ValiNasr (LA '83), professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, will leave Tufts to assume the position of dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the Fletcher School announced Tuesday in a press release.
Nasr will assume his position at Johns Hopkins on July 1.
Nasr is currently associate director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies.
He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts in 1983 with a degree in international relations and earned a master's degree from the Fletcher School in international economics and Middle East studies the following year. He also holds a Ph.D. in political science from MIT.
Nasr is an expert in political and social developments in the Muslim world, democracy promotion and international politics. From 2009 to 2011, he was senior advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. He is also a columnist for Bloomberg View and a member of the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board.
Nasr has authored several books on Middle Eastern political affairs, including "The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future" (2006), a New York Times best seller.
He joined the faculty of the Fletcher School in 2007.
