Global Notes

Global Notes is the community forum for the Humphrey Institute's global policy area, including the affiliated Freeman Center for International Economic Policy. The purpose of the blog is to open communication between and among our students, alumni, faculty, staff and the larger community interested in the policy aspects of global politics and economics studied at the Humphrey Institute.

Global Notes was designed in Fall 2008 by Graham Lampa, Project Lead for the "Emphasizing the 'Public' in Public Affairs" initiative. This project, funded by a Service and Process Improvement Fund grant from the University of Minnesota's Office of Service and Continuous Improvement, created weblogs for Humphrey research centers to improve public outreach and the . More Humphrey blogs can be accessed from the Humphrey blog digest.

Image of UN flag used for header design by Eric Mills.

Dara Kay Cohen is an assistant professor in the global policy area at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the dynamics of violence during civil war. Her dissertation research examines the variation in the use of sexual violence during recent civil conflicts. She has completed eight months of fieldwork in Sierra Leone, East Timor and El Salvador, where she interviewed more than 200 ex-combatants and noncombatants.

Senior Lecturer in the global policy area of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, his areas of teaching and expertise are national security, foreign and defense policy; arms control; nuclear weapons; nuclear proliferation; missile defense; intelligence; crisis management.

Professor in the economic and community development and global policy areas of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He researches labor policy and labor market analysis in developing countries, the informal economy, community and economic development, and developing countries' urban planning.

Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Clinton Administration.

Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. He teaches and does research on international relations, international organizations, humanitarian action, the United Nations, and the politics of the Middle East.

Assistant professor of international development in the global policy area, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. An economic and medical anthropologist, her research centers on families, household economics, and individual family-member health.

Coordinator of the global policy area of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, her areas of expertise and teaching are international relations, East Asian foreign and security policy, and East Asian domestic politics.

President, Cargill Foundation, and Senior Adviser, global policy area, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Retired as Senior Vice President, Cargill Corporate Affairs, in 2007. Serves on the board/executive committee of the International Policy Council on Food, Agriculture and Trade and on the boards of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation and Second Harvest Heartland. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Orville and Jane Freeman Professor of International Trade and Investment Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Law School, University of Minnesota. Director, Freeman Center for International Economic Policy. Researches industrial organization, public policy toward business, and international economic policy.

Associate professor in the economic and community development and global policy areas of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, she is involved in several projects in developing countries on the interrelated topics of children's labor force work and education, child care, and women's employment.

Global Notes is currently administered by Sherry Gray and Rachel Garaghty. Rachel is a first year MPP student interested in global policy, public and non-profit management, and development studies. If you would like to write for Global Notes or have any suggestions for the blog over all, e-mail Rachel (gara0030@umn.edu).