When:
Monday, May 11, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
Where: 720 University Place, Second Floor, Reading Room, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Roberta Buffett Institute
buffettinstitute@northwestern.edu
Group: Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Category: Global & Civic Engagement
More details forthcoming.
Thomas O. Melia currently serves as Washington director at PEN America. Previously, he served in the Obama Administration as USAID's Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the United States Department of State. With the support of the Roberta Buffett Institute, he will be a short-term Practitioner in Residence at Northwestern University in May 2026.