miguel La Serna is professor of Latin American History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research and teaching focus on the revolutionary left in the Americas, exploring the intersections between race, class, and gender in a … Read more

Bahar Leventoglu is a formal theorist with substantive interests in international relations and political economy. Currently, she has four different ongoing lines of research. One line of research focuses on how leaders use public statements to affect their bargaining position … Read more

John Mattingly is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and University Faculty Scholar with NC State University (NCSU). His research principally focuses on developing new radiation measurement and analysis methods for nuclear security applications, including nonproliferation, counterterrorism, emergency response, and forensics. … Read more

Mehdi Shadmehr is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Prior to joining UNC, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary (2016-20), and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Miami Business School  (2011-16). Mehdi was a Visiting Associate … Read more

Navin Bapat is the Dowd Professor of Peace and War and the Chair of the Curriculum of Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University … Read more

Manna Duah is an Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina Central University. Her research interests are global Africa, with a focus on democracy, state violence, foreign relations, and Black transnational mobilizations in the twentieth century. She also studies histories of … Read more