Welcome to the website for the Department of International Affairs! Located in a beautifully restored century old building, we’ve been educating and preparing tomorrow’s leaders and foreign policy makers since 2003.
With a rich history of playing host to Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer winners, former Presidents, and leaders from all sectors, our students have an opportunity to interact with renowned scholars, public servants and practitioners in classrooms, lecture halls, boardrooms, and in the halls of Congress.
The Department of International Affairs was formed in 2001 when the School of Public & International Affairs was founded. Formerly, the department had been part of the larger Political Science department in Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. We currently offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs, two master’s degrees (Master of International Policy and a Master of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs), and a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Affairs.
We currently have 22 tenured and tenure-track faculty and lecturers in the department that specialize in a wide array of topics, including international conflict, human rights, political institutions, extremism, political economy, and the environment. Many of our faculty have won prestigious teaching awards at the school and university levels. Our faculty are also world-renown researchers, often winning research awards and external grants and serving in editorial positions at top peer-reviewed journals.
SPIA’s Dr. Gregory Thaler, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs, has a new article in World Development, now available online. Thaler’s research examines the political ecology and political
Margaret (Molly) Ariotti received her PhD from Pennsylvania State University with a focus in Comparative Politics, Political Methodology, and Geography. Her research interests include African politics, institutions, government composition and
Dr. Lihi Ben Shitrit’s first book “Righteous Transgressions: Women’s Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right” was published by Princeton University Press in 2015. Although it was a monumental
On April 21, 2017, the third annual SPIA Networking Night was hosted at the Holiday Inn in Athens, GA. There were over 250 alumni, faculty, students, and organizations in attendance.
On November 16, 2016, the School of Public and International Affairs hosted its annual reception and program for alumni and friends in Washington DC. The event’s program featured a post-election
In March 2014, fifteen students from the Masters of International Policy and Doctorate in International Affairs programs, accompanied by the director and staff of the Center for International Trade and
Spring arrives early here at UGA. We start wear sandals in January, shorts and t-shirts in February and you can catch us walking barefoot through the grass on North Campus
Some would say that fall is the best time of year at UGA. And they’d be 30% right. Spring and summer are great, too. Maybe it’s the smell of coffee
Department of International Affairs
Administrative Assistant II
Candler Hall 301
Office: 706-542-6705
Fax: 706-583-8266
bev41159@uga.edu
Head of Department of International Affairs
Dean Rusk Scholar of International Relations
Professor of International Affairs
327 Candler Hall
murdie@uga.edu
Department of International Affairs
School of Public and International Affairs
The University of Georgia
Candler Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1492
706/542-6705 (Director’s Office)
706/542-0096 (Undergraduate Advising)
706/542-1633 (Graduate Advising)
Fax: 706/583-8266
