Rick Barton
Lecturer, Co-Director Scholars in the Nation's Service and author Peace Works
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs - Princeton University
Education
Harvard University
B.A., Political Science and Government
1971Boston University School of Management
M.B.A., Public Management
1982Podcasts
41:4478: What It’s Like to Be an American Diplomat w/ Ambassador Rick Barton [Main T4C episode]
Ambassador Rick Barton currently teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he serves as the co-director of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiatives and Ullman Fellowships. He has served as an American ambassador to the United Nations and the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“There needs to be a balance of introverts and extroverts. It can’t all be people who love the intellectual stimulation. It has to be some people who are much more motivated by the humanity.”
Best Career Advice
“Keep a coffee list and make sure that you actually reach out on a regular basis. Find an excuse to get out and see these people.”
Career Challenge
Skills
International Relations, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, International Development, Politics, Foreign Policy, NGOs, Human Right, Government, Civil Society, Strategic Communications, Economic Development, Program Evaluation, Diplomacy, Qualitative Research
Professional Interests
Ian Bremmer, Richard Branson, Ray Chambers, Harvard University, Harvard Business Review, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard Tennis, Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), Friends of USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
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