Three new faculty members will be joining Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs this year, and four existing Wilson School faculty members have received promotions. They are as follows.

New Faculty

Elke Weber is professor of psychology and public affairs and Gerhard R. Andlinger Professorship in Energy and the Environment. Before joining the Wilson School, Weber was the Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia University.
(Starting September 1, 2016)

Adam Goldstein is an assistant professor of sociology and public affairs. Before joining the Wilson School, Goldstein was a postdoctoral fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research program at The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.
(Starting August 1, 2016)

Benjamin Jealous joins the Wilson School as the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and visiting lecturer in public and international affairs. Jealous is the former president and CEO of the NAACP.
(Starting September 1, 2016)

Promotions

All faculty promotions are effective July 1, 2016.

Grigore Pop-Eleches was promoted to professor of politics and international affairs. Pop-Eleches’ research focuses on the relationship between political economy and behavior, specifically in Latin America and Eastern Europe. He has studied the impact of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs in those two regions. His first book, “From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe,” was published in 2009.  

Jacob N. Shapiro was promoted to professor of politics and international affairs. Shapiro co-directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, a collaboration of the Wilson School, the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and the UC San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) that studies micro-level conflict data and information on insurgency, civil war and other sources of politically motivated violence worldwide. His research interests focus on political violence, economic and political development in conflict zones, security policy and urban conflict. Shapiro is the author of “The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations” and a term member of the Council of Foreign Relations.

Rafaela M. Dancygier was promoted to associate professor of politics and international affairs. Dancygier’s research focuses on the implications of ethnic diversity in advanced democracies. She is the author of “Immigration and Conflict in Europe,” which analyzes how local political economies and immigration regimes determine the relationship between immigrants, natives and the state. She is currently working on a book, “Dilemmas of Inclusion: The Political Representation of Muslims in Europe,” which explores the implications of minority inclusion in politics.

Alexander Glaser was promoted to associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and international affairs. Glaser’s work focuses on the technical aspects of fuel-cycle technology and policy questions related to nuclear energy and nuclear weapon proliferation. He is co-director of The Program on Science and Global Security, a research center based at the Wilson School, and he also works with the International Panel on Fissile Materials.