Bobst Center Staff
Jennifer Widner is professor of politics and international affairs and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace & Justice. Professor Widner holds a degree in international management and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. Before joining the Princeton faculty in 2004-5, she taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on problems of democratization, law and development, with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa. Her most recent book is Building the Rule of Law (W. W. Norton), a study of courts and law in Africa and other developing country contexts. She has published articles on a variety of topics in a number of publications, such as Democratization, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Development Studies, Current History, Daedalus and the American Journal of International Law. She currently is completing a global project on constitution writing and conflict resolution. E-mail: jwidner@princeton.edu.
Susan Newton Dunn is the Program Manager for the Bobst Center providing administrative and program assistance to the Director. Susan brings the experience of over twenty years working at the highest levels in th corporate world, working directly for the Chairman and CEO of a major newspaper and the Chief Executive Officers of two corporations in the medical field. Her interest in politics and international affairs lead her to live in Paris, France where she met her husband. She is a graduate of Utah State University with a BS in education. Email: snewton@princeton.edu.