Thomas F. Farr
In 2007/08, Thomas Farr will be joining the Berkley Center and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service as a Visiting Professor within the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs. Farr is one of the world's leading experts on the global politics of religious freedom. He served as the first Director of the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom from 1999-2003, and is now completing a book, World of Faith and Freedom: Why Religious Liberty is Vital to American National Security in the 21st Century, to be published by Oxford University Press.
At Georgetown Farr will be teaching two courses and organizing a seminar series on the "Religious Sources of Foreign Policy" in the US and around the world. A career diplomat with a long history of distinguished service, Farr has taught both at West Point and at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his PhD in History from the University of North Carolina.