Events
Please note that this Global Career Month event is limited to members of the Penn community.
This event brings together Penn alumni to share their experiences working across the national security and foreign policy landscape.
From information warfare to grand strategy, from intelligence gathering to serving as a diplomat, careers in foreign policy and national security span a diverse array of entry points, issues, and ways to get involved. At this event, you'll get to hear from experienced Penn alumni who've worked across the national security and foreign policy fields, from D.C., to Dallas, to Dhaka.
Join us to hear from Emerson Brooking, a Resident Fellow at the Digital Forensic Lab of the Atlantic Council; Andrew Exum, a Partner at Hakluyt and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy; Meg Guliford, a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania; and Anne Sherman, a U.S. Foreign Service Officer currently serving at the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh. Feel free to bring your career questions for the panel!
This event is run in partnership with the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics. Sign up for this virtual event, and details of how to take part will be in your order confirmation email.
PANELISTS
Emerson T. Brooking is a Resident Fellow at the Digital Forensic Lab of the Atlantic Council. In that capacity, he serves as a resident expert in the fields of disinformation, information warfare, terrorist communication, and internet policy. He helps lead a team of 15 researchers in monitoring information manipulation efforts in elections and warzones around the world. Previously, Brooking was Research Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also coauthor of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. LikeWar was named to the New York Times’ “New and Notable” and honored as a Foreign Affairs book of the year. He holds a B.A .in Political Science and Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrew Exum joined Hakluyt, a British strategic advisory firm that advises decision-makers on the opportunities and risks facing their businesses, in 2017 and established its office in Dallas in 2018. Prior to joining Hakluyt, he served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy. He has also worked for Boston Consulting Group, and as an officer in the U.S. Army, leading light infantry and special operations units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Andrew has a Ph.D. from King’s College London and a B.A. in Classical Studies and English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
Meg K. Guliford is a Penn Provost Postdoctoral Fellow in residence at Perry World House. Her broad research agenda reflects an interest in political violence, conflict processes, and U.S. foreign policy. Her research has been supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Eisenhower Institute. Guliford’s career in the federal government began as a Presidential Management Fellow for the U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters and has included a civilian deployment to Iraq and work for the Institute for Defense Analyses and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Guliford will receive her Ph.D. in International Relations from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She received her M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.A. in Political Science and Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.
Anne Sherman is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, currently serving as an economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She previously served as a civil servant covering human rights on the China Desk in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the State Department, Anne worked at the Carnegie Endowment’s Beijing office, known as the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center, as the research assistant to the director for four years. Anne received an M.A. in Asian Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
MODERATOR
Michael C. Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the 2017 Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics, military innovation, the role of leaders in international politics, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Professor Horowitz previously worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense. He is affiliated with the Center for a New American Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and his B.A. in political science from Emory University.
