An expert on revolutions and fragile states, Jack A. Goldstone has worked for the World Bank, the National Intelligence Council, USAID and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on methods for forecasting and responding to political conflicts. Author or editor of ten books and over 100 research papers, Goldstone is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. professor of public policy and director of the Center for Global Policy at George Mason University.
Experience
Current Positions
- Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Director, Center for Global Policy, George Mason University.
Senior Fellow, The Mercatus Center
Past Positions
- Professor of Sociology and International Relations, University of California-Davis
Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University
Visiting Scholar, Caltech
Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge
Visiting Scholar, University of California- Berkeley
Visiting Scholar, University of California-Los Angeles
Visting Scholar, University of California-San Diego
Education
- B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Harvard University
Language Fluency