- Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University
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Division of Global Affairs 
Established 1995 Type Public Location Newark, New Jersey, USA Campus Urban Website dga.rutgers.edu The Division of Global Affairs (DGA) is a graduate studies and research institution at the Graduate School of Rutgers University-Newark. The DGA is an affiliate member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA).
The DGA was established in 1995 under its former name, the Center for Global Change and Governance, by professors Yale Ferguson and Richard Langhorne. Its current director is Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud. [1] DGA’s research center, the Center for Global Change and Governance, produces the peer-reviewed publication, the Journal for Global Change and Governance. [2]
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The DGA community
The DGA has emerged as a vital participant in the educational and professional life of the New York metropolitan area, northern New Jersey, and the city of Newark. The DGA's outreach to the region's many constituencies and communities—as well as its contribution to the renaissance of Newark—builds on its commitment to education and service.
The DGA is just 20 minutes from midtown Manhattan and 2.5 hours from Washington D.C. by train.
Graduate Studies at the DGA and programs
The DGA offers two degree programs, a Master of Science in Global Affairs and a Doctor of Philosophy in Global Affairs and hosts research centers and collaborative research initiatives to inform policy and theory.
Reflective of the DGA's global concerns, DGA graduate students are from diverse cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds. DGA’s interdisciplinary approach to higher education accommodates a diverse range of interests within the field of global affairs. DGA’s educational model offers 11 specialization areas and allows students to take courses at other graduate schools at Rutgers University such as the schools of law, business and criminal justice and at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
The Benchmarking Academic Excellence Survey of Top Universities in Social and Behavioral Sciences Disciplines (2006-2007) ranked the Ph.D. program at the DGA fifth in the nation in the combined category of International Affairs and Development.[3]
The DGA prepares students who wish to pursue careers in the following:
- International organizations such as the United Nations and its affiliated organizations
- Transnational corporations and international financial institutions
- Non-governmental organizations
- Government agencies
- Think tanks and research institutions
- University departments and administration
- Journalism and media
Specialization Areas:
- Comparative Policy and Public Administration
- Environment
- Global Business and Economics
- Global Media
- Global Political Economy
- Human Rights
- Identities: Gender, Ethnicity, Race and Class
- Information Technology
- International Law
- Political Violence
- Terrorism and Global Security
Faculty
DGA professors are actively engaged in teaching as well as in research and writing on global affairs. Their research encompasses such issues as biotechnology, business ethics, corporate innovation, economic policy, environmental institutions, genocide, global cities, global diplomacy, global finance, globalization and regionalization, information technology, international migration, international trade, media and propaganda, nationalism, political violence, sustainable development, transnational crime, and war. The DGA faculty consists of 18 core members and over 30 associate members.
Research Centers
- Center for the Study of Emergent Threats in the 21st Century (ET21)
- Center for the Study of Public Security
- Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights
- Rutgers Institute on Corruption Studies
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Journal for Global Change and Governance website
- ^ Rutgers University Office of Media Relations http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2008/08/simon-reich-takes-re-20080721
Coordinates: 40°44′26″N 74°10′23″W / 40.740592°N 74.17299°W
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