Undergraduate DC Semester

The undergraduate Maxwell-Washington International Relations Semester and the graduate-level Summer Practicum are both directed by Dr. Michael D. Schneider, who also teaches the "traveling seminar" which meets all-day every Thursday and features guest speakers as well as visits to institutions such as Congress, the World Bank, Greenpeace, the Pentagon and foreign embassies.

Dr. Schneider comes to the Syracuse Maxwell-Washington International Relations Semester and Summer Practicum from service in the U.S. Information Agency and Department of State. He most recently was Executive Director of an independent study of the Fulbright Exchange Program and Special Adviser to the Director of USIA. From 1993 to 1996, Schneider was Senior Adviser to Timothy Wirth, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs. Schneider represented Under Secretary Wirth on the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission Environment Committee. He authored a bilateral agreement on sustainable management of natural resources, and promoted Russian-U.S. cooperation on environmental education. Schneider also coordinated a global U.S. initiative on infectious diseases, and organized a project on educational technology under the U.S.-Japan Common Agenda.

Dr. Schneider began his career with USIA in Calcutta, India and Dacca, East Pakistan, and served in the East Asia/Pacific Affairs Office, the Cultural Services and Policy Planning Office. He earned the BA at Rochester University and the MA at Columbia University in American history, and the Ph.D. at the American University in International Studies.

Send Mike e-mail at mischnei@maxwell.syr.edu.

Dr. James M. Keagle offers our Global Issues seminar. A Pentagon official and a Latin American specialist, Dr. Keagle served as Deputy Director of the Defense Department's Bosnia Task Force, Cuba Desk Officer for DOD, and Political Officer at Headquarters US Southern Command in Panama. Dr. Keagle is also the Dean of Academic Affairs at the National Defense University. He earned a Ph. D. in Politics from Princeton University.

Raymond J. Ahearn is the Head of the International Trade and Finance Section at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). In this capacity, he supervises the work of 10 analysts who provide research and support to Congress on international policy issues. Mr. Ahearn began his career in the Economics Division of CRS in 1975. In 1988 he assumed the position of Specialist in Trade Relations in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of CRS and in 1998 he began his current assignment. During 1993-1994 he served as Director of Trade Strategy for Japan in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. During his CRS career, he has authored a number of reports on bilateral and multilateral trade issues. His most recent reports include U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Policy Challenges and Issues and Trade and the Americas. In addition to CRS reports, he has also written a number of articles that have been published in books, journals, and newspapers. Mr. Ahearn received a B.A. in political science from Union College (Schenactady, N.Y.) in 1971, an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1973, and an M.A. in economics from George Washington University in 1980. He is also a 1991 graduate of the National War College in Washington, D.C.

For more information contact the Global Programs Coordinator at global@maxwell.syr.edu.