James Ron

James Ron is an experienced, internationally oriented-researcher and teacher. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in political science from Stanford University.

James has held tenure-track and tenured positions at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA); McGill University (Montreal, Canada); Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada); and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA).

James teaches and researches international security, the politics of global humanitarianism and human rights, political sociology, and the dynamics of international aid.

James has written three book-length reports for Human Rights Watch, published two scholarly books with the University of California Press and Oxford University Press, and published dozens of scholarly articles in journals such as International Organization, the Journal of Peace Research, Human Rights Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, and many more. His opinion pieces have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many others. For more on James' publications and research, please visit Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu.

James now works as a consultant and occasional university lecturer. He draws on 21 years as a tenure-track and tenured professor, 30 consulting for Human Rights Watch, and multiple consulting contracts with the International Committee of the Red Cross, CARE, and agencies of the Canadian and Swiss governments.

James also volunteers his consulting services for Life for a Child, an international charity that supplies insulin and other life-saving materials to children with Type 1 diabetes in low-income countries.

James blogs on professional issues at www.jamesron.org and on personal issues at www.jamesron.net.