Lieutenant Colonel William K. Mooney, Jr. and Kathleen A. McGowan, Foreign Service Officer

ISD Teaching

Students can participate in Institute programs in a number of ways: by enrolling in a course offered by an ISD staff member or associate, by attending ISD seminars and conferences, or by meeting with ISD staff and associates to discuss research and career interests.

Please note that the Institute does not provide certificate or degree programs. Students interested in an undergraduate degree in the School of Foreign Service should contact the School directly. As there are numerous graduate degrees offered in the School of Foreign Service, our best advice is to review their homepage and contact the program that most suits your interest.

ISD courses by staff and associates make significant contributions to the School of Foreign Service. Moreover, and importantly, these Institute professors bring to their classrooms and other SFS forums guest lecturers from government agencies and think tanks. ISD associates supervise the year-long research of four Junior Fellows in Diplomacy under special endowments that support this program.

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

Advising Students

Two valuable services provided to students by associates are career counseling and professional expertise. Each September, leaders of the MSFS student body organize an introduction of associates to fellow class members. Throughout the year, associates hold informal information sessions, answering questions on the work of their home agencies and career opportunities. Associates assisted students to gain access to practitioner networks.

In the seminar Addressing State Failure: U.S. Policy Prescriptions and Experience, juniors and seniors from the School of Foreign Service took a hard look at America’s ability to "nation build." The course was cotaught by Lieutenant Colonel William K. Mooney, an active-duty Army Foreign Area Officer, and Kathleen A. McGowan, a political officer in the State Department's Foreign Service, illustrating SFS's unique ability to bring the "practitioner's perspective" to its students. Lieutenant Colonel Mooney and Ms. McGowan built the course around their respective experiences participating in state-building efforts in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.