Jessica P. Einhorn currently serves as Dean

Dean (education)

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 of Washington's

Washington, D.C.

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 Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies , a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and...

 (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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. Einhorn succeeded Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Wolfowitz

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, who resigned in 2001 to become the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense

United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

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. Einhorn is also a member of the Board of Directors of Time Warner

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, Inc., a former director of the Council on Foreign Relations

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, and a former managing director at the World Bank

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.

Einhorn holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University

Princeton University

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, an M.A. in international relations

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 from SAIS, and a B.A. from Barnard College

Barnard College

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. She is the first alumnus of SAIS to become its dean.

External links

• Bio at Johns Hopkins University
• Bio at SAIS