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 concurrently serves as the Chair of the Board of Visitors of the David L. Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Beloit College (Wisconsin) Board of Trustees. He also is an adviser to the three year (2023-2026) Supernova project in Rome,Italy that showcases Italian and international artists in a site-specific space on the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere.[citation needed]
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.
Former CIA Director George Tenet gave the keynote address at Messitte's inauguration as President of Ripon College on September 29,2012.[6]
↑ Ph.D, Zach P. Messitte; Grillot, Suzette R., eds. (10 January 2013). Understanding the Global Community. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN978-0806143385.
↑ 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. ISBN978-0806152806.
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