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<strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
School of International<br />
and Public Affairs
Welcome to <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
We live in a time of sweeping transformation. As the world’s most global public policy school, <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>’s School of International and Public Affairs is playing a major role in shaping the changes to come.<br />
In local communities, throughout society, and around the world, <strong>SIPA</strong> alumni are at work: in government, business,<br />
academia, international organizations, the not-for-profit sector. At all levels, from community organizers to presidential<br />
advisors, venture capitalists to NGO activists, they provide skilled leadership as policymakers, analysts, and managers.<br />
For more than sixty years, <strong>SIPA</strong> has been a place where a distinguished university, a great city, and the complex world<br />
intersect. Today, from the <strong>University</strong>’s regional institutes to Wall Street, from its distinguished departments to City Hall,<br />
from Harlem to the United Nations, <strong>SIPA</strong> continues to benefit from and contribute to the <strong>University</strong>, the city, and the<br />
world. Wide and flexible course offerings, ample internship opportunities, a spectacular global network of alumni all<br />
foster thinking about universal issues—human rights, environmental health, economic development, stable financial<br />
markets, adequate housing, security and conflict resolution, and many more—even as they instill sensitivity to the<br />
particular settings in which these issues are important.<br />
As scholars, our faculty, students, and alumni work to understand the world. As practitioners, they act to change it.<br />
It is a compelling combination and a remarkable inspiration.
<strong>SIPA</strong> Connections<br />
The head of a Central Asian Central Bank; an environmental<br />
activist in China; an analyst on the Latin America desk of a<br />
global investment firm; the head of a major New York City<br />
housing organization; several Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists. <strong>SIPA</strong>’s<br />
alumni are an extraordinary group, carrying with them a dizzying variety<br />
of life and work histories but united by their energy, their enthusiasm, and<br />
their dedication to making a difference in the world. When they arrive at<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong>, they soon discover that their fellow students will become one of the<br />
most valuable elements of the <strong>Columbia</strong> and <strong>SIPA</strong> experience. The multi-<br />
plicity of their backgrounds—students come from nearly 100 countries,<br />
with practical skills from business, NGOs, and public service—brings a<br />
range of perspectives to every aspect of life on campus and guarantees lively<br />
debate inside and outside the classroom. But the benefits of a diverse<br />
student body last far longer than the two years in which most candidates<br />
complete their degrees. <strong>SIPA</strong> graduates return to the working world with<br />
a network of professional ties that will serve them throughout their careers.<br />
They may encounter fellow alumni implementing administrative reforms<br />
for the government ministry where they work, analyzing bond-market risk<br />
for a city government client, or sitting across the table in a high-stakes<br />
diplomatic dispute. Building on the common base of a <strong>SIPA</strong> education,<br />
they can expect their classmates to play a long-lasting, productive, and<br />
often unexpected role in their working lives.<br />
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<strong>SIPA</strong> offers the following degree programs:<br />
Master of International Affairs (MIA), Master of<br />
Public Administration (MPA), MPA in Environmental<br />
Science and Policy (ESP), Executive<br />
Master of Public Administration (EMPA), MPA<br />
Program in Economic Policy Management<br />
(PEPM), MPA in Development Practice (MDP),<br />
PhD in Sustainable Development.<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> students come from nearly 100 countries;<br />
48 percent are international students.<br />
Afghanistan<br />
Albania<br />
Argentina<br />
Armenia<br />
Australia<br />
Austria<br />
Azerbaijan<br />
Bangladesh<br />
Bhutan<br />
Bolivia<br />
Bosnia and<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Brazil<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Burma<br />
Cambodia<br />
Canada<br />
China<br />
Colombia<br />
Croatia<br />
Czech<br />
Republic<br />
Denmark<br />
Dominican<br />
Republic<br />
Ecuador<br />
Egypt<br />
Eritrea<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Finland<br />
France<br />
Gambia<br />
Georgia<br />
Germany<br />
Ghana<br />
Greece<br />
Guinea<br />
Haiti<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Hungary<br />
Iceland<br />
India<br />
Indonesia<br />
Iran<br />
Iraq<br />
Ireland<br />
Israel<br />
Italy<br />
Ivory Coast<br />
Japan<br />
Kazakhstan<br />
Kenya<br />
Kyrgyzstan<br />
Lebanon<br />
Malaysia<br />
Maldives<br />
Mali<br />
Mexico<br />
Morocco<br />
Netherlands<br />
Nicaragua<br />
Nigeria<br />
Norway<br />
Oman<br />
Pakistan<br />
Peru<br />
Philippines<br />
Poland<br />
Qatar<br />
Romania<br />
Rwanda<br />
Serbia<br />
Sierra Leone<br />
Singapore<br />
South Africa<br />
South Korea<br />
Spain<br />
Sri Lanka<br />
Sweden<br />
Switzerland<br />
Taiwan<br />
Tanzania<br />
Thailand<br />
Trinidad and<br />
Tobago<br />
Turkey<br />
Uganda<br />
Ukraine<br />
United<br />
Kingdom<br />
United States<br />
Uruguay<br />
Venezuela<br />
Vietnam<br />
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<strong>SIPA</strong> and <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
As part of the <strong>Columbia</strong> community, <strong>SIPA</strong> students are often said to be spoiled for choice, with access to the<br />
resources of a major urban university comprising 16 separate schools, 22 libraries, and 5 affiliated institutions.<br />
Although our students take most of their courses at <strong>SIPA</strong>, they can also choose from more than 1,000 courses<br />
offered throughout the <strong>University</strong>, drawing on the resources of the social science departments and the schools of Business,<br />
Law, Journalism, Social Work, Public Health, and Architecture, as well as Teachers College, one of America’s leading<br />
graduate schools of education. In a typical month, they can supplement those courses with scores of lectures, presenta-<br />
tions, seminars, and documentary films sponsored by The Earth Institute, the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace<br />
Studies, the United Nations Program, and more than a dozen other specialized programs and regional institutes, along with<br />
a variety of student groups. Some recent topics of discussion at these events have included the U.S. health care system, the<br />
Kenyan Peace Process, the challenges of effective urban governance, and the role of Russia in European energy security.<br />
Just as importantly, students also have the opportunity to participate in a range of extracurricular activities with direct<br />
relevance to their fields of study, from tutoring at-risk children in Harlem to lobbying the U.S. government on its response<br />
to AIDS in Africa.<br />
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“<strong>SIPA</strong> offered me the opportunity to learn<br />
from world-renowned professors as well as<br />
from diverse and intellectual classmates.<br />
I was given the flexibility to choose classes<br />
from different schools within the <strong>University</strong><br />
and from many fields of international study,<br />
from media and communications to economic<br />
and security policy. <strong>SIPA</strong> is one of the best<br />
schools in the world in international affairs<br />
and is recognized as such.”<br />
Priya Nagrani, MIA<br />
Mumbai, India<br />
“I came to <strong>SIPA</strong> because I liked the international<br />
component to the program and<br />
I was also interested in the dual degree<br />
with <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s School of Social<br />
Work. I hope to work in the public sector,<br />
either government or nonprofit, addressing<br />
social policy issues, and the dual degree<br />
will be a great asset.”<br />
Erin Kenny, MPA<br />
Astoria, New York<br />
REGIONAL INSTITUTES<br />
AND CENTERS<br />
Institute of African Studies<br />
Center for Brazilian Studies<br />
East Central European Center<br />
European Institute<br />
Harriman Institute<br />
Institute of Latin American Studies<br />
Middle East Institute<br />
Southern Asian Institute<br />
Weatherhead East Asian Institute<br />
RESEARCH INSTITUTES, CENTERS,<br />
AND COCURRICULAR PROGRAMS<br />
The Earth Institute at <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Institute for Social and Economic Research<br />
