The IGCC community is a far-flung cohort of scholars, students,
staff, and interested parties both within and outside of the University of
California, brought together by their common interest in studying international
conflict and cooperation. Director Susan Shirk, the central office staff,
the state-wide steering committee, and program directors on the individual
campuses are responsible for keeping this community informed about new developments,
opportunities, and potential collaborations.
Use the links below to find more information on IGCC faculty, staff, steering
committee members, and campus program directors.
Russell A. Burgos
Middle East Program Director, Military-Security
Russell Burgos is responsible for the IGCC Middle East Military Dialogue Program. Burgos received his Ph.D. in political science from UCLA in 2005 and was a visiting professor at Claremont McKenna College from 2005 to 2007. He currently teaches at UCLA. In addition to his academic training, Burgos served in the Army and Army Reserve for eighteen years, as both an enlisted soldier and an officer, in communications, civil affairs, and psychological operations.
Lynne Bush
Senior Editor
Lynne Bush develops
and implements IGCC print and electronic publications strategies, programs,
and projects.
She is the editor of the IGCC newsletters,
IGCC Policy Papers, IGCC Policy Briefs, and IGCC books, for which she
solicits and develops manuscripts from international faculty, researchers
and project participants, and directs production and distribution.
She is also the primary writer and content manager for the IGCC web site.
Prior to coming to IGCC in 2002, Bush was managing editor of the political
science journal International Organization. She received her
M.F.A. in creative writing from San Diego State University in 2006.
Tai Ming Cheung
Research Coordinator
Tai Ming Cheung is a research
fellow and research coordinator at IGCC. His responsibilities
include managing the institute's track two program the Northeast
Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD), which brings together senior foreign
ministry and defense officials as well as academics from the United
States, China, Japan,
South Korea, North Korea, and Russia for informed discussions on regional
security issues. He also teaches at the Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UCSD.
Cheung is a long-time analyst
of Chinese defense and national security affairs. He was based in Asia
from the mid-1980s to 2002 covering political, economic and strategic
developments in greater China. He was also a journalist and political
and business risk consultant in northeast Asia. He received his
Ph.D. from the War Studies Department at King's College, London University
in 2006.
Raymond A. Clark
PPBT Project Manager
Raymond Clark is program
manager for IGCC's "Public Policy and Biological Threats" (PPBT)
program. Clark joined IGCC in early 2005 after serving as a policy
analyst with the UCSD Office of Government and Community Relations.
He has a Ph.D. in cardiovascular physiology and previously worked as
a research associate in molecular cardiology in the UCSD School of
Medicine. In addition to managing and expanding the PPBT program, Clark
is involved in developing several IGCC programs in homeland security,
national security and public health security. He is also a founding
board member of the National Postdoctoral Association and has been
influential in formulating policy for the scientific workforce in the
United States.
Andrea R. Hill Director of Special Projects, Middle East Program
Andrea Hill joined IGCC in July 2007. She is working on the Middle East Program and is responsible for all non-military projects in the region. In this capacity, she works closely with the program heads to facilitate current programs, coordinate new programs, and expand knowledge and support of the Middle East program. Prior to working at IGCC, Hill worked in the private sector, both in the United States and abroad in Dubai, UAE. Hill received her M.A. from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where she focused on Energy Policy and Economics. She also holds a B.A. from Brown University, where she received Honors in the Philosophy of Science.
Heidi Knuff
Conference and Events Coordinator
Heidi Knuff joined the IGCC team in
Fall 2006. She works closely with IGCC program managers to plan
and manage all of IGCC’s domestic
and international conferences as well as various other events for the
institute. Prior to joining IGCC, Knuff was program coordinator for
the Program on Emerging Technologies at MIT and also organized events
for the MIT Center for International Studies. Knuff has held previous
positions at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, the
University of San Diego Office of Parent Relations, and Pacific Intercultural
Exchange, where she supervised the counseling and placement of high
school foreign exchange students throughout the United States. She
holds a B.A. in communication studies from the University of San Diego.
Elisa Lurkis
Grants Development Analyst
Elisa Lurkis works closely
with the director, research directors, and faculty of the UC campuses
to plan
and execute proposal
development, building collaborative and cooperative efforts in
areas of international security, international environment, and international
relations. Lurkis is the IGCC liaison among the IGCC central office,
IGCC executive leaders (steering committee, campus program directors),
interested partners, and agencies in establishing multi-disciplinary
and multi-campus proposals.
Prior to joining IGCC, Lurkis worked in development and proposal writing
for the University of New Mexico, High Tech High, and the San Diego
Museum of Man. She holds a B.A. in literature from UC Santa Cruz
and an M.A. in rhetoric and writing from San Diego State University.
Joseph
R. McGhee
Washington Representative
Joseph
R. McGhee is a former foreign service officer with over twenty
years of experience in
international affairs. As
IGCC's Washington representative, McGhee works to increase IGCC's
profile within the policy community and serves as IGCC's liaison
in Washington, D.C. He designs, implements, and manages IGCC outreach
activities, programs, and fundraising initiatives in Washington,
D.C. for the U.S. Congress, government agencies, nongovernmental
and other organizations, academic institutions, and other foreign
policy-related organizations.
Helen Olow
Business Officer
Helen Olow joined the IGCC team
in July 2002. She is currently the institute's chief financial
and administrative
officer,
responsible for all the business operations of the unit including
long and short-term planning and overall management. Olow works
closely with the IGCC director in developing, planning, and coordinating
programs, and linking research and teaching agendas on all nine
campuses
and the two UC-managed laboratories to the institute's mission.
Olow has been on the staff at UC San Diego since 1986. Prior
to coming
to IGCC, she worked as the financial officer for four divisions
and one science center at Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Stella Post
Campus Programs Coordinator
Stella Post coordinates IGCC campus programs and supports IGCC
system-wide activities. She currently serves as the administrator
for the "Public Policy and Nuclear Threats" (PPNT) program,
an NSF-funded program which trains natural and social scientists
from several University of California campuses to be strategic
thinkers on nuclear weapons issues. Post is the IGCC liaison
between the IGCC central office and the members of the IGCC Steering
Committee and Campus Program Directors. Additionally, she manages
all of IGCC's annual grant and fellowship competitions.
Post holds a B.A. in history from the University of Colorado,
and is pursuing an M.A. in communication and language (part-time).
Prior to UCSD, she worked as a project analyst for the U.S. Department
of Energy's Office of Project Management in Colorado.
Bari Weick
Fiscal Manager
Bari Weick is responsible
for the overall management and supervision of the fiscal activities
of IGCC, including contracts and grants, administration of awards,
accounting activities, personnel and payroll, equipment management,
and computing. In addition, he is responsible for budget and financial
oversight for IGCC grant-related awards and provisions on the UC
campuses.
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