Senior Directors & Advisors
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Naazneen Barma
Senior Director
Naazneen H. Barma is the founding Director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy, Scrivner Chair of Public Policy, and Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
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Brent Durbin
Senior Director
Brent Durbin is a Bridging the Gap Director and an Associate Professor of Government at Smith College, where he teaches courses in U.S. foreign policy, strategic intelligence, international relations, and the politics of data.
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Jordan Tama
Senior Director
Jordan Tama is Provost Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University, Co-Director of Bridging the Gap, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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Jim Goldgeier
Senior Advisor
Jim Goldgeier is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University, where he served as Dean from 2011-17.
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Bruce W. Jentleson
Senior Advisor
Bruce W. Jentleson is William Preston Few Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke University.
Broader Leadership
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Dani Gilbert
Director
Dani Gilbert is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and a Fellow with Bridging the Gap.
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Erik Lin-Greenberg
Director
Erik Lin-Greenberg is the Leo Marx Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Megan Lyons
Assistant Director, Bridging the Gap
Megan Lyons is the Assistant Director for Bridging the Gap, overseeing BTG’s workshops, trainings, and partnerships funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Megan Nerdig
Assistant Director, New Voices Workshops
Megan Nerdig is the Assistant Director for New Voices Workshops, managing the New Voices in National Security initiative funded by the Raymond Frankel Foundation.
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Andrew Reddie
Director
Andrew W. Reddie is an Associate Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and Founder of the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab.
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Suparna Chaudhry
Fellow, DEI Initiatives
Suparna Chaudhry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College and an Affiliated Scholar with the International Justice Lab at the College of William & Mary.
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Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark
Director (on leave)
Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark is an Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Fellows
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Gabriella Gricius
NEW Fellow
Gabriella Gricius is a Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University’s Political Science Department and a Research Fellow and Media Coordinator with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN).
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Iren Marinova
NEW Fellow
Iren Marinova is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Colorado State University. Iren’s research centers on issues of international security, foreign policy, geopolitics, and climate change politics.
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Oren Samet
NEW Fellow
Oren Samet is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research centers on opposition parties, civil society, and authoritarianism, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia.