INS Department Faculty

The faculty of the Department of International Studies consists of the following distinguished professors

Vendulka Kubalkova

Professor

(305) 284-4744
She received her JUDr, doctorate in International Law (by dissertation) from Charles University, Czechoslovakia and her Ph.D. in International Politics from Lancaster University, England. She is a graduate of the Prague Conservatoire. She has held appointments in England, New Zealand, and Australia as well as Olin fellowship in Munich, Senior...

Sherri L. Porcelain

Voluntary Instructor

(305) 284-3128
Professor Sherri L. Porcelain has been part of the Voluntary Faculty in Public Health Sciences Miller School of Medicine since 1986 as well as teaching global health in world affairs for the Interdisciplinary International Studies Program at the College of Arts and Science since 1991. She served as a Senior Research Scholar for...

Haim Shaked

Professor
Director of Judaic Studies

(305) 284-6882
Dr. Haim Shaked has been a tenured Professor of International Studies at the University of Miami (UM) since 1988. He has been the incumbent of the Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies (since 1993). In September 1998, UM announced the creation of the university-wide Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and...

John Twichell

Senior Lecturer
Director of Latin American Studies

(305) 284-6893
John Twichell is a Ph.D. (University of Miami, 2015) and Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Miami, where he instructs undergraduate courses in International Studies, Latin American Studies, and Political Science. His course offerings are in the areas of international relations, international political...

Richard Weisskoff

Professor
Chairman of International Studies Department

(305) 284-6864

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