Zach P. Messitte
Zach Messitte | |
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| 13th President of Ripon College | |
| In office September 29, 2012 – 2022 | |
| Preceded by | David C. Joyce |
| Succeeded by | Victoria N. Folse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zachariah Paulo Messitte June 24, 1968 Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) New York University (PhD) |
Zachariah Paulo Messitte (born June 24, 1968) is an American political scientist, commentator, author, and academic administrator. He served as the 13th president of Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin[1] from 2012-2022. He is currently an Executive Director in the Social Impact and Education practice at Russell Reynolds Associates and based in Washington, D.C. He concurrently serves as the Chair of the Board of Visitors of the David L. Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Beloit College (Wisconsin) Board of Trustees. He also is an adviser to the three year (2023-2026) Supernova project in Rome, Italy that showcases Italian and international artists in a site-specific space on the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere.[citation needed]
Early life and education
[edit]Messitte was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil while his parents were serving in the Peace Corps. He grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American history and Italian language from Bowdoin College in 1990. He established two Italian awards at Bowdoin in 2010.[2] Messitte received a Master of Arts in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in politics from New York University.[3]
Career
[edit]Messitte was appointed to the political science faculty and named director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2002.[4] In 2007, he was named Vice Provost for International Programs and awarded the William J. Crowe Chair in Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma.[5] He later became the first Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of International Studies.
Former CIA Director George Tenet gave the keynote address at Messitte's inauguration as President of Ripon College on September 29, 2012.[6]
He has written academic articles and guest columns for The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Baltimore Sun.[7][8][9][10][11] Messitte is the co-editor of Buon Giorno, Arezzo: A Postcard from Tuscany and Understanding the Global Community.[12][13] He is also the co-author of Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America.[14]
Prior to his career in academia, Messitte worked as a researcher and producer at CNN for national correspondent Judy Woodruff, as a press spokesman for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and as a public information officer for the United Nations in New York and in Vienna, Austria, where he helped develop the Basketball Without Borders cultural program in collaboration with the National Basketball Association.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ripon College Presidents". www.ripon.edu. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Grants, Fellowships, and Awards - Italian". www.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Cook, Doug (21 March 2012). "Zach Messitte '90 Named Ripon College President". Bowdoin Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Wilf Family Department of Politics". New York University. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Rucker, Philip (8 July 2007). "High-Profile Professor Is Leaving St. Mary's". Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Ripon College inaugurates new president Messitte". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Baltimore Sun: Baltimore breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic - Baltimore Sun". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Messitte, Zach (16 February 2019). "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times". LA Times. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Ph.D, Zach P. Messitte; Grillot, Suzette R., eds. (10 January 2013). Understanding the Global Community. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806143385.
- ^ Boren, David L.; Fanfani, Giuseppe; Rosenthal, Cindy Simon (18 May 2016). Grillot, Suzette R.; Ph.D, Zach P. Messitte (eds.). Buon Giorno, Arezzo: A Postcard from Tuscany. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806152806.
- ^ Holden, Charles J.; Messitte, Zach P.; Podair, Jerald E. (2019). Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America. ISBN 9780813943268.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Basketball Without Borders: How Toni Kukoč & Vlade Divac Changed the Game, Basketball Without Borders origin story".
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