Katherine E Bliss
Title
Adjunct Professor
Department
CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
General profile
Bio
Katherine E. Bliss is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is also a Senior Fellow with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.
Before joining the Americas Program she was a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State, where she focused on global health and the Western Hemisphere in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science and received the Superior Honor Award for her work on environmental health in 2006. As a 2003-2004 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow she also served as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, where she covered issues related to global health, international women’s issues, Mexico, and the Summit of the Americas.
Previously she served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where she was associate professor; she is currently an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University and teaches courses in the School of Foreign Service’s Center for Latin American Studies and in the Department of History.
Before joining the Americas Program she was a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State, where she focused on global health and the Western Hemisphere in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science and received the Superior Honor Award for her work on environmental health in 2006. As a 2003-2004 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow she also served as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, where she covered issues related to global health, international women’s issues, Mexico, and the Summit of the Americas.
Previously she served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where she was associate professor; she is currently an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University and teaches courses in the School of Foreign Service’s Center for Latin American Studies and in the Department of History.
Education
- Post-doctoral work (2000-2001) Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Population and Development Studies
- Ph.D. (1996) University of Chicago, Latin American History
- A.M. (1990) Harvard University, History
- A.B. (1989/1990) Harvard-Radcliffe College, History and Literature
Languages
- Portuguese (speak, read, write)
- Spanish (speak, read, write)
Upcoming Events
- Nov 23, 9am-7pm: Georgetown Blood Drive
- Nov 24, 11:59pm: Alumni Lounge Closed -Thanksgiving Break
- Nov 30, 5pm: Alumni Lounge Reopens-Thanksgiving Break
