MSFS Leadership

MSFS is excited to welcome six new members to our advisory board. The new members consist of MSFS alumni as well as the program’s former Associate Director and…

Play Youtube Video Georgetown’s Master of Science in Foreign Service Program (MSFS) capped off its centennial year in December 2022 with a weekend of events bringing alumni, students,…

MSFS started in 1922 — 100 years ago — with a mission: to prepare our students to successfully engage with dynamic global challenges and opportunities. In this video, students and…

Our MSFS student representatives (often affectionately referred to as “the reps”) are an integral part of the MSFS community. Our student reps have been key organizers for coordinating community building…

As the Georgetown community honors Juneteenth, George E. Shambaugh–the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) Program–and Shanta Devarajan–Professor of the Practice of International Development…

The MSFS DEI Committee would like to formally congratulate and welcome Aliya Iftikhar, Esther (Hye Seung) Jung, Katie-Meelel Nodjimbadem, Michael Rea as the new DEI Student Representatives for the 2022-2023 school year! Aliya, Esther (Hye Seung), Katie-Meelel, and Michael…

As war rages on in Ukraine, we continue to send thoughts and sympathies to the Ukrainian people who relentlessly fight for their freedom. Even as the spotlight fades…

This spring, five MSFS students shared their unique experiences and insight at the UN Fragility Forum. In this first-ever student-led session, “Job for Youth, by Youth: Proposals from Future Leaders”,…

MSFS is delighted to announce Michaela Rubinfeld as the 2021 recipient of the SoldierStrong Scholarship. Michaela is the sixth recipient of this endowment, a partial-tuition…

MSFS Deputy Director, Professor Ashley Thomas Lenihan, is having an impact on policy in the United Kingdom Prof. Ashley Lenihan Thomas on Parliamentlive.TV She was quoted twenty times in the…