and Policy<br />
Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies<br />
Center for Energy, Marine Transportation<br />
and Public Policy<br />
Center for International Business Education<br />
and Research<br />
Center for International Conflict Resolution<br />
Center on International Organization<br />
Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration,<br />
and Religion<br />
Center for the Study of Human Rights<br />
Center for Urban Research and Policy<br />
Humanitarian Affairs Program<br />
The Initiative for Policy Dialogue<br />
Security Council Report<br />
UN Studies Program<br />
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<strong>SIPA</strong> and New York City<br />
When <strong>Columbia</strong>’s trustees decided in 1897 to relocate the <strong>University</strong> to Morningside Heights, a green and<br />
leafy plateau overlooking midtown and downtown Manhattan, they created a unique urban campus—<br />
surrounded by distinctive neoclassical buildings and offering students a refuge from the hurly-burly of<br />
New York, but still closely linked to the city and its institutions. The <strong>University</strong>’s location remains a vital asset to this day,<br />
with students benefiting both from Manhattan’s incomparable career opportunities and its flourishing commercial and<br />
cultural life. <strong>SIPA</strong> students can intern during the semester at the United Nations or one of the major financial institutions,<br />
hone their skills in a workshop designed to meet the needs of real-world clients, or attend talks by visiting heads of state<br />
and CEOs. New York itself is a living laboratory, where students can shape the development of public policy and apply the<br />
city’s experience to challenges at the furthest reaches of the globe. The vibrant and culturally diverse neighborhoods of<br />
the city, just beyond the campus gates, provide both a center for student social life and a place for many students to<br />
call home during their years at <strong>SIPA</strong>. <strong>Columbia</strong> is a leading international university at the heart of the world’s most<br />
international city—a relationship no other school can offer.<br />
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“Going to school in New York means that<br />
you have just as much of an international<br />
experience outside <strong>SIPA</strong> as you do within<br />
your classes. The possibilities for internships,<br />
volunteering, sampling ethnic food, attending<br />
cultural events, and anything else, are<br />
endless.”<br />
Celeste Tarricone, MIA<br />
Flemington, New Jersey<br />
“New York City is the cultural, artistic, financial<br />
heart of the United States. It helps drive<br />
the energy and future course of this nation<br />
and is a highly energizing place to live.<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong>’s location in New York City makes it an<br />
ideal place to interact with people from<br />
many geographic and cultural backgrounds.”<br />
Adam Klauber, MPA<br />
San Francisco, California<br />
DISTINGUISHED LEADERS AT <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
Recent guest lecturers included:<br />
Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State<br />
Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile<br />
Ismael Beah, former child soldier<br />
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City<br />
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor<br />
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil<br />
Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations<br />
Development Programme<br />
David N. Dinkins, former Mayor of New York City<br />
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and human rights activist;<br />
2003 Nobel Peace Laureate<br />
His Excellency Nambaryn Enkhbayar, President of<br />
Mongolia<br />
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor at<br />
the Department of Economics, Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />
Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East<br />
Asian and Public Affairs<br />
Zalmay Khalilzad, United States Ambassador to the<br />
United Nations<br />
Maina Kiai, Chairman of the Kenya National Commission<br />
on Human Rights and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya<br />
Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services<br />
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School<br />
of Public Policy, National <strong>University</strong> of Singapore;<br />
former Singapore Ambassador to the United Nations<br />
Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Chair of House<br />
Committee on Ways and Means<br />
Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India<br />
Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor and Ziegler<br />
Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near<br />
East Policy; Special Middle East Coordinator, 1988–2000<br />
Jeffrey Sachs, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable<br />
Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management;<br />
Director of the Earth Institute, <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of Germany<br />
Lan Yang, founder of Sun Culture Foundation and<br />
Chair of Sun Media Investments Holdings, Ltd.<br />
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<strong>SIPA</strong> and the World<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> has achieved something unprecedented in higher education: it has become the first global school of public policy.<br />
In any given year, <strong>SIPA</strong> students and faculty come from nearly 100 different countries, with approximately half of the<br />
student body from overseas. When they graduate, students join a network of more than 15,000 alumni in 155 countries,<br />
working in every sector and in every part of the globe. The School has established strategic partnerships with graduate<br />
institutions throughout the world, including the London School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po in Paris,<br />
Beijing <strong>University</strong>, the Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and the<br />
National <strong>University</strong> of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, among others. These programs build on the<br />
strength of <strong>SIPA</strong>’s curricular design and seek to further globalize the way the <strong>SIPA</strong> community studies and shapes public<br />
policy. Those partnerships offer unique opportunities for <strong>SIPA</strong> students with a particular regional focus to complete a year<br />
of study outside the United States, gaining in-country experience few other programs can match and widely expanding<br />
their professional opportunities. <strong>SIPA</strong> graduates are now working with the U.S. State Department, the Japanese Ministry<br />
of Agriculture, the State Environmental Protection Administration in Beijing, the United Nations Development Programme,<br />
the Chicago Housing Authority, the Spanish Foreign Ministry, Goldman Sachs & Co., Newsweek International, the<br />
World Bank, the International Rescue Committee, the AIDS Service Center of New York, the Carnegie Endowment for<br />
International Peace, McKinsey & Co., the Ford Foundation, and Banco de Mexico. Other students have gone on to design<br />
their own careers as entrepreneurs, social activists, freelance journalists—and in at least one case, a head of state.<br />
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“I was a practicing neurosurgeon before I<br />
decided to concentrate in international<br />
health policy. I studied public health in<br />
London, but I knew that I needed to study<br />
the nature and dynamics of international<br />
economics to complete the entire picture.<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> was my only choice because it offered<br />
exactly what I wanted—a program concentrating<br />
on economics within a broader<br />
institution concerned with the workings of<br />
the international system.”<br />
Ted Tai-Sen Lin, MIA<br />
London, United Kingdom<br />
“I was working in international business<br />
development when I decided to change<br />
careers and move into development to<br />
support Africa. After graduation, I hope to<br />
work in multilateral organizations such as<br />
the World Bank.”<br />
Cecile Niang, MIA<br />
Senegal<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> ALUMNI NETWORK<br />
With more than 15,000 alumni in 155 countries,<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> graduates have become world leaders, pursuing<br />
careers in foreign service, international<br />
business, journalism, international organizations,<br />
education, and governmental public service. They<br />
are a distinguished group of individuals who work<br />
to improve social services, to strengthen markets,<br />
to campaign for human rights, to protect our<br />
natural resources, and to serve their country.<br />
