Wesley T. Milner, PhD
Director, International Studies Program

Wes Milner is currently the director of UE's International Studies Program as well as the Igleheart Chair in Political Science. His primary teaching role involves offering international relations courses such as international law and organization, U.S. foreign policy, and politics of the global economy. His career began in Washington, D.C., where he spent several years as a researcher for a government contractor, working closely with a number of security groups, including the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense. Professor Milner's international experience includes serving as a visiting professor at Harlaxton College in England and at Tokoha Gakuen University in Japan, as well as research travel in Europe, Asia, Central America and eastern and southern Africa.

His research, which integrates international political economy with human rights, has appeared in Human Rights Quarterly, the Journal of Private Enterprise, Sociological Quarterlyand a number of edited volumes. As director of the international studies program, Professor Milner has managed the University'ssummer study abroad program in Asia, supervised award-winning student delegations competing at the annual Model United Nations, and recruited and advised outstanding students interested in international rela- tions careers. He is the faculty advisor for the campus chapter of Amnesty International and UNification (United Nations student organization). In addition to being nominated for the University's Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, he has won the Dean's Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences.