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Sheena Chestnut Greitens
First Lady of Missouri
In role
January 9, 2017 – June 1, 2018
GovernorEric Greitens
Preceded byGeorganne Wheeler
Succeeded byTeresa Parson
Personal details
Born
Sheena Elise Chestnut

(1982-11-23) November 23, 1982 (age 41)
Spouse
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(m. 2011; div. 2020)​
Children2
EducationStanford University (BA)
St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil)
Harvard University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineNational security studies
Asian studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas, Austin

Sheena Elise Chestnut Greitens (born November 23, 1982) is an American political scientist currently serving as an associate professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. She was First Lady of Missouri from 2017 to 2018.

Education

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Greitens was raised in Spokane, Washington. Her father is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of sleep disorders and her mother is an oncologist.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, a Master of Philosophy from St Antony's College, Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, and a PhD from Harvard University.[2][3]

Career

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Greitens' research focuses primarily on East Asia, American national security, authoritarian politics and foreign policy.[4][5] She is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute[6] and was a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies from 2016 to 2021.[2][7] She was previously Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Missouri from 2015-2020 and co-director of the Institute of Korean Studies, 2017-2020.[8]

Greitens has written about foreign relations and national security for RealClearPolitics, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and others.[7]

She is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by the Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations.[9]

Publications

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Articles

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  • Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry, Foreign Affairs, March 15, 2024 (co-authored with Isaac Kardon)[10]
  • How North Korean defectors shape the policies of countries where they settle, NK News, February 13, 2024[11]
  • Xi’s Security Obsession, Foreign Affairs, July 28, 2023[12]

Personal life

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From 2011 to 2020, she was married to former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens.[8] They have two children.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Sheena Chestnut, Eric Greitens". The New York Times. 2011-08-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. ^ a b "Sheena Chestnut Greitens". Brookings. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. ^ "Greitens, Sheena Chestnut". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ^ Erickson, Kurt (April 16, 2020). "Former Missouri first lady Sheena Greitens moving to Texas". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sheena Chestnut Greitens". Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Sheena Chestnut Greitens". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  7. ^ a b "SHEENA CHESTNUT GREITENS" (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Alamdari, Natalia (20 February 2017). "Sheena Chestnut Greitens strives to balance roles as professor, Missouri's first lady". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  9. ^ "The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy". Asia Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  10. ^ Greitens, Sheena Chestnut; Kardon, Isaac (2024-03-15). "Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  11. ^ linapark (2024-02-13). "How North Korean defectors shape the policies of countries where they settle". NK PRO. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  12. ^ Greitens, Sheena Chestnut (2023-07-28). "Xi's Security Obsession". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ Greitens, Sheena Chestnut (2022-10-03). "Xi Jinping's Quest for Order". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  14. ^ Greitens, Sheena Chestnut; Gewirtz, Julian (2020-07-10). "China's Troubling Vision for the Future of Public Health". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  15. ^ Suntrup, Jack. "Eric and Sheena Greitens, Missouri's former first couple, ending marriage". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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