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Conservative [[David Horowitz]] named Anderson one of the "101 most dangerous" professors in America.
 
Conservative [[David Horowitz]] named Anderson one of the "101 most dangerous" professors in America.
  
She will soon be departing to serve as provost of the American University in Cairo.
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She is currently in Egypt serving as Provost of the American University in Cairo, though Columbia officially lists her as "on leave" rather than departed.
  
 
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Revision as of 12:45, 16 February 2009

Lisa Anderson
See also Wikipedia's article about "Lisa Anderson".
See also Lisa Anderson's entry in Columbia's directory.

Lisa Anderson PhD '81 is the former dean of SIPA, where she has stayed on as a professor.

Anderson is also a Columbia alumna, having earned a PhD in PoliSci and a certificate from the Middle East Institute.

She became controversial after inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to campus for the Fall 2006 World Leaders Forum, possibly without informing President Bollinger beforehand. Ahmadinejad spoke in a Bollinger-approved format a year later.

Conservative David Horowitz named Anderson one of the "101 most dangerous" professors in America.

She is currently in Egypt serving as Provost of the American University in Cairo, though Columbia officially lists her as "on leave" rather than departed.

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