Michael Anderson

Professor of Instruction, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Michael Anderson is a professor of instruction and the director of the International Relations and Global Studies (IRG) undergraduate program in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. A historian by training, Dr. Anderson’s research interests focus on the history of international relations and Track II/citizen diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region. He is the co-author of Political and Economic Foundations in Global Studies (Routledge, 2019) and he served as associate editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of the History of American Foreign Policy. Since 2013 Anderson has been the faculty director of the Global Challenges in France summer study abroad program. He is the recipient of teaching awards including the Leslie Waggener Centennial Teaching Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to undergraduate honors projects. Apart from his on-campus responsibilities, Anderson serves on the Board of the Austin chapter of the United Nations Association-USA.