Staff
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Charles R. Beitz
Director of the University Center for Human Values, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of PoliticsCharles Beitz teaches political philosophy in the Department of Politics. His main teaching and research interests lie in global political theory, democratic theory and the theory of human rights. His most recent book is The Idea of Human Rights (2009). He came to Princeton in 2001 after teaching at Swarthmore College and serving as Dean for Academic Affairs at Bowdoin College. He has been director of the University Center since 2009.
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Kimberly Girman
Staff AssistantKimberly Girman assists the Center's faculty with the academic programs at 5 Ivy Lane and coordinates some of the Center's events. 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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Melissa Lane
Director of the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Values and Public Life, Professor of PoliticsMelissa Lane works on the history of political thought, with special expertise in ancient Greek thought, and on normative topics including corporate ethics, environmental ethics, and bioethics. She is director of the Center's certificate program in Values and Public Life and teaches in the Department of Politics. Publications include Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living (2011); Plato's Progeny (2001) and Method and Politics in Plato's Statesman (1998). From 1994-2009 she taught at the University of Cambridge.
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Andrew Perhac
Computer Support SpecialistAndrew Perhac maintains the Center's computer infrastructure and website content. He received his B.S. in computer science from the University of Scranton in 2003 and 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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Erin Rizk
Program CoordinatorErin Rizk is the program coordinator at UCHV and is responsible for the Center's events and communications materials and supports the Center's undergraduate certificate program in Values & Public Life. Prior to joining the UCHV staff, Erin served as the director of communications at Sitar Arts Center in Washington, DC. She holds a B.A. in music performance from Ithaca College and a M.A. in arts management from American University.
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Erum Syed
Assistant DirectorErum Syed works closely with the director to execute policy and strategic direction for the University Center. Her responsibilities include staff supervision, as well as the financial, academic, and operational management of the Center. 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. She holds a B.S. in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado.
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Susan Winters
Assistant to the DirectorSusan 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.