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Helen V. Milner Named Chair of
Department of Politics
Helen V. Milner, B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs and
director of the Woodrow Wilson School’s Center for Globalization and
Governance, has been appointed chair of the University’s Department of
Politics. Milner assumed her new role on July 1, replacing Nancy G. Bermeo,
professor of politics, who served as acting chair of the department. Christopher H. Achen,
professor of politics, will take on the position of associate chair for the politics department.
Milner joined WWS in 2004 as director of the Center for Globalization and Governance.
Previously, she served as the James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations at
Columbia University. Milner’s teaching focuses on theories of international politics, comparative
political economies, and relations between industrialized and developing countries. Her
research interests include the role of political institutions in technology diffusion, democracy
and trade policy in developing countries, and trade policy and globalization.
Milner has received a number of academic awards and honors. Most recently she was named a 2006 Fellow of the Center of
Advanced Study in the Social Sciences by the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, Spain. Milner received her Ph.D. from the
Department of Government at Harvard University.
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