Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
, which included responses from 1,582 international relations faculty members.
Part-time and Adjunct Faculty
The Elliott School's part-time and adjunct faculty is comprised of superb scholars whose research makes important contributions to our understanding of the world. Being in the heart of Washington, DC enables us to draw on the tremendous intellectual firepower that abounds in the policy community, think tanks, NGOs, and international organizations.
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Christian S. Na: Professorial Lecturer
Mr. Na is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Mitel Networks, Inc., a
leading manufacturer of advanced IP communications equipment and software that
provide converged voice, video and data solutions to enterprise customers worldwide.
Mr. Na is responsible for all legal matters in connection with Mitel's operations in the U.S., Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions. He also advises senior management on strategic resolution of legal issues in the context of domestic and international business objectives. Before joining Mitel, Mr. Na was with the law firm of Swidler Berlin in Washington, D.C., where he counseled ISPs and telecom companies on FCC regulatory matters. He also worked in the public sector as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston, defending the government's interests in civil rights and constitutional issues. Mr. Na is a Board member of the Enterprise Communications Association and is also active with the American Bar Association. He has written for legal publications and spoken at various industry forums. He may be contacted at christian_na@mitel.com.
Eric D. Newsom: Lecturer
Eric Newsom became Vice President for International Business at Collins & Company,
a defense, international trade and foreign policy consulting firm, after 32
years in U.S. government service. Mr. Newsom served as Assistant Secretary
of State in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs from 1998-2000 and as
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Newsom retired from the State Department on December
31, 2000. He was Staff Director of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Committee from January 1989 to March 1994, where he assisted
in producing the annual foreign assistance appropriation. Other positions include
Legislative Director and Foreign Policy Adviser to Senator Patrick J. Leahy
of Vermont; Minority Staff Director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;
and from February 1981 to August 1982, Mr. Newsom assisted former Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance in writing his memoirs. Mr. Newsom received a BA in history
and an MA in modern European history from the University of California at Berkeley
in 1965 and 1967 respectively. He also did PhD graduate work in British history
at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he held a Fellowship. He
may be contacted at newsome@collinsandcompany.
Pamela Noe: Professorial Lecturer
Pamela Noe is an intelligence officer at CIA, based in the Sherman Kent School
of Intelligence Analysis. Her role there is to bring innovative, fresh approaches
to analysis to the U.S. Intelligence Community. At the Elliott School of
International Affairs, she teaches the following graduate level courses:
Intelligence Past and Future, Competitive Intelligence, Building Agile Organizations, and Thriving in a Bureaucracy. Prior to joining the government, Ms. Noe
was an account executive and corporate officer at Sydney Morrell & Company,
an international public relations firm in Manhattan. Her client roster there
included the State of Victoria, Australia, European ski resorts, British
and American manufacturers and Marcel Breuer architects. Ms. Noe started
her U.S. Government career in the U.S. Policy Community, serving as one of
the U.S. Delegates to the United Nations in New York, and for four years
at the U.S. Embassy in London. She then moved to the intelligence arena.
She may be contacted at pnoe@gwu.edu.
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