About Session

Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has spent more than 20 years as an educator fostering constructive dialogues in the service of more effective and empathic policymaking. Join Jamal as she shares her personal journey and talks with Princeton SPIA graduate alumni — Cara Abercrombie *03 MPA, former principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, and Ajay Bisaria *09 MPP, former high commissioner of India to Canada and Pakistan and ambassador to Poland and Lithuania — about how to have difficult conversations and why they are more necessary today than ever.

Introduced by: Steven Petric *17 SPIA, Assistant Dean for Global Outreach, Admissions and Alumni Engagement, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Amaney A. Jamal, Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics; and Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Ajay Bisaria *09 SPIA, Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Cara Abercrombie *03 SPIA, Former Acting U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy