Professors & Trainers
Dr. D. Michael Shafer
Dr. Shafer received his BA from Yale and his PhD from Harvard, and has been a professor of international relations and international political economy at Rutgers for 25 years. He is a Carnegie Presidential Teaching Fellow and was the first winner of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching. He has also been voted "Best Teacher" by Rutgers students on many occasions. He is founder of Global PACT and has led Global PACT programs in Croatia (2004, 2005, 2006) and Thailand (2007). He will direct Global PACT's first program in Cambodia in 2008.
Dr. Beth Leech
Professor Leech holds a BS in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a PhD from Texas A&M University. She specializes in social mobilization and lobbying, but has also conducted field work on the Masai in Kenya. In 2005, she received the Emerging Scholar Award presented by the Political Organizations and Parties section of the American Political Science Association. Prof. Leech is an accomplished teacher in the Political Science Department and winner of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education. One of her most popular courses is a one-semester version of the the Global PACT training called Activism and Advocacy.
Dr. David Mislan
Professor Mislan holds a BA from Rutgers University and an MA from Johns Hopkins University. He's completing his dissertation in American foreign policy at Rutgers University where he also teaches international relations, defense policy, and causes of war. In addition to teaching courses at Rutgers and for Global PACT, Prof. Mislan teaches an exchange program in Kyoto, Japan. He is among the most popular professors in the Political Science Department. Prof. Mislan led the 2007 Global PACT training in Croatia.
Senior Trainers
Carole Ketnourath Carole holds a BA in Asian Studies from Hamilton College. She has worked in Thailand for the past two years, first as the Volunteer Manager at DEPDC in Mae Sai and now as Vice President of Warm Heart, a community development NGO in Phrao. Carole is Director of Southeast Asia Operations for Global PACT. She was senior translator and trainer for Global PACT - Thailand, 2007. Courtney Bell Mislan is a graduate of Rutgers University (BA 2002, MEd 2004) and is currently a kindergarten teacher in Freehold, New Jersey. As a Henry Rutgers Scholar, her research investigated the ability of drama therapy to rehabilitate at-risk children. In 2004, she was a finalist for the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is happiest, however, when rooting for the Yankees with her husband, traveling to new places, or researching a new cookie recipe. Courtney was senior trainer for Global PACT Croatia in 2007.
