People

The Strauss Center is a university-wide research center that engages top scholars as well as the best minds from the private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Experts from a variety of disciplines across the University of Texas campus and the community are involved in the Center’s work.

Distinguished Scholars

Joshua Busby Crook Distinguished Scholar Fred Chang Distinguished Scholar
Robert M. Chesney Distinguished Scholar Eugene Gholz Distinguished Scholar
Terri Givens Distinguished Scholar Ethan Kapstein Distinguished Scholar
Mark A. Lawrence Distinguished Scholar Ami Pedahzur Distinguished Scholar

Other Programs and Distinctions

Leadership & Staff

Francis J. Gavin

Director

U.S. foreign policy, global governance issues, national security affairs, international monetary relations, presidential policymaking, history

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Gregory Engle

Associate Director

Foreign affairs, the conduct of diplomacy, international management, African affairs

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Kenneth Flamm

Director of the Technology, Innovation and Global Security Program

International trade, investments and markets, technology policy

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Catherine Weaver

Research Coordinator and Distinguished Scholar

International institutions, global development, foreign aid, World Bank, International Monetary Fund

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Avi Spiegel

Strauss Center Post-Doctoral Fellow

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Laura Jones

Senior Program Coordinator

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Jill Angelo

Special Projects Consultant

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