Stacy Closson, Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, came to the Patterson School directly from the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC.  She received her Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and her masters degree from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.  Dr. Closson was also a Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Center for Security Studies in Zurich and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. From 1996-1998, Dr. Closson was a Presidential Management Fellow at the Department of Defense attached at intervals to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J-5), the Senate Appropriations Committee, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and the Defense Attache Office in Ukraine.  She then served for four years as the Ukraine and Caucasus Desk Officer in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.