<strong>SIPA</strong> alumni are part of a truly global network.<br />
Whether a <strong>SIPA</strong> graduate living in Paris wants to<br />
contact an alumnus living in Tokyo to discuss and<br />
compare transportation infrastructure or an alumna<br />
working on sustainable development in Kinshasa<br />
wants to compare best practices with an alumnus<br />
in Lima, sharing knowledge and expertise among<br />
our global community is key. The <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> Clubs around the world help further<br />
facilitate this exchange by providing venues and<br />
opportunities for our alumni to meet and gather<br />
for face-to-face conversation. Our alumni can also<br />
connect via our online network, <strong>SIPA</strong> Global<br />
Connection: www.alumniconnections.com/sipa<br />
The <strong>SIPA</strong> Office of Alumni Relations hosts and<br />
helps support a number of events through<br />
domestically and globally led initiatives that<br />
bring together faculty, leaders, and alumni for<br />
debate, discussion, or social networking activities.<br />
Through frequent communications to our<br />
alumni via our e-newsletter, broadcast e-mails,<br />
or <strong>SIPA</strong> News, our biannual publication, <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
keeps its alumni around the world informed.<br />
Our alumni, in turn, have become a vital resource<br />
for current students and faculty as well as for<br />
the future of the School through volunteer work,<br />
mentoring, and donations. The <strong>SIPA</strong> Alumni<br />
Council, formed in 2007 with the aim to further<br />
strengthen and build relations between the<br />
School and its alumni, helps to ensure that our<br />
alumni’s voices are heard.<br />
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Teachers and Scholars<br />
Students at <strong>SIPA</strong> find themselves at an unparalleled center of academic excellence, with world-class scholars in<br />
disciplines ranging from foreign policy to rivershed management to public finance. <strong>Columbia</strong> is one of the<br />
world’s leading research universities, whose scholars consistently rank among the most widely published, both in<br />
peer-reviewed journals and in the public forum. Its renowned faculty includes a Nobel laureate, a former president of<br />
Ireland, a former mayor of New York City, a member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, and the<br />
founder of a leading Tibetan human rights group. In addition, distinguished practitioners from the United Nations, Wall<br />
Street, international organizations, and the news media offer a range of perspectives based on years of working experience<br />
in their respective fields. Whether leading a class in statistics or giving an informal overview of their own research at one<br />
of <strong>SIPA</strong>’s countless “brown-bag” lunch seminars, <strong>Columbia</strong> faculty are motivated both by a passion for teaching and by a<br />
commitment to applying the <strong>University</strong>’s resources to the problems of the real world. Their work with institutions and<br />
organizations beyond Morningside Heights—from development banks to environmental NGOs—allows students in<br />
virtually every field to develop a broad array of professional connections long before they leave campus.<br />
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“Being situated at <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong> and<br />
in New York City, the School attracts some<br />
of the very top professionals in their respective<br />
fields. I’ve found amazing professors<br />
here at <strong>SIPA</strong>, ones whose backgrounds<br />
encompass both rigorous academic training<br />
with the real-world experience of a practitioner.<br />
Getting the chance to work with them<br />
is one of the key reasons I came to <strong>SIPA</strong>.”<br />
Jeffrey Levine, MPA<br />
Boston, Massachusetts<br />
“A good professor is one who can bring<br />
theory and practice to the table and foster a<br />
classroom environment where students are<br />
able to also learn from each other. I have<br />
found that at <strong>SIPA</strong>.”<br />
Nabeeha Kazi, MIA<br />
Kansas City, Kansas<br />
SELECT FACULTY PUBLICATIONS<br />
Elazar Barkan—Taking Wrongs Seriously: Apologies and<br />
Reconciliation, edited with Alexander Karn (Stanford<br />
<strong>University</strong> Press, 2006).<br />
Richard K. Betts—Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and<br />
Power in American National Security (<strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Press, 2007)<br />
John H. Coatsworth—The Cambridge Economic History of<br />
Latin America, 2 vols., edited with Victor Bulmer-Thomas and<br />
Roberto Cortes (Cambridge <strong>University</strong> Press, 2006)<br />
Steven Cohen—Understanding Environmental Policy<br />
(<strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong> Press, 2006)<br />
Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Sharyn O'Halloran, David L.<br />
Epstein, and Richard H. Pildes (eds.)—The Future of the<br />
Voting Rights Act (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006)<br />
Michael W. Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis—Making<br />
War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations<br />
(Princeton <strong>University</strong> Press, 2006)<br />
Merit Janow, Victoria Donaldson, and Alan Yanovich—<br />
The WTO: Governance, Dispute Settlement & Developing<br />
Countries (Juris, 2008)<br />
Robert Lieberman—Race, State, and Policy: American Race<br />
Politics in Comparative Perspective (Princeton <strong>University</strong><br />
Press, 2005)<br />
Mahmood Mamdani—Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America,<br />
the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror (Pantheon, 2004)<br />
Maria Victoria Murillo and Steven Levitsky, eds.—<br />
Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness<br />
(Pennsylvania State <strong>University</strong> Press, 2006)<br />
José Antonio Ocampo—Stability with Growth:<br />
Macroeconomics, Liberalization, and Development, with<br />
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Shari Spiegel, Ricardo French-Davis and<br />
Deepak Nayyar (Oxford <strong>University</strong> Press, 2006)<br />
Arvind Panagariya—India: The Emerging Giant (Oxford<br />
<strong>University</strong> Press, USA, 2008)<br />
Jeffrey Sachs—Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded<br />
Planet (Penguin Press HC, 2008)<br />
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes—The Three Trillion<br />
Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict (W. W. Norton,<br />
2008)<br />
Sara Tjossem—The Journey to PICES: Scientific Cooperation<br />
in the North Pacific (Alaska Sea Grant Press, 2005).<br />
Dorian Warren, Joseph Lowndes, and Julie Novkov (eds.)<br />
—Race and American Political Development (Routledge, 2008)<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
Economic and Political Development<br />
Rising global temperatures shift the migratory patterns of schools of fish, and livelihoods<br />
vanish in the coastal communities of Peru. Tubewells designed to supply<br />
clean drinking water in rural Bangladesh lead to a nationwide rise in exposure to<br />
arsenic. China’s soaring demand for petroleum drives global energy costs higher. Economic<br />
growth is a fundamental goal for all societies—but as these examples show, the consequences<br />
of development can be unexpected and not always desirable. Scholars in the field of sustainable<br />
development seek to understand the often obscure links between social and natural<br />
systems, providing policymakers with the information they need to promote human welfare<br />
over the long term. In a world where ethnic conflict, infectious disease, migration, and habitat<br />
loss spill across national borders, and where solutions to those problems increasingly draw on<br />
disparate fields of knowledge, <strong>Columbia</strong> has taken the lead in mobilizing a full complement<br />
of intellectual tools—from currency theory, to political science, to hydrology—to meet the<br />
challenges of global governance. Through its relationships with United Nations bodies, its<br />
specialized energy and environment concentration, its close cooperation with the <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
Earth Institute and its joint degree program with the School of Public Health, <strong>SIPA</strong> offers<br />
unique and comprehensive access to the resources of <strong>Columbia</strong> and New York City for<br />
students whose careers will require a solid command of both public policy and the natural<br />
sciences. <strong>SIPA</strong> students pursue their interests in development through a number of programs,<br />
including the MIA and MPA concentrations in Economic and Political Development and in<br />
Energy and Environment, the MPA degree programs in Environmental Science and Policy<br />
and Economic Policy Management, and the new MPA in Development Practice, which integrates<br />
natural sciences, social sciences, and management to address global poverty. Delivered<br />
in varying formats and calendars, and with differing points of emphasis, this array of offerings<br />
provides students a wide set of options for pursuing their study of development. <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
graduates may find themselves dealing with threats to biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon,<br />
tuberculosis in Russia’s jails, or the housing needs of new immigrants in the Bronx. The integrated<br />
perspective they bring to those tasks is among the lasting benefits of a <strong>SIPA</strong> education.<br />
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Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
Macroeconomic and Policy Development<br />
José Antonio Ocampo<br />
Human Ecology and Sustainable Development<br />
Jeffrey Sachs<br />
Globalization, International Migration and<br />
Development<br />
Ousmane Kane<br />
Methods for Development Practice<br />
Eugenia McGill<br />
Economic Development for International Affairs<br />
Miguel Urquiola<br />
Problems of Economic Growth in Latin America<br />
Thomas Trebat<br />
Food, Farming & Famine: Struggles for<br />
Sustainability<br />
Sara Tjossem<br />
Elections and Political Development<br />
Lincoln Mitchell<br />
Microfinance and the Developing World<br />
Jeffrey Ashe<br />
Issues in Rural Development<br />
Pratima Kale<br />
FACULTY PROFILE: JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO<br />
Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs; Fellow, Committee on Global Thought;<br />
Director, Economic and Political Development Concentration at <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
Development is a comprehensive concept, which encompasses economic, social, and political dimensions. It must be promoted through a dense<br />
network of global, regional, and national institutions. José Antonio Ocampo brings to <strong>SIPA</strong> the knowledge and insight of a first-rate policy economist<br />
and economic historian together with broad experience as a leading international public servant and former cabinet minister. Professor<br />
Ocampo has served in a number of positions in the United Nations and the government of Colombia—most notably as United Nations under secretary<br />
general for economic and social affairs; executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; minister of<br />
finance and public credit and chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Colombia; director, National Planning Department (minister of planning);<br />
minister of agriculture and rural development and chairman of the board of Banco Cafetero (Coffee Bank) and Caja de Crédito Agraria, Industrial y<br />
Minera (Agrarian Bank); executive director, FEDESARROLLO; and professor of economics at Universidad de los Andes. He is the author of numerous<br />
books and articles on macroeconomic theory and policy, economic development, international trade, and economic history.
ALUMNI<br />
Andrea S. Camoens, MIA ’97<br />
Manager, Emerging Markets Group<br />
John Melone Deidrick, MIA ’85<br />
Country Representative, Cambodia, Population<br />
Services International<br />
Joshua Lockwood, MIA ’97<br />
Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity,<br />
New York<br />
Monique Pierre-Antoine, PEPM ’94<br />
Chief, Poverty Unit, UNDP, Haiti<br />
Karen Paulina Poniachik, MIA ’90<br />
Chile’s Special Envoy to the OECD<br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Acumen Fund<br />
Ashoka<br />
Asian Development Bank<br />
BearingPoint<br />
Catholic Relief Services<br />
Chemonics<br />
Development Alternatives, Inc.<br />
Foundation for International Community<br />
Assistance (FINCA)<br />
Inter-American Development Bank<br />
International Resources Group<br />
ProMujer<br />
Synergos Institute<br />
United Nations Development Program<br />
United Nations Population Fund<br />
U.S. Agency for International Development<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
Energy and Environment<br />
The future of sustainable energy consumption, the financial success of the energy<br />
industry, the economic potential of developing green businesses, and the health of the<br />
world’s environment are more closely intertwined than ever before. Local governments<br />
and private industry are devoting increased resources to environmental management.<br />
Development pressures and increased regulation of toxic materials require additional analysis<br />
and planning. Globalization and the pace of international commerce stimulate consideration<br />
of environmental impacts across international borders. At the same time, the world faces oil<br />
market insecurity, worldwide restructuring of natural gas and electricity systems, massive energy<br />
infrastructure requirements for economic development, and pervasive local and global environmental<br />
issues in energy production and use. The required investment will come, overwhelmingly,<br />
from private foreign and domestic debt and capital markets. For the investment<br />
to be efficient, market prices must internalize social and environmental costs. Solutions to<br />
energy and environmental challenges must leverage the combined resources and talents of<br />
academic, public, private, and nonprofit organizations, and <strong>SIPA</strong>’s students and faculty in<br />
these fields have deep resources on which they can draw. <strong>Columbia</strong>’s Earth Institute, one of<br />
the world’s leading research centers for integrated earth and environmental sciences, also has<br />
major research initiatives on energy, as does <strong>SIPA</strong>’s Center for Energy, Marine Transportation<br />
and Public Policy. The Energy and Environment concentration within the MIA and MPA<br />
degree programs consists of two complementary tracks: the international energy policy and<br />
management track, and the environmental policy and management track. The energy track<br />
focuses on energy business development and energy policy. The environmental track focuses<br />
on the policy and management knowledge required to address the most pressing environmental<br />
sustainability issues. Graduates of the energy track pursue careers, for example, within<br />
government ministries, energy corporations, and investment institutions focused on energy<br />
development. Graduates of the environment track pursue careers within government ministries<br />
and regulatory agencies, corporations with significant green agendas, and nonprofit research<br />
and advocacy organizations. In addition, <strong>SIPA</strong> offers a one-year MPA in Environmental<br />
Science and Policy, which provides a similar skill set, though with an emphasis on science and<br />
a one-year MPA Program in Economic Policy Management with an option to focus on energy.<br />
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Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
International Energy Systems and<br />
Business Structures<br />
David Nissen<br />
Energy Policy<br />
Shirley Neff/Deborah Bleviss<br />
The Geopolitics of Energy<br />
Adam Shrier<br />
Urban Energy Systems and Policy<br />
Stephen Hammer<br />
Petroleum Markets and Trading<br />
Irene King/David Nissen/Louise Burke<br />
Environmental Politics and Policy Management<br />
Tanya Heikkila<br />
Economics of Sustainable Development<br />
Glenn Sheriff<br />
Air Pollution Prevention/Control<br />
Vasilis Fthenakis<br />
International Relations of the Environment<br />
David Downie<br />
Environmental Finance<br />
Urvashi Kaul<br />
Environmental Science and<br />
Sustainable Development<br />
John Mutter<br />
FACULTY PROFILE: STEVEN COHEN<br />
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy; Executive Director and<br />
Chief Operating Officer, The Earth Institute at <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
With global warming and the need for alternative energy making headlines and driving the political agenda, <strong>SIPA</strong>’s role in training leaders who<br />
can develop and implement innovative environmental policies is more crucial than ever before. As Director of <strong>SIPA</strong>’s Environmental Science and<br />
Policy Program and in his role at The Earth Institute, Steve Cohen has brought practical professional education into the center of <strong>Columbia</strong>’s<br />
public administration curriculum. He developed <strong>SIPA</strong>’s workshops in Applied Public Management and Applied Policy Analysis, setting the standard<br />
for workshops as an important component of the <strong>SIPA</strong> master’s degree. His extensive experience includes serving as a policy analyst and<br />
consultant for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and conducting professional training seminars in strategic planning, project management,<br />
and management innovation. He has published widely on public management and environmental management and appeared frequently<br />
as a political commentator on television and in the press.
