November 28, 2023
Daniel H. Katz, Ph.D., has joined BMCC as Director of the college’s inaugural Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training (ODET) located in the BMCC Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development.
ODET’s mission is to provide training and build capacity for diplomats, consular officials and others throughout New York, surrounding areas and beyond. ODET will provide opportunities that benefit students, faculty, staff and the broader international diplomatic community in New York City, which hosts the largest diplomatic corps in the world.
As ODET director, Dr. Katz brings a wealth of experience in the public and private sectors. He is a nonresident scholar for the China Studies Program at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and has previous affiliations with the U.S. Department of State and Center for a New American Security, as well as the International Institute for Strategic Studies–Asia. In addition, he has served as a senior geopolitical risk analyst for a major multinational company.
Dr. Katz’s research focuses on defense diplomacy and is the subject of his book “Defence Diplomacy: Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict” (Routledge, 2020). He holds a Ph.D. in strategic studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a double Master of Science degree in international affairs from Peking University and the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in international studies and classics from Yale University.
“Join me in welcoming Daniel Katz to BMCC and his role leading our newly created Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training,” said BMCC President Anthony E. Munroe. “We are excited to provide our BMCC community members with the training and means to pursue careers in international relations, as well as to provide incumbent consulate professionals with the resources to excel in their professional roles.”
For more information, visit the ODET office at 70 Murray Street, Room M-215, call (212) 346-8472 or email dkatz@bmcc.cuny.edu.
