Zach P. Messitte

Zachariah Paulo Messitte (born June 24, 1968) is an American political scientist, commentator, author, and academic administrator. He served as the 13th president of Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin[1] from 2012-2022. He is currently an Executive Director in the Social Impact and Education practice at Russell Reynolds Associates and based in Washington, D.C. He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Advocates for the Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Beloit College Board of Trustees.

Zach Messitte
13th President of Ripon College
In office
September 29, 2012 – 2022
Preceded byDavid C. Joyce
Succeeded byVictoria N. Folse
Personal details
Born
Zachariah Paulo Messitte

(1968-06-24) June 24, 1968
Sao Paulo, Brazil
EducationBowdoin College (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
New York University (PhD)

Early life and education

Messitte was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil while his parents were serving in the Peace Corps. He grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American history and Italian language from Bowdoin College in 1990. He established two Italian awards at Bowdoin in 2010.[2] Messitte received a Master of Arts in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in politics from New York University.[3]

Career

Messitte was appointed to the political science faculty and named director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2002.[4] In 2007, he was named Vice Provost for International Programs and awarded the William J. Crowe Chair in Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma.[5] He later became the first Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of International Studies.[6]

Former CIA Director George Tenet gave the keynote address at Messitte's inauguration as President of Ripon College on September 29, 2012.[7]

He has written academic articles as and guest columns for The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Baltimore Sun.[8][9][10][11][12] Messitte is the co-editor of Buon Giorno, Arezzo: A Postcard from Tuscany and Understanding the Global Community.[13][14] He is also the co-author of Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America.[15]

Prior to his career in academia, Messitte worked as a researcher and producer at CNN for national correspondent Judy Woodruff, as a press spokesman for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and as a public information officer for the United Nations in New York and in Vienna, Austria, where he helped develop the Basketball Without Borders cultural program in collaboration with the National Basketball Association.[16][17]

References
  1. "President Zach P. Messitte - Ripon College". www.ripon.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Grants, Fellowships, and Awards - Italian". www.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. Cook, Doug (21 March 2012). "Zach Messitte '90 Named Ripon College President". Bowdoin Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. "Wilf Family Department of Politics". New York University. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. Rucker, Philip (8 July 2007). "High-Profile Professor Is Leaving St. Mary's". Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. Oklahoma, The University of. "Messitte, Zach Bio - College of International Studies - The University of Oklahoma". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. "Ripon College inaugurates new president Messitte". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. "Baltimore Sun: Baltimore breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic - Baltimore Sun". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. Messitte, Zach (16 February 2019). "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. "Los Angeles Times". LA Times. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. "The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  12. "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  13. Ph.D, Zach P. Messitte; Grillot, Suzette R., eds. (10 January 2013). Understanding the Global Community. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806143385.
  14. Boren, David L.; Fanfani, Giuseppe; Rosenthal, Cindy Simon (18 May 2016). Grillot, Suzette R.; Ph.D, Zach P. Messitte (eds.). Buon Giorno, Arezzo: A Postcard from Tuscany. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806152806.
  15. Holden, Charles J.; Messitte, Zach P.; Podair, Jerald E. (2019). Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America. ISBN 9780813943268. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  16. ""Basketball Without Borders": Nba Stars to Conduct Camp for Kids from Former Yugoslavia -- United Nations Drug Control Programme (undcp), Fiba, the National Basketball Association (nba), Benetton and Blu Team up for Basketball Camp". www.unis.unvienna.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  17. "'New guy' at Ripon College checks out with the CIA - Ripon Commonwealth Press". Ripon Commonwealth Press. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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