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Douglas Girardot

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Douglas Girardot is the writer and editor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Before joining GPS, he worked as the assistant community editor at The Day, a newspaper in New London, Connecticut. He was a postgraduate editorial fellow at America magazine in New York City. His work as a culture writer has appeared in The Washington Post.
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Faculty

Professors’ reading picks for winter 2024

By Douglas Girardot
November 19, 2024
8 Mins read
FacultyResearch

Mass Education Was Designed to Quash Critical Thinking

By Douglas Girardot
November 18, 2024
5 Mins read
In a new book, a UC San Diego political scientist argues that governments seek to educate their citizens not to expand people’s minds, but to mold them into obedient subjects.
AlumniCareer Profile

Alumnus’ new book uses fiction to bring awareness to the real-life climate crisis

By Douglas Girardot
November 15, 2024
3 Mins read
Tim Weed, a 1994 GPS graduate, has used his degree to combine his passions for writing, teaching and exploring the world
Alumni

A guide for how to study ‘without losing your mind’

By Douglas Girardot
October 30, 2024
2 Mins read
In a new book, alumna Christina Lopez passes on the lessons she’s learned from her varied career to help busy students achieve success
FacultyResearch

GPS professors join ranks of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Maya Angelou as Bellagio Center fellows

By Douglas Girardot
October 8, 2024
3 Mins read
Jennifer Burney and Krislert Samphantharak were awarded coveted fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation
Alumni

A GPS alumna and startup founder wants to ‘pay it forward’ by helping students

By Douglas Girardot
October 7, 2024
4 Mins read
Isabella Cai has used the ‘data mindset’ she developed at GPS to develop a platform for fostering children’s development in Montessori education.
AlumniCareer Profile

An MPP degree opens the door to more than just policy

By Douglas Girardot
October 2, 2024
2 Mins read
A GPS degree gave Seth Patton MPP ’21 the skills he needed to pivot from the policy field to grant writing.
Faculty

Charting a path through globalization (and its discontents)

By Douglas Girardot
September 13, 2024
4 Mins read
GPS professor Anna Feuer, the new director of the International Studies Program, doesn’t let disciplinary boundaries get in the way of solving international problems
AlumniCareer Profile

How a GPS alumna uses data to help guide U.S. border policy

By Douglas Girardot
September 6, 2024
2 Mins read
Camille Caterina MIA ’21 says her GPS degree prepared her to analyze immigration statistics for the Department of Homeland Security
Events

Fareed Zakaria says ‘cold war’ is the wrong term to use for China

By Douglas Girardot
August 20, 2024
3 Mins read
The CNN commentator said China’s economy and geopolitical strategy make it different from the U.S.’s rivalry with the Soviet Union
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