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Sam Potolicchio

Sam Potolicchio (/pɒtɒˈlɪkɪɒ/) is a professor specializing in government, leadership and political communications. He serves as Director of Global and Custom Education at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy Executive Education program and Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Political Communications at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).[1][2] Potolicchio is founder and President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF), an international leadership training program with campuses in Russia, Croatia and Jordan.[3]

Sam Potolicchio
Potolicchio in 2014
EducationB.A. in Psychology
B.A. in Government
M.A. in Government
M.T.S. in Theology and Culture
PhD in Government
Alma materGeorgetown University
Harvard University
OccupationAcademic
Employer(s)Georgetown University
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
New York University
Preparing Global Leaders Forum
TitleDirector of Global and Custom Education at McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University
Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Political Communications at RANEPA
President of Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF)
Websitewww.sampotolicchio.com

Education

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Potolicchio graduated from Georgetown's College of Arts and Sciences with B.A. degrees in both psychology and government. He went on to earn an M.T.S. in Theology and Culture from Harvard University's Divinity School and an M.A. and PhD in Government from Georgetown's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[4]

Career

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Potolicchio teaches at Georgetown University, RANEPA and New York University.[5][6]

Since 2015, Potolicchio has served as Director of Global and Custom Education at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. [7] He is the academic director of Georgetown’s Global Visiting Student Program and a lecturer at Georgetown's Global Education Institute (GGEI), where he lectures to senior government officials and corporate executives from emerging economies, including China and Japan.[8][9]

In 2013, Potolicchio was named Distinguished Professor and Department Chair in Political Communications at the RANEPA's School of Public Policy. In 2016, he started the first English language bachelors program in global governance and leadership in Russia.[10]

Potolicchio founded and serves as President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF), which convenes and trains rising leaders from around the world. PGLF is composed of Preparing Global Leaders Summit in Moscow, Russia, Preparing Global Leaders Croatia in Zagreb, Croatia and Preparing Global Leaders Academy in Amman, Jordan.[3]

Potolicchio is the official lecturer on American Federalism for the Open World Leadership Program at the Library of Congress, where he lectures to delegations from post-Soviet countries.[11] He has delivered keynote lectures at over 200 different universities in 75 countries including Oxford, Yale, Cambridge, Sorbonne, LSE, Brown, Dartmouth, Bologna and Warwick. In addition to public lectures, Potolicchio advises political and business leaders internationally and conducts training with corporate audiences.[12]

Potolicchio is the Distinguished Scholar at the Canterbury School of Fort Myers where he also provides the academic foundation for the Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (LIFT).[13][14] Previously he was the scholar-in-residence at the Landon School where he had taught fifth grade Latin and served as assistant director of admissions.[15] Potolicchio was, along with Senator Richard Lugar, the Senior Lecturer at the University of Indianapolis Lugar Academy Washington Semester program.[16]

As a youth basketball coach he guided his team, the Jelleff Hoyas, to 6 undefeated championship seasons.[17][18][19]

Awards

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In 2012, Princeton Review named Potolicchio one of the “Best Professors in America”, the only professor chosen from his field.[20][21] Prior to that, Potolicchio received the K. Patricia Cross Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities in 2011, as one of the future leaders of American higher education.[22] In 2017, Potolicchio was named a winner of the OZY Educator Award, as one of the six most outstanding American educators.[23] He has won numerous teaching awards at Georgetown University.[24]

Publications

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Potolicchio is a columnist for Newsweek Japan, where his regular column covers developments in American politics and government for an international audience.[25] Potolicchio's book chapters on religion and politics have been published in volumes by Congressional Quarterly Press and Oxford University Press.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "RANEPA - Faculty". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  2. ^ "Факультет государственного управления - Потоликкио Сэмюэль". Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  3. ^ a b "Home". pglf.org.
  4. ^ "Sam Potolicchio | Educator".
  5. ^ "Samuel Potolicchio | Faculty | Georgetown SCS". scs.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Studying Abroad".
  7. ^ "Global Custom Education | McCourt School of Public Policy | Georgetown University". Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  8. ^ "International Executive Programs | Georgetown SCS". scs.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. ^ "SDCP 360-30: Research Seminar (3 credit hours)" (PDF). georgetown.edu. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ^ "The School of Public Policy of RANEPA has spent Day of Global Governance and Leadership".
  11. ^ "Open World Expands, Hosts First Serbian Delegations | OpenWorld". www.openworld.gov. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Sam Potolicchio | Educator". Sam Potolicchio | Educator. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Leadership Institute for Tomorrow | Canterbury School | LIFT".
  14. ^ "Leadership Institute for Tomorrow | Canterbury School | LIFT". www.canterburyfortmyers.org. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Seniors learn 'How to Lead in a Complex World'". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  16. ^ "Students get the Washington experience « the Online Reflector". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  17. ^ "For Young Professor, Spotlight Reflects Record". 21 January 2011.
  18. ^ "In the Classroom or on the Court, a Focused Passion for Teaching". Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  19. ^ John Feinstein (2011-01-16). "Darryl Webster goes from Coolidge to GW to proud father of a Harvard man". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  20. ^ "Best 300 Professors Press Release | Public Relations | the Princeton Review | the Princeton Review".
  21. ^ Daniel de Vise (2012-04-09). "The nation's 300 best undergraduate professors?". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  22. ^ "Meetings | 2011 Annual Meeting | Cross Scholars". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  23. ^ "Why This Professor is Bridging the Gap Between D.C. And Moscow". 16 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Four GU Professors Chosen in the Princeton Review's Top 300". 13 April 2012.
  25. ^ "トランプ政権、就任後半年間の意外な高評価". 29 July 2017.
  26. ^ Wilcox, Clyde; Potolicchio, Sam (2010). "The Christian Right and Church–State Issues". Oxford Handbooks Online. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195326246.003.0015.
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