ALUMNI<br />
Anna Giovinetto, MIA ’02<br />
VP, Public Affairs, Noble Environmental Power<br />
Lloyd Kass, MPA ’98<br />
Director of Energy Department,<br />
NYC Housing Authority<br />
Kedin Kilgore, MPA ’95<br />
Head, Global Environmental Markets,<br />
JP Morgan Chase<br />
Marcus Tripp, MIA ’99<br />
VP, Business Development, Exxon Mobil,<br />
Libya, Ltd.<br />
Qian Wang, ESP-MPA ’03<br />
Deputy Director, State Environmental Protection<br />
Administration, Beijing<br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT<br />
Carbonfund.org<br />
Chevron<br />
Clipper Windpower, Inc.<br />
Conservation International<br />
Economist Intelligence Unit<br />
EcoSecurities Ltd<br />
Evolution Markets<br />
Governor’s Office of Energy Management and<br />
Conservation<br />
Inter-American Development Bank<br />
London Economics International<br />
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />
Natsource LLC<br />
Rainforest Alliance<br />
Recycled Energy Development LLC<br />
U.S. Bureau of Land Management<br />
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
Human Rights<br />
Nearly every major international policy dilemma raises significant issues of human<br />
rights. From conflict resolution in Africa or the Middle East to economic devel-<br />
opment in China or South Asia—to name only two broad examples—human<br />
rights are an essential element of any meaningful solution. Grappling with these and numer-<br />
ous other global issues, therefore, requires not only knowledge of human rights per se, but<br />
expertise in many substantive areas. The teaching and study of human rights at <strong>SIPA</strong> and else-<br />
where at <strong>Columbia</strong> transcend traditional academic boundaries, departments, and disciplines,<br />
reaching out to practitioners in the process, to address the ever-increasing complexities of<br />
human rights in a globalized world. The Human Rights concentration within <strong>SIPA</strong>’s MIA and<br />
MPA degree programs brings together professionals and scholars of different expertise and<br />
perspectives to prepare students to integrate human rights into all aspects of their work. The<br />
Law School offers particularly rich course work and faculty expertise to complement oppor-<br />
tunities at <strong>SIPA</strong>. <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Center for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR) also<br />
collaborates closely with <strong>SIPA</strong>, actively engaging human rights practitioners to inform the<br />
academic work of <strong>Columbia</strong>’s faculty while simultaneously challenging activists to assess their<br />
work in light of academic research. CSHR and <strong>SIPA</strong>’s connections to the global South,<br />
particularly through the Human Rights Advocates Program and their alumni, are unrivaled.<br />
At a time when human rights issues are at the forefront of international relations, the program<br />
trains students to pursue their ideals through a variety of professions, notably international<br />
human rights advocacy, monitoring and reporting, policy and empirical analysis, NGO<br />
development, and the protection of refugees and displaced persons.<br />
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FACULTY PROFILE: ELAZAR BARKAN<br />
Professor of International and Public Affairs; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights;<br />
Co-Director, Human Rights Concentration at <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
Rethinking Human Rights<br />
Elazar Barkan<br />
Genocide Prevention<br />
Aldo Civico<br />
Human Rights in Africa<br />
Andrew Okolie<br />
International Human Rights Law<br />
Betsy Apple<br />
Human Rights and Development Policy<br />
Rainer Braun/Judith Gearhart<br />
Identity, Rights and Conflict<br />
Vasuki Nesiah<br />
Humanitarian Challenges<br />
Nicolas de Torrente<br />
International Ethics<br />
Michael Doyle<br />
The Subject of Rights<br />
Lila Abu-Lughod<br />
Whether the victims are holocaust survivors or refugees from Darfur, how do nations acknowledge and amend their past human rights<br />
violations? How does historical responsibility shape our evolving notion of human rights? <strong>SIPA</strong> professor Elazar Barkan is one of the leading<br />
scholars tackling these questions—factors of the ever-increasing complexities of human rights in a globalized world. Through his published<br />
research and teaching, Barkan has focused on such urgent issues as accountability for past injustices and reparations for victims of genocide,<br />
slavery, and other offenses. As founding director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) at the Salzburg Seminar, Barkan<br />
has worked to promote reconciliation in societies divided by historical conflicts and human rights abuses. Working with educational and public<br />
policy communities, he has supported IHJR’s aim to turn historical dialogue into a fundamental tool of political reconciliation.
