ABOUT JAMES

James Ron holds the Harold E. Stassen Chair for International Affairs at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs & Department of Political Science. He is also affiliated with Mexico's Centre for Economic Research & Teaching (CIDE), and Israel's Ben Gurion University.

James has worked for the Associated Press in Jerusalem; Human Rights Watch in Palestine, Nigeria, Turkey, the Albanian-Kosovo border, the Ingush-Chechen border, and Kyrgyzstan; the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva and the former Yugoslavia; and for CARE on its work in Africa. While teaching in Canada (2001-2011), James did applied policy research with support from Canadian government agencies.  

 

James currently donates his spare time to the International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child Program; he's a member of the group's advisory board, and has helped with their work in India, Mexico, and Morocco.  

 

In 1998, James married Emma Naughton, a Canadian development professional. Together, they have two children, Tessa and Sacha.