- The Mansfield Center - The University Of Montana

Faculty, Staff, and Associates

Terry Weidner, Director

Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Chinese History, 1980
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972
B.A., St. Lawrence University, 1970
Associate Director of International Programs, University of Kansas, 1991-1998
Director of Asian Affairs Center and Missouri International Training Center, University of Missouri, 1998-2003

Proficient in Chinese; worked as political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; worked as a Chinese political and economic analyst for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in Washington, DC.; Academic interests include Chinese political economy, business, and U.S.-China relations.

E-mail: terry.weidner@umontana.edu

Phone: (406) 243-2281

Fax: (406) 243-2181

Otto Koester, Associate Director,
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center

Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, Duke University, 1978-79
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1971
B.A.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1967

Lecturer, Princeton University (1974-76); Deputy Director, Salzburg Seminar, (1984-88); Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC (1989-93); Director of Grantwriting, The University of Montana (2003-2010)

Co-Director of the Confucius Institute. Teaching and research interests in international negotiation and conflict management, esp. United States and China. Peace Corps Volunteer (1968-70).

E-mail: otto.koester@mso.umt.edu
Office: (406) 243-2050
Fax: (406) 243-2181

Chen Suhan, Assistant Director
Confucius Institute

M.A. Journalism - The University of Montana, 2009
M.A. Asia Pacific Studies - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, 2006
B.A. Journalism - Jilin University, China, 2003

Ms. Chen Suhan is a Beijing native that is working with the Confucius Institute at The Mansfield Center. Since Nov,2007, she has become one of the young leaders of Pacific Forum CSIS-Young Leaders Program. Ms. Chen worked as an editor of international news for China Central Television and a reporter in training for the Science Department of Guangming Daily prior to her education in Japan and the U.S. She is fluent in English, Japanese and Chinese. She has been the Executive Vice President of the Chinese Students Association at the University of Montana, in charge of community outreach and culture education for K-12 schools in the Missoula School District. She also represented the University of Montana in leading the Montana Rocky Mountain Ballet Theater to China as a pre-Olympic Sino-US exchange program in 2008 and for four performances at Shanghai Expo in 2010. While in China with the U.S. delegation, she reported for the Missoulian Newspaper (the largest regional newspaper in West Montana).

E-mail: suhan.chen@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-2895
Fax: (406) 243-2181

Deena Mansour, Project Manager

MPA, The University of Montana, Missoula, 1998
BA, International Relations and Economics, The American University, Washington DC, 1990

Deena Mansour manages the Public Policy and Leadership Initiative, the Vietnam Affairs Program, the Study of the U.S. Institute on Global Environmental Issues, and other international exchange initiatives. She has extensive programmatic expertise in educational exchange programs. A former foreign service officer in the public affairs cone, she has worked in Southeast Asia and on environmental issues. Prior to that, she arranged Department of State international exchange programs with the Institute of International Education in Washington, D.C. She has also worked in marketing and community outreach for a Dow Jones community newspaper. Deena has worked or studied in nearly 40 countries.

E-mail: deena.mansour@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-2713
Fax: (406) 243-2181

The Mansfield Center

Level 4, Mansfield Library

University of Montana

Missoula, MT 59812

(406) 243-2988

(406) 243-2181 fax

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