Concentration Chairs

Shantayanan Devarajan
Concentration Chair, International Development; Professor in the Practice of International Affairs

Professor Devarajan is Professor in the Practice of International Development and Chair of the International Development Concentration. Prior to joining MSFS, was at the World Bank, most recently as Senior Director for Development Economics. Prof. Devarajan teaches courses on development policy; fragility, conflict, and violence; and climate change and development.

Joseph Helman
Concentration Co-Chair, Global Politics & Security; Distinguished Fellow, Adjunct Professor

Professor Helman is a career intelligence officer and serves in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence where he is a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service. In MSFS, he teaches courses on national and international security, provides academic and professional advising, and serves as co-Chair of the Global Politics & Security concentration.

Paul D. Miller
Concentration Co-Chair, Global Politics & Security; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Professor Miller is Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Co-Chair for Global Politics & Security. At MSFS, Professor Miller teaches on international and national security and the gateway/foundation course for the GPS concentration.

Jodi Vittori
Concentration Co-Chair in Global Politics & Security; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Professor Vittori is Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Co-Chair for Global Politics & Security. At MSFS, Professor Vittori teaches courses on corruption and governance and the gateway/foundation foreign policy tradecraft course for the GPS concentration.

Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Concentration Chair, Science, Technology and International Affairs; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Professor Sabonis-Helf is the Chair of the Science, Technology and International Affairs concentration in MSFS.  She also teaches in the Georgetown undergraduate Science, Technology and International Affairs program.  Her expertise is in energy security, climate change policies, post-Soviet energy and environmental issues, and the politics of electricity.  Prior to joining MSFS, she taught National Security Strategy at the National War College and served in advisory roles for NATO and the US government.

David Wallis
Concentration Chair, Global Business, Finance & Society; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Professor Wallis is Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Chair for Global Business, Finance and Society at MSFS. Prior to joining the MSFS leadership team, Professor Wallis engaged in a global business career working within the financial services industry.