Kent Glenzer Named Dean of GSIPM

Glenzer’s appointment came after extensive consultation with the Faculty Senate, GSIPM program chairs, and many faculty and staff.

Glenzer has been an associate profes­sor in the Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration programs since 2011, and served as interim program chair of the MPA program during Beryl Levinger’s sabbatical last year, in which he played a vital role integrating the International Policy Studies and MPA de­gree programs under the umbrella of De­velopment Practice and Policy.

Before coming to MIIS, Glenzer spent 23 years working for international nonprof­it organizations, including the Peace Corps, PATH, CARE, and Oxfam America. He has “always been fascinated by the inner work­ings of mission-driven organizations” and is a true practitioner with firsthand expe­rience running nonprofit organizations in developing countries. He speaks French, Portuguese, and Bamanankan.

Of Glenzer’s doctoral work in inter­disciplinary studies at Emory University’s Institute of the Liberal Arts, Dayton-John­son said, “He has a training and sensibility that particularly prepares him for GSIPM leadership. We are fortunate that Kent will be bringing this strategic savvy to the service of GSIPM’s academic programs.”

Dayton-Johnson also acknowledged and thanked Yuwei Shi for his outstanding five years as GSIPM dean. “Yuwei has been a visionary leader whose focus on innova­tion has helped to keep GSIPM programs at the forefront of their fields while work­ing to increase the coherence among and cross-fertilization among these programs. Yuwei contributed to the founding of sev­eral new programs and centers during his tenure as dean, in particular the Frontier Market Scouts program, which he co­founded, and the new Center for Social Impact Learning.”

Glenzer’s term appointment is for 18 months, during which a full search will be launched.