- Charles R. Beitz
- Director of the University Center for Human Values
- Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics
- Phone: (609) 258-4853 / Fax: (609) 258-2729
- Email: cbeitz@princeton.edu
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Charles Beitz has been named director of the University Center for Human Values, effective July 1, 2009. Professor Beitz joined the Princeton faculty in 2001. His philosophical and teaching interests focus on international political theory, democratic theory, the theory of human rights and legal theory. His new book, The Idea of Human Rights, will be published in August. He is also the author of Political Theory and International Relations and Political Equality: An Essay in Democratic Theory as well as articles on a variety of topics in political philosophy. His co-edited volumes include International Ethics, Law, Economics, and Philosophy and, most recently, Global Basic Rights. He is also the editor of the quarterly journal, Philosophy & Public Affairs. Professor Beitz has served on the University Center’s executive committee since 2001. Before coming to Princeton, Professor Beitz taught at Swarthmore College and Bowdoin College, where he was also Dean for Academic Affairs. He has received fellowship awards from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations, the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Council on Education and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Beitz earned a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in Princeton's Program in Political Philosophy
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- Erum Syed
- Assistant Director
- Phone: (609) 258-2739 / Fax: (609) 258-2729
- Email: erum@princeton.edu
Erum A. Syed is the academic manager of the Center. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 2000. Before joining the University Center staff in 2004, she managed the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions at the UCLA School of Law.
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- Susan Winters
- Assistant to the Director
- Phone: (609) 258-4798 / Fax: (609) 258-2729
- Email: suewint@princeton.edu
Susan Winters assists the director of the University Center for Human Values, as well as the faculty and visiting fellows at Marx Hall. She also serves an event coordinator and office administrator for the Marx Hall offices of UCHV. Before joining the center’s staff in 2006, she served in the Forbes College office, and previous to that, in the Office of the Dean of the College. She holds a degree in small business management from Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania.
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- Kimberly Girman
- Staff Assistant
- Phone: (609) 258-5496 / Fax: (609) 258-1285
- Email: kgirman@princeton.edu
Kimberly Girman assists the center’s faculty and academic programs at 5 Ivy Lane. A graduate of Rider University, she specialized in business. Before joining the Princeton University staff in 1999, she received her certification in elementary education and taught grades K-5.
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- Andrew Perhac
- Computer Support Specialist
- Phone: (609) 258-0396 / Fax: (609) 258-1285
- Email: aperhac@princeton.edu
Andrew Perhac maintains the center’s computer infrastructure and Web site content. He received his B.S. in computer science from the University of Scranton in 2003. He joined the center’s staff as a Princeton University Support for Computing in Academic Departments (SCAD) member in late 2004 after working with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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