ALUMNI<br />
Frederick Abrahams, MIA ’95<br />
Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch<br />
Scott Campbell, MIA ’95<br />
Executive Director, Elton John AIDS Foundation<br />
Priscilla Hayner, MIA ’93<br />
Director, Peace and Justice Program;<br />
Director, Geneva Office, International Center<br />
for Transitional Justice<br />
Judy Cheng-Hopkins, MIA ’78<br />
Assistant High Commissioner, UNHCR Geneva<br />
Ana Cutter Patel, MIA ’98<br />
Deputy Director, International Policymakers,<br />
International Center for Transitional Justice<br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
HUMAN RIGHTS<br />
Amnesty International<br />
CARE<br />
Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation<br />
Ford Foundation<br />
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation<br />
Geneva Call<br />
Human Rights in China<br />
Human Rights Watch<br />
The Inter-American Dialogue<br />
Interfaith Worker Justice<br />
International Rescue Committee<br />
International Tibet Support Network<br />
Mercy Corps<br />
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan<br />
Solidarity Center<br />
United Nations Children’s Fund<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
International Finance and Economic Policy<br />
Many parties contributed to the emergence of the 2007–2008 financial crisis:<br />
regulators fell behind the pace of financial innovation; banks, investment banks,<br />
insurance companies, mortgage brokers, and U.S. government agencies engaged<br />
in reckless business practices; even academics encouraged the use of abstract models that<br />
practitioners pushed too far. As parts of the old financial system are being destroyed, new<br />
solutions will emerge to take their place. Students in the International Finance and Economic<br />
Policy concentration (IFEP) will gain the historical perspective and theoretical training to<br />
understand what happened and play important roles in whatever is coming next. How will<br />
global capital markets channel capital to households, start-up companies, established companies,<br />
and governments around the world? How will the international monetary and trade<br />
regimes be affected by the crisis and its aftermath? How will regulators cope with constant<br />
flux? <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s faculty includes many of the leading scholars and public intellectuals<br />
shaping these debates. <strong>SIPA</strong>’s faculty contains internationally recognized experts in all<br />
the crucial fields, such as international trade, financial and monetary theory and policy, and<br />
development economics. <strong>SIPA</strong> students also have access to relevant courses in the Economics<br />
Department and Schools of Business and Law. These scholarly faculty are complemented by<br />
prominent practitioners actively engaged in opening emerging markets, creating new financial<br />
instruments, financing the energy sources of the next decades, and forging global trade<br />
policy. All <strong>SIPA</strong> graduates receive grounding in the fundamentals of economic policy. The<br />
International Finance and Economic Policy concentration within the MIA and MPA degree<br />
programs provides students with the analytical tools and substantive knowledge to pursue<br />
leadership careers in the international economy in the public or private sectors. The international<br />
finance track prepares students for careers that require knowledge of international<br />
finance, capital markets, banking, and public policy in the financial sector. The international<br />
economic policy track studies the theory, formulation, institutional history, and track record<br />
and economics of international trade policies and international monetary relations. Graduates<br />
of this concentration will be well equipped to work in the public and private sectors to help<br />
build new types of financial institutions and bring fresh thinking to regulatory and trade policy.<br />
In addition, the 14-month Program in Economic Policy Management offers similar skills and<br />
leads to an MPA degree.<br />
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Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
Foreign Economic and Trade Policy<br />
Merit Janow<br />
International Finance and Monetary Theory<br />
Richard Clarida<br />
International Capital Markets<br />
Richard Robb<br />
Emerging Market Investment Climate<br />
Guillermo Calvo<br />
Investment Strategies in Developing Countries<br />
Peter Marber<br />
Indian Economy in Transition<br />
Arvind Panagariya<br />
Problems of Economic Growth in Latin America<br />
Thomas Trebat<br />
Globalization<br />
Jagdish Bhagwati<br />
China’s New Marketplace<br />
Daniel Rosen<br />
Managing the Global Corporation<br />
Gordon Thoman<br />
Corporate Finance<br />
Ailsa Röell<br />
FACULTY PROFILE: MERIT E. JANOW<br />
Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law and International Affairs; Director, International Economic<br />
Policy Concentration at <strong>SIPA</strong>; Co-Director, APEC Study Center<br />
Merit Janow’s upbringing in Tokyo gave her not only her Japanese-language skills, but also a head start on a career focusing on East Asia’s<br />
commercial relationship with the United States. Professor Janow brings to <strong>SIPA</strong> a range of experience in trade law and foreign economic policy<br />
acquired not only in academia but also as a public servant and a practicing attorney. She is a former associate with the firm of Skadden, Arps,<br />
Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she specialized in international corporate law. Between 1990 and 1993 she served as deputy assistant U.S. trade<br />
representative for Japan and China, negotiating with both countries and coordinating U.S. trade policy. Since her appointment to the <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
faculty in 1994, she has also directed an expert commission advising the Justice Department on international competition policy. In December<br />
2003, Professor Janow was appointed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body for a four-year term, ending in December 2007.<br />
The Appellate Body hears final appeals on issues of law and legal interpretation in international trade disputes between countries that are<br />
members of the WTO. Professor Janow also serves on the Board of Directors of several corporations and not-for-profit organizations.
ALUMNI<br />
Christian Deseglise, MIA ’90<br />
Managing Director-Global Head of Emerging<br />
Markets, HSBC Global Asset Management<br />
Kirsten Frivold, EMPA ’03<br />
Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Co.<br />
Jong-ho Kyun, MIA ’00<br />
Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and<br />
Trade, Republic of South Korea<br />
James Leitner, MIA ’77<br />
President, Falcon Management Corporation<br />
Donald Matthewson, MPA ’01<br />
Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers<br />
Bart Oostervled, MIA ’97<br />
Senior Vice President, Moody’s Project<br />
Infrastructure<br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE<br />
Bank of America<br />
Bank of Japan<br />
Central Bank of Honduras<br />
China Banking Regulatory Commission<br />
Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank<br />
Claren Road Asset Management<br />
Federal Reserve Bank of New York<br />
GE Energy Financial Services<br />
Goldman Sachs & Co.<br />
International Finance Corporation<br />
Lehman Brothers<br />
McKinsey & Company<br />
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic<br />
Development, Uganda<br />
UBS<br />
U.S. Government Accountability Office<br />
World Bank Group<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
International Security Policy<br />
The end of the Cold War brought premature paeans to the end of history and the<br />
obsolescence of global conflict. Subsequent history has been almost the opposite: the<br />
violent dissolution of former Yugoslavia, September 11 and the following wars in<br />
Afghanistan and Iraq, the bloody civil wars of Africa, and low intensity conflicts around the<br />
world, from Colombia to Sri Lanka and the former Soviet bloc. The United States may possess<br />
an overwhelming edge in military force and technology, but the result has been anything but<br />
peace and stability. Security policy must account for nascent and resurgent international powers<br />
