Dr. Daniel Bottomley is director of public diplomacy and global initiatives, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and assistant professor, Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration, at University of Delaware. He serves as principal investigator for U.S. government- sponsored education and leadership training programs that have totaled more than $5 million since 2015 and include over three hundred students and global scholars as alumni. His research and teaching interests include foreign policy, diplomacy, and comparative politics and political systems.