As a professor of International Studies, my expertise lies in comparative development, gender & development and political Islam. I will be in Pakistan the second half of fall term and all of winter term on a Guggenheim Research award – so if elected to the IAC, can attend meetings through October and then again in Spring. I will happily follow issues through the internet and weigh in on matters while I am away. I have long believed we need to build better bridges between Academics and Athletics at the UO, and have enjoyed my prior service on the IAC.