Jack A. Goldstone
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr.
Professor of Public Policy
Eminent Scholar; Director, Center for Global Policy

Professor Goldstone's personal web-site

jgoldsto@gmu.edu
703-993-1409
703-993-2284 fax
George Mason School of Public Policy
4400 University Drive – MS 3C6
Fairfax VA 22030

Education
Ph.D. Harvard University

M.A. Harvard University

B.A. Harvard University

Biography
Jack A. Goldstone is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy and an Eminent Scholar. His work on issues such as social movements, revolutions, and international politics has won him global acclaim and tens of thousands of dollars in research grants. The author or co-author of 9 books, Professor Goldstone is a leading authority on regional conflicts, has served on a U.S. Vice-Presidential Task Force on State Failure, and is a consultant to the U.S. State Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Areas of Research

• Democratization
• Civil Conflict
• State Failure and Reconstruction
• Long-term Social Change
• Sources of Economic Growth
• Political Conflict
• Revolutions and Social Movements
• Comparative Economic Development