(China and Russia, most obviously), assertive regional actors (Israel and Iran, for example),<br />
and conflict-ridden areas on almost every continent (Darfur, Abkhazia, Palestine, Kashmir,<br />
Colombia). Security dilemmas ranging from nuclear proliferation to terrorist networks<br />
demand expertise not only in military strategy and defense policy, but also in political stabilization<br />
and democratization. <strong>SIPA</strong> students have access to a curriculum and faculty that is<br />
almost unrivaled in breadth and depth in these areas. Scholarly expertise is complemented by<br />
practitioner faculty who are in the front lines of shaping security and military policy. The<br />
International Security Policy concentration (ISP) within the MIA and MPA degree programs<br />
spans international conflict and conflict management, defense policy, military strategy, arms<br />
control, intelligence, peacekeeping, coercion, negotiation, and alternatives to the use of force<br />
as an instrument of policy. It provides a conceptual foundation for understanding conflict and<br />
the political, economic, and military components of policies and capabilities for coping with<br />
the possibility of war, as well as expertise for analyzing specific functional and regional<br />
security issues. The ISP concentration is closely connected to two research units at the<br />
School: the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the International Conflict<br />
Resolution Program, which is headquartered in the Saltzman Institute. <strong>SIPA</strong> graduates pursue<br />
careers in a wide range of professional positions: government, international organizations,<br />
consulting firms, public interest organizations, nonprofit research institutes, journalism,<br />
or other areas and work to make the world a more secure and peaceful place.<br />
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Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
War, Peace, and Strategy<br />
Richard Betts<br />
Terrorism and Globalization<br />
Reid Sawyer<br />
Limited War and Low Intensity Conflict<br />
Joseph Felter<br />
Intelligence and Foreign Policy<br />
Mark Lowenthal<br />
The Security Council and Peacekeeping in<br />
Africa in the 21st Century<br />
Elisabeth Lindenmayer<br />
U.S. Role in World Affairs<br />
Stephen Sestanovich<br />
Terrorism and Counterterrorism<br />
Stuart Gottlieb<br />
Third World Security Issues<br />
Stephanie Neuman<br />
International Conflict Resolution: Africa<br />
Sekou-Koureissy Conde<br />
War, Termination, and the Stability of Peace<br />
Page Fortna<br />
FACULTY PROFILE: RICHARD K. BETTS<br />
Arnold Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies in the Department of Political Science; Director, Saltzman<br />
Institute of War and Peace Studies; Director, International Security Policy Concentration at <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
From the cold war to the war on terror, the field of security studies has evolved in response to new, unexpected threats, advanced weapons<br />
technology, and shifts in the balance of power. Richard Betts, an authority on national security, military strategy, and international conflict, has<br />
been involved in that dialogue as a scholar, advisor, teacher, and award-winning writer who has authored or edited eight books. He was a senior<br />
fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a former staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the National Security Council,<br />
the National Commission on Terrorism, and the Mondale presidential campaign. Professor Betts has been an occasional consultant to the<br />
National Intelligence Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. Through his teaching and leadership of the Saltzman Institute of War and<br />
Peace Studies, he has furthered the education and training of a new generation of highly skilled policy analysts.
ALUMNI<br />
Madeleine K. Albright, Certificate ’68<br />
Former U.S. Secretary of State;<br />
Principal, The Albright Group LLC<br />
Victor Cha, MIA ’88<br />
Former Director for Asian Affairs, National<br />
Security Council; Associate Professor of<br />
Government and D.S. Song-Korea Foundation<br />
Chair, Georgetown <strong>University</strong><br />
Daniel Fried, MIA ’77<br />
Assistant Secretary, European and Eurasian<br />
Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; former U.S.<br />
Ambassador to Poland<br />
Francesco Mancini, MIA ’03<br />
Associate, International Peace Institute<br />
George Tenet, MIA ’78<br />
Former Director, CIA; Professor in the Practice of<br />
Diplomacy, Georgetown <strong>University</strong><br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY POLICY<br />
BearingPoint<br />
Booz Allen Hamilton<br />
City of New York Office of the Mayor<br />
Ergo Advisors<br />
Eurasia Group<br />
International Peace Academy<br />
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Korea<br />
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Singapore<br />
New York State Executive Chamber<br />
NYPD Counter Terrorism Division<br />
Scoville Peace Fellowship<br />
Security Council Report<br />
Senior Economic Advisor/President of Afghanistan<br />
Turkish Navy<br />
U.S. Department of Defense<br />
U.S. Government–Central Intelligence Agency<br />
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Policy Area:<br />
Urban and Social Policy<br />
An ambitious policymaker in Latin America tackles the twin problems of gang<br />
violence and economic development, seeking strategic advice from <strong>SIPA</strong> faculty.<br />
The New York City Fire Department, seeking to develop a new performance<br />
management system and to address challenges of a post 9-11 world, recruits a <strong>SIPA</strong> faculty<br />
member as special advisor to the Chief. Land use planners in the Ugandan capital of Kampala<br />
struggle to control the flow of human waste into Lake Victoria, the city’s main source of<br />
drinking water and the outlet for nearly all of its sewage. Across the globe—from the developed<br />
world to the rapidly expanding cities of Asia, Africa, and Latin America—cities now have<br />
responsibilities in virtually every policy arena from developing infrastructure to sustainable<br />
economic development to meeting the basic needs of safety, security, and human welfare—<br />
including education, health, and housing. Students at <strong>SIPA</strong> are surrounded by the resources<br />
of the world’s leading international metropolis, and of a university deeply engaged in the complex<br />
tasks of managing urban growth. Drawing on the resources of <strong>SIPA</strong> and other <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
schools and departments, students can pursue the Urban and Social Policy concentration<br />
within the MIA and MPA degree programs, as well as numerous other educational opportunities.<br />
The urban policy track is designed to provide students with an understanding of policy<br />
issues that are unique to the urban environment, and to enable them to think critically about<br />
the economic, social, political, and technological forces that shape urban areas across the<br />
globe. The social policy track is motivated by the challenges of immigration and immigrant<br />
incorporation, growing racial and ethnic diversity in societies around the world, and changing<br />
gender relations. These trends are transforming old paradigms of policy design, implementation,<br />
and analysis. Students in the social policy track can focus on a specific area of social policy or<br />
tailor the concentration to fit their unique interests. Students concentrating in Urban and<br />
Social Policy pursue careers in local government, the private sector, not-for-profit organizations,<br />
think tanks, advocacy groups, and contract services providers.<br />
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Examples of courses in this field include:<br />
The Politics and Policy of Sustainable Urban<br />
Economic Development<br />
Ester Fuchs<br />
Practical Problems in Urban Politics<br />
David Dinkins<br />
American Politics and Social Welfare Policy<br />
Robert Lieberman<br />
Global Urbanism: Cities, Slums, Infrastructure,<br />
Environment<br />
Saskia Sassen<br />
Poverty and Public Policy<br />
Irwin Garfinkel<br />
Public Financing of Urban Development<br />
Richard Froehlich<br />
