Ms.
Pandith served as the first-ever special representative to Muslim
communities under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She is
currently a part of the leadership
team at the Counter Extremism Project and a strategic advisor at the
Risk Assistance Network and Exchange and has held a number of senior
positions over the last decade, including political appointments in
three administrations. Ms. Pandith left government
in January 2014 for the Harvard Kennedy School. She was formerly senior
advisor to the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian
affairs (2007-2009), director of Middle East regional initiatives at the
National Security Council (2004-2007), and chief
of staff of the Bureau of Asia and the Near East at the U.S. Agency for
International Development (2003-2004). She has served as a consultant in
the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Ms. Pandith received a
master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she specialized in
international security studies, Islamic civilizations and Southwest
Asia, and international negotiation and conflict resolution. She
received an AB in government and psychology from Smith College.
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:
1) Catherine Powell, "White House Summit Embraces Women's Rights to Counter Violent Extremism," Development Channel, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, February 25,2015.
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:
1) Catherine Powell, "White House Summit Embraces Women's Rights to Counter Violent Extremism," Development Channel, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, February 25,2015.
If you're interested in attending this call, please RSVP to Professor Seth Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu
ASAP.
Hope to see you there!
Seth Weinberger
Associate Professor
Department of Politics & Government
University of Puget Sound
