Gary B Wasserman
Title
Professor at SFS-Qatar
Government
Government
Department
Faculty - SFS-Qatar
General profile
Portrait
Phone
+974 44578239
Location
GU-Q Building
Bio
Gary Wasserman has fashioned a career in teaching, political consulting and writing. Presently he is a visiting professor of Government at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar, teaching international relations and American government. Before taking up this position he was a Visiting Professor at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies teaching graduate students in Nanjing, China. Gary received his Ph.D with Distinction at Columbia University. A Fulbright Scholar, he studied at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Nairobi University, and Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. His thesis, “Politics of Decolonization,” was published by Cambridge University Press. He also taught at Columbia University and Medgar Evers College, CUNY.
In his 20 year career as a Washington analyst and consultant, Dr. Wasserman managed communications for international and domestic clients. As a Senior Vice President of the public affairs firm Bozell Sawyer Miller, he created and organized state and local campaigns, a role he had also filled as a partner in a grassroots Washington firm. His public service includes: National Issues Coordinator for a presidential campaign; legislative assistant in the House of Representatives, and Special Assistant for Evaluation to the Administrator of USAID. His clients have included the Government of Taiwan, Educational Testing Service and environmental groups. Before returning to teaching he created Banyan Advisors, a non-profit lobbying firm for the poor.
A widely published author and media commentator, Gary has written for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and Political Science Quarterly. He created the well-received satire magazine, Mole, and has written humor for a number of national publications. With Senator Fred Harris he co-authored America's Government. He recently published Politics in Action, a book of case studies on modern politics for Houghton Mifflin (2006), and revised his popular text for Longman, The Basics of American Politics, (2008)13th ed.
In his 20 year career as a Washington analyst and consultant, Dr. Wasserman managed communications for international and domestic clients. As a Senior Vice President of the public affairs firm Bozell Sawyer Miller, he created and organized state and local campaigns, a role he had also filled as a partner in a grassroots Washington firm. His public service includes: National Issues Coordinator for a presidential campaign; legislative assistant in the House of Representatives, and Special Assistant for Evaluation to the Administrator of USAID. His clients have included the Government of Taiwan, Educational Testing Service and environmental groups. Before returning to teaching he created Banyan Advisors, a non-profit lobbying firm for the poor.
A widely published author and media commentator, Gary has written for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and Political Science Quarterly. He created the well-received satire magazine, Mole, and has written humor for a number of national publications. With Senator Fred Harris he co-authored America's Government. He recently published Politics in Action, a book of case studies on modern politics for Houghton Mifflin (2006), and revised his popular text for Longman, The Basics of American Politics, (2008)13th ed.