Lyn Boyd Judson, Ph.D.
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Lyn Boyd Judson is director of the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics. Her previous research affiliations include the Carter Center, the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the United States Embassy Berlin, Rand, and USC’s Center for International Studies.
Boyd-Judson's research and teaching focus on ethics, diplomacy, global governance, and international negotiation. She has published in International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, Georgetown University (Institute of Diplomacy) Case Studies, and Leiden Journal of International Law. Her first book, Strategic Moral Diplomacy: Understanding the Enemy's Moral Universe, is forthcoming October 2010.
She is a University Fellow at the USC Center for Public Diplomacy and has served on the executive boards of the International Studies Association-West and WCIS. She is currently Chair of the Women's Caucus of the International Studies Association.
Current Projects
Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Moral Claims, Self-Interest, and Land Redistribution
Co-edited book project with Patrick James: Women’s Global Health: State Policies and Ethical Norms
Chapter in Engaging Intensely Adversarial States: The Strategic Limits and Potential of Public Diplomacy in US National Security Policy, co-author Michael Parks, ed. Geoffrey Wiseman NSF Grant for publication
Egypt Does Eco-Tourism: Sustainable Development in Practice. Article based on interviews in Egypt, Summer 2010
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Click here for USC College article about Levan Institute student art exhibit "It May Be Legal, But Is It Right?" Click here for Boyd-Judson's 2010 contribution to the Director's Forum, published by Association for Professional and Practical Ethics (APPE) "Building an Ethics Institute in Tough Economic Times."
