Deborah Nutter

Deborah Winslow Nutter, Advisor to the Provost for the International Board

Deborah Winslow Nutter is the Senior Associate Dean at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. She is also the founding director of the Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP), and holds the post of Advisor to the Provost for the International Board of Overseers. As Senior Associate Dean, she is responsible for Fletcher's board of overseers, regional advisory groups for Asia, Latin America, and Europe, the Global Masters of Arts Program, communications and public relations, and new strategic initiatives, including executive education. She also teaches foreign policy leadership, in which she analyzes the foreign policies and leadership characteristics of key historical figures.

Dean Nutter earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She holds her A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, from Colby College and studied at Oxford University. For many years, she taught international politics, security studies, Soviet and Russian foreign policy, and international organizations and law at Bowdoin and Simmons Colleges, serving as Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at the latter institution. Dr. Nutter has been a Fellow at Harvard University at both the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Science and International Affairs. She has also served as President of the Northeast International Studies Association and the New England Political Science Association.

Her publications include Soviet Foreign Policy in Transition with Cambridge University Press, which has been reissued in paperback. She has also written journal articles on security studies and political leadership, including one on British political leadership. Most recently, she has written a series of short articles on India's role in world affairs for the Indian newspapers Hindustan Times and Daily News & Analysis. Dean Nutter lectures widely on geopolitics, foreign policy, and leadership. She lives in Westwood, Massachusetts with her husband Alan Rutan, an international security specialist, and has two children, Carolyn and Todd.

Title:

Advisor to the Provost for the International Board and on International Projects; Senior Associate Dean, The Fletcher School

Academic Credentials:

PhD in Political Science from Columbia University (1976); A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, with Distinction in Government from Colby College (1968)

Tufts Affiliations:

Advisor to the Provost for the International Board (2000-present); Senior Associate Dean, The Fletcher School (2003-present); Advisory Board, Diversity in Engineering and Science Education, School of Engineering (2005-present).

Courses taught at Tufts University:

Teaches GMAP courses on Foreign Policy Leadership, team-building and supervises master's theses.

Former Positions and Professorships:

Associate Dean, Planning and Research, The Fletcher School (1997-2000); Chairperson, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Simmons College (1980-1996); Professor of Political Science, Simmons College (1983-1989); Associate Professor of Political Science, Simmons College (1983-1989); Assistant Professor of Political Science, Simmons College (1977-1983); Assistant Professor of Government, Bowdoin College (1976-1977); Instructor of Government, Bowdoin College (1974-1976)

Research Interests:

Foreign policy leadership; US foreign policy; US-transatlantic relations; international science and technology education

Publications and Grants:

Grant recipient of the United States Department of State and Department of Education, and the Xerox Foundation. Invited faculty for international symposiums and panels on such topics as transatlantic relations, foreign policy leadership and distance learning. Published work on British political leadership, Soviet foreign policy and Soviet-American relations.

Notable Honors:

Invited Participant "Transatlantic Relations and the Rise of China," Symposium jointly sponsored by the Freidrich-Ebert Foundation and the International Department of the Communist Party, Beijing (November 2004); Panelist, "The Future of Transatlantic Relations," The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the New (European) Defense Agenda, London (December 2003); American Council on Education Fellow, Offices of the President, Provost and Vice President, Tufts University (1996-1997); Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1990-1992); Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (1987-1990).

Notable Professional Affiliations:

Advisory Committee, Aquaya Foundation, Washington, DC; Consultant on Internationalization, Queens College, CUNY (1999) and Boston College (Spring 2000, Summer 2002); Fellow, Summer Research Institute, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University (July 1999, 2000); President, New England Political Science Association (1992-1993); Executive Committee, International Studies Association (1986-1988); President, Northeast International Studies Association (1985-1987); Research Adjunct, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University (1986-1992); Overseer, Colby College (1988-1991).

Related Websites:

Global Master of Arts Program

Tufts in the World

Email:

deborah.nutter@tufts.edu