Concentration Chairs

Shantayanan Devarajan
Chair, International Development, Professor in the Practice of International Affairs
Professor Devarajan is Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Chair in International Development. Prior to joining MSFS, he served as the World Bank’s Senior Director for Development Economics. Prof. Devarajan teaches courses on development policy, the economics of development, and climate change and development.

Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
Co-Chair, Global Politics & Security, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Professor Bibbins Sedaca is Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration co-Chair for Global Politics & Security. At MSFS, Professor Bibbins Sedaca teaches courses in policy innovation, ethics and decision making, and religion and international affairs.

Joseph Helman
Co-Chair, Global Politics & Security, Distinguished Fellow
Professor Helman is a career intelligence officer and serves in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where he is a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service. He teaches courses on intelligence and national security for MSFS as a Distinguished Fellow in addition to being a concentration chair.

Paul Miller
Co-Chair, Global Politics & Security, Professor of the Practice
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.

Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Chair, Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Adjunct Professor
Professor Sabonis-Helf is the chair for the forthcoming concentration in Science, Technology, and International Affairs in MSFS. In addition to her role at MSFS, she is a Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and advises governments on climate change policies, post-Soviet energy and environmental issues, regional and international energy trade, and the politics of electricity.

David Wallis
Chair, Global Business, Finance, and 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.