Marlene Canlas
Title: Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise: International Health and Development
Room Number: A154 Office Phone: +974-457--8393
Marlene B. Canlas is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. She holds two Masters degrees from the George Washington University – an MA in International Affairs and an MPH in Global Health Policy. While in graduate school, she focused on the study of health as a security issue, on the unique challenges facing health care delivery in insecure or conflict environments, and on new methodologies for using health care programming to promote peace. Dean Canlas joins the SFS-Q faculty after four years on Georgetown’s Main Campus where she served as an Academic Counselor in the Georgetown College Dean’s Office. Prior to that, she worked for the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation within the US Agency for International Development. Dean Canlas is a proud graduate of the Georgetown BSFS Program, Class of 2001.
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Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series
- Dec 6, 6pm-8pm: Monthly Dialogue: Kai-Henrik Barth
SFS-Qatar News
- Georgetown University in Qatar Offers Pre-College Series to Hoya Hopefuls
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar just concluded the Georgetown Pre-College Series (GPS) which gave prospective undergraduates a taste of college life and a unique opportunity to gain valuable information on the admissions process. (November 22, 2009) - Students Get Hands-On Lesson in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
On November 13 and 14, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) and Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) hosted a crisis simulation exercise for students at Education City. (November 22, 2009) - Student Gets Education at International Finance Conference
This October, Georgetown student Miodrag Stamboldziev (SFS ’11) was able to put his international relations education to use while attending the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey. (November 08, 2009)
