edwards student recruitment presentation 2015
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PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PRESENTATION
Martin S. EdwardsAssociate ProfessorSeton Hall University, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
AGENDA
Some current research What do I teach? How do I teach? How to succeed in our program
SOME GOOD NEWS
We understand a great deal about when and how the International Monetary Fund lends money to countries.
BUT…..
THE BAD NEWS…
While we know a lot about lending, this is only part of the work that the IMF does.
The IMF was originally created to exercise surveillance over the economic policies of countries
But we know very little about how well surveillance works.
SURVEILLANCE IN PRACTICE
Takes the form of annual country consultations with the Fund.
The original intent was for these consultations to be purely private.
Since 1997, the IMF has permitted countries to publicly release more and more information about the consultation.
GLOBAL TRENDS IN TRANSPARENCY
REPORT RELEASES BY REGION
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Helps understand how norms change internationally
Helps understand in what contexts international organizations can be influential
RESEARCH IS COLLABORATIVE
Work on surveillance was supported by National Science Foundation
Supported undergraduate student presentations One paper co-authored with a class One blogpost that appeared in Washington Post
GRADUATE TEACHING
International Organizations (DIPL 6002) Syllabus online at website
http://pirate.shu.edu/~edwardmb/
HOW DO I TEACH? Pedagogy is more than teaching students to recount a number of authors
It’s important to stress skillsDialogue between theory and practiceHow to produce policy analytic work
ACTIVE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT Students this semester are developing class research projects:
Evaluating US public opinion on the UN How do international organizations use Twitter?
Students participate in every phase from designing the study to disseminating the findings.
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING Institutions of Global Governance (DIPL 2109)
The class is a sophomore-level course that addresses global issues and the role that international organizations play in resolving them.
Syllabus online on website http://pirate.shu.edu/~edwardmb/
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
This Fall, we used a class blog to develop assignments.
The idea is to get students to find news articles that dealt with a specific issue and link it to course material.
RESEARCH IS PUBLIC
As a policy school, our goal is to better inform publics and better advise policy makers
Diplomacy students have published over a dozen op-eds since 2013.
Permanent Observer blog hosts guest columns by graduate and undergraduate students
WHY DOES IT MATTER HOW WELL I DO IN THIS CLASS? Students I have recommended
have had internships at: National Endowment for
Democracy NPR White House Clinton Foundation UN State, Homeland, and Commerce
Depts
Accepted into Grad Schools: Harvard Pittsburgh UNC
Have awesome jobs: State, Justice, Energy, Defense
Depts Goldman Sachs NGOs Capitol Hill
SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW TO TRULY SUCCEED AT SETON HALL
Be entrepreneurial. Make yourself visible. Start on day one. Find faculty mentors. Immediately. The classroom is an important part of your career preparation. But it is not the only part.
QUESTIONS?
Please feel free to contact me!
Email: [email protected] Googling “Martin Edwards” and “Seton Hall” will work!
Office phone: 973-275-2507