Jason Blazakis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) where he focuses on threat financing, sanctions, violent extremism, and special operations related research.

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Jeff Knopf is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), where he serves as chair of the M.A. program in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies. Dr. Knopf is ...

Middlebury Institute graduates discuss where they are working today, how the Institute helped them get there, and what advice they’d give to current and future MIIS students. My name is Joyce Kling, ...

Grace Smith celebrated completing her BA at Chico State with one of her sons. “If we want to get anywhere: ‘What is it that you want, and why?’” For Grace Smith, this question motivates her studies as ...

Congratulations, seniors! In May we celebrate your academic achievements with a variety of activities, culminating in the conferring of degrees at a formal ceremony on Commencement Day. Please take a ...

Executive Vice President and Provost; Knox Professor of International Studies Jeffrey Cason was appointed interim provost and executive vice president on January 1, 2018, a role that was made ...

Richard Saunders has been at Middlebury since 1985. His areas of expertise are art of the United States and the history of the art museum. He received degrees from Bowdoin College (B.A.), the ...

Renee Jourdenais joined the Institute’s TESOL/TFL faculty in 1998. She served as Program Chair of the TESOL/TFL program for almost a decade and then as Dean of the Graduate School of Translation, ...

Mark joined Middlebury College as the Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life and Director of the Scott Center in 2016. In his various roles he works to make spiritual and religious life relevant, ...