Mark Giordano
Professor and Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Mark is Professor of Geography and Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research focuses on the international political dimensions of water, agriculture and the environment. He teaches classes on those topics and others including Map of the Modern World. As part of his interest in the role of art in global affairs, he sits on the boards of The Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn and the Mokuhanga Project Space, Walla Walla and advises the National Museum of Asian Art. Prior to Georgetown, Mark held multiple roles at the Sri Lanka based International Water Management Institute, winner of the Stockholm Water Prize--the "Nobel Prize for Water". In an earlier career, he was an agricultural trade economist and a combine mechanic. Most of his professional life has been in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is from a small town in the other Washington.
Map of the Modern World podcast recommendations and GioPolitics Spotify playlist.