Education and Public Policy<br />
Gary Natriello<br />
Health Policy in the Global Context<br />
Peter Muennig<br />
Immigration Law<br />
Lenni Benson<br />
Work/Family Policy in Advanced Industrial<br />
Countries<br />
Claire Ullman<br />
ESTER R. FUCHS<br />
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science; Director, Urban and Social Policy Concentration<br />
at <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
Ester Fuchs exemplifies <strong>SIPA</strong>’s commitment to combining scholarly expertise and practical experience, having successfully made the transition<br />
from academia to local government and back again. She was founding director of <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Center for Urban Research and Policy<br />
and chair of the Barnard and <strong>Columbia</strong> College Urban Studies Program. She has written extensively on urban politics and policy and is a<br />
frequent commentator on radio, television, and in the press. From January 2002 to January 2006, Professor Fuchs served as special advisor to<br />
the mayor for governance and strategic planning in the administration of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. As special advisor, she<br />
was responsible for developing and implementing reform initiatives for city agencies, as well as advising on innovative and efficient ways to<br />
deliver public services. Dr. Fuchs was the first woman to serve as chair of the NYC Charter Revision Commission and is currently a NYC<br />
Commissioner on Women's Issues. She is a member of the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board, the NYC Workforce Investment Board, the<br />
Advisory Board for NYC’s Out of School Time Initiative, and the Boards of the Fund for the City of New York and the Citizens Union. She was<br />
recently appointed to the Committee on Economic Inclusion of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
ALUMNI<br />
Alisa Blum, MPA ’00<br />
Manager of Field Operations, National League of<br />
Cities’ Center for Federal Relations<br />
Diana Bruce, MPA ’97<br />
Director of Policy and Government Affairs,<br />
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families<br />
Neil Hernandez, MPA ’98<br />
Commissioner, Department of Juvenile Justice<br />
Diego Andres Molano, MPA ’00<br />
CEO, Water and Sanitation Company,<br />
Bogotá, Colombia<br />
David Saltzman, MPA ’86<br />
Executive Director, Robin Hood Foundation<br />
CAREER DIRECTIONS IN<br />
URBAN AND SOCIAL POLICY<br />
Booz Allen Hamilton<br />
City of Anaheim<br />
Criminal Justice Coordinator’s Office<br />
Deloitte Consulting LLP<br />
Department of Small Business Services<br />
Homes for the Homeless<br />
Inter-American Development Bank<br />
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan<br />
New York City Department of Education<br />
The New York Law School—The New Century<br />
Institute<br />
Office of the Mayor, City of Miami<br />
The Port Authority of NY & NJ<br />
UK Department of Health, London<br />
Weill Cornell Medical College<br />
World Policy Institute<br />
SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 23
Admissions<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
Admission to <strong>SIPA</strong> is extremely<br />
competitive and is based on both<br />
professional focus and academic<br />
excellence. The School offers<br />
seven degree programs: Master of<br />
International Affairs (MIA), Master<br />
of Public Administration (MPA),<br />
Master of Public Administration in<br />
the Program in Economic Policy<br />
Management (PEPM), Executive<br />
Master of Public Administration<br />
(EMPA), Master of Public Administration<br />
in Environmental Science<br />
and Policy (ESP), Master of Public<br />
Administration in Development<br />
Practice (MDP), and a PhD Program<br />
in Sustainable Development. <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
admits applicants with a wide variety<br />
of academic and professional backgrounds.<br />
All applicants must have a bachelor’s<br />
degree or its international equivalent.<br />
Undergraduate work should<br />
include study of a foreign language<br />
and at least two courses in economics<br />
(macro- and microeconomics).<br />
Students lacking an economics background<br />
may still apply, but they are<br />
encouraged to make up this deficiency<br />
before entering the School.<br />
We evaluate all candidates based on<br />
the following criteria: the personal<br />
statement, the résumé/curriculum<br />
vitae, transcripts of prior college<br />
and/or graduate course work, letters<br />
of recommendation, and, lastly, the<br />
GRE (two-year, full-time MIA and<br />
MPA programs only). The personal<br />
statement is the most important part<br />
of the application. Your essay should<br />
demonstrate your interest in the<br />
program and its curriculum, and<br />
how it fits into your specific career<br />
goals.<br />
Applicants to the MPA in Environmental<br />
Science and Policy should<br />
have had introductory courses in<br />
biology and chemistry. PEPM applicants<br />
should have prior professional<br />
exposure to economic policymaking;<br />
and EMPA applicants must show a<br />
demonstrated commitment to public<br />
service through professional experience<br />
or volunteer work. Applicants<br />
to the PhD program must have<br />
either grades of B or higher in an<br />
undergraduate calculus course or a<br />
score above 700 on the quantitative<br />
section of the GRE.<br />
The information contained in this<br />
viewbook may be slightly different<br />
than that found online or in the <strong>SIPA</strong><br />
Bulletin. We encourage you to visit<br />
us online at www.sipa.columbia.edu<br />
for the most updated information or<br />
to request to speak to a representative<br />
about visiting the School.<br />
APPLICATION DEADLINES<br />
Please check the Web site for<br />
current admissions deadlines for<br />
each program.<br />
FINANCIAL AID<br />
We will consider your application<br />
for admission without regard to your<br />
financial need. U.S. citizens and<br />
permanent residents are eligible to<br />
apply for U.S. federal student aid.<br />
Interested applicants should complete<br />
the Free Application for Federal<br />
Student Aid (FAFSA) to be given<br />
full consideration for federal funds.<br />
Applicants must include <strong>SIPA</strong>’s<br />
Department of Education code<br />
number E00128 on the school<br />
listing of the FAFSA. The FAFSA is<br />
available beginning in mid-December<br />
at all colleges, local libraries, and<br />
high schools in the United States.<br />
You may also complete the FAFSA<br />
on the Web at: www.fafsa.ed.gov.<br />
Note: The FAFSA may be submitted<br />
at any time during the academic<br />
year. However, as federal processing<br />
time may be as long as six weeks,<br />
and since many federal aid programs<br />
have limited award budgets, we<br />
strongly urge you to check the<br />
FAFSA Web site for the current<br />
submission deadlines.<br />
Federal aid options include Stafford<br />
and Perkins loans and the Federal<br />
Work-Study program. Many states<br />
will also provide financial aid to<br />
eligible residents, such as the<br />
New York State Tuition Assistance<br />
Program. Interested students should<br />
contact their state financial aid programs<br />
for information.<br />
Private educational financing<br />
options are available for both<br />
domestic and international students.<br />
Information on these programs will<br />
be sent to you with your financial<br />
aid packet.<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu<br />
PROGRAM WEB SITES<br />
Master of International Affairs<br />
Program<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu/mia<br />
Master of Public Administration<br />
Program<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu/mpa<br />
Master of Public Administration<br />
in Environmental Science and<br />
Policy Program<br />
www.columbia.edu/cu/<br />
mpaenvironment<br />
Master of Public Administration<br />
in Development Practice<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu/mdp<br />
Executive Master of Public<br />
Administration Program<br />
www.sipa-empa.com<br />
Program in Economic Policy<br />
Management<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu/pepm<br />
PhD in Sustainable Development<br />
www.sipa.columbia.edu/phd