Robert B. Ahdieh

Dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair
Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs, Texas A&M University

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Expertise

Administrative Law
Financial Regulation
Comparative Law
Contracts
Corporate Law
Federalism
International Financial Regulation
International Trade Law

Research & Publications

Education & Experience

Yale Law School, J.D., 1997
- Senior Editor, Yale Journal of International Law
- Research/Teaching Assistant, Judge Guido Calabresi, Professors Paul Gewirtz & Harold Koh
- Student Leader, Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic (C. LaRue Munson Prize)
Princeton University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1994
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Senior Thesis: Russia’s Constitutional Revolution
- Research Assistant, Professor Richard A. Falk
- Editorial Columnist, The Daily Princetonian
Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 1991

Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas
- 2018-present
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
- K.H. Gyr Professor of Private International Law (2014-2018)
- Director, Center on Federalism & Intersystemic Governance (2007-2018)
- Vice Dean (2011-2017) Areas of active responsibility included: Admissions, Curriculum (including development of leadership curriculum), Development & Alumni Relations, Non-JD programs, Marketing/Communications, Registrar, Strategic/International initiatives, Student Affairs/Engagement, Career/Professional Development, Cross-campus initiatives, and Finance & Administration (budget, operations, HR & institutional research)
- Associate Dean of Faculty (2010-2011)
- Professor of Law (2007-2014)
- Assistant & Associate Professor of Law (2000-2007)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
- Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2009)
Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York
- Visiting Professor of Law (Fall 2008)
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey
- Visitor (2008-2009)
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 2007-2009
- Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
- Microsoft/LAPA Fellow, Program in Law and Public Affairs (2007-2008)
Additional visiting appointments at Beijing Normal University, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Interdisciplinary Center — Herzliya, Singapore Management University, University of Bergen, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois, University of Warsaw, and Yale University

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Achievements & Awards

Chief Guest

Sixth Annual International Research Conference on Contemporary Legal Scholarship, Symbiosis International University (2017)
American Bar Foundation Fellow (since 2016)
Douglas McK. Brown Visiting Chair in Law

University of British Columbia (2014)
Academic Leadership Program, Emory University (2012)

Selected for University-wide training program for faculty leadership
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (2008-2009)

Offered visiting Membership for the 2008-2009 academic year
Microsoft/LAPA Fellow, Princeton University (2007-2008)

Selected for fellowship in University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs
American Law Institute — Elected to membership (2007)
Carnegie Scholars Program Finalist (2002)
U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program (1998-2000)
C. LaRue Munson Prize, Yale Law School (1997)
U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (1996-1997)
Yale University Seminar Competition (1997)
Princeton University Academic Research Grant (1993-1994)
Presidential Citation for Public Service (1991)

"Law offers a shared framework for civil discourse and engagement. It is among the most crucial ties that bind us together as a society. As a law school, our vital mission is to educate the designers, builders, and advocates of that framework."

Robert B. Ahdieh, Dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair, Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs, Texas A&M University

Robert B. Ahdieh

Expertise

Research & Publications

Education & Experience

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1997

Princeton University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1994

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 1991

Experience

Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York

Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 2007-2009

Additional visiting appointments at Beijing Normal University, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Interdisciplinary Center — Herzliya, Singapore Management University, University of Bergen, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois, University of Warsaw, and Yale University

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Achievements & Awards

Chief Guest

American Bar Foundation Fellow (since 2016)

Douglas McK. Brown Visiting Chair in Law

Academic Leadership Program, Emory University (2012)

Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (2008-2009)

Microsoft/LAPA Fellow, Princeton University (2007-2008)

American Law Institute — Elected to membership (2007)

Carnegie Scholars Program Finalist (2002)

U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program (1998-2000)

C. LaRue Munson Prize, Yale Law School (1997)

U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (1996-1997)

Yale University Seminar Competition (1997)

Princeton University Academic Research Grant (1993-1994)

Presidential Citation for Public